UWA Selected Seventh in GSC Football Pre-Season Coaches' Poll

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Gulf South Conference announced the 2008 GSC Football Pre-Season Coaches’ Poll Tuesday afternoon with the University of West Alabama receiving 36 points, landing the Tigers in seventh place.

The head Coaches voted in this poll. Teams received 10 points for a first place vote, nine for a second place vote, etc. The Head Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own squads.

Valdosta State grabbed the top spot in the poll, topping North Alabama by one point, with 95 points. Delta State stands in third with 84 points followed by Henderson State in fourth and Harding in fifth. Arkansas Tech sits in sixth with 58 points. West Georgia, Southern Arkansas, Ouachita Baptist and the University of Arkansas at Monticello round out the bottom four spots.

Tariq Ali represented UWA as the lone Tiger on the Pre-Season All-GSC Team. Ali, a Birmingham, Ala.-native, was named to the 2007 All-GSC Second Team. The Red and White placed Terry Levy (Wide Receiver; Kosciusko, Miss.), Deon Williams (Quarterback; Birmingham, Ala.), Curtis Dawson (Defensive Line; Hoover, Ala.) and Garry Pack (Linebacker; Hattiesburg, Miss.) on the 2008 Top Newcomers list.

In conjunction with the Tigers reporting to campus on Wednesday, West Alabama will hold its Annual Media Day on the Livingston campus. UWA opens the season, hosting Belhaven College on Saturday, August 30^th. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. at Tiger Stadium.