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Dr. Rob Pate was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. A four-year starter in football, basketball, and baseball, and the winner of the Class 5-A Bryant-Jordan Achievement Scholarship, he accepted an athletic scholarship to play football for the Auburn Tigers. As a four-year starter for the Tigers, he was a member of many All-Conference teams, a two-time Academic All-America All-District selection, a four-time SEC Honor Roll recipient, and the Pat Dye Leadership Award winner. He lives in Auburn, Alabama, with his wife of 22 years, Dana, and their five children. Rob practices in Auburn and serves as the Team Eye Doctor along with his partners at Basden Eyecare. Pate was named the 2013 Alabama Young Optometrist of the Year, the 2014 American Optometric Association Young Optometrist of the Year, and the 2015 Young Optometrist of the South. Rob served the Alabama Optometric Association as President in 2018 and currently serves as Trustee for Alabama to the SECO International Board of Trustees.  As an Author, he has written two books, The Way of an Athlete (Skyhorse Publishing, 2015 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0140EFE1Q/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0Pate is a columnist at AuburnUndercover.com.) and A Tigers Walk:  Memoirs of an Auburn Football Player (Sports Publishing, 2014 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HQLZVV4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1).