April a Month Worth Celebrating for Auburn Sports
They say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, but for the majority of Auburn sports that is not true. The month of April has proven to be one worth celebrating.
April started off hot for Auburn sports with men’s basketball advancing to the Final Four only to fall less than one second shy of advancing to the title game. Yes that was abysmal, but in the last month Auburn Athletics has acquired two national titles and sent tons of Tigers to the pros. Is your head spinning yet? It’s cool, we have the recap here:
APRIL 6: We’re still not ready to talk about it, so here’s the link to what happened.
https://flywareagle.com/2019/04/09/world-reacts-to-blown-call-that-ended-auburns-historic-run/9
APRIL 9: Jared Harper declares for NBA draft, hires agent 🙁
jared, we literally love you.
— joshdub (@joshdub_) April 9, 2019
APRIL 13: “BOEY NATEWOOD” ENTERS THE AUBURN QUARTERBACK CONVERSATION (A Day happened, Joey Gatewood and Bo Nix were really great).
APRIL 15: All five Auburn softball seniors get drafted.
All five Auburn softball seniors were selected in the @profastpitch draft tonight. Four of them (Kendall Veach, Casey McCrackin, Morgan Podany and Bree Fornis) were drafted by the Beijing Shougang Eagles, whose co-head coach is Veach's older brother, Hunter.
— Josh Vitale (@JoshVitale) April 16, 2019
APRIL 19: Auburn Freshman gymnast Derrian Gobourne becomes the first Auburn gymnast to win a national championship.
The queen has her crown 👑
— Auburn Gymnastics (@AuburnGym) April 20, 2019
Freshman Derrian Gobourne is the NCAA vault champion!
📰 » https://t.co/MAgJapIVfU#WarEagle pic.twitter.com/ffW1uFw6f4
APRIL 20: Auburn Equestrian defeats Georgia to win its 6th National Championship.
What a way to finish the 2018-19 season...
— Auburn Equestrian (@AuburnEQ) April 21, 2019
✔️ National Champions
✔️ 18-0 overall
✔️ Hunter Seat Champions
✔️ Equitation on the Flat Champions
📰 » https://t.co/gUAWWUYM7K
📰 » https://t.co/B5IPmwSjYW
#WarEagle | #AsOnev pic.twitter.com/K2dgy6fE90
APRIL 20: Chuma Okeke declares for the NBA draft 🙁
Chuma Okeke, who tore his ACL in the Sweet 16, declares for the NBA Draft. Can obviously still return to school, but this isn’t a surprise. pic.twitter.com/dn1estNl94
— Tom Green (@Tomas_Verde) April 20, 2019
More on Okeke’s decision here: https://flywareagle.com/2019/04/28/chuma-okeke-declares-next-season-uncertainty-mounts/
APRIL 25-27: 9 Auburn football players land spots in the NFL.
APRIL 26: Jovan Rebula wins the SEC Men’s Golf Individual Championship.
https://twitter.com/AuburnMGolf/status/1121871757097488384
APRIL 27: Auburn Men’s Golf advances to the SEC Championship where they fall to Arkansas.
.@JovanRebula wins it for Auburn on the 3rd playoff hole!
— Auburn Men's Golf (@AuburnMGolf) April 27, 2019
The Tigers are going to the #SECMGolf Championship match! 🐅⛳️#WarEagle | #ChampionsPlayHere pic.twitter.com/9qqToHty8K
OTHER IMPORTANT APRIL HAPPENINGS:
Auburn softball goes 5-8 during the month of April and loses ace pitcher Makayla Martin and Auburn baseball goes 5-11 heading into the month of May.
We hope you feel caught up now. To stay in the know follow Fly War Eagle on Twitter and Facebook!