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This is the third in an eight-part series highlighting eight Auburn starters who don’t exactly generate many headlines, but make irreplaceable contributions in a game that goes beyond “the stars.”

Enterprise State Community College basketball coach Wesley Person was shocked to learn he was being fired effective Aug. 20 after showing up to a meeting with athletic director Jeffrey Coats on Tuesday.

This is the second in an eight-part series highlighting eight Auburn starters who don’t exactly generate many headlines, but make irreplaceable contributions in a game that goes beyond “the stars.”

Auburn basketball was already set for some major rebuilding under first-year coach Tony Barbee.

Justin Garrett was the latest high school prospect to commit to Auburn on Tuesday, as the Tucker, Ga., linebacker chose the Tigers over a number of SEC schools.

All indications point toward Auburn senior Ryan Shoemaker resuming his role this season as the Tigers’ point man on punts this season.

Rising junior Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace and former Auburn swimmers George Bovell and Alana Dillette represented their home countries at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, from July 18 to 23.

alabama linebacker Dont’a Hightower knows how hard he and his teammates worked to knock off Florida last season. He expects nothing less directed at the Crimson Tide this fall.

Auburn rising senior Cydney Clanton became the first Auburn golfer to ever with the 108th North & South Women’s Amateur on Saturday, as she posted a 3 and 1 victory over Lisa McCloskey in the 36-hole championship match.

Jordan Jefferson may carry the biggest burden of all SEC quarterbacks this season.