Tag: Huntsville Sports Commission

Rocket City Softball

Madison to Host Inaugural Rocket City Softball Showcase

Madison, Alabama, and its Minor League Baseball stadium will host the Rocket City Softball Showcase over a week in February 2025. The event at Toyota Field, home of the Southern League’s Rocket City Trash Pandas — the Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels — will begin February 19 and feature four softball programs from […]

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Huntsville to Host 2024 NJCAA Beach Volleyball Championship

The National Junior College Athletic Association has named the Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Huntsville Sports Commission as its host for the 2024 NJCAA Beach Volleyball Championship. The 12-team championship will be played at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Alabama, from May 2–4, 2024. “We are excited to host the NJCAA Beach […]

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Huntsville Table Tennis

2024 U.S. National Table Tennis Championships Headed to Huntsville

The 2024 U.S. National Table Tennis Championships will be held in the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama, from July 3–7, the first time in USA Table Tennis’ history that the national championships have gone to the state of Alabama. “We’re extremely excited to bring the Nationals — and an important youth international table tennis […]

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Auburn, UNC Asheville Feature in Huntsville’s Rocket City Classic

Huntsville, Alabama, will host Auburn men’s basketball for the first time in more than a decade when the Tigers face reigning Big South Conference champions UNC Asheville on December 13 in the Rocket City Classic at the Von Braun Center. It will be the third time that Auburn plays a neutral-site game in Huntsville, having […]

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Huntsville, Houston Awarded International Cycling Events

Huntsville, Alabama, and Houston will host international cycling events with Huntsville awarded the 2026 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships and Houston awarded the 2028 UCI BMX Racing World Championships, it was announced during the recent 192nd Congress of the Union Cycliste Internationale. The 2026 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships will take place from September 4-7, […]

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Conference USA Basketball Championships Headed to Huntsville

The 2024 and 2025 Conference USA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships will be hosted at Propst Arena in Huntsville, Alabama, in partnership with the Huntsville/Madison County CVB, the Huntsville Sports Commission and Knight Eady. “We are very excited to have our men’s and women’s basketball teams compete for a conference championship and berth in the […]

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AVCA Announces Huntsville as Fall Collegiate Beach Championships Host

The American Volleyball Coaches Association will host its inaugural fall collegiate beach championships in November in Huntsville, Alabama, with a women’s pairs national championship and a men’s team national championship. The women’s tournament will include 64 pairs selected from college teams across the country. The men’s event will bring four schools to Huntsville to compete […]

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Jalen Williams Joins Huntsville Sports Commission as Event Operations Manager

The Huntsville Sports Commission has hired Jalen Williams as the event operations manager to oversee the planning and execution of HSC events and support revenue generation and fiscal efficiency efforts. An Alabama native, Williams graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor’s degree in political science with a concentration in African-American Studies. In addition, he was […]

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Mark Russell Named Huntsville Sports Commission Executive Director

The Huntsville Sports Commission in Alabama has announced the appointment of Mark Russell, a Huntsville native and high school football referee, as its new Executive Director. From officiating at games to hosting a weekly sports radio show, Russell has shown a passion and love for sports over the years. He has been an Alabama High […]

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Huntsville, Alabama, to Host 2021 NCAA Regional Cross Country Event

The Huntsville Sports Commission will host the 2021 NCAA Division I South Regional Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championship at the new John Hunt Cross Country Running Park in Alabama on November 12, 2021. The University of North Alabama will act as the host school for the event and the city of Huntsville Parks & […]

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