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(08/06/12 2:38pm)
With the 2012 summer semester coming to an end, Auburn University football prepares to begin its season with 16 returning starters and 21 incoming high school recruits. Only a year away from making headlines on the Plains, the 2013 recruiting class has kept the offseason exciting in all the right ways. Below is a top list of 2013 verbal commits, ranked No. 8 nationally by Rivals.com.5 starReuben Foster LB - Auburn High School (Auburn, AL)Carl Lawson DB - Alpharetta High School (Alpharetta, GA)Dee Liner DE - Muscle Shoals High School (Muscle Shoals, AL)4 starTrey Johnson LB - Central Gwinnett High School (Lawrenceville, GA)Earnest Robinson WR - Pinson Valley High School (Pinson, AL)Jordan Wilkins RB - St. Benedict High School (Cordova, TN)3 starTashawn Bower DE - Immaculata High School (Somerville, NJ)Jarred Davis LB - Camden County High School (Kingland, GA)Jahmere Irvin-Stills DB - Eastern Christian Academy (Elkton, MD)Jeremy Johnson QB - Lovejoy High School (Hamptson, GA)Lemond Johnson ATH - Cooper City High School (Cooper City, FL)Kamryn Melton DB - Dothan High School (Dothan, AL)Jason Smith ATH - McGill Toolen High School (Mobile, AL)Cameron Tony LB - Huntsville High School (Huntsville, AL)
(08/01/12 1:07pm)
Men’s Basketball- Coach Tony Barbee hired University of Missouri assistant Ryan Miller to be an associate coach at Auburn. Miller was recently hired by Missouri and spent only two months in Columbia. Miller, a Northern State University graduate in Aberdeen, S.D., is the younger brother of Miami Heat guard Mike Miller.
(07/27/12 3:25pm)
If there was ever any question on the motives and goals of Mark Emmert's tenure as NCAA President, he made himself undoubtedly clear after Monday's punishments to Pennsylvania State University and its football program.
(07/24/12 5:24pm)
All- A total of 64 Auburn student-athletes have been named to the 2011-2012 Southeastern Conference First-Year Academic Honor Roll to rank as third in the league, announced Thursday, July 12, by SEC Commissioner Mike Slive.Baseball- Sophomore centerfielder Ryan Tella has turned down the San Francisco Giants as an 11th-round selection in the MLB draft. Tella was voted Second Team All-SEC by the league’s coaches. He led Auburn and was fourth in the SEC with a .360 batting average. He also ranked among the conference leaders in slugging percentage (.508, 11th), on base percentage (.448, sixth), hits (85, fourth), triples ( four, tied-fifth), total bases (120, seventh), walks (35, tied-eighth) and stolen bases (17, tied-third). In league-only games, Tella placed seventh in batting average (.333), tied for third in hits (41) and tied for fifth in stolen bases (six).Men’s Basketball- Former forward Kenny Gabriel played for the Sacramento Kings in the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion. The Kings played five games, which were all televised on NBA TV in seven days.Football- The first SEC BeachFest will be held Aug 23-26, 2012, along the Alabama Gulf Coast in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. National Championship winning SEC coaches Gene Chizik, Nick Saban, and Les Miles will be in attendance to rally SEC fans one last time before the 2012 season kickoff. Retired coach appearances include Pat Dye of Auburn, Gene Stallings of The University of Alabama, Vince Dooley of The University of Georgia and Phillip Fulmer of The University of Tennessee.-Five Auburn players have been named to the 2012 SEC preseason Coaches All-SEC Team. Junior defensive end Corey Lemonier and senior tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen were selected for the first team. Senior wide receiver Emory Blake and junior punter Steven Clark were named to the second team. Senior linebacker Daren Bates was chosen for the third team.-Five-star linebacker Reuben Foster from Auburn High School switched his commitment from Alabama to Auburn last Thursday, July 12. This brings Auburn’s total 2013 verbal commitments to 16, three of which are five-star recruits.-Placekicker Cody Parkey is one of thirty players to make the 2012 Lou Groza College Place-Kicker Award watch list, presented by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission.-Punter Steven Clark is one of 25 players to be named to the 2012 Ray Guy Award watch list, which honors the nation’s top collegiate punter.-Lemonier is one of 84 players to be named to the 2012 Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list, which recognizes the nation’s best defensive player awarded by the Football Writers Association of America.-Blake was named to the 2012 Bilentnikoff Award watch list, which recognizes the most outstanding receiver in college football.-The Allstate Insurance Company and the American Football Coaches Association announced Lutzenkirchen as one of 117 nominees for the 2012 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. This award recognizes a select group of college football players committed to making a difference in their communities.-Lutzenkirchen and Lemonier were also named to the 2012 Lombardi Award watch list. This award is given to the nation’s top lineman or linebacker.-Auburn will face Mississippi State University in Starkville, Miss. at 11 a.m. on Sept. 8. The Tigers will play their first home game versus The University of Louisiana at Monroe at 11:21 a.m. on Sept. 15. The season kicks off versus Clemson in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Sept. 1 at 6 p.m.Men’s Golf- Former golfer Jason Dufner has been named to the 156-man field for the 141st Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Anne’s in Lancashire, England. It runs July 19-22. Dufner has finished in the top five in the last three tournaments he has played, including a fourth-place finish at the U.S. Open. Dufner enters the Open Championship ranked third in the FedEx Cup and ranked seventh in the world.Women’s Basketball- The women’s basketball team will travel to Australia Aug. 4-14 for a tour that includes stops in Cairns, Brisbane and Sydney. As part of the trip, the Tigers will play games against the Logan Thunder, Cairns Dolphins, Sydney Flames and Sutherland Sharks.Softball- ESPN’s high school signee Lexi Davis was named ESPNHS National Player of the Year after posting a 33-1 record as a pitcher and leading Porter Ridge High School Indian Trail, N.C. to the Class 4A state championship. Davis was also named the Gatorade State Player of the Year in North Carolina after the 2012 spring season. She is one of seven incoming freshman that will begin their collegiate careers in the fall of 2012.
(07/22/12 6:08pm)
The Auburn Tigers football team may be in for an exciting 2013 recruiting class. As it stands today, the Tigers' recruiting class is ranked No. 11 according to Rivals. They are dangerously close to breaking into the top 10 and staying there until National Signing Day.
(07/22/12 1:50pm)
As the college football world tries to make sense of what went down in State College, Pa., universities and their athletic departments across the nation are forced to put their own programs under the microscope.
(07/17/12 5:41pm)
The SEC has recently released the start times for Auburn's first three football games of the 2012 season.
(07/17/12 5:35pm)
The Football Bowl Subdivision will have a college playoff in 2014. Believe it or not, it's official.
(07/16/12 1:17pm)
All- 77 Auburn student-athletes have been named to the 2012 Southeastern Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll announced Monday by SEC Commissioner Mike Slive. Equestrian led all sports with 20 players selected. Men's track and field followed with 13.
(07/09/12 9:36pm)
Auburn is scheduled to play the University of Idaho Vandals on Sept. 15, 2015, in Auburn according to a report from the Idaho Statesman. Idaho will receive $1 million from Auburn for playing the game.
(07/05/12 2:14pm)
Men's Basketball: Recent graduate and former Auburn forward Kenny Gabriel will play for the Sacramento Kings in the NBA Summer League.
(07/04/12 1:32pm)
Instead of waiting until Sept. 1 for Auburn's return to the gridiron, fans will have the to opportunity to put the game in their own hands with the release of EA Sports "NCAA Football 13" on Tuesday, July 10.
(06/28/12 4:06pm)
The minds behind Auburn's own Verge Pipe Media have made their mark on the social media market with their new product, Golf Joust.
(06/28/12 1:00pm)
The Sept. 1 Auburn vs. Clemson matchup in the Georgia Dome has never seemed so far away.
(06/28/12 10:00am)
2012 London Olympics:
(06/25/12 1:48am)
Freshman quarterback Ezekiel (Zeke) Price Pike was arrested for public intoxication early Sunday morning at 12:50 a.m. on South College St. He was released on a $300 bond according to the Lee County Sheriff's department.
(06/22/12 9:18pm)
Junior fullback Jay Prosch's waiver has been cleared by the NCAA, allowing him to play this upcoming season.
(06/21/12 10:00am)
All- Each of the 18 Auburn athletic teams received a passing grade in the 2011-2012 Academic Progress Ratings released Wednesday. Teams could score up to 1000 points and any team under 925 could face penalties, including the loss of scholarships. Women's cross country posted the highest score of 991and men's basketball scored the lowest at 925. Football and baseball both posted scores of 943.
(06/14/12 10:00am)
Baseball: 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft: Senior RHP Derek Varnadore drafted in 9th round by New York Yankees. Sophomore center fielder Ryan Tella drafted in 11th round by San Francisco Giants. Junior RHP Slade Smith drafted in 17th round by Detroit Tigers. Senior second baseman Creede Simpson drafted in 25th round by Baltimore Orioles.
(06/14/12 10:03am)
Where does one begin when trying to make sense of the events that started Saturday evening at University Heights and ended Tuesday at the Auburn Police Department?