Cross Country- The men’s and women’s cross country team will compete in the Greater Louisville Classic on Sept. 29. After three meets, both the men’s and women’s team are undefeated after finishing first in the Trojan Invitational, Auburn Invitational and Azalea City Classic.
Baseball- Auburn has begun fall practices and will now welcome the nation’s No. 22 recruiting class. The class includes 16 players: OF Jackson Burgreen, RHP Brewer Carter, RHP Reid Carter, RHP/OF Terrance Dedrick, C/IF Tyler Deese, IF/OF Jordan Ebert, OF Sam Gillikin, OF Hunter Kelley, LHP Conner Kendrick, RHP Cole Lipscomb, LHP Mike O’Neal, OF Rock Rucker, RHP Matt Schultz, IF Dylan Smith, IF Damek Tomscha, RHP Trey Wingenter. Gillikin, Kelley, Tomscha and Wingenter have all been drafted by MLB teams before.
Men’s Basketball- Tickets for the season have gone on sale. In addition, coach Tony Barbee announced that former Missouri and New Mexico assistant coach Ryan Miller was named associate head coach Sept. 18. Barbee and Miller have worked together before when the two worked under Memphis coach John Calipari.
Women’s Basketball- Tickets are now on sale for the 2012–13 season. Senior guard/forward Blanche Alverson has been selected into the top 5 for Miss Homecoming. The television schedule for the team has also been released with the team slated for six televised matchups: Tennessee, at Kentucky, at Alabama, Florida and at Vanderbilt.
Women’s Tennis- After winning 14 matches and earning four titles during the Auburn Fall Invitational in early September at the Yarbrough Tennis Center, The women’s tennis team had another strong showing at the UNLV Invitational in Las Vegas. There, the team won 14 matches and took home three championships.
Swimming and Diving- The swimming and diving regular season does not begin until Oct. 12, but the team prepared for the opener with its annual intrasquad Orange and Blue Meet. The orange team beat the blue team 207.5 to 197.5. Of the 22 events, Freshmen Alexandria Merritt (150-yd butterfly), Caitlyn Forman (150-yd backstroke), Jordan Jones (men’s 300-yd individual medley) and Carly Scheper (diving) all won events.
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