Jessica Simmons: junior in nursing and an employee of Tiger Rags, sports the new All Auburn, All Orange T-shirt as she stocks shelves with more of the winning design. Sales for the All Auburn, All Orange shirts totaled more than 10,000 last year. JD Schein / ASSISTANT PHO
The new “All Auburn, All Orange” 2008-2009 T-shirt design was voted on and presented on the AU-HD screen at Saturday’s A-Day football game.
Almost 5,000 students voted through Thursday at noon on Auburn’s athletics Web site for one of the three designs created by the company Weezabi, which also did last year’s design.
Of the students and fans that voted, 2,202, or 46.5 percent, picked the design featuring pictures of Aubie, Samford, the Auburn University sign in front of Samford and the eagle.
The Auburn Family design was not far behind in the polls with 44.3 percent of the votes.
Some were unaware of the voting on Auburn’s Web site.
“I wish they’d get the word out a little better about voting,” said David Harris, a freshman in chemical engineering. “I didn’t even know about it. But the shirts still look great.”
The All Auburn, All Orange program was established in 2004 to bring together Auburn’s alumni, students, fans and student-athletes using one theme throughout campus-wide events.
“Before the All Auburn, All Orange program, and before Tuberville, there was an equal mix of blue with the orange during events,” said Corey Edwards, SGA adviser. “Because of this, we’re seeing Auburn fans wearing mostly orange.”
According to Edwards, popular demand from students and those wearing the shirts requested the next shirts to have a pocket in the front with a small logo, along with the larger design on the back.
The shirts have upgraded from the “All Auburn, All Orange” phrase to having more design and “pop” to them, accompanied with the logo.
Last year’s shirt sales totaled more than 10,000.
According to Edwards, this year SGA and the AU Bookstore will allow students and fans to order the shirts in bulk at a discount.
“I didn’t get a chance to get one last year, but the one this year looks so good that I can’t wait to get one,” said Justin Miller, a freshman in accounting.
Former Big Event director and junior in biomedical sciences, Trey Mann, said 8 percent of proceeds goes to student scholarships while another 6 percent goes toward the Big Event, a day where volunteers reach out and do service projects for the community. The $7,000 raised last year for the
Big Event went to supplies and food for the 1300 volunteers who worked on more than 100 projects completed in one day last February.
“It portrays all the qualities of Auburn,” said Legiah Taylor, a sophomore in business, finance and accounting.
