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Shaquille O'Neal

LSU

 
 
Shaquille O'Neal Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, June 7, 2019
1. Shaquille O'Neal Marker
Name Panel
Inscription.
LSU

All American 1991, 1992
National Player of the Year 1991
SEC Athlete of the Year 1991, 1992
World Amateur Athlete of Year, 1992
NCAA Rebound Leader (14.7 per game) 1991
Member, 1991 SEC Championship Team
No. 33 Retired, December 2000
1,941 points (21.6 points per game, career average)
1,217 rebounds (13.3 rebounds per game, career average)

Honors

Olympic Gold Medalist - 1996
Member MBA Top 50 at 50 Years - 1997
Graduated LSU - 2000
Member LSU Athletic Hall of Fame - 2000
Member LSU All-Century Team - 2009
Member Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame - 2013
Member National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame - 2014
Member Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame - 2016

NBA
No. 1 overall pick by Orlando Magic - 1992 Draft
Rookie of the Yaer 1993
Leading Scorer 1995, 2000
MVP 2000
All-Star Game MVP 2000. 2001, 2002
All-Defensive Team 2000, 2001, 2003
Four-time champion (LA Lakers 2000, 2001, 2002; Miami Heat 2006)
18 years in league
13-time All-NBA selection
15 All-Star Game selections.
 
Erected by Louisiana State University.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Sports.
 
Location. 30° 24.915′ N,
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91° 11.078′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is in Highlands/Perkins. It can be reached from Cypress Drive west of Field House Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Baton Rouge LA 70803, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Seimone Augustus (a few steps from this marker); Pete Maravich (a few steps from this marker); Bob Petit (within shouting distance of this marker); King of Beasts (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); LSU Campus Mounds (16EBR6) (about
Shaquille O'Neal Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, June 7, 2019
2. Shaquille O'Neal Marker
LSU Panel
700 feet away); LSU Campus Mounds (about 700 feet away); Chellis "Mike" Chambers (about 700 feet away); The Tiger Walk at Victory Hill (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.
 
More about this marker. Located behind the LSU Maravich Assembly Center
 
Shaquille O'Neal Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, June 7, 2019
3. Shaquille O'Neal Marker
Honors Panel
Shaquille O'Neal Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, June 7, 2019
4. Shaquille O'Neal Marker
NBA Panel
Shaquille O'Neal statue and marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, June 7, 2019
5. Shaquille O'Neal statue and marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 490 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 9, 2019.
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