re: 2017 #5 Auburn Baseball (30-12) and #9 Softball (39-8) Season Thread

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I don't know what the future holds for softball tbh.

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Or basketball.

Our athletic department is an enigma wrapped in a riddle.

Wrapped in pure sadness.

I think everyone is overreacting

Sucks to end how it did, but this team did a lot considering what we lost the year before

Still a great year

Or the world...

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I think everyone is overreacting

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NO WAY!

New Lanier is a bitch

I was told Coach Myers said that we will have as many as 6 new starter for next year team. With only 2 SR we may have a much better team next year. So who ever is the softball expert here help me out who could be starting next year.

I know we have a great recruiting class coming in. Could someone try to put out a starting line up.
CF, RF, C and P will be set I think ( incoming pitchers could see some action).

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New Lanier is a bitch

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Man cant have any fun around here anymore

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AUBURN, Ala. - The first time Kasey Cooper spoke, the tears outnumbered the words.

"I'm proud I came to Auburn," said Cooper, asked to reflect on the emotions she was feeling minutes after the conclusion of one of the most brilliant careers in Auburn athletics history.

Cooper, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI in her finale, narrowly missed hitting a home run for the second straight Super Regional game, with Oklahoma winning 5-2 to advance to the Women's College World Series.

"The girl [Oklahoma left fielder Macey Hatfield] made a good play," Cooper said. "I just missed by millimeters. I thought it was going to be iffy. I was hoping by the grace of God that something was going to happen. I had that feeling that I just missed a little under."

Cooper concludes her career with 270 runs batted in, No. 1 all-time in the SEC. Her 67 homers are an Auburn record.

"We left a legacy for sure," said Cooper of fellow seniors Haley Fagan, Jenna Abbott and Sydne Waldrop. "I remember the first time the coaches came in and they said, `We're going to the College World Series,' and we all laughed. Everyone was like, `You're crazy. You guys are all psycho.' They got us to where we are. We expect to be great."

Cooper said she and her graduating teammates are leaving Auburn's program better than they found it.

"We have very young girls come in on visits," she said. "When I grew up, the biggest program in Alabama was Alabama. Everybody wanted to go to Bama. Now, girls are starting to come to Auburn. They're like, `I want to come to Auburn. I want to play under Clint.'





"It's so rewarding. I'm very proud of where this program has gone. It's grown a lot," said Cooper, the tears returning as she concluded her remarks.

Minutes later, Auburn coach Clint Myers ended his session with reporters by assessing Cooper's impact, and the future of the Tigers program.

"She's a potential Rhodes Scholar. She's a three-time All-American," Myers said. "When we started four years ago, we said we have to start a tradition. We have to create a legacy."

Myers mentioned a sign in Auburn's press box, which reads, `The road to OKC goes through Jane B. Moore Field.'

"We've been able to host three Super Regionals. There's a reason," he said. "We've been there two out of four years. There's a reason. Do we expect to be there next years? You bet. Do we expect to host another Super Regional? Yeah.

"In order to win, we've got to play better. We've got to perform better. We've got to execute better. But that's the legacy of all the seniors."

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Kasey has one last softball game to compete in at Auburn. The student-faculty Mechanical Engineering softball game.

I don't know when All-Americans are announced, here's hoping she is the first time Auburn four time all-American athlete.