Good Morning, Auburn Family. Auburn’s Johni Broome, a unanimous first team All-American and the SEC Player of the Year, was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the fifth pick of the second round of the 2025 NBA Draft Thursday. Broome became the first Auburn player drafted by Philadelphia since Hall of Famer Charles Barkley was selected fifth overall in the 1984 draft.

🗣 "I'm a winner. I get things done offensively and defensively,” Broome said on the ESPN broadcast. “The 76ers got a good one."

Broome becomes the seventh draft pick in the last seven years for head coach Bruce Pearl. He is the 36th player in program history to have his name called in the draft.

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⚽️ Soccer schedule released!
⚾️ Ike Irish becomes seventh consensus All-American in program history
⏮️ A look back at this epic year in athletics
🐅 And much, much more!

🔼 Keys to a Legacy. A month after former Auburn tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen passed away in 2014, a high school coach in Georgia asked Mike to speak to his team. College coaches began reaching out as well.

The Lutzie 43 Foundation, a reference to Philip’s jersey number at Auburn, was born. Three years later, Mike introduced an initiative called 43 Key Seconds, handing out keys to young drivers inscribed with “43 Key Seconds” on one side and “43 to Distracted Free” on the other.

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🔼 Coming Out Strong. Auburn soccer and head coach James Armstrong unveiled the program’s schedule for the 2025 season Wednesday. The first schedule of the Armstrong Era features 17 regular season matches, including 11 inside the friendly confines of the Auburn Soccer Complex.

The Tigers kickstart the season with an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent for the second straight year as Louisville heads to The Plains for a 6:30 p.m. CT matchup on Thursday, Aug. 14. Auburn continues a four-game homestand with Samford (Aug. 17), Southern Miss (Aug. 21) and Kennesaw State (Aug. 24) all coming to town.

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🔼 And For the Grand Finale… Junior outfielder Ike Irish becomes the seventh consensus All-American in program history as he was named First Team All-America by D1 Baseball.  

The All-America recognition is the fifth for Irish, who has already earned first-team honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association, Baseball America, College Baseball Foundation and Perfect Game. Irish joins Frank Thomas (1989), Tim Hudson (1997), Todd Faulkner (2000), Gabe Gross (2000), Casey Mize (2018) and Sonny DiChiara (2022) on the list of consensus All-Americans in program history.

🔼 Be Kind and Rewind. This was definitely one for the record books, so why not relive it!?

🔼 Intellectually Speaking. A total of 76 Auburn student-athletes earned a selection to the 2025 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.  

Baseball led the way with 16 selections, while both softball and women’s track and field followed with 14 honorees each. Men’s track and field added 12 selections while men’s golf (7), women’s golf (6), men’s tennis (4) and women’s tennis (3) rounded out the honorees. 

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🐅 ONE BIG THING

Bow Down. Auburn track & field hurdler Ja’Kobe Tharp has been selected as one of 10 men’s semifinalists for the prestigious Bowerman Award.  

Two weeks ago in Eugene, Oregon, at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Tharp won his second national title of the year. His time of 13.05 in the 110m hurdles was the fifth fastest collegiately ever and the third fastest in the world this year. He was awarded First Team America honors for his performance.  

He now holds the eight fastest 110m hurdles times in program history.  

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*All Times Are in CT

Friday, August 29
🏈 Football Season Opener @ Baylor @ 7 p.m. FOX

Saturday, Sept. 6
🏈 Kickoff On the Plains @ 6:30 p.m. ESPNU | Color: Fan Choice

Tuesday, Sept. 9
🏐 Volleyball vs. Virginia - Showdown at the Net @ Time TBA

🐅 Go here to view the entire Auburn Athletics Calendar

🧐 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Cam Newton!

At Auburn, everything came together for Philip Lutzenkirchen and the Tigers in 2010 during their National Championship season; the first for the school in over 50 years. Philip became a household name when he caught the game-winning touchdown from Cam Newton in the Iron Bowl to defeat Alabama for the SEC West crown, sending Auburn to the SEC Championship Game.

🐅 Have an amazing weekend, Auburn Fam!