Official Site of the Tigers · May 14, 2017
'These are my daughters' - Coach Lauren Spencer
AuburnTigers.com
AUBURN, Ala. - Nine months pregnant, Lauren Spencer drove from new job in Auburn back home to Texas to have her baby and see her 99-year-old grandfather.
Despite despising surprises, Spencer did not attempt to learn before delivery whether her child was male or female.
"I asked my grandfather when I went back, "What do you think it is?" she says. "And he said, "Well, I think it's a boy because you've never let me down before.
"He had two daughters and three granddaughters, so he had never had a boy. So finally, when he came to the hospital when my son was born, he said, 'I've been waiting 99 years to have a boy.'"