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Alabaster, AL January 13, 2021 – Thompson High School Athletic Department is pleased to announce a ceremony honoring Monique Bivins this Friday Night (1/15/2021). The ceremony will take place between the Girls and Boys Varsity Basketball Game roughly around 7:15 PM.
Bivins, was selected as the 37th overall pick in the WNBA draft in 2005. She was a (4) four year letter winner at the University of Alabama where she became the 20th player in UA history to surpass 1,000 career points. She was a three (3) starter for the Tide. Bivins finished her career ranked fifth all-time at Alabama for three-pointers made. She was twice named second-team ALL-SEC. She played in all 116 games in her college career where she averaged 10.1 points per game. She led the team at Alabama in scoring her Junior and Senior years.
While at Thompson High School Bivins received many accolades. She holds the Thompson High School record with most points in a career with 2,689. Bivins Senior year she averaged 25.6 points per game. She was selected as a member of the Alabama Sports Writers Super 5 during her Senior High School campaign. She was a member of the 2001 Alabama / Mississippi All-star game. Bivins was selected by the AHSAA to participate in the North / South game in 2000. Bivins capped off her senior year by being named 1st team All-state. She was 1st team All-State her junior year and Honorable Mention All-State her sophomore and freshman years. Bivins was named MVP of the Shelby County Tournament all 4 years she participated.
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G.W. Long Girls Set AHSAA Team 3-point Goal Record With 22 in a December 21 Victory over Dale County
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| BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Board of Directors of the State of Alabama Sports Hall of Fame is proud to announce that Reeves Sims will be recognized as the 2021 Frank “Pig” House Award recipient at the 53rd Annual Induction Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, May 8, 2021.
The Frank “Pig” House Award is given to someone who has performed outstanding service to sports in Alabama, and whom the Board of Directors feels worthy of special recognition. The award is named after the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame’s first Chairman of the Board who was instrumental in the founding of the Hall of Fame. Reeves Sims was born May 25, 1936 in Birmingham, AL. A graduate of Woodlawn High School and Auburn University, Sims is being recognized for his life of volunteer service, including 25 years in the Air National Guard where he retired as a Lt. Colonel. As a member of the Monday Morning Quarterback Club and charter member of the Birmingham Tip-Off Club, he volunteered at the first AHSAA Super Six and AHSAA Final 48 championships when they were established in the 1990s; he has been a part of every championship event since. Sims has also been a Pro-Am Chairperson for the Regions Tradition golf tournament since it began in 1992. He proudly serves his alma mater Auburn University and volunteers annually at the SEC Baseball Tournament. Since the late 1990s, he has volunteered with the Bryant-Jordan Student-Athlete Program. Among many other organizations, he has also served as director for local chapters of the YMCA and FCA. For his selfless contributions, Sims has already been recognized with the 2005 Birmingham YMCA Lifetime Achievement Award, 2004 Birmingham Tip-Off Club Leon Marlaire Award, 2014-15 Birmingham Tip-Off Club Frank Nix Distinguished Service Award, 2016 PGA Tour Champions Volunteer of the Year Award, and the 2019 NFHS State Award for Outstanding Service. Sims joins a distinguished list of others who have been honored by the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame as Frank “Pig” House Award recipients. They are: Sammy Dunn (2004), Avalee Willoughby (2007), Buddy Anderson (2014), Emanuel “Tubb” Bell IV (2017), and Don Hawkins (2020). The 53rd Induction Banquet and Ceremony will be held in the Birmingham Ballroom, at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, on Saturday, May 8, 2021. For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Museum at (205) 323-6665. |
