< Previous8 FEATURE BASEBALL LEGEND TIM HUDSON GRADUATES FROM AUBURN UNIVERSITY ‘NEVER TOO LATE’ An academic expedition that began in the fall of 1995 ended 26 years later when Tim Hudson graduated from Auburn University on Dec. 11. “I’m as proud of this as I am anything I accomplished in baseball,” said Hudson, the 1997 SEC Player of the Year who won 222 Major League Baseball games and a World Series ring in 2014. “Baseball was my comfort zone,” said Hudson, Auburn’s pitching coach. “That was what I knew I was gifted with, to play baseball.” Following retirement after the 2015 season, the Hudsons – Tim, his wife, Kim, and their three children, have lived in Auburn year-round. Kim, a partner at an Auburn law firm, had long encouraged Tim to complete his degree. “It would have been easy to lay it down and not come back and just ride off into retirement,” he said. “It’s something that was really important to me. “I didn’t realize it was going to take 20- plus years. I should probably be a rocket scientist by now as much time as it’s taken me. It’s taken a while to get under my belt, but a lot of motivation and encouragement from my family helped.” When Hudson resumed his academic journey in 2019 after pitching 17 seasons in the big leagues, his goal was to graduate... CLICK TO CONTINUE READING STORY10 2022 ROSTER 2 JOSH HALL OF / 5’9” / 192 lbs RS Junior / Homewood, AL 1 BLAKE RAMBUSCH IF / 5’9” / 175 lbs RS Junior / Austin, TX 9 CADE GRANZOW RHP / 6’3” / 220 lbs Freshman / Franklin, TN 11 GARRETT FARQUHAR IF / 5’11” / 187 lbs 5th Year / Hoover, AL 6 RYAN DYAL C / 5’10” / 197 lbs RS Sophomore / Senoia, GA 8 BRYSON WARE OF / 6’2” / 193 lbs Junior / Madison, MS 7 COLE FOSTER IF / 6’1” / 190 lbs Sophomore / Plano, TX 3 BRAYTON BROWN OF / 5’9” / 180 lbs Junior / Selma, AL 5 KASON HOWELL OF / 6’0” / 185 lbs Senior / Argyle, TX 4 BRODY MOORE IF / 5’11” / 183 lbs Senior / Oneonta, AL 17 SONNY DICHIARA IF / 6’1” / 263 lbs Senior / Hoover, AL 14 BROOKS FULLER LHP / 6’3” / 210 lbs Senior / Auburn, AL 13 BEN SCHORR C / 6’0” / 185 lbs RS Freshman / Columbus, GA 16 CAM HILL LHP/IF / 6’5” / 214 lbs Sophomore / Madison, AL 18 MASON BARNETT RHP / 6’0” / 218 lbs Junior / Cartersville, GAHere n Albm, our sports ren’t ust bout competton—the’re bout communt We come toether—powered b psson— to celebrte the trumphs, shre the hertbren losses, nd see n ech other the potentl for better tomorrow Tht’s Power for Better Albm W proudl support Auburn bsbll Your drve mes us lbmpowercom © 2022 Albm Power CompnCatch the action on The SEC Network with WOW! * *Requires Medium TV. SEC ESPN Network is a trademark of ESPN, Inc. All rights reserved. ©2022 WideOpenWest Finance, LLC. Visit wowway.com to see if WOW! is in your neighborhood. Your home team for Tigers coverage13 2022 ROSTER 20 HAYDEN MULLINS LHP / 6’0” / 194 lbs Junior / Gallatin, TN 31 MIKE BELLO OF / 6’1” / 190 lbs Freshman / Oak Ridge, NJ 34 BEN BOSSE RHP / 6’1” / 194 lbs Freshman / Brenham, TX 27 BOBBY PEIRCE OF / 6’2” / 181 lbs RS Junior / Scottsdale, AZ 22 GARRETT WADE LHP / 6’3” / 199 lbs RS Junior / Hartselle, AL 19 BROOKS CARLSON IF / 5’11” / 192 lbs Graduate / Mobile, AL 23 PARKER CARLSON RHP / 6’1” / 170 lbs Freshman / Mobile, AL 21 TRACE BRIGHT RHP / 6’4” / 199 lbs Junior / Montgomery, AL 37 MASON LAND IF / 5’10” / 173 lbs Junior / Cantonment, FL 28 NATE LARUE C/RHP / 6’3” / 217 lbs Junior / Mobile, AL 41 JOHN ARMSTRONG RHP / 5’11” / 200 lbs Freshman / Marietta, GA 32 CARSON SWILLING RHP / 5’11” / 196 lbs Sophomore / Smiths Station, AL 29 CARSON SKIPPER LHP / 6’2” / 211 lbs Senior / Trussville, AL 43 CHASE ISBELL RHP / 6’2” / 198 lbs Junior / Springville, AL 40 BLAKE BURKHALTER RHP / 6’0” / 204 lbs Junior / Dothan, AL14 2022 ROSTER 45 JOSEPH GONZALEZ RHP / 6’4” / 230 lbs Sophomore / Humacao, P.R. 44 GRANT NEWTON RHP / 6’4” / 236 lbs Junior / Orange County, CA 51 LUKE BURK IF / 6’0” / 219 lbs Junior / Galena, MO 57 TYLER DRABICK RHP / 6’2” / 193 lbs Graduate / Canton, OH 54 KONNER COPELAND LHP / 6’2” / 178 lbs Sophomore / Mobile, AL 52 JORDAN ARMSTRONG RHP / 6’2” / 184 lbs Senior / McDonough, GA 72 BRODY MOSS IF / 5’11” / 173 lbs Freshman / Helena, AL 46 CHASE ALLSUP RHP / 6’1” / 220 lbs Freshman / Dothan, AL 50 JAKE WYANDT C / 5’11” / 195 lbs Graduate / Laurel, MD 47 TOMMY SHEEHAN LHP / 6’0” / 209 lbs Graduate / Brielle, NJ CLICK EACH PHOTO FOR FULL BIOThe Vance Law Firm. No representation is made that the quality of legal services provided is greater than the quality of legal services provided by other attorneys.16 BASEBALL STAFF KARL NONEMAKER Assistant Coach TIM HUDSON Volunteer Assistant and Pitching Coach GABE GROSS Assistant Coach GREG DRYE Director of Operations AARON EVERETT Director of Player Development CHRIS JOYNER Strength and Conditioning Coach CLICK EACH PHOTO FOR FULL BIO Conecuh Auburn Football digital 2020.indd 19/8/20 11:33 AMNext >