During her 11-year coaching career at Auburn, gymnastics associate head coach Rachelle Thompson has coached some of the highest scoring Tigers, all while wearing five-inch heels.Thompson competed at the collegiate level for LSU.
Allyson Sandusky used gymnastics as a way to balance out living with four brothers when she was younger, but now she is using her talent to win awards.The sophomore was recently named SEC Gymnast of the Week, the first gymnast for Auburn to receive the award this year."It's an awesome feeling for Auburn to be recognized and for me to be recognized," Sandusky said.When Sandusky was younger and growing up in Brookeville, Md., she played on the monkey bars often.Her mother put her into a gym to try and get her to learn safety skills.
Auburn students helped the victims of the Haiti earthquake by doing what they do best: eating.A Meal to Heal for Haiti, last Monday night in the Student Center Ballroom, fed approximately 1,500 people in four hours.The price for a meal was $5, but attendees were encouraged to donate as much as they could.Pannie-George's Kitchen, a restaurant on South College Street in the shopping center next to McDonald's, provided the food for the meal.Mary Counts, co-owner of Pannie-George's, said she felt honored to be asked to participate in the fundraiser."The support that everyone's shown to be able to come together and help is just wonderful," Counts said.
The days of sitting in a classroom all semester and stressing over homework may be long gone with the release of Prometric's 38th DSST Credit by Exam subject in Business Ethics and Society.Jodi Katz, public relations manager for Prometric, said the exams are an alternative, flexible path to learning."A lot of time adults that go back to school don't have the time to sit in a classroom for a full semester," Katz said.
he women's basketball team comes home after a week of road games to take on George Washington Saturday at 1 p.m.The two teams have met each other four times previously with George Washington leading the series 3-1.Auburn's win in the series came Dec.
In a game riddled with foul trouble and missed opportunities, the women's basketball team (1-0) edged past in-state rival Troy University (0-1) Friday night 70-65.The game was the first of the season for both the Tigers and the Trojans.
After making a strong statement in the first set, Auburn's Volleyball team struggled to hold on and lost three sets in a row to fall to No.
Auburn Men's Basketball head coach Jeff Lebo, in his fifth year as head coach, has helped record the second most wins in the team's history, by going 24-12 last season.The team made it to the third round of the NIT Tournament and lost to Baylor.More impressively, he led the team to win eight out of the last nine SEC regular season games.Eight of the Tigers' 11 wins in the conference were by double digits.He came to a team facing NCAA probation and many players left Auburn.It was a slow and steady struggle for Lebo and his Tigers, but the hard work is paying off.His father, Dave Lebo, is an assistant coach for the program.He said the biggest struggle for Jeff was taking small steps and doing things the right way."He had to make some decisions to get the right kind of players in here," Dave said.
Auburn Women's basketball came away with an easy win Sunday, beating the Georgia College and State University Bobcats 73-50 in an exhibition game.Four Tigers scored in double digits, while sophomore guard Parrisha Simmons took a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds.Auburn scored first and the game remained relatively close until the Tigers scored 17 unanswered points and held GCSU without a goal for almost nine minutes.The first half ended with the Tigers up 40-18.Auburn was slow to start after halftime, only scoring one point in five and a half minutes.The team bounced back and finished strong, but was only 9-of-28 at the free-throw line.Head coach Nell Fortner said that statistic was a big concern."We are getting high percentage shots taken away from us and they are sending us to the line and we are not knocking them down and that's not good," Fortner said.
With one win already under their Speedos, the swimming and diving team will take on Alabama today at 5 pm at the James E. Martin Aquatic Center.
