Sarah Ashlee Barker Invited to 2025 WNBA Draft: Roll Call, April 12, 2025

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Katie Windham | Apr 12, 2025

Mar 22, 2025; College Park, Maryland, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide guard Sarah Ashlee Barker (3) signals a call during the second half against the Green Bay Phoenix at Xfinity Center. / Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images

Alabama will have representation at the 2025 WNBA Draft in New York. Crimson Tide guard Sarah Ashlee Barker was invited to attend this year's draft in person.

Our girl is Heading to the Big Apple! ⭐️🏙️#RollTide #GLG | @SarahAshlee10 @WNBA pic.twitter.com/jvjVJBfOQK
— Alabama Women’s Basketball (@AlabamaWBB) April 11, 2025

Barker led Alabama in scoring this season at over 18 points per game and put up one of the most impressive performances in the entire NCAA tournament with a 45-point game against Maryland in the Crimson Tide's crushing loss to Maryland in the second round.

She is trying to become the first Alabama player drafted since Brittany Davis was picked in the third round by the Las Vegas Aces in 2023. Barker would become the ninth player in program history drafted to the WNBA.

Today's Crimson Tide Schedule:

Track and Field in Crimson Tide Invitational, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, All Day
Football in A-Day event, Tuscaloosa, 12 p.m. CT
Baseball vs. Mississippi State, Tuscaloosa, 2 p.m., SEC Network+
Softball vs. Oklahoma, Tuscaloosa, 3 p.m., ESPN2

Crimson Tide Results:

Men's tennis: LSU 4, Alabama 0
Women's tennis: Alabama 5, Arkansas 2
Baseball: Mississippi State 13, Alabama 3 (Eight Innings)

Did You Notice?

Two former Alabama golfers made the cut at The Masters. Davis Riley (-2, T17) and Justin Thomas (E, T27) will be competing the next two rounds.

. While Nick Dunlap missed the cut, his 19-shot improvement from the first round (90) to the second round (71) was the largest in a golf major in nearly 60 years, earning a lot of respect from the golf world.

"I think a lot of people would have maybe backed out, maybe not. Certainly I wanted to at times. I know that ... I'm never going to quit. I'm always going to show up."

Nick Dunlap gave it his all today despite a tough start to the tournament. All class. pic.twitter.com/4WoKxK7Q5i
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 11, 2025

The Alabama men's golf team is up to No. 15 in the national rankings.

New ranking 📈 #RollTide pic.twitter.com/R3Hy58R4Of
— Alabama Men's Golf (@AlabamaMGolf) April 11, 2025

Countdown to Crimson Tide's 2025 Football Season Opener:

131 days

On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

April 12, 1981: Alabama linebacker E.J. Junior was the fifth-overall selection in the NFL draft by the Cardinals, behind George Rogers (Saints), Lawrence Taylor (Giants), Freeman McNeil (Jets), and Kenny Easley (Seahawks). Future Hall of Fame players selected later on were Ronnie Lott, Mike Singletary, Howie Long, Rickey Jackson and Russ Grimm.

April 12, 1991: Team captains from the 1990 Crimson Tide, quarterback Gary Hollingsworth, safety Efrum Thomas and kicker Philip Doyle, imprinted their hands and feet at Denny Chimes. — Bryant Museum

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

"Age has nothing to do with it. You can be out of touch at any age." — Paul W. “Bear” Bryant

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We'll leave you with this...

"It's hard to put everything you have into something and feel like you're not getting any better."

Nick Dunlap was open and honest about his emotions following his first two rounds at the Masters. pic.twitter.com/sq6dj0SsfU
— Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) April 12, 2025