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(07/28/13 3:35am)
The College Swimming Coaches Association of America selected the Auburn men and women's swimming and diving teams as Scholar All-America teams.
Twenty student-athletes were also picked as Scholar All-Americans, the most for any program in the Southeastern Conference.
In order to qualify for this honor, a student-athlete must have competed at the NCAA Championships that year and maintain at least a 3.5 GPA.
Athletes that did not make it to the NCAA Championships but had a NCAA provisional qualifying time or zone diving score were named to the Honorable Mention squad.
Thirteen women were named to the Scholar All America First team or Honorable Mention Squad: Becca Jones, Haley Krakoski, Micah Lawrence, Lauren Norberg, Lindsey Norberg, Aubrey Peacock, Hannah Riordan, Cinzia Calabretta, Caitlyn Forman, Laura Johnson, Sarah Reynolds, Carly Scheper and Shanna Schuelein.
Seven men were named to similar teams: James Disney-May, Stuart Ferguson, TJ Leon, Kyle Owens, Antton Haramboure, Spencer Kerns and Justin Youtsey.
As a team, the women had a 3.23 GPA while the men had a 3.02 GPA.
(07/19/13 3:46pm)
Senior H-back Jay Prosch has never played in a no-huddle style of offense, but he and the team are adjusting well and thoroughly enjoy it.
"I think the guys love (the no-huddle offense)," Prosch said. "It's completely different than anything I've ever done, because I've never done no-huddle before."
Prosch said he enjoys the high-octane offense, but he also revealed the first week of spring conditioning was a sharp lesson in brutality for him and the team.
"The first week of spring was a tough week," Prosch said. "Not only is it hard being a player from the sideline, but conditioning wise--(the coaches) stress fast pace, and we're operating at a very fast pace. Our guys have adjusted to it, and I think it's going to be a huge advantage for us this year."
Prosch went on to express that with the new, fast pace the team is going, it is hitting the weights and conditioning drills equally fast.
"It's extremely hard," Prosch said about the team's strength and conditioning drills. "We've been working so hard. We're probably in the best shape of our lives right now, and I can guarantee we're going to be one of the most in-shape teams on the field next year."
Another aspect of play the coaches and team members want to exploit is a new outlook on football after a season with only three wins--none coming in SEC play. Coach Gus Malzahn called it a new day, and the players truly believe it is.
"Coach Malzahn stresses the new day, and that's what it feels like," Prosch said. "The new coaching staff came in and brought a new attitude, a new vibe and brought a fire back. And now our workouts and practices are crazy exciting. Guys have been working hard, and we're getting our edge back."
Malzahn has hammered home that players need to get their edge back in this new day he has brought to Auburn, and it is definitely sinking in.
As the coaches changed, so did Prosch's positional requirements at H-back. He said he will be expected to catch more passes in the open space, and for a player whose nickname is the "Juggernaut," that's not the most appealing prospect for defenders.
"Last year I ran routes and blocked the secondary," Prosch said. "Now it's kind of the same thing as last year, except it might be a double (work load). I'm going to be lining up in different positions, blocking different ways, different angles, and I'll be running more routes and hopefully (catching) more balls. It's going to be fun; I'm looking forward to it."
When Prosch, the lone offensive player at SEC Media Days, was asked the question of the offseason: "Who is going to be the Auburn quarterback next year?" he said his guess is as good as anyone's.
"It's hard to say (who the quarterback will be)," Prosch said. "They're four awesome guys. They're all really football smart; they all have extremely strong arms ... They're all fast guys, level-headed, good, good football players."
While Prosch said he could not tell the players apart physically, he did say he believes the ultimate decision from the coaching staff will come down to which quarterback makes the best decisions under pressure.
(07/17/13 9:10pm)
The goal is still to get their edge back.
At his National Signing Day press conference, Auburn football coach Gus Malzahn stated the main goal of the Auburn football team was to get their edge back, and at SEC Media Days Malzahn said much of the same.
"The number one thing that our players have to do to be successful is to get our edge back," Malzahn said. "That is the mental and physical toughness, the blue-collar, hard-nosed, hit-you-in-the-mouth Auburn style football that is what made Auburn great ... History shows that if Auburn can regain their edge, they compete for championships and win games."
When the Auburn Tigers hit the practice fields August 2, regaining confidence after a three win season will be key to the future success of this team, and Malzahn said he and his coaches will be demanding of the squad until he feels they are full of confidence.
Malzahn also spoke highly of his new staff, who will be with Malzahn for at least one full season.
"I feel like we have one of the top staffs in all of college football," Malzahn said. "They're all men of character. They're great examples for our players, which is the number one thing for me. And they're all very good coaches. Most college staffs have good recruiters and good coaches, and I can honestly say that we have nine guys who can flat out coach. And they will be very good coaches in the future."
Malzahn first spoke about his offensive coordinator and protege, Rhett Lashlee, who he claimed to have the utmost confidence in.
"Our offensive coordinator is Rhett Lashlee, a guy that I coached since seventh grade," Malzahn said. "He knows this offense like the back of his hand. I'm going to be working with the offense and I have a lot of confidence that (Lashlee) is going to allow me to do the things that the head coach needs to do in this league."
As Malzahn delved into the status of his relationship with the offensive coordinator, he spoke of how the offense itself would work.
"Offensively, we're a two back run-passing team that will run at a two-minute pace the entire game," Malzahn said. "Our goal is to be faster than anybody in college football and we feel like if you can execute your offense at a fast pace it's a big advantage."
While the Tigers coach gave credit to the pace of his offense, he admitted that Auburn does not yet have a for sure quarterback to run it.
"Offensively our biggest challenge going into this year is going to be our quarterback," Malzahn said. "We don't know who our quarterback is. We've got four guys and we're going to give them an equal shot. We're going to figure out who gives us the best chance of winning. Ideally, we'll figure that out sooner rather than later in fall camp, but we will not make the decision until we are 110% sure. The positive offensively is that we've actually recruited guys specifically for this offense."
Malzahn also spoke of former South Carolina defensive coordinator and Southern Miss head coach Ellis Johnson. Johnson will be changing the Auburn defense from a 3-4 to a 4-2-5 scheme- a measure he hopes will transform the Tigers for the best.
"Our defensive coordinator is Ellis Johnson, one of the best defensive coordinators in all of college football. He's very sound, fundamentally sound ... We'll be running a 4-2-5 defense which allows us to put three safeties on the field. It allows us to put a little more speed on the field, and a little more athleticism."
Malzahn later said the team has a lot of seniors, which is obviously good for the team experience-wise. He also said there are a lot of freshmen and while they are talented, they need to grow up to contend in the ultra-competitive SEC.
Malzahn ended his statement with, "we need to improve each practice, and we need to improve each game, and if we can do that we have a chance to have a successful season."
(07/12/13 12:32am)
Two weeks ago and a few days' change, our mates across the pond hosted the biggest and best Grand Slam in tennis: Wimbledon.
I'm not going to lie, I don't really keep up with the women's side of the tournament, and that's nothing against the ladies out there. It's just a lot easier to tune in to a five set match (men's) than a three set match that could be over in less than an hour (women's), so I'm going to be focusing on the men's singles.
For those of you who didn't keep up with the tournament, Andy Murray, who is Scottish and British, became the first British man to win their home Grand Slam in 77 years.
I mean, most of the British people alive don't even remember the last male champion, Fred Perry, who won in 1936. That's way back when Hitler was in power, people, but I digress.
While Murray's victory in three sets over world No. 1 Novak Djokovic was immensely impressive, it was also a bit disappointing.
When I, and many other Americans, woke up early Sunday morning to watch the finals, we were hoping for a four, and if we were lucky, five set match that would see both players pushed to their limits.
Unfortunately that was not the case, and the British wait was over in the minimum three sets.
Where the men's final was a bit anticlimactic, the men's semifinals were anything but. The first match last Friday, July 5, saw Djokovic pitted against top ranked Argentinian Juan Martin Del Potro.\0x2028 It was the match of the tournament, there's no doubt about it. \0x2028It went to five sets, and two of the sets were determined by tiebreakers, with each competitor taking one of those.
The match lasted four hours and 43 minutes, which was the longest semifinal ever at Wimbledon.
It was back and forth the whole way, but in the end the conditioning of Djokovic paid off, and he emerged victorious over a completely gassed Del Potro.
The other men's semifinal was exciting as well, coming later in the day.
Murray faced Polish international Jerzy Janowicz in Friday's second semifinal, and while Murray showed some obvious frustration when he lost the first set, he pulled his game together and won the next three sets and consequently, the match.
All that being said if you got to watch a large share of Wimbledon, good for you. Tennis is one of the oldest sports in existence, and has been around this long for a reason. It's spectacular, and those who play it at the highest level can do some incredible things on the court that you have to see to believe.
If you missed Wimbledon, that's a bummer for you, but hey, it comes around once a year. Plus, the U.S. Open Grand Slam event will begin August 26, and it's held in Queens, N.Y.
So I urge you to watch, if only one semi-final match. You never know, it might hook you on a new (to you) fascinating sport.
(07/07/13 6:12pm)
The International Senior Softball Association (ISSA), along with the City of Auburn, is set to host the U.S. Southern Championships at the Auburn Softball Complex July 12-14.
There are 23 senior teams in eight divisions that will compete in the tournament, and the winners will earn a chance to compete in the ISF/ISSA World Tournament of Champions January 24-26 in Tampa, Fla.
Tournament play will begin at 11 a.m. Friday, July 12, and will conclude with a game Sunday, July 14, that is set to begin at 10:30 a.m.
The teams consist of players in the 50+, 55+, 60+, 65+, 70+ and 75 and older age groups.
Admission is free all three days, and more information about the ISSA can be found at seniorsoftball.org.
(07/03/13 5:48am)
Head football coach Gus Malzahn will be making $2.3 million a year, excluding incentives until at least 2017, according to his new contract.
Along with the $2.3 million Auburn University will be paying the head football coach, it will pay defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson $800,000 annually through June 2016, and defensive line/recruiting coordinator Rodney Garner $500,000 a year until June 2016.
While Johnson and Garner are the highest paid assistant coaches, cornerbacks coach Charlie Harbison is not far behind. His contract states he will earn $425,000 each year until at least the end of June, 2015.
Both Rhett Lashlee, the offensive coordinator, and quarterbacks coach/co-offensive coordinator Dameyune Craig will earn $250,000 annually through at least the end of June 2015 and 2016, respectively.
J.B. Grimes, the offensive line coach, will take home $270,000 a year through June 2015, and both running backs coach Tim Horton and tight ends/special teams coach Scott Fountain will make $250,000 annually through June 2015.
Along with his lucrative salary, Malzahn will have bonus incentives should he do particularly well during a season.
If his Tigers win 10 games he will make $75,000 extra, and every win after that will earn the coach an extra $25,000.
If the Auburn football team plays in the SEC Championship, Malzahn will bag $100,000 and if they win he takes $150,000.
That $150,000 is the same amount he will win if his Tigers lose the BCS Championship, but $500,000 will be deposited into his checking account should the football team emerge victorious in the BCS Championship game.
Malzahn will earn $100,000 for earning an at-large BCS bowl bid, taking a final ranking in the top 5 of the AP or coaches poll, earning SEC Coach of the Year from the AP or coaches survey and earning a National Coach of the Year award from the AP, Home Depot, Walter Camp Foundation, the AFCA or by winning the Bryant Award.
His buyout protection is $500,000 a year through the conclusion of his contract and his buyout fee is $500,000 for every year remaining on his contract, payable in two installments.
(06/28/13 10:53pm)
Jay Jacobs recently announced the University will add more than 2,000 free parking and tailgating spots for football games in the upcoming season.
The change comes because of a survey in which Tiger fans said they wanted to enhance the football game day experience, according to AuburnTigers.com.
"Our fans have told us how important parking and tailgating are, and today we are taking a significant step to address it," said Athletics Director Jay Jacobs. "These changes are just the beginning, not the end, of what will be ongoing efforts to make the game day experience at Auburn the best it can be."
Scott Carr, senior associate athletics director for external affairs, said the University has done a thorough search of where to add the free parking and tailgating spots.
"A lot of our fans wanted the free parking and free tailgating, but there are some that want the paid, hassle-free parking and tailgating," Carr said. "They want to get their parking pass or tailgating spot in advance, knowing that they can show up on Saturday and go straight to their spot and it's guaranteed. We wanted to do what we could to meet the needs of both groups."
Indeed, the fans who want to pay for prime tailgating real estate will still be allowed to do so, but the free tailgating closer to campus should open up the floodgates for those who want to be tailgating kings.
There will be seven new areas to tailgate in, according to AuburnTigers.com, including the South Donahue Corridor, Weagle Woods, West Samford Avenue, the intramural fields, the facilities division area, CDV/Wire and Heisman, Tailgate at the Park, and the Tailgate Guys at Campus Green.
(06/30/13 3:55am)
Marshall Law and AU Goldmine have teamed up with Auburn-tigers.com to push out insightful, relevant and timely stories about Auburn athletes and coaches for the general public.
Auburn recently hired senior writers Phillip Marshall and Charles Goldberg from their former jobs at 247sports.com and The Birmingham news, respectively, to exclusively write about anything and everything to do with Auburn sports.
Marshall stated there are a lot of similarities between his new and former jobs, but he admitted there are some distinct differences as well.
"I've gone from 35 years in the newspaper business to 5 years in the website business to what I'm doing with Auburn now," Marshall said. "The biggest difference is there's nothing to do with message boards, which is something of a relief, and we can't cover recruiting. Beyond those two things it's not that much different from 247sports."
Marshall explained they are fairly limited in the recruiting sector because they were hired and are paid by the University.
Though they are not allowed to cover recruiting while potential commitments are visiting the school, Goldberg and Marshall can write about it in a limited role.
"We can write about recruiting in general terms as far as high school and when they sign," Marshall said. "But, during this time when they're visiting and all that stuff, we're not allowed to write about them."
Though there are several limitations due to the nature of the position, there are several perks to being a senior writer for Auburn-tigers.com.
"We had several conversations at length before I took the job about what would be expected, and I pretty much have the freedom to do what I think is best," Marshall said. "I try to have a couple new stories a day but that's not really a requirement. I just try to do a good job."
Indeed, since his hiring less than two weeks ago, Marshall has been writing at least a story a day, and sometimes gets as many as three on the website in 24 hours.
Not to be outdone, Goldberg keeps a similar pace when pushing out the news.
Marshall also said his new position allows him to dig deeper into the stories of some of the players and coaches.
"One of the main reasons why I took this new job is now I get to spend more time telling the stories of athletes and coaches in an in depth way, and I really enjoy doing that," Marshall said. "I've been able to do that some, and I'm going to get to do that more. That was a real attraction to me in taking the job to begin with."
(06/21/13 4:37am)
The midway point of the MLB season is just around the corner, and with the All-Star Game comes the first mention of the post-season.
For those of you who are uninitiated in big league baseball rules, the winning team in the All-Star Game's league gets home field advantage in the World Series.
All of that was said to tie in a serious complaint I, as well as many others, have with the new MLB postseason.
The ridiculous, preposterous and head scratching one shot win or be eliminated Wild Card Game.
I'm not just angry because the Braves lost in the Wild Card Game last year, though that does contribute to a large percentage of my fury. I am irritated with this game because somewhere up the MLB management chain, the bosses decided that a 162 game season should rest on the edge of a knife in the format of a one-game playoff for two teams in each league.
It's absurd. Baseball is the one game in American sports where any team could beat another on a given day.
For instance, in college football there's no way an Alabama is going to lose to a Mississippi State (at least in this juncture in their programs).
But in baseball, even the major league worst Marlins would have a chance (however slim it may be) to defeat the major league leading Cardinals.
The Wild Card Game can be fixed though. The MLB just needs to turn it into a three game series. That way, it's just like a regular season series and the teams can afford to lose a game.
A three game series would also get a better look at which team is actually better, because potentially three starting pitchers and lineups would be used instead of just one.
In the National League Wild Card Game last year, the umpires really worked the Braves over by calling the infamous infield fly rule 30 feet into the outfield. If it had been a three game series that blunder by the men in blue would have had a chance to go unnoticed, but as it was a one-game win or go home scenario the game will live in infamy.
Now, as last year was the first year of Wild Card Games, only two teams and their fan bases have cause to be upset, but if the format does not change soon enough half of the big league supporters are going to be ticked off.
Braves fans, who, like it or not everyone else, make up the majority of fans around these parts, are furious about the debacle last October. There was garbage, bottles and worse things thrown onto Turner Field during the Wild Card Game last year, and it may not get better for the MLB any time soon.
As long as the MLB just makes it a three game play-in, none will have any cause to complain, because after three games in baseball, the winner has won fair and square.
(06/18/13 1:30pm)
The NCAA's Academic Progress Rate scores were released on the NCAA's website Tuesday, June 11, and every Auburn team is considered to be in good academic standing.
The scores are based on the standard set for the 2011-2012 season.
The closet team to sanctions was the men's basketball team who posted a score of 940. Though 940 was the lowest score posted by an Auburn sports team, the minimum score a basketball team can post and still be eligible for postseason play is 930.
The Auburn football team's score was 950, and the baseball team came in at 943.
The women's basketball team scored a 990, but the women's soccer teams recorded the highest score with a 995.
The Academic Progress Rate was set in place so student athletes would be held to a standard that emphasized a heightened concentration on academics.
As the rules are relatively new, there has been a designated adjustment period so teams can have a better chance of playing in the postseason while still improving on their schoolwork.
Under the new rules for 2012-2013, a team will be banned from postseason play if it does not have a 900 four-year average or 930 two-year average.
For 2013-2014 season teams must have a 930 four-year average or a 940 two-year average, and for 2015-2016 teams are required to have a 930 average.
None of Auburn's teams are in any immediate danger of being sanctioned by the NCAA.
"These APR results are a reflection of the efforts of our student-athletes to excel academically in their chosen academic majors at Auburn University. We are proud of their academic performance," said Gary Waters, senior associate athletics director for Academic Services. "In relation to the multi-year APR scores, all 21 Auburn teams comfortably met the NCAA standard for postseason competition. With that being said, we still have some work to do. We had a very good year during the 2011-2012 academic year. We need to follow that performance with three more good years."
(10/09/17 4:46pm)
Former Arizona State softball coach Clint Myers has agreed to become the Auburn Tigers' new coach, Athletics Director Jay Jacobs announced Friday, June 14.
(06/11/13 11:31pm)
The multi-year NCAA Academic Progress Rate scores were released on the NCAA's website Tuesday, June 11, and every Auburn team is considered to be in good academic standing. The scores are averaged over a multi-year system.
(06/11/13 7:37pm)
Four Tigers in Garrett Cooper, Conner Kendrick, Will Kendall and Jay Gonzalez have earned chances to move to the major league.
(06/11/13 4:17am)
Jerome Seagears, a basketball player who transferred from Rutgers to Auburn, announced he will be leaving the Tigers to be closer to his home in Silver Springs, Md.
(06/06/13 6:45pm)
The Golf Coaches Association of America announced Friday, May 31, senior Dominic Bozzelli and sophomore Michael Johnson were named to the Division I PING All-Region Team after their performances in the NCAA Championship earlier in the week.
(05/27/13 9:53pm)
John Pawlowski, the now former Auburn head baseball coach, was released from his duties by Director of Athletics Jay Jacobs Monday, May 27.
(05/24/13 9:12pm)
The streets close, the drinks appear and the people come in droves to have a good time with friends and spend copious amounts of money, but it only happens three or four times a year.
(05/21/13 8:42pm)
The 10 seed Auburn Tigers fell 6-3 to their bitter rivals the 7 seed Alabama Crimson Tide in the first round of the SEC Tournament Tuesday, May 21 at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.
(05/16/13 12:23am)
The six-person committee whose job it was to review Auburn Athletics Department from top to bottom completed the process, and while the exact findings from the review remain unclear, president Jay Gouge has attempted to clear some of the gray area.
(05/16/13 12:10am)
The six-person committee whose job it was to review Auburn Athletics Department from top to bottom completed the process, and while the exact findings from the review remain unclear, president Jay Gouge has attempted to clear some of the gray area.