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Auburn Builds Champions: Soccer's Karen Hoppa develops winning culture

Editor's note: Building highly successful athletics programs requires many facets. In this "Auburn Builds Champions" series, we will profile eight Auburn Athletics coaches and support staff members and their keys to success. In part four, soccer coach Karen Hoppa discusses the importance of creating a winning culture by recruiting character.

By Jeff Shearer
AuburnTigers.com

AUBURN, Ala. - Talent, important as it is, is not at the top of Auburn soccer coach Karen Hoppa's list when it comes to evaluating prospective Tigers.

"In building our program at Auburn, we've found that culture is more important than anything else," Hoppa said.