The No. 22 Auburn football team arrived in Atlanta for the 40th Chick-fil-A Bowl Tuesday after the Tigers took off six days for the holidays. Auburn will meet No. 15 Clemson on New Year’s Eve.
Korvotney Barber scored a game-high 19 points to lead Auburn to a 67-56 victory over Alabama A&M on Saturday. Rasheem Barrett had 12 points and Quantez Robertson had six points, nine rebounds and five assists for the Tigers (7-2).
The Auburn men’s basketball team took time out from its preparations for Saturday’s 1 pm home game against Alabama A&M to deliver Christmas toys to children in the East Alabama Medical Center Friday. The Tigers spent an hour in the hospital spreading Christmas cheer to patients, their families and nurses. The Auburn coaching staff also passed out many Alabama A&M tickets to hospital personnel for Saturday’s game.
Wade Benson has been named head volleyball coach at Auburn University announced Athletics Director Jay Jacobs and Senior Woman Administrator Meredith Jenkins.
For the second consecutive year, the Auburn athletics department is pleased to offer Half-Price Holiday Hoops for four men’s basketball games this holiday season at Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum.
Thanks to the great support of Auburn fans, Wes Byrum’s game-winning field goal to beat Florida is one of four finalists in the Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Year contest. Byrum’s kick, 43-yard field goal on the final play to give Auburn a 20-17 win at then-No. 4 Florida, was one of 13 original finalists that have been voted by fans through three rounds and into the final four.
The ESPN family of networks will air the Chick-fil-A Bowl Preview Show during the week leading up to Auburn’s Dec. 31 contest against Clemson. The show will debut at 1 p.m. CT on ESPN2 on Dec. 28, with several repeated broadcasts to follow.
Rasheem Barrett had 18 points to lead Auburn past Mercer 68-59 Wednesday night. Auburn pulled off the victory despite a shorthanded bench with freshman center Boubacar Sylla out with an ankle injury and sophomore forward Lucas Hargrove out with a broken hand.
DeWanna Bonner scored 24 points and No. 16 Auburn defeated Sam Houston State 80-36 on Wednesday night. Bonner, who played only 21 minutes, shot 10-of-12 from the field and made all four of her free throws. Alli Smalley added 12 points.
Auburn University has professors who can discuss economic and financial topics related to the holiday season, such as holiday spending, credit card debt and budgeting. This time of year can create financial and emotional stress as consumers buy gifts and other holiday items. Often, this is done without forethought of the consequences to the person’s [...]
There’s no doubt that food plays an important part of any holiday celebration but this is especially true around the Christmas holidays. Auburn University has several faculty who are prepared to talk about a number of holiday-related food issues such as food safety, maintaining proper nutrition and the importance of a moderate diet and exercise. [...]
Six current and former Auburn swimmers will travel to Manchester, England to represent the United States National Team at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships, USA Swimming announced Tuesday.
Auburn assistant soccer coach Becky Fletcher has added the title of Recruiting Coordinator, head coach Karen Hoppa announced on Tuesday.
After picking up its 10th win of the season on Monday at Stephen F. Austin, the No. 16 Auburn women’s basketball team concludes its three-game stretch in Texas on Wednesday at Sam Houston State at 6:30 p.m. The Tigers will then break for Christmas and return to action on Dec. 28-29 at the Hawk Classic in Philadelphia. Tiger fans can listen to Wednesday’s game from Johnson Coliseum live on 96.7 FM.
The Auburn Gymnastics team was voted as the No. 19 team in the nation according to Monday’s preseason coaches poll.
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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