TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - As an Alabama gymnast in the mid-1980s, Barbara Mack Harding made a career out blazing a trail to ever greater heights.
The first, and to date only, freshman to be chosen captain of a Sarah Patterson coached team, Harding led Alabama to its first NCAA Championship appearance as a sophomore in 1983, the start of a streak that is still going strong today with 26 consecutive appearances. She was one of the first UA gymnasts to earn All-American honors, as well as one of the first to win individual Southeastern Conference and NCAA Regional titles.
And Saturday night, more than 20 years after she graduated from the Capstone, she produced another Crimson Tide first, becoming the first female to be honored with the Paul W. Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award. She, along with the other two 2008 recipients of the award - George "Duke" McCain, Jr. and Ben W. McLeod, Jr. - were honored during halftime of Alabama's 20-6 victory over Tulane.
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