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4/10/95                 Janet McCoy

AUBURN'S 'AUBIE' NAMED  NATION'S NO. 1 COLLEGIATE MASCOT

      AUBURN -- Aubie, the tiger mascot of Auburn University, has been 
selected the No. 1 collegiate mascot in the nation during the Universal 
Cheerleader's Association championship finals in Orlando, Fla.
      Aubie, who won the national title in 1991, competed against three 
other mascots, all of whom were selected for the preliminaries 
competition based on a three-minute video tape. During the preliminary 
competition, Aubie also placed first.
      Other universities represented at the finals, staged this past 
weekend at Walt Disney World, included Wright State, Virginia Tech and 
North Carolina State.
      Head Aubie Trey Humphries, a senior pre-veterinary major from 
Marietta, Ga., performed a one-minute routine during the finals.
       "We used a fast, techno-country sound and Aubie danced a lot, 
used props and got the crowd involved," he said. "When you put that suit 
on, you transform into that character no matter what time it is or where 
you are."
      Humphries says his most memorable Aubie moment was "standing on 
the sidelines near Frank Sanders when he caught the winning touchdown 
against Florida (in 1994). That, and winning the national championship."
      "It's amazing to see how different people react to Aubie," he 
says. "And you get to act in ways that you never would be able to if you 
were out of the suit."
       Two other Auburn students who wear the Aubie costume -- Billy 
Stephens, a junior pre-pharmacy major from Metarie, La., and Mike Murphy, 
a senior political science major from Birmingham -- also attended the 
national competition.   
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      CONTACT: Humphries,  334/887-5250; and Aubie advisor Debbie 
Connor, 334/844-4710.