University of Alabama at Birmingham Women's Bowling

Michelle Carcagente Crews, a former two-time collegiate All-American and member of the USA Junior National Team, guided the Blazers through their inaugural season of competition in 2011-12 after being named the first bowling head coach in program history at UAB in June 2011. In their first season of competition,the Blazers won two of their eight tournaments in 2011-12 with their breakthrough victory coming in just their third-ever event at the nine-team Elizabeth City State Beach Open in November of that season. Of the Blazers’ 93 total games in their inaugural season, 34 of them came against ranked teams. Crews guided the Blazers to five wins over ranked teams in their first year. UAB defeated then ranked No. 6 Vanderbilt, No. 6 Central Missouri, No. 16 Monmouth and No. 16 Wisconsin-Whitewater in Baker matches. The team also added another win over Wisconsin-Whitewater, then ranked No. 18, in a best-of-seven Baker match. The Blazers finished their inaugural season with an overall record of 36-57, including a mark of 9-6 in bracket-style, best-of-seven Baker matches. After a brief break, the team was reinstated with the football and rifle team. Since their return, the UAB Bowling team has a record of 248-178. Crews has led the Blazers to a national ranking for the past six seasons including being ranked as high as No. 21 in the 2020-21 season. Crews took on the task of building the UAB program knowing what it’s like to be part of a successful team. She earned All-America recog