Ebert named to SEC Community Service Team
The Southeastern Conference announced Auburn junior outfielder Jordan Ebert for this year’s Community Service Team on Tuesday, May 12, according to a press release issued by the Auburn Athletic department.
The Southeastern Conference announced Auburn junior outfielder Jordan Ebert for this year’s Community Service Team on Tuesday, May 12, according to a press release issued by the Auburn Athletic department.
After being granted a one-year reprieve to remain in Conference USA, the UAB Blazers received more positive news for their basketball program–they will play Auburn this upcoming season.
Sophomore Matt Gilchrest was named to the SEC Men’s Golf Community Service Team for his first-team All-SEC standing and his participation in giving back to the Dufner Foundation this season.
Straight off the bus from Baton Rogue, Louisiana, with a first-ever SEC Championship, the celebration wasn’t over yet for the Tigers, as they watched Auburn selected as the number four seed heading into the 2015 NCAA Championship.
“I don’t see a whole lot of leadership on the infield,” Golloway said. “We were out of position on some bunt defense and were surprised by the delayed steal.”
“Clearly the scoreboard is not going to be as indicative of what the score was,” coach Sunny Golloway said. “My concern, with my history in college baseball, is that the committee is just going to look at the final score. When you’re looking at the last ten games played, this one is going to pop up.”
“We just never could get any momentum because of pitching,” head coach Sunny Golloway said. “That’s two nights in a row that we’ve been up in the zone. Most lineups in the SEC are going to hurt you if you’re up in the zone.”
“The two home runs were, to be quite honest with you, very surprising,” head coach Sunny Golloway said. “This is where that mental toughness is going to come into play.”
With this win, Auburn will advance to the SEC Tournament Final for the first time in program history.
Auburn has secured its spot to the next phase of the SEC Tournament’s Semi-Finals with its 5-2 win over Missouri.
Awards are starting to pour in for the Auburn softball team. They're lighting up the trophy case after they did the same to the scoreboard all season long. On Tuesday, head coach Clint Myers was named SEC coach of the year after leading the Tigers to one of the program's best records in their history, and landing the program's highest ever seed in the SEC tournament at No.
Auburn’s men’s tennis team hosted No. 25 LSU on Sunday, April 5, for the Tigers' final home match of the season.
No. 4 Auburn men’s golf finished second with a 12-under, 852 at the Gary Koch Invitational in Gastonia, North Carolina, on Tuesday, April 7. Junior Michael Johnson also earned co-medalist honors with an 8-under, 208.
After what looked like another easy weekend sweep for Auburn, the LSU Tigers snatched the win, 7-1 to end the last game of the regular season. But this win wouldn’t be just a normal win for the Tigers.
The baseball team beat SEC opponent South Carolina 3-0 Sunday, May 3, in the final game of a three-game series.
The second day of the 2015 NFL Draft is over, and Auburn’s Sammie Coates leads the former Tiger hopefuls off getting selected by the Pittsburg Steelers in the third round (pick 23, 87th overall). Coates, who led the Tigers in receiving with 741 yards in 2014, and averaged 21.8 yards per reception, ran a 4.43 40-yd dash at the NFL combine.
Auburn’s NFL hopefuls watched Friday as wide receiver Sammie Coates was taken 87th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers. On Saturday, four Tigers would also hear their names called as day three of the 2015 NFL Draft came to a close in Chicago. The Tennessee Titans selected defensive end Angelo Blackson with the first pick of the 4th round (100th overall) to address the defensive side of the ball after taking quarterback Marcus Mariota with the 2nd overall pick, and wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham with the 40th overall pick. Detroit beefed up their defensive line by trading up to get defensive tackle Gabe Wright with the 14th pick of the 4th round (113th overall) after former Auburn defensive tackle Nick Fairley opted to sign with the St.
Despite falling behind early, Auburn’s bats woke up in the later innings, scoring two each in the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings to win 6-2, and to tie the series against South Carolina in Columbia, where the Tigers have now won for the first time since 2009. Starter Rocky McCord had yet another solid start, holding the Gamecocks to only one earned run on four hits in seven innings. The Tigers couldn’t get anything going early, as South Carolina elected to use their closer, Taylor Widener, to start the game, and he pitched five shutout innings.
Daniel was arrested on Wednesday, April 29 in connection with robberies and thefts that occurred in the South Donahue Residence Halls over Auburn University's spring break.
Daniel recorded 15 tackles in 2014 and one sack. Daniel’s 17 quarterback hurries were a team-high.