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M. Basketball. Hard work, perseverance pay off as Devin Waddell earns scholarship

Engineering major and former walk-on Devin Waddell, who held NBA No. 1 Draft pick Karl-Anthony Towns to zero field goals in the SEC Tournament, has earned an athletic scholarship from Coach Bruce Pearl

AUBURN, Ala. – “I believe in work, hard work.”

That is a line from the Auburn Creed and a belief that is held by Auburn students of all sorts. Playing basketball at the SEC level is hard work.

Majoring in chemical engineering is also hard work. Trying to balance both? Now that is a real challenge.

A challenge that Auburn Basketball junior forward Devin Waddell meets head on.