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Scenes From Homecoming Weekend: Tennessee at Alabama

The University of Alabama welcomed its alumni back to campus in Tuscaloosa for a weekend full of scheduled events as the Crimson Tide hosted the Volunteers.
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Scenes From Homecoming Weekend: Tennessee at Alabama
Scenes From Homecoming Weekend: Tennessee at Alabama

Throughout the weekend, BamaCentral will be adding off-the-field photos and videos from Alabama's homecoming weekend. 

This year’s 2021 homecoming theme is “Together We Rise”

Alabama wrapped up a week of special events on Saturday, which included everything from a concert to the traditional homecoming parade. 

On Friday night, the Alabama men’s and women’s basketball teams officially welcomed the upcoming 2021-22 season with a packed crowd in Foster Auditorium for the sixth annual Tide Tipoff event.

The night began with introductions, followed by a three-point competition, which was won by women’s basketball’s Nia Daniel and men’s basketball’s Jaden Shackelford. The men’s dunk contest was judged by a celebrity panel of four judges, including Lawson Schaffer, Jasmine Walker, James Spann and Student-Athletic Advisory Committee president Gabe Serrano. In a close contest that went down to the wire, the judges gave the decision to Keon Ellis over JD Davison.

“We’re just really excited to continue to keep coming in every day and practicing, but we need to be in different environments and I thought tonight was another good opportunity for that,” said head coach Kristy Curry.

Homecoming Queen

McLean Moore, a senior from Tuscaloosa, was named the 2021 Homecoming Queen at the annual pep rally and bonfire Friday night on campus. 

Moore, who is majoring in both finance and economics, was sponsored by Kappa Kappa Gamma. The 2021 University of Alabama Homecoming Court was selected in a student election. 

This year marked the biggest voter turnout since 2015, with 13,180 students voting.

Among the candidates was softball standout Montana Fouts. 

Walk of Champions 

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Christopher Walsh
CHRISTOPHER WALSH

Christopher Walsh is the founder and publisher of Alabama Crimson Tide On SI, which first published as BamaCentral in 2018, and is also the publisher of the Boston College, Missouri and Vanderbilt sites. He's covered the Crimson Tide since 2004 and is the author of 26 books including “100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die” and “Nick Saban vs. College Football.” He's an eight-time honoree of Football Writers Association of America awards and three-time winner of the Herby Kirby Memorial Award, the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s highest writing honor for story of the year. In 2022, he was named one of the 50 Legends of the ASWA. Previous beats include the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, along with Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. Originally from Minnesota and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, he currently resides in Tuscaloosa.

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