Connor Gentry
Sports Reporter
On Dec. 2, 2014, three athletic teams were discontinued at UAB. However, on Jun. 1, 2015 these three teams, football, bowling and rifle, were reinstated and brought back from the dead.
Both the bowling and rifle teams have been competing since the announcement was made by UAB President, Dr. Ray Watts, while Football does not take the field until fall.
“It’s changed in many aspects [since the shutdown],” said UAB Bowling senior Madeline McDuff. “I would have not have asked for a better team. They are young but they have grown a lot in these past few months.