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Auburn Media Relations "I still remember seeing Bo hitting the ball off the side of a building in right field at Auburn . . . "I needed to fight, it was do or die . . . The Tiger trio will be inducted Saturday at the 58th annual induction banquet and ceremony at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel . . . Pearl's contract in his new role is for six years and is set to pay him $150,000 annually . . . Auburn saw its miraculous run come to a heartbreaking conclusion . . . Auburn women's tennis will host an NCAA super regional for the first time in program history on Friday at 5 p.m. CT against No. 15 Duke at the Yarbrough Tennis Center . . . The Virginia native was announced by the SEC as the Freshman of the Year . . . Auburn will compete the week of Nov. 16 along with Florida, Houston, Kansas, West Virginia, Notre Dame, Rutgers and UNLV . . . Koivun was named the SEC Player of the Year for a third straight season on Thursday, becoming the first man in history to do so . . . Pearl also highlighted how effective Kimble is on the defensive end as he also averaged 2.6 steals per game at Eastern Kentucky . . . Auburn is ineligible for the NCAA Tournament. It will be the first time Auburn has missed the field since the 2013 season . . . After finishing conference play with a 4-20 record, including a historic 25-0 loss to LSU last Saturday, Auburn entered the SEC Tournament needing three wins to get back to .500 and become eligible for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament . . . The Tigers are the 1-seed in the 13-team field in the Athens regional, which will be three days of stroke play beginning on May 18. The top five teams and the top individual on a non-advancing team qualify for the national championship at the Omni La Costa Champions Course, beginning on May 29 out in Carlsbad, California . . . "This is the team we've been waiting to see for a while . . . "I want to be your first four-year guy . . . Auburn hit five home runs in its second-round victory and hit one in each of the first three innings . . . Down 2-0 heading into the 6th inning, No. 14-seeded Auburn rattled off six unanswered runs in the final two frames to stun the No. 11-seeded Missouri Tigers . . . Steven Pearl is extremely high on his addition at the wing position. "He's probably the best shooter in the portal, and we were able to get him to come to Auburn . . . Auburn took control of the game at the top of the sixth inning . . . The Tigers defeated No. 11 seed Missouri 6-2 on Tuesday morning in Lexington, Kentucky. Auburn will move to the second round on Wednesday where the 14-seed Tigers will face the Texas A&M Aggies . . . The sophomore guard has shown her ability to score throughout her college career. In her freshman campaign, she averaged 10.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 2.4 steals per game in 33 appearances. Thienou's best performance came that year, when she scored 29 points in a 94-69 win over Florida. This is the sixth signing this offseason for head coach Larry Vickers . . . Auburn softball will now face Missouri at 10 a.m. CT . . . With so many new faces, Pearl outlined how the team will come together over the summer, which includes a foreign tour to Greece in August . . . The Auburn family really showed up and made a really big difference for us . . . The Tigers are now a perfect 20-0 at the Yarbrough Tennis Center this season. Miami defeated North Florida in the round of 64 earlier in the day, punching its ticket to the regional final against Auburn . . . Olsen, a 6-foot-8 forward, shot a scorching 39.5% from deep last season on 8.3 attempts per game. He was one of only eight players in college basketball last season to shoot at least 40% from long range (rounded up) at 6-foot-7 or taller . . . He scored a season-high 32 points in back-to-back games against Texas A&M and Arkansas to become the first Auburn player to score 30 or more points in consecutive games in 32 years . . . Cam Newton completed just 3-of-8 passes for 61 yards before going on to win the Heisman Trophy and leading Auburn to the 2010 national championship . . . Tigers have put together the best regular season in program history. In addition to tying for the SEC regular season title, Auburn won the SEC Tournament Championship . . . The Tigers were chosen as the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Championship on Monday . . . Auburn started the 2026 season ranked lower than usual, at a modest No. 4 in the country. That didn't last long . . . "He's a stud. An Auburn family that just loves Auburn. You know, it helps that his girlfriend goes to Auburn . . . "We have two daughters and four grandkids around the Auburn area. So, it was natural that we move back into our old house and start living life. We are really excited to root on the Tigers . . . "It hasn't been that long since I've been to Simpsonville . . . Steven Pearl brought in five transfers from the portal and one international player so far . . . "This program has been built by players with a chip on their shoulder and something to prove . . . The rule will allow "schools to decline to enter a student-athlete into the Transfer Portal only if the student-athlete agreed to release the school from that requirement as part of a valid settlement-related benefits agreement with the school, for the period of that agreement . . . Despite the retention of its starting backcourt, as Tahaad Pettiford and Kevin Overton have announced their intention to return next season, Auburn appears to have an extremely different team heading into Pearl's second year . . . "We're probably one away from being done . . . It was a strong weekend for the Tigers, who recorded 16 podium finishes, including five event victories . . . "I'm really excited about our opportunity to go to Baylor, be a part of that regional and play Santa Clara . . . The Tigers will host the NCAA opening rounds Friday and Saturday at the Yarbrough Tennis Center. Auburn will face Bryant, the regional's 4-seed, in the first round Friday . . .
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