Auburn Gymnastics head coach Jeff Graba has hired Tigers’ former volunteer coach Dawn Schueller as the Director of Gymnastics Operations.
“I think that our administration assisting us in expanding our staff this year shows just how supportive they are of our program,” Graba said. “I am so excited that Dawn has joined our staff on a more permanent basis. She is familiar with this program from her years here as our volunteer assistant and now we’re able to expand her role considerably.”
Schueller’s responsibilities will include serving as a liaison between the coaches and athletic department administrators, former Auburn gymnasts and the Auburn community. She will also handle day-to-day responsibilities in the gymnastics office, coordinate the Auburn Gymnastics Summer Camp and assist with team budget, team travel, team meals and various other operational tasks.
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52 Tigers graduate 2011 spring term
A total of 52 Auburn student-athletes graduated as part of the Auburn University’s Spring 2011 graduating class on Monday in Jordan-Hare Stadium.
The graduates represent 17 of Auburn’s sport programs, including seven men’s swimming and diving athletes, six from baseball, five each from football and women’s track and field, four from equestrian and men’s track and field, three from women’s tennis and volleyball, two each from softball, women’s swimming and diving, men’s tennis, women’s golf, gymnastics and one each from soccer, men’s basketball and women’s basketball.
The seven men’s swimming and diving graduates include: Gideon Louw (South Africa), Kyle Maese (Portland, Ore.), Kelly Marx (Overland Park, Kan.), Tyler McGill (Champaign, Ill.), Andrew Mitchell (Nashville, Tenn.), Michael Silva (Tampa, Fla.) and Pascal Wollach (Calgary, Alberta, Canada).
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The SEC Champion Auburn women's golf team will return to the course this week for the NCAA East Regional Championship.
Tigers set for NCAA East Regional
The SEC Champion Auburn women’s golf team will return to the course this week as the Tigers travel to Daytona Beach, Fla., for the NCAA East Regional Championship.
Auburn, ranked 13th in the country, is one of 24 teams at the regional vying for one of eight spots in the NCAA Championship.
The tournament is a 54-hole stroke play event hosted by Stetson University. The par-72 course will play at 6,271 yards for the three-day tournament. Tee times are set to begin at 7 a.m. Thursday.
The NCAA East Regional is one of three qualifying tournaments for the NCAA Championship, set for May 18-21 at the Traditions Club at Texas A&M in College Station, Texas. The top eight teams from each of the three regionals will advance to the NCAA Championship.
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The No. 23 Auburn men's tennis team was selected to participate in the 2011 NCAA Tournament and will face North Carolina-Wilmington in the first round
The No. 23 Auburn men’s tennis team was selected to participate in the 2011 NCAA Tournament and will face North Carolina-Wilmington in the first round. The Tigers (15-9) will travel to Athens, Ga., for the first and second rounds and will take on the Seahawks (21-4) at 9 a.m. CT, May 13 at the Dan Magill Tennis Center.
“We are going to a place that we are familiar with at Georgia,” Auburn head coach Eric Shore said. “Hopefully that will be our advantage in the first round, and we will see what happens from there. We don’t know much about UNC-Wilmington other than the fact that they have had a great season.”
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