Good Morning, Auburn Family. Auburn senior guard Denver Jones was one of five players honored as USBWA Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week for games ending on Feb. 16.

The reigning SEC Player of the Week playing for the No. 1-ranked Tigers, Jones was joined by Jalen Terry of Eastern Michigan (MAC), John Tonje of Wisconsin (Big Ten), JT Toppin of Texas Tech (Big 12) and Corey Washington of Wichita State (AAC).

🥎 Softball’s SJ Geurin garners multiple awards
👟 Makanakaishe Charamba is the SEC Men’s Runner of the Week
🐅 And much, much more!

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🔼 High-Stakes Hoops. After earning Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week honors for helping No. 1 Auburn earn road wins at Vanderbilt and No. 2 Alabama, Denver Jones gets another opportunity to display his defensive and offensive skills tonight against Arkansas at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN. 

Jones, the SEC player of the week, averaged 18.5 points to help the Tigers defeat the Commodores and the Crimson Tide while holding both teams’ leading scorers to 32.1-percent shooting from the field and 18.8 percent from 3-point range. 

Two-thirds of the way through the 18-game SEC schedule, Auburn can remain in sole possession of first place with a win over the Razorbacks. 

🏀 : SCOUTING REPORT

🔼 In Dramatic Fashion. After Cam Tilly and Jett Johnston turned in 5.0 scoreless and hitless innings in relief, Ike Irish hit a walk-off single in the ninth to lead No. 25 Auburn to a 7-6 win against No. 24 Troy Tuesday night at Plainsman Park.

“Tonight was one of those where I thought they competed their hearts out,” head coach Butch Thompson said. “If they would have come up short tonight, I think I’d have been OK with that. Better than the other two wins that we had, and they have to understand that.”

⚾️ : FULL RUNDOWN

🔼 Relaying Record-Breaking News. One race, one record. Kicking off the swimming portion of the 2025 SEC Championships in style, the Auburn women posted a school record in the 200 medley relay at a blistering 1:34.89. With four days of action left inside Gabrielsen Natatorium, the women sit seventh with 115.5 points while the men are 10th with 63 points. 

🔼 Hey, Hey, It’s SJ. After a dominating performance at the Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational, SJ Geurin put the softball world on notice and Softball America and D1 Softball rewarded her with national honors worthy of the weekend. 

Softball America named the redshirt sophomore one of its Stars of the Week, while D1 Softball named Geurin its National Pitcher of the Week. D1 Softball also tabbed Geurin and Auburn utility athlete Icess Tresvik to its Clearwater Invitational All-Tournament Team. 

Guerin is just one of four pitchers in the country to have six wins after the first two weeks of the season.

🔼 MakaMania in Perpetuity. Senior Makanakaishe Charamba of the Auburn track & field team was selected as the SEC’s Men’s Runner of the Week. Competing in his fourth meet for the Tigers, Charamba posted a time of 20.16 in the 200m to take gold at the Tiger Paw Invitational in Clemson, South Carolina.  

His time is the world’s fastest indoor 200m time of the year and the eighth fastest 200m ever. Charamba’s 20.16 broke U.S. Olympian’s Coby Miller’s previous record of 20.50, set in 2000. The Harare, Zimbabwe native delivered the fastest 200m ever by an SEC runner in the regular season.  

🔼 Par For His Course. Auburn sophomore Jackson Koivun was named a semifinalist for the 95^th Amateur Athletic Union Sullivan Award for his efforts last season after leading the Tigers to their first national title while piecing together one of the most brilliant individual campaigns in the history of collegiate golf.

The AAU Sullivan Award has been given out since 1930 to the nation's best athlete at the Olympic, collegiate or similar elite level. The illustrious list of previous winners includes Wilma Rudolph (1961), Carl Lewis (1981), Peyton Manning (1997), Michael Phelps (2003), Tim Tebow (2007), Shawn Johnson (2008), Caleb Dressel (2020), and Caitlin Clark (2022 & 2023).

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🔼 In the Clutch. No. 21 Women’s golf finished play at the Moon Golf Invitational at Suntree Country Club in Melbourne, Florida, on Tuesday. Junior Katie Cranston tied her lowest round of the season with a final round 68 (-4) to finish the event inside the individual top 10.

🗣“Best day for last! Really pleased with our fight. Par 5 play was especially good today and three players in the top 20 was a good showing. Katie [Cranston]’s birdie-birdie-birdie finish was great, and a wonderful confidence boost for her. Another solid tournament for Balma (Dávalos).” - Melissa Luellen, head coach

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Wednesday, Feb. 19
🌊 Swimming & Diving @ SEC Championships in Athens, Georgia @ 8:30 a.m. CT Preview | Postseason Guide | Championship Central | Live Stream - Prelims | Live Stream - Finals
⚾️ Baseball vs. North Alabama - Hump Day @ 4 p.m. CT SEC ESPN+ | Buy Tickets  | Live Stats  | ESPN 106.7 FM
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Arkansas - Neville at Night @ 8 p.m. CT ESPN | Live Stats | SEATGEEK | AUBURN VIP 

Thursday, Feb. 20
🌊 Swimming & Diving @ SEC Championships in Athens, Georgia @ 8:30 a.m. CT Preview | Postseason Guide | Championship Central | Live Stream - Prelims | Live Stream - Finals

Friday, Feb. 21
⚾️ Baseball vs. Wright State @ 2:30 p.m. CT SEC ESPN+ | Buy Tickets | Live Stats | Wings 94.3 FM
🌊 Swimming & Diving @ SEC Championships in Athens, Georgia @ 8:30 a.m. CT Preview | Postseason Guide | Championship Central | Live Stream - Prelims | Live Stream - Finals
🥎 Softball vs. Louisiana Tech - Rocket City Showcase in Madison, Alabama @ 1 p.m. CT | Buy Tickets | WEGL 91.1 FM FLOCOLLEGE
🥎 Softball vs. JMU - Rocket City Showcase in Madison, Alabama @ 4 p.m. CT | Buy Tickets | WEGL 91.1 FM FLOCOLLEGE
🤸🏽‍♀️ Gymnastics @ Alabama @ 7:30 p.m. CT SEC ESPN

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Answer: Walker Kessler!

Auburn senior guard Denver Jones was one of five players honored as USBWA Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week. Jones becomes only the third-ever player in program history to earn national player of the week honors next to Walker Kessler (2022) and Johni Broome (2024).

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