Crimson Tide Roll Call: Friday, June 17, 2022

Today is... National Mascot Day
Countdown to the Crimson Tide’s 2022 opener
78 days
Did You Notice?
Achieving Academic Excellence. ✅📚🎓#BuiltByBama #RollTide pic.twitter.com/wg4dYMWcAZ
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) June 16, 2022
On This Date in Crimson Tide History:
June 17, 1986: Head coach and athletic director Ray Perkins announced that Alabama will move its game with Vanderbilt to Sept. 6 from Sept. 27 to accommodate WTBS.
June 17, 1994: Amari Cooper was born in Miami.
June 17, 2015: John David Crow, the only player to win the Heisman Trophy for Paul “Bear” Bryant and a former Alabama assistant coach, died in College Station, Texas. He was 79.
Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:
“I was always taught to be hungry and humble.” — Amari Cooper
We’ll leave you with this …
The quest for back-to-back majors starts now @JustinThomas34 💪 pic.twitter.com/ZEGUpoL2XO
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 16, 2022

Katie Windham is the assistant editor for BamaCentral, primarily covering football, basketball, gymnastics and softball. She is a two-time graduate of the University of Alabama and has covered a variety of Crimson Tide athletics since 2019 for outlets like The Tuscaloosa News, The Crimson White and the Associated Press before joining BamaCentral full time in 2021. Windham has covered College Football Playoff games, the Women's College World Series, NCAA March Madness, SEC Tournaments and championships in multiple sports.
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