Seimone Augustus

Seimone Augustus led LSU to the NCAA Final Four in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and won the Wade Trophy, Naismith Award, Wooden Award, Honda Award and Associated Press Player of the Year Award in 2005 and 2006, while also earning 2005 USBWA Player of the Year, 2005 and 2006 SEC Player of the Year, and 2003 Freshman of the Year honors. A four-time First-Team All American from 2003 through 2006, she became the second-leading scorer in LSU history with 2,702 points and set the NCAA record for career double-figure scoring games with 132. She was the first woman in LSU Athletics to have her jersey retired in 2010, was inducted into the LSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011, was voted to the WNBA 20th Anniversary Team in 2016 and the WNBA 25th Anniversary Team in 2021, and had her Minnesota Lynx jersey retired in 2022. Internationally, she was a three-time USA Olympic Gold Medalist in 2008, 2012 and 2016, won a gold medal with the 2014 Team USA World Championships Team, won a bronze medal with the 2006 USA World Championships Team, won a gold medal with the 2005 USA World University Games Team, and was named the 2003 USA Female Athlete of the Year. In the WNBA, Minnesota selected her with the first pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft, and she went on to become a 2012 First-Team WNBA selection, a five-time Second-Team WNBA selection, the 2011 WNBA Finals MVP, a four-time WNBA champion in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017, an eight-time WNBA All-Star, the 2006 WNBA Rookie of the Year, and a player who appeared in 391 career WNBA games with a 15.4 points per game average.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana · United States