Carroll Elected SGA President at UA

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Mary Margaret Carroll of Ozark was elected president of the Student Government Association at The University of Alabama for the 2005-2006 term.

Some 4,649 total votes were cast in the election that was held March 8-9. A runoff election for several SGA Senate seats will be held March 18.

Carroll received 2,571 votes to defeat William “Zac” Riddle of Trussville who received 2,005 votes.

Other executive officers elected include:

  • Executive Vice President — Benjamin Hinton of Tuscaloosa
  • Executive Secretary — Malinda Brown of Enterprise
  • Vice President for Academic Affairs — Jordan Davis of Raleigh, N.C.
  • Vice President for External Affairs — Amanda Smith of Trussville
  • Vice President for Financial Affairs — Lauren Elliott of West Memphis, Ark.
  • Vice President for Student Affairs — Justice Smyth of Tuscaloosa

The following students have been listed as winning SGA Senate posts:

  • College of Engineering — Amy Wilkinson of Clinton, Miss., Justin Clark of Toxey and Daniel Sullivan of Millry
  • College of Communication & Information Sciences — Emily Crawford of Alpharetta, Ga., Brittney Ingalls of Greenville, Joel Braswell of Mobile and Harrison Diamond of Huntsville
  • Capstone College of Nursing — Diana Carroll of Tuscaloosa, Sara Howze of Birmingham (zip code 35216)
  • College of Education — Leah Graham of Madison; there will be a run-off between Brad Johnson and Samantha Simmons
  • Graduate School — Elizabeth Hendrix of Northport, Yongqiang Qi of Tuscaloosa, Prince Cleveland of Birmingham (zip code 35221), Swapnil Chalekar of Tuscaloosa, Rebecca Rose Lutonsky of Tuscaloosa, Ismenia DeSouza of Tuscaloosa; there will be a run-off between Chuck King, Jenny Hodges, Marshall Rathrell, Laura Hendrix, and Mike Marcell
  • College of Commerce and Business Administration — Adam Rankin of Bristol, Tenn., Brittany Rogers of Memphis, Nathan Clark of Trussville, Stephanie Shelton of Tuscaloosa, John Cooper of Wetumpka, Dan Ventress of Enterprise, Riley Browne of Birmingham (zip code 35243), Brittany Loper of Fernandina Beach, Fla., Matthew Schweiker of Germantown, Tenn.
  • College of Human Environmental Sciences — Alex Burns of Ralph, Melissa Rowland of Beaufort, S.C., Michael Noyes of Scottsboro, Maren Kirlin of Laguna Hills, Calif.
  • College of Arts & Sciences — Omar Gonzalez of Corpus Christi, Texas, Meghan Stringer of Montgomery, Emily Peters of Hendersonville, Tenn., Jessica Sanders of Jasper, Joan-Marie Manolakis of Prattville, William Stokes of Brewton, Sarah Simpler of Montgomery, Cameron Smith of Plano, Texas, Amanda Minor of Chelsea, Alex Karagas of Birmingham (zip code 35243), Mike Phillips of Vestavia Hills, Sam Norton of Birmingham (zip code 35213), Michael Polke of Tuscaloosa
  • School of Social Work — Michael Hollingsworth of Satsuma, Scott Dufrechou of Kenner, La.
  • School of Law — Will Cunningham of Montgomery, Stephen Dees of Montgomery

Contact

Cathy Andreen or Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8322, 348-8325, candreen@ur.ua.edu, lhill@ur.ua.edu