LSU Women’s Basketball
Among the outstanding individuals to earn the prestigious James J. Corbett Award, honoring the outstanding male and female college athletes in the state of Louisiana for the past 40+ years, Seimone Augustus is the only four-time winner of the award.
May 6, 2004 – The Nokia Sugar Bowl’s New Orleans Sports Awards Committee chose Louisiana State University’s Chad Lavalais and Seimone Augustus as its 2003 James J. Corbett Memorial Award winners and honored the two at a banquet and ceremony on Wednesday, May 12, in the Louisiana Superdome.
Augustus began her college basketball career in grand fashion as she helped lead the Lady Tigers to the Elite Eight round of the 2003 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament and also earned MVP of the 2003 FIBA World Championship for Young Women by leading the United States to the Gold Medal by averaging 10.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game. She was voted the 2003 Consensus National Freshman of the Year, Associated Press third team All-America and the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year. The Baton Rouge native tallied 504 points, scored in double-figures in 28 of 34 games, and shot a school-record free throw percentage of 88.8 percent.
The Corbett Award was created in 1967, named in honor of the late James J. Corbett and commemorates his many contributions to intercollegiate athletics and specifically to the Sugar Bowl. At the time of his death, Mr. Corbett was the Athletic Director at Louisiana State University. These awards are presented annually to the most outstanding male and female collegiate athletes in the State of Louisiana.
The Corbett recipients are selected each year by members of the N.O. Sports Hall of Fame Committee, based on nominations submitted by the state’s sports writers, sportscasters and sports information directors.
