THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

Douglas Hargett, a Cherokee, Ala., native, was a four-year starter on UNA baseball teams from 1999-2002 and earned All-American and Academic All-America® honors for the Lions, becoming one of the most recognized student-athletes in school history.    

He started at third base as a freshman on the Lions’ 1999 Gulf South Conference and NCAA Regional Championship team that reached the Division II World Series.    

He was selected first-team All-Gulf South Conference in 2001 and 2002 and was first-team ABCA All-South Region in  2002 and second-team in 2001. He was an ABCA third-team All-American in 2002 and earned three GSC Player of the Week awards as a senior.    

Hargett played in 192 career games and had a .366 career batting average (243 of 659) with167 runs scored and 168 RBI. He added 88 extra base hits, including 23 home runs and set school records for career at bats (659), career hits (243), career total bases (380), career doubles (62) and career games played (192). He ranked 15th nationally in Division II in batting in 2001 with a .445 average.

The recipient of GSC Commissioner’s Trophy in 2001 and 2002 as the top male student-athlete in the league, he was also selected as Disney’s Wide World of Sports Conference Commissioner’s Association Regional Male Athlete of the Year in 2001 and 2002 and Disney’s Wide World of Sports Conference Commissioner’s Association National Male Athlete of the Year in 2001 and 2002.   

An Academic All-GSC and ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District selection in 2000, 2001 and 2002, Hargett was named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and was named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® of the Year for collegiate baseball in 2001 and 2002.   

Hargett attended UNA on baseball and leadership scholarships and graduated magna cum laude with a double-major in Political Science and Biology. He also received UNA’s prestigious Turris Fidelis Award for outstanding service to the University. He was selected UNA's Male Athlete of the Year for 2000-01 and 2001-02. He later attended law school at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) School of Law, graduating cum laude. While at Ole Miss, he served as an Associate Editor of the Mississippi Law Journal (excellence in legal writing) and on the Executive Committee of the Moot Court Board (excellence in trial advocacy). He practiced law in Huntsville in two of Alabama’s largest law firms, Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C. and Balch & Bingham LLP, before returning home to join Hall | Tanner | Hargett as a partner in July, 2009. As a trial lawyer, Hargett regularly represents both plaintiffs and defendants in civil litigation in state and federal courts and alternative dispute resolution proceedings (arbitration and mediation) throughout North Alabama.   

Hargett was selected by Super Lawyers as a 2013 Alabama Rising Star for demonstrating excellence in the practice of law, an honor limited to only 2.5 percent of attorneys within the state. He has also been rated as an AV Preeminent rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell since 2011, the highest possible rating for both legal ability and ethical standards. Douglas was elected and served as President of the Colbert County Bar Association in 2012. While practicing law in Huntsville, Douglas was elected by his peers to serve as President Elect of the Huntsville Young Lawyers. In 2009, he was nominated to receive the Huntsville/Madison County Young Professional of the Year Award before returning home to the Shoals to practice law.