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.
April 28, 2005 – LSU student-athletes Marcus Spears and Seimone Augustus have been selected as the 2004 James J. Corbett Memorial Award winners and honored at its annual awards banquet and ceremony on Wednesday, May 11 at 7 p.m. in the Louisiana Superdome.
Augustus has made an impact on the women’s college basketball scene since first donning a Lady Tiger Basketball uniform in 2002. Last year as a sophomore, she led LSU to the 2004 NCAA Women’s Final Four and was selected a Kodak All-American, a first-team All-SEC selection as well as being voted the Louisiana Player of the Year.
Through the first two months of her junior season (Nov.-Dec.) she scored in double figures and led LSU to a perfect 12-0 record. Augustus is the first female back-to-back recipient of the Corbett Award and the first repeat honoree since Shaquille O’Neal garnered the honor in 1991 and 1992. She may be in line for a first-ever three-peat of the award next year with her play in the second half of her junior season as the Fighting Tigers again earned a birth in the NCAA Final Four.
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.
