Stone of Wedowee and Sands of Mobile Named Mr. and Ms. UAB 2009 on Student Vote

Andrew Stone of Wedowee and Claire Sands of Mobile were named Mr. and Ms. UAB for 2009 during University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Homecoming game festivities Saturday, Nov. 7 at Legion Field. This year, for the first time in UAB’s history, the university’s students got to cast their vote for the winners in a special campuswide election Nov. 2-3.

November 9, 2009

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Andrew Stone of Wedowee and Claire Sands of Mobile were named Mr. and Ms. UAB for 2009 during University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Homecoming game festivities Saturday, Nov. 7 at Legion Field. This year, for the first time in UAB's history, the university's students got to cast their vote for the winners in a special campuswide election Nov. 2-3.

The top 10 nominees for Mr. and Ms. UAB were selected by members of the UAB National Alumni Society Board of Directors and members of the faculty. A panel of six judges consisting of alumni and faculty then voted on the winners. And this year, the UAB student body cast their votes for Mr. and Ms. UAB, acting as a seventh judge.

Stone, 22, is a senior marketing major and recent winner of the Aaron Lamar Jr. Scholarship. He is a member of the UAB TrailBlazers, the chair of Blaze Productions and a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

In addition to his campus activities, Stone has been a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and the Into the Streets volunteer service initiative. He is the son of Karen Stone of Wedowee.

Sands, 20, is a junior biology major. She is a student in the Early Medical School Acceptance Program (EMSAP) and winner of the University Scholars Award. Sands is a member of the UAB Ambassadors, the Undergraduate Student Government Association (USGA) Executive Cabinet and Alpha Omicron Pi sorority.

Sands also has worked as a camp counselor for Camp Rap-a-Hope, a children's oncology camp, and volunteered with the nonprofit organization Loaves and Fishes. She is the daughter of John and Joan Sands of Mobile.

The first alternates in the Mr. and Ms. UAB competition are Yih Tsao, 23, a senior biology major from Taipei, Taiwan, and Emily Craig, 22, a senior elementary education and early childhood education major from Clay.

The other finalists are:

  • William Bates, 19 of Huntsville, sophomore, double major in accounting and pre-dentistry
  • Kristen Nicole Davis, 20, of Wilmer, sophomore double major in political science and philosophy
  • Quinn Dunlap, 21, of Hartselle, junior, biomedical engineering major
  • Kimberly Everett, 19, of Semmes, sophomore, double major in accounting and finance
  • Nora T. Mehl, 22, of Rottweil, Germany, senior, psychology major
  • Phillip Philon, 20, of Silas, junior, biology major

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