AP photographer captures Haley Van Lith's last college game — and elements of her collegiate history

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Gerald Herbert has been a staff photographer for the Associated Press since 2002 in Washington, D.C., and New Orleans since 2010. He’s covered everything from major sporting events to presidents to breaking news, including the massive 2010 BP oil spill and its last effects on the region.

Here’s what Herbert had to say about making this extraordinary image.