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Seimone Augustus

LSU

 
 
Seimone Augustus Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, April 1, 2023
1. Seimone Augustus Marker
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Inscription.
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Seimone Augustus
LSU

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LSU
Led the Tigers to the NCAA Final Four in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
2005 and 2006 winner of the Wade Trophy, Naismith Award, Wooden Award, Honda Award and Associated Press Player of the Year Award.
2005 USBWA Player of the Year
2005 and 2006 SEC Player of the Year
2003 Freshman of the Year
Four-time First-Team All American (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Second-leading scorer in LSU history with 2,702 points
Set NCAA record for career double-figure scoring games(132)

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Honors
First woman in LSU Athletics to have her jersey retired (2010)
Inducted into the LSU Athletics Hall of Fame (2011)
Voted to the WNBA 20th Anniversary Team (2016)
and the WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021)
Minnesota Lynx jersey retired (2022)
Three-time USA Olympic Gold Medalist (2008, 2012, 2016)
2014 Team USA World Championships Team (Gold Medal)
2006 USA World Championships Team (Bronze Medal)
2005 USA World University Games Team (Gold Medal)
2003 USA Female Athlete of the Year

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WNBA
Selected by Minnesota Lynx with
the first pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft
2012 First-Team WNBA; Five-Time Second-Team WNBA
2011 WNBA Finals MVP
Four-time WNBA Champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Eight-time WNBA All-Star
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(2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018)
2006 WNBA Rookie of the Year
Played 391 career WNBA games with a 15.4 points per game average.
 
Erected 2023 by LSU Athletics.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: SportsWomen.
 
Location. 30° 24.914′ N, 91° 11.087′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. Marker can be reached from Cypress Drive west of Fieldhouse Drive, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Baton Rouge LA 70803, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Shaquille O'Neal (a few steps from this marker); Bob Petit (a few steps from this marker); Pete Maravich (within shouting distance of this marker); Chellis "Mike" Chambers (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Tiger Walk at Victory Hill (about 800 feet away); LSU Campus Mounds (16EBR6) (about 800 feet away); LSU Campus Mounds (about 800 feet away); Mike the Tiger - History (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.
 
More about this marker. Located in front of the LSU Basketball complex.
 
Also see . . .  History set in stone: Seimone Augustus' statue unveiled (YouTube)
Seimone Augustus Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, April 1, 2023
2. Seimone Augustus Marker
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History was made today when former LSU basketball star Seimone Augustus joined other legendary basketball players as the first woman statue outside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

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(Submitted on April 1, 2023.) 
 
Seimone Augustus Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, April 1, 2023
3. Seimone Augustus Marker
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Seimone Augustus Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, April 1, 2023
4. Seimone Augustus Marker
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Seimone Augustus Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, April 1, 2023
5. Seimone Augustus Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 1, 2023, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 99 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 1, 2023, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.

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