Good Morning, Auburn Family. Two former Auburn women’s basketball staff members will be making their return to the Plains as Caroline McCombs and AK Prestridge will be joining coach Larry Vickers’ staff.

McCombs will return for her second stint as an assistant coach, and Prestridge will serve as the team’s director of basketball operations.

🗣 “The family atmosphere here at Auburn is different, and it’s special. It was important to bring in staff members who had experience here and know what the Auburn Family is all about.” - Larry Vickers
ℹ️ : MORE ON MCCOMBS + PRESTRIDGE

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🏈 Remembering Auburn football coach Bill “Brother” Oliver
⚾️  Baseball puts another in the win column against Jax State
🐅 And much, much more!

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Auburn Access: Fan Day
Auburn football held Fan Day following practice on A-Day.

🔼 Remembering Brother Oliver. Unbeaten Florida came to Jordan-Hare Stadium in November of 1969 expecting to pass its way to another high-scoring victory, but the Gators were in for a record-setting shock. 

Auburn defensive backs coach Bill “Brother” Oliver had a plan and the players to pull it off. Florida quarterback John Reaves threw 66 passes that day. Auburn intercepted nine of them, an NCAA record that stands 56 years later.

Oliver, who enjoyed two successful stints as an Auburn assistant coach and served as the Tigers’ interim head coach in 1998, passed away Sunday at the age of 85. 

“Brother Oliver came up with a defense,” recalled All-American Buddy McClinton, who made two of the Tigers’ interceptions in Auburn’s 38-12 win. “We absolutely drove them crazy. It was magical. He was just that smart. He was ahead of his time.”

🏈 : Go here for more on Brother Oliver’s coaching methods, his contagious enthusiasm and his induction into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

🔼 Nerves of “Steele.” Lucas Steele hit a pinch-hit home run with two outs in the ninth inning to help lift No. 6 Auburn past Jacksonville State, 4-3, Tuesday night at Jim Case Stadium. The win marked Auburn’s eighth one-run win of the season and marked the team’s third win when trialing or tied after eight innings.

Making his second straight midweek start, freshman Christian Chatterton retired the first 18 Gamecocks he faced in the game and racked up his second-highest strikeout total of the season with eight.

🔼 Poised to Pounce. No. 14 Auburn finished the second round of stroke play at the SEC Championship on Tuesday at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida. The Tigers are in fifth place as a team with a 36-hole total of 565 (+5).

Auburn sophomore Anna Davis remained in the top five after round two and is tied for fifth place on the individual leaderboard and four shots behind the tournament leader, Eila Galitsky, of South Carolina.

“I have full faith that we will climb the leaderboard,” said Auburn head coach Melissa Luellen of tomorrow’s round.

🔼 A Solid Showing. Auburn concluded its regular season with a third-place finish Tuesday at the Ford Collegiate in Savannah, Georgia. Sophomores Jackson Koivun and Cayden Pope led the lineup with a pair of seventh-place finishes at 1-under apiece. A costly 8-over final round saw the No. 1 Tigers take bronze at 4-over overall.

It was the 19^th top-10 showing of Koivun’s career, which cemented him as second in the program record books behind teammate Brendan Valdes. Pope picked up his fifth top 10, and his fourth of the season.

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🐅 ONE BIG THING

A Tall Order. The Auburn men’s basketball program has signed Birmingham native and Mississippi State transfer KeShawn Murphy.

The 6-foot-10, 230-pound forward was one of the Southeastern Conference’s top Sixth Men and among the league’s most improved players. He paced all SEC players with a 60.4 accuracy from the field in conference games this past season. Murphy also ranked in the Top 15 among league leaders in rebounds (8th, 7.4 rpg) and blocks per game (Tied for 15th, 1.12 bpg).

🏀 : MORE ON MURPHY

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Wednesday, April 16
⛳️ Women’s Golf @ SEC Championship in Belleair, Florida | Live Scoring

Thursday, April 17
⛳️ Women’s Golf @ SEC Championship in Belleair, Florida SEC ESPN+ | Live Scoring 
👟 Track & Field @ Wake Forest Invitational in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Kentucky @ SEC Championship in Columbia, South Carolina @ 1 p.m. CT | Tournament Bracket
🐎 Equestrian vs. No. 7 Georgia in Ocala, Florida @ 1:30 p.m. CT
🥎 Softball @ Tennessee @ 5 p.m. CT | Live Stats | WEGL 91.1 FM 
⚾️ Baseball @ Texas @ 7 p.m. CT SEC ESPN+ | Live Stats| Listen

Friday, April 18
⛳️ Women’s Golf @ SEC Championship in Belleair, Florida SEC ESPN+ | Live Scoring 
👟 Track & Field @ Wake Forest Invitational in Winston-Salem, North Carolina 
👟 Track & Field @ Tom Jones Invitational in Gainesville, Florida
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Texas @ SEC Championship in Columbia, South Carolina @ 1 p.m. CT
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. SEC Championship Quarterfinal @ 3 p.m. CT SEC ESPN+ | Tournament Bracket | Live Video | Live Stats
🥎 Softball @ Tennessee @ 5 p.m. CT SEC ESPN+ | Live Stats | WEGL 91.1 FM 
⚾️ Baseball @ Texas @ 7 p.m. CT SEC ESPN+ | Live Stats | Listen

Saturday, April 19
👟 Track & Field @ Tom Jones Invitational in Gainesville, Florida
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ SEC Championship Semifinal in Columbia, South Carolina @ 11 a.m. CT
🏐 Volleyball vs. Florida in Tifton, Georgia @ 12:30 p.m.
🥎 Softball @ Tennessee @ 1 p.m. CT SEC ESPN+ | Live Stats | WEGL 91.1 FM 
⚾️ Baseball @ Texas @ 2 p.m. CT SEC ESPN+ | Live Stats | Listen
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. SEC Championship Semifinal @ 3 p.m. CT SEC ESPN+

Sunday, April 20
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. SEC Championship Final @ Noon CT SEC ESPN
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ SEC Championship in Columbia, South Carolina @ 3 p.m. CT SEC ESPN

🐅 Go here to view the entire Auburn Athletics Calendar

🧐 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Florida!

The Auburn baseball team swept LSU for the first time since 1988 with a 3-2 win Sunday afternoon at Plainsman Park. The series also marked Auburn’s first sweep against a top-five team since doing so against Florida from Mar. 17-19, 2017.

🐅 Happy Wednesday, Auburn Fam!