At the end of the celebration, as the pep band played, the gymnasts danced and sang along with the Alabama fight song as the air was filled with confetti
The event will start at 6 p.m. and admission is free
ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS: 2011 - FreshmanSecond team Balance Beam All-American ... Scholastic All-American ... scored a 9.95 in the NCAA Championships Super Six Team Finals, tying with teammate Kayla Hoffman for the highest vault score of the night ... Second team All-SEC ... Freshman All-SEC... joined the Crimson Tide on Dec. 26 for the second semester after graduating from high school early ... twice named SEC Freshman Gymnast of the Week, after the Tide's meets against Auburn and LSU... posted a career-high 9.975 on the vault against LSU ... scored a 39.450 against Kentucky in her first all-around appearance ... scored a career-high 9.825 on the uneven bars against Kentucky ... scored a career-best 9.925 on the floor exercise against Kentucky and LSU ... competed 40 routines during the season, scoring 9.9 or better 10 times - seven on the vault and three on the floor exercise ... anchored Alabama's vault lineup in all 14 meets ... won five of 10 individual vault titles during the regular season ... scored a career-high 9.875 on the balance beam at the Metroplex Challenge ... in the first routine of her first meet for the Crimson Tide, she won the vault against Penn State with a 9.9 ... earned Dean's List honors (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester.
PREP HIGHLIGHTS: Graduated from Maize High School early and joined the Crimson Tide for the spring semester ... coached by Mark Folger at Folger's Gymnastics ... 2010 Junior Olympic National vault and floor exercise champion ... won the vault and finished second in the all-around at the 2009 Junior Olympic National Championships ... took first on the vault, uneven bars and floor exercise at the 2010 Junior Olympic Regional Championships ... won the vault and floor exercise at the 2010 Nastia Liukin Cup ... won the all-around at the Pink Ribbon Invitational, Texas Prime Meet and National Gymnastics Challenge in 2009.
PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full name: Diandra Quinn Milliner ... daughter of Traci and Reuben Milliner ... sisters, Aleah and Micala ... pre-major studies ... October 18, 1992.
