The former West Monroe High School and LSU standout, who helped teams at all three levels win championships, headlines the LSHOF’s Class of 2025 being enshrined June 26-28 in Natchitoches.
The news broke Tuesday morning. And with it, the hearts of Louisiana Tech fans everywhere.
Joe Scheuermann was a 27-year-old assistant baseball coach at Tulane when he came to Natchitoches in June 1990 to present his father, “Rags,” for induction in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
During a basketball career which began at Grace King High School in Metairie and ended with a standout 10-year NBA career, Danny Granger certainly checked all the boxes for his path to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2025.
Saban was initially elected to the LSHOF’s Class of 2020, but that spring’s global pandemic postponed ceremonies.
Years melted away in an instant as Dale Weiner told the story that shaped his life.
Sometimes it’s a good idea to listen to the advice of your older brothers.
Before there was Haleigh Bryant, Sarah Finnegan or Ashleigh Gnat, there was a 14-time All-American at LSU. An NCAA beam champion, and an SEC Gymnast of the Year, who was setting the foundation and helping vault LSU gymnastics into a perennial power.
Born March 6, 1936 to Emery and Izola Soileau, George Willard Soileau started to put together a legendary boxing career before he reached high school.
She picked up a basketball as a challenge when she was 9 and used it to prove a point, first in the back yard against her brother and two cousins in Coushatta, then on her way to becoming a two-time Kodak All-American at Louisiana Tech, then through 13 seasons in the WNBA and a concurrent 15 overseas, and now through another 15 seasons as a WNBA coach.
