Monday Blues Leads to Optimistic Two-a-Days
While five of the football team's seniors graduated Monday, head coach Gene Chizik didn't think his team made the grade at practice.
While five of the football team's seniors graduated Monday, head coach Gene Chizik didn't think his team made the grade at practice.
The Auburn Tigers football team beat the heat Friday night as they geared up for the first practice in shells and shorts at the Athletic Complex practice fields.
The buzz surrounding Wednesday's first fall football practice included the return of seniors Zac Etheridge, Mike McNeil and Aairon Savage after long-term injuries.
After a disappointing finish to last year's season, the Auburn University men's basketball team (15-17, 6-10 SEC), along with new head coach Tony Barbee, is building toward a more successful 2010-11 season.
Signed football? Check. Women's basketball poster? Check. No, this isn't Christmas in July. It's Auburn's annual Fan Day, a favorite event not only to Auburn fans, but also coaches and athletes."Fan Day is a great event that brings the Auburn Family together and allows fans, student-athletes and coaches to interact with one another," said head football coach Gene Chizik.
Members of print, radio and television media, as well as members of the Auburn faithful, flocked to see football head coach Gene Chizik at SEC Media Days Friday.Senior linebacker Josh Bynes, senior defensive back Aairon Savage and senior offensive lineman Lee Ziemba also attended the event, held at the Winfrey Hotel in Hoover, Ala.Coach Chizik answered many questions Friday and he had a positive outlook for this season, but said there was still room for improvement.
With victories overseas, nearly an entire team returning and new players on the way, the Auburn volleyball team is set to spike its success.Head coach Wade Benson said he expects last season's accomplishments will benefit the team's mentality for the 2010 season.
For the Auburn University men's golf team, the new season brings high expectations.Head coach Nick Clinard said he envisions a bright future for his team."We have a great group of players, and we work hard," Clinard said."They're good people, and they deserve all the success that's going to be coming to them pretty soon."
While many Auburn students are lounging around in a pool and dragging themselves to summer classes, football players are spending their summer intensely preparing for the upcoming season.The team trains Monday through Friday, starting at 5 a.m., for roughly two hours. Highly recruited five-star freshman running back Michael Dyer is practicing alongside a bevy of seasoned athletes, but says he doesn't get intimidated.
Auburn is home to the coldest club sport in the south, ice hockey. The Auburn club ice hockey team hopes to attract students from different backgrounds and areas to enjoy this fast paced and exciting game on ice.
Auburn athletes showcase their talent both on and off the field. A total of 61 Auburn student-athletes made the 2009-10 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Academic Spring Honor Roll, which is based on grades from the summer and fall terms of 2009, and the 2010 spring term.
Auburn students looking to spice up their normal workouts should look no further than the Auburn Student Activities Center's year round Zumba classes that provide students the chance to dance their way into shape.
Auburn student athletes must balance sports, schoolwork and social lives. Auburn's numerous foreign athletes must juggle all of these things, plus deal with the added pressure of being so far from home.
With many websites dedicated to covering Auburn athletics these days, how do fans decide which site is right for them?Each site offers many of the same stories, recruiting information and an array of message boards, while still having unique characteristics.
The Auburn Board of Trustees recently approved a $16.5 million indoor practice facility for the Auburn football team.Construction for the new facility will begin at the end of the 2010 season and is scheduled to be finished for the start of fall practice for the 2011 season.
Cycling is a sport not often heard of, but many feel it's an important sport.
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association named Auburn University's Hunter Morris to its All-American Team and Brian Fletcher to the All-American second team Wednesday.Morris and Fletcher were chosen from players in 20 different conferences, according to the NCBWA.
Coach Frank Bradley has been named Auburn's new swimming and diving associate head coach. Bradley said he was very excited to be working at Auburn with Brett Hawke, Auburn swimming and diving head coach, and the rest of the staff.
Though women's rugby is a relatively new sport at Auburn, it has continued to develop and grow. This includes keeping up with workouts and practices during the summer months.
The Auburn Track and Field Teams entered day one of the NCAA Outdoor Finals Wednesday at Hayward Field, commonly referred to as Track Town USA, in Eugene, Oregon, with strong performances from individual athletes and relay teams.