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WATCH: LSU makes historic announcement involving Seimone Augustus

20200517_134556by:Justin Rudolph•04/11/22
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The most decorated woman in LSU women’s basketball, Seimone Augustus, is getting a statue made in her honor. This will be another historic first for the former Tiger, as Augustus will become LSU’s first female student-athlete with her own statue.

In a video released by the LSU women’s basketball page, current head coach, and legend in her own right, Kim Mulkey, commentated the video, which announced the monumental immortalization of the former LSU great. The Baton Rouge native now joins LSU legends Shaquille O’Neal, Bob Pettit, Billy Cannon, and Stanley “Skip” Bertman as the only former Tiger athletes to have statues erected of them on campus.

Augustus racked up the accolades during her time on campus. During her 2005 and 2006 seasons, she was a back-to-back SEC Player of the Year, Honda Sports Award for basketball, Wade Award, Wooden Award, Naismith Player of the Year recipient. Augustus’ jersey number 33 was retired in January of 2010. And that made her the first female athlete in school history to receive that honor.

LSU transfer Brandon Murray commits to Georgetown

LSU transfer Brandon Murray has committed to Georgetown, he tells On3.

“I picked Georgetown because it’s home,” Murray explained. “It’s a program that has a lot of potential and needs to be turned around. The relationship with Coach Nickelberry was a big reason as well. He’s someone that I trust with my life so I know he’s got me. Coach Pat (Ewing) and I have a good relationship and I trust him to turn Georgetown back to what it was.”

The 6-foot-5 forward averaged 10 points, three rebounds, and nearly two assists per game as a freshman for the Tigers.

Murray, a Baltimore native, chose the Hoyas over Tennessee and Illinois.

With Georgetown losing their two leading scorers — Aminu Mohammed to the NBA draft and Donald Carey to graduation — Murray will have a huge role for Patrick Ewing and the Hoyas next season; a team that finished winless in the Big East.

Coming out of high school, Murray was ranked as a four-star recruit and 89th nationally. He chose the LSU Tigers over Auburn, Ole Miss, Georgetown, Virginia Tech, and others.