Seven year Major League Baseball veteran and 2000 All-America outfielder Gabe Gross and four-year letter winner and 2011 team captain Wes Gilmer will be undergraduate assistant coaches for the 2012 Auburn baseball season, Auburn Head Coach John Pawlowski has announced.

Casey McElroy finished up summer school Monday, boarded a plane to Peoria, Ariz., on Tuesday morning, passed a physical, signed a sheet of paper, and now he’s a professional baseball player.

Justin Fradejas signed a free agent contract with the Kansas City Royals on Monday morning and was immediately assigned to the Idaho Falls Chukars, the Rookie League affiliate of the Kansas City organization.

Three more Auburn signees went on the final day of the MLB Draft on Wednesday, bringing the Tigers’ final tally to six current players and four signees taken over the draft’s three days.

Third baseman Dan Gamache was a bit of a surprise to be the first Tiger taken in the 2011 MLB Draft on Tuesday.

All Kevin Patterson needs for draft day is a seat by the pool and a charged cell phone.

Georgia coach David Perno had a phrase handy for the team that does everything it has to — schedules tough competition, endures the grind of the SEC season — and still sees its season end without getting a shot at Omaha.

HOOVER — The storm clouds began to gather in earnest around the sixth inning of Auburn’s SEC Tournament clash with Georgia on Thursday, one that featured two teams needing a win to keep their NCAA hopes alive.