Seimone's number to be retired
BATON ROUGE -- The jersey of Seimone Augustus, arguably the most decorated female student-athlete in LSU history and a two-time women's basketball National Player of the Year, has been retired, LSU Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva announced Saturday.
Augustus becomes the first female student-athlete in school history to have her jersey retired.
Augustus joins an elite group of LSU legends whose jerseys have been retired in the 117-year history of LSU Athletics. Only eight other individuals in LSU history have had their jerseys retired, including Pete Maravich, Bob Pettit, Rudy Macklin and Shaquille O'Neal in men's basketball, Billy Cannon and Tommy Casanova in football and Skip Bertman and Ben McDonald in baseball.
Seimone: "It is a honor to be able to be the first female basketball player to have her jersey retired. It is humbling to know that my jersey will forever hang in the rafter with players like bob pettit, shaq, and pete maravich. It is even more special that I'm a home grown product right from baton rouge. It give my family, friends, and loyal supporters something to be proud of and remember forever. I'm glad to be apart of the lsu history as well be apart of lsu family."Read more: http://bit.ly/66RHEN