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Meet Bamadog AKA Karl Hawsey MGM Class of 1990

What year did you graduate from MGM?

1990

 What was your favorite subject in high school? 

Mechanical Drawing/Drafting (Mr. Woodall)

What extra-curricular activities kept you involved and busy? 

Marching Band

How devoted were you to your grades?

Very

Recall one fond memory about MGM. 

The football games

Give one word of advice to all current MGM students. 

School can suck at times, but in the long run, you’ll wish you had given it your best – don’t be a slacker – it’ll pay off later.

What did you do immediately following high school? 

Attended the University of Alabama (B.S. in Electrical Engineering)

In what job are you currently employed? 

AT&T U-Verse Tech

Please provide a few details about your career. 

I worked at Ericsson Inc. in Dallas, TX, for 16 years as a Sr. Systems Deployment Engineer.  I have traveled all over the U.S. and Canada during that time – and have since changed jobs (and taken a huge pay cut) in order to move back home to Alabama (Hoover).  Just bought a house in the Lake Cyrus community.

List any awards, community service/involvement, accolades. 

President of the University of Alabama Alumni Chapter in Dallas, TX for 3 years – built it back from the ground up.  Played softball every year in Dallas while head-coaching my son’s baseball team the last 3 years.

For students interested in this career, what would you like to tell them? 

You better study hard or you won’t make it.  If you don’t understand math/calculus, try the business school.

Do you currently still have any connections to MGM or the Semmes community? 

Not a lot – since I have lived in Dallas all of these years.

Do you have your own family—spouse, children, pets? 

Wife, 1 dog, One 8-yr old boy in 3^rd grade who is a baseball phenom (played 1^st year of kid pitch as a 7-yr old in a 9-10 yr old league, was the starting catcher, and made the all-star team).  He is also a straight A student.  Wife went to UA as well and majored in accounting.

Provide an interesting detail about you personally. 

I have become “famous” for my work on the sports site BAMADOG.COM.  However, due to my new job’s crazy hours, I have put it on hold for the 2011 season.  I’m a die-hard Alabama fan and was in the Million Dollar Band at UA.  I attended 5 different bowl games while at UA including the 1992 championship season and game vs Miami in the Sugar Bowl.  I also tried to walk-on to the Alabama baseball team in my last year at Alabama… 69 guys tried out and I made it to the final 9 “cut”.  I was cut after that as only 1 walk-on was selected.  It was a crazy ride at Alabama… then at the end, I had 3 job offers and I took the job at Ericsson a week before I graduated.  I was very happy to say the least.  4 weeks after graduating, I was employed and living in Dallas.  On June 26, 2011, I moved to Hoover, AL to take my current job with AT&T.  I plan on looking to advance my career soon in other areas, but for now, I’m semi-content to be back in state.  ROLL TIDE!