Pitcher Cody Trahan threw a two-hit shutout to lead No. 3 seed LSU to a 4-0 victory over No. 6 seed Auburn in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Softball Tournament Thursday night.
Auburn outfielder Ben Jones has been named to the Academic All-District IV First Team, it was announced on Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Auburn freshman infielder Hunter Morris has accepted an invitation to USA Baseball’s 2008 National Team Trials, it was announced on Thursday. Morris is one of the initial 12 players invited to try out for the team, which will be selected as trials are held June 11-23 throughout the northeastern and southeastern parts of the United States.
The 35th-ranked Auburn men’s tennis team opens the 2008 NCAA Tournament at 10 a.m. ET, Saturday against No. 38 Wake Forest in Athens, Ga.
The No. 10 Auburn women’s golf team opened NCAA East Regional play shooting 8-over 296 and are tied for sixth with No. 20 Virginia. Freshman Cydney Clanton led the Tigers, firing 2-under 70 and is tied for fifth.
One day after setting a new meet record in the 50m freestyle, Auburn junior Cesar Cielo came right back with another record-setting performance during the second day of the Brazilian Olympic Trials.
Auburn senior swimmers Kara Denby and Kristen Hastrup have been named by the NCAA as two of 29 female student-athletes who participated in Division I, II or III winter sports to receive a $7,500 postgraduate scholarship award from the NCAA. Both were nominated as members of the Auburn swimming and diving team.
A pair of Auburn softball players took home postseason honors as junior outfielder Myesha Finney was named to the Southeastern Conference All-Defensive Team and sophomore pitcher Anna Thompson was named Second Team All-SEC, it was announced by the league office Wednesday.
The Auburn volleyball team recently wrapped up its spring training season, leaving new head coach Wade Benson excited about the team’s direction in 2008.
The Auburn soccer team has added Erin Gaby to its roster for the upcoming 2008 season, head coach Karen Hoppa has announced. Gaby, a forward/midfielder from Marietta, Ga., brings the total for Auburn’s incoming class to five after signing four high school seniors to National Letters of Intent in February.
Auburn junior Cesar Cielo kicked off the Brazilian Olympic Trials with a win on Wednesday as he won the 50m freestyle in the event’s opening session.
The No. 29 Auburn women’s tennis team will take on the No. 35 Ohio State Buckeyes in the first round of the NCAA Tournament hosted by the University of Florida on Friday, May 9. Auburn will play at 2:00 p.m., CT., in Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex.
The Auburn baseball team will play its final road regular-season series this weekend when it travels to Oxford, Miss., to take on the Ole Miss Rebels. Game times for the three games are 6:30pm CT on Friday, 4pm on Saturday and 1:30pm on Sunday.
Auburn senior center Jason Bosley is one of 42 players nationally who have been named to the 2008 Rimington Trophy Spring Watch List. Now in its ninth year, the Rimington Trophy recognizes the most outstanding center in college football.
The 10th-ranked Auburn women’s golf team will begin play at the NCAA East Regional on Thursday at the par 72, 6,335-yard University of Georgia Golf Course. Auburn, who is the No. 4 seed behind top-seeded Duke, second-seeded Florida and third-seeded Georgia, will look to finish in the top eight and earn its 12th trip to the NCAA Championship in the last 13 seasons.
Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a state university located in Auburn, Alabama, USA. With more than 23,000 students and 1,200 faculty, it is the largest university in the state, and according to U.S. News & World Report, has a selectivity rating of "more selective." Auburn was chartered on February 1, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts school affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The college was donated to the state of Alabama in 1872, when it became the state's public land-grant university under the Morrill Act and was renamed the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. In 1892, the college became the first four-year coeducational school in the state. The college was renamed the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (API) in 1899. In 1960, its name was officially changed to Auburn University, as it had long been popularly known. Auburn is one of only 13 American universities designated as a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research center.
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