 Photo By: Jonathan Mailhes Da Boot Sports 6/14/2022 By: Terrill J. Weil It's always a great idea to listen to a wise and incredible master motivational speaker from time to time. Perhaps the greatest motivational speaker of our time is Mr. Dale Brown. On a scale from 1 to 10, his speeches are an 11. Dale Brown is more than a former great basketball coach. He's an amazing human being. He's inspiring, thoughtful and a huge breath of fresh air. He's a gift from God to those around him and to those who know him personally. He makes a difference in this world. Someone is getting through something difficult right now because of his positive influence. I have always admired him, especially when I was growing up and now that I've had the pleasure to meet him and have conversations with him, I must say that I'm truly blessed by the Lord. I wish Dale Brown could run our beautiful country. He has integrity, the intelligence, the attitude, the character, the smarts and the common sense. He believes in himself, in people, in family values and in God. Exactly what we need. I feel very blessed that Coach Brown shares some of his work and wisdom with my publication. 'Da Boot Sports'.. Thank you Coach Brown. Please enjoy.... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What can we do to give our life a richness of meaning and purpose ? We can only find true success and happiness by facing the many challenges of life.. We can overcome these challenges if we have the commitment and discipline to really want to do it. Commitment and discipline are the spinal cord of success. A feeble effort to improve will only lead to failure. Until you are fully committed there is always hesitancy. When our focus changes our life will change. William James one of Americas great philosophers said, “ The greatest discovery of all time is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.” Dale Brown
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 Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 5/7/2022 LSU Sports Communications By: LSU Staff GULF SHORES, Ala. – LSU’s run at the NCAA Beach Championship came to an end Saturday afternoon against FSU as the Seminoles took down the Tigers, 3-1. The season will go down as one of the most successful in program history. LSU’s 27 regular season wins and 32 overall were a both school records. The 32nd win came at the NCAA Championship on Friday as LSU sent No. 2 TCU home. LSU had five pairs earn AVCA Top Flight honors, tied for the most pairs by a team in a single season. Melia Lindner became LSU’s first beach Elite 90 Award winner. “All we focused on at the beginning of the year was just playing the right way and being the team we are supposed to be and letting everything take care of itself,” said head coach Russell Brock. “It was kind of an experiment and I’m so proud that they bought into it and then to finish the season the way we did and with all of the awards and recognition that we got, it shows who they are and who we are supposed to be.” The Tigers fought to final point against the Seminoles on Saturday, but ran out of gas. Bella Bauman and Parker Bracken fell in straight sets on Court 1, 21-17 and 21-10, as did Grace Seits and Ellie Shank on Court 4, 21-16 and 21-12, as the Seminoles went up 2-0. FSU appeared to quickly be on its way to a sweep over LSU. LSU’s Reilly Allred and Holly Carlton fell in the first set on Court 3, 21-17, and they trailed in the second set, 19-15. Fitting for them though, Allred and Carlton refused to go quietly. They rattled off four points in a row and ultimately took the second set, 24-22. They carried that momentum to a 15-10 third set win to keep LSU’s comeback attempt alive. Allred and Carlton finished the season with a 15-8 record in matches that went three sets. On Court 2, Kylie Deberg and Kelli Greene-Agnew led in the first set 13-8 but couldn’t hang on as FSU took the opening set, 25-27. The LSU duo bounced back to take the second, 21-15. They never got momentum rolling though, and fell in the third set, 15-10, as FSU clinched the match. Sierra Caffo and Ashlyn Rasnick-Pope’s match on Court 5 went unfinished. They won the first set, 21-16, before falling in the second, 26-24. They trailed 14-10 when FSU clinched the match on Court 2. “All we’ve asked them to do is fight as hard as they can and don’t worry about what the score is or what people say about us or how daunting the challenge may be; just keep fighting,” Brock said. “This weekend that’s all they did, they just kept fighting. It paid off in the match before and today we just ran out of time. We didn’t run out of energy or ability; we just ran out of time. Super proud of this team.”  Photo By: Jonathan Mailhes Da Boot Sports 4/8/2022 By: Dale Brown Walter Byers, former NCAA executive director for 36 years was candid and honest when he strongly stated, “ Time and circumstances have passed the entire system of intercollegiate athletics by and reform will not come from within because the beneficiaries of the current monopoly will not give up a good thing.” 
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4/4/2022 By: Dale Brown If the NCAA really cared about changing the system, they would have an open form and discuss the issues. We all know about the untouchable sacred lambs that break rules but are never investigated properly by this archaic and dysfunctional organization. Brent Clark, a former NCAA investigator, appeared in front of a congressional hearing and told them. "I believe that the NCAA enforcement machinery allows NCAA personnel to inflict selective punishment upon institutions." John Moss, who was chairman for the subcommittee on oversight and investigations , chaired a 1978 congressional hearing on the NCAA enforcement program, which was prompted by allegations of unfairness, inequality, secrecy, and other abuses of excessive power. He stated," I have been writing administrative law in this House for more than a quarter of a century and I have never seen anything touching this kind of integrity and procedure. It appears that they are more interested in punishment than justice." Walter Byers, former NCAA executive director for 36 years was candid and honest when he strongly stated, "Time and circumstances have passed the entire system of intercollegiate athletics by. The management structure has become bureaucratic and irresponsible. I believe they no longer have the right to run a big time national entertainment business, with virtual blanket exemption under the antitrust laws just because they profess a noble dedication to amateurism. Reform will not come from within. The beneficiaries of the current monopoly will not give up a good thing." I have always felt the NCAA were masters at legislating against human dignity and practicing monumental hypocrisy. Well respected journalist Frank Deford said many years ago, " The NCAA as far as I know, is the most successful potent cartel in this country and why it survives without any court challenges is beyond me." The Gestapo tactics used by the NCAA against some schools is deplorable. Those that break the rules should be penalized. The school, innocent fans, players, and coaches should not suffer. Mike Lopresti of USA today years ago was so accurate when he said, "You measure injustice not by the guilty who are punished but by the innocent who are victimized." Larry Donald formerly from Basketball Times wrote the following about the dysfunctional NCAA, " The principle shortfall of the NCAA has always been that its number one mission has not been to serve its constituents but to preserve its own operation. When the NCAA wins an investigation it justifies its existence." I do not accept the theory, that everyone cheats in college athletics, so why shouldn't we ? Yes, there are some big time cheaters that seem to be immune from any NCAA sanctions. However, most coaches I have known are honorable men. I have known so many good people in the NCAA office that desperately wanted to see changes in the system and their voices were never heard. The NCAA has come a long way and I applaud them for that but they still have light years to go and light travels 186,000 miles a second. The NCAA operates under two standards and everyone knows that. Edmond Burke, 18th century British author and statesman warned us that, " Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any imminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all." I wish I could have done more to have changed the unfair and crooked NCAA ,enforcement standards. What has gone wrong with collegiate athletics ? It isn't that complex. Greed and double standards of enforcement, it is that simple and sad. The dictionary describes hypocrisy as a false claim to virtue, insincerity, pretentious, sanctimonious and misleading. To view a paramount example of this on You Tube, write in 12 Powerful Minutes With Lester Earl Exposing the NCAA's manipulative and corrupt investigative procedures. The NCAA has never apologized to LSU, Earl or me for their despicable tactics. Aldous Huxley prominent English philosopher and writer said, " Facts don't cease to exist because they are ignored." The NCAA has ignored the facts and have been void of any form of seeking the truth or having a conscience. Conscience is simply a moral sense of right and wrong. Numerous times, I have thought why after all these years am I still seeking justice and the reason is a quote I read some time ago by Martin Luther King. " You died when you refused to stand up for Right, Truth, and Justice." 
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A huge thank you for your support! GEAUX TIGERS!!  Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 3/15/2022 LSU Sports Communications By: LSU Staff BATON ROUGE – The LSU Beach Volleyball team stayed ranked at No. 5 in the latest AVCA Poll released on Tuesday.The Tigers climbed back into the Top-5 in last week’s poll and maintained their ranking after a strong showing this weekend at the Gamecock Grand Slam in South Carolina. LSU went 4-0 on the weekend, including wins over then ranked No. 19 South Carolina and No. 15 Pepperdine. LSU is 13-0 on the season, a program record for the best start to the season. In addition to the undefeated record, the Tigers have also beaten four ranked teams so far this year, including a win over then ranked No. 4 LMU at the Tiger Beach Challenge. The Tigers have a big weekend of action ahead of them as they travel to Gulf Shores to play in The March to May on Saturday and Sunday. While there, LSU will play No. 13 Georgia State at 1 p.m. CT and No. 7 Grand Canyon University a 4 p.m. on Saturday. On Sunday, it will face No. 11 Florida Atlantic University at 8 a.m., No. 15 South Carolina at 10 a.m. and No. 1 UCLA 3 p.m. on Sunday to close out the weekend. AVCA Poll: Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record 1 UCLA (14) 299 9-0 2 Southern California (1) 284 8-1 3 TCU 268 15-0 4 Florida State 250 9-2 5 LSU 241 13-0 6 Loyola Marymount 230 12-1 7 Grand Canyon 213 8-2 8 Stanford 183 4-4 9 Hawai’i 172 10-5 10 California 165 8-4 11 FAU 148 7-3 12 Cal Poly 136 5-7 13 Georgia State 104 8-4 14 Long Beach State 99 1-7 15 South Carolina 70 7-5 16 Arizona 67 5-3 17 Stetson 64 5-7 18 Pepperdine 61 7-2 19 FIU 58 7-0 20 Tulane 12 11-2 Others receiving votes: Arizona State (11), Tampa (5), Cal State Bakersfield (4), Texas A&M Corpus Christi (3), Florida Gulf Coast (2) Next Poll: March 22  Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 10/29/2021 LSU Sports Information By: Robert Quiroga Baton Rouge, La. – The LSU Soccer team (11-6-0, 4-6-0 SEC) picked up the highest ranked-win in program history as they defeated the No. 4 Arkansas Razorbacks (14-3-0, 9-1-0 SEC) by a score of 4-2 on Thursday night at the LSU Soccer Stadium. The Razorbacks scored their goals in the 2nd and 68th minutes while the Tigers scored in the 19th, 44th, 48th, and 90th minutes. With the win, LSU secures a berth as the No. 9 seed in the 2021 SEC Tournament. “It was a spirited match from our team,” head coach Sian Hudson said. “It was a great effort from us to come-from-behind after the first goal and I can’t tell you enough of how proud I am of the players. They played a fantastic game tonight, and this is a huge confidence boost heading into the SEC Tournament for us.” The Razorbacks opened the match with a goal in the 2nd minute as Kiley Dulaney found Parker Goins with a cross into the box, who hit a first-time effort from 12 yards out that went into the back of the net. LSU was unphased by the goal and pushed on with their efforts. Forward Tinaya Alexander surged into the final third in the 18th minute and drew a free kick on the edge of the box on the right flank. Alexander crossed the free kick into the box and found the head of defender Shannon Cooke, who powered the ball into the back of the net to draw the match level at 1-1. The goal was Cooke’s second of the season, and Alexander’s fifth assist of the year. The Tigers held control of the match as they searched for a go-head goal. Defender Maya Gordon sent in a powerful effort from 40 yards out in the 40th minute that only narrowly missed the frame of the goal. Midfielder Athena Kuehn tested Arkansas goalkeeper Hannah Warner a minute later with a shot on frame that required a save. The go-ahead goal came just before halftime in the 44th minute. Kuehn played a through ball into the box that was chased down by forward Molly Thompson, who played a pass to midfielder Rammie Noel at the top of the box. Noel cut inside on her left foot and unleashed a knuckling shot that landed in the top-left corner to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead going into halftime. The goal was Noel’s third of the season, taking her to a career-high nine points on the season. With the assist, Kuehn moved to three assists on the year while Thompson picked up her first of the season. The lead was extended to 3-1 just three minutes into the second half. Forward Riley Dixon launched a high press and caused an error from a Razorback defender that saw Alexander take possession of the ball at the top of the box, cut inside to beat her defender, and sent a left-footed shot to the bottom left-corner of the goal. Alexander’s team-high goal tally increased to eight on the season with the goal. The Tigers spent a feisty second half in a physical battle with the Razorbacks. The two teams went back and forth in a battle that saw possession continue to change in the midfield and both sides sending in strong challenges on the ball. Arkansas pulled one back in the 68th minute as Anna Podojil pounced on an error in the LSU defense to beat goalkeeper Mollee Swift and make it 3-2 on the night. The final 20 minutes saw LSU put on a gritty defensive display to keep the Razorbacks at bay. In the 71st minute, Arkansas’ Bryana Hunter sent a shot on goal that was goal bound until Cooke cleared the ball in front of the line. The Tigers were only safe for a matter of seconds before Goins found space and was in a one-on-one with Swift, who denied her effort from point-blank with an outstretched leg to keep the Tigers in front. Swift picked up two more saves in the 86th and 88th minute to take her total on the night to five. Alexander capped the night off by putting the game to bed in the 90th minute. The Tigers won the ball at the edge of their own box and sent a through ball to Alexander, who shrugged off her defender and rounded the goalkeeper to place the ball into the back of the net and make it 4-2 on the night. The goal was Alexander’s second of the night, and ninth of the year. With the five points scored in the match, Alexander’s career point total now sits at 63, good enough to place her tenth on the LSU All-Time Point List. The win over No. 4 Arkansas is the fourth win over a top 10 opponent in program history. With LSU’s win, Arkansas’ 14 match winning streak came to an end, and the Razorbacks were denied a perfect regular season in SEC play. The four goals that Arkansas conceded in one match was the most since the 2017 season. Up Next No. 9-seeded LSU will open the 2021 SEC Tournament against the No. 8-seed Georgia Bulldogs at 3:30 p.m. CT on Sunday, October 31.  Da Boot Sports 10/15/2021 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE, LA: Former LSU Basketball Head Coach Dale Brown has written and published several inspirational books. His most recent, "Getting Over the 4 Hurdles of Life" is a fantastic read and is approaching Best Seller's status. With us soon celebrating the naming of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center court to "Dale Brown Court" and with the Holiday season around the corner, It's the perfect time to purchase this amazing book. Grab one for yourself, and several more to hand out to your family and friends as gifts. Click on the Button below to take you to the Acadian House Publishing website where can can place your order today...   Da Boot Sports 10/6/2021 LSU Sports Information By: Keonte Herrera BATON ROUGE – Ten LSU softball players were named 2020-21 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar-Athletes. Aliyah Andrews, Taryn Antoine, Cait Calland, Emilee Casanova, Amanda Doyle, Maribeth Gorsuch, Ali Kilponen, Ali Newland, Taylor Pleasants, and Shelby Wickersham all joined a class of over 8,800 student-athletes to garner this achievement. It is the highest total in the Association’s history and marks the second consecutive year achieving the 8,000-plus plateau. The rankings and honors recognize the academic prowess of softball teams across the Association’s membership categories and individual student-athletes earning a 3.5 grade-point average or higher for the 2020-21 season. The NCAA Division III led the way with 2,375 student-athletes, followed by NCAA Division I and Division II totaling 1,982 and 1,727 honorees, respectively. High school weighted and High School unweighted earned 832 and 679 distinctions. NAIA amassed 643 student-athletes, while two-year programs totaled 594 recipients. Calland, Casanova, Kilponen, Newland, Pleasants, and Wickersham will all return for the 2022 season.  Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 9/21/2021 LSU Sports Information By: William Franques BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU Tiger Tracks, a program highlighting various aspects of the university and its athletics department, can be seen at 7 p.m. CT Wednesday on Cox Sports Television. The show, hosted by Jordy Hultberg and Bill Franques, is a weekly 30-minute production featuring interviews with LSU administrators, coaches and student-athletes, along with a look at some of the events and scholarly activity on campus. Tiger Tracks begins with a preview by correspondent Paul Boron of the LSU-Mississippi State football game that kicks off at 11 a.m. CT Saturday in Starkville, Miss. Boron later provides a profile of kickers Avery Atkins and Cade York, who combine to give LSU the best special teams combination in college football. Tiger Tracks continues with a highlights of the fifth-ranked soccer team’s win over Mississippi State before a record-breaking crowd at the LSU Soccer Complex. The show concludes with a message from LSU President William F. Tate about the university’s COVID vaccination status. Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 9/14/2021 LSU Sports Information By: William Franques BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU Tiger Tracks, a program highlighting various aspects of the university and its athletics department, can be seen at 9:30 p.m. CT Wednesday on Cox Sports Television. The show, hosted by Jordy Hultberg and Bill Franques, is a weekly 30-minute production featuring interviews with LSU administrators, coaches and student-athletes, along with a look at some of the events and scholarly activity on campus. Tiger Tracks begins with a preview by correspondent Paul Boron of the LSU-Central Michigan football game that kicks off at 6:30 p.m. CT Saturday in Tiger Stadium. Boron later provides a look at coach Sian Hudson and the LSU soccer team, which is ranked No. 6 in the nation with a 7-0 record. Tiger Tracks continues with highlights of LSU’s home-opening win over McNeese State last Saturday in Tiger Stadium The show concludes with an appearance by Dr. Catherine O’Neal of the LSU Health Sciences Center, who discusses the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine.  Photo By: BRPROUD.COM Da Boot Sports 9/14/2021 LSU Sports Information By: LSU Staff Baton Rouge, La. – LSU soccer has moved up to No. 6 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll that was released on Tuesday afternoon. The Tigers put the cap on nonconference play last week as they improved to 7-0-0 on the season with a win versus ULL.LSU has outscored its opponents by a tally of 26 to 4 this season and have three ranked wins on the season to date. LSU scored five goals in last Thursday night’s win over ULL as they registered their third shutout in the last four games as well. The Tigers have won ten straight matches dating back to the spring of 2021. The 10 game win streak is a school record and is also the longest current win streak in the NCAA right now. The No. 6 nationally ranking is the highest in school history as well. LSU is set to open up SEC play on Friday night (Sept. 17) as they host Mississippi State at LSU Soccer Stadium. First kick is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT and admission is free. To view the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll, visit unitedsoccercoaches.org. 2021 Rankings for LSU August 24 – RV August 31 – No. 17 September 7 – No. 7 September 14 – No. 6  Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 9/10/2021 LSU Sports Information By: Robert Quiroga Lafayette, La. – The No. 7 LSU Soccer Team (7-0-0) made program history on Thursday night as they defeated the UL-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns (2-5-0) on Thursday night at the Ragin’ Cajuns Soccer Facility. The Tigers set the program record for most consecutive wins as they won their tenth straight match Thursday night; the streak dates back to the 2021 spring season. The previous school record for most wins in a row, nine, came in 2002. Forward Molly Thompson led the night as she recorded a hat trick with goals in the 16th, 21st, and 51st minutes. Forward Tinaya Alexander and midfielder Meghan Johnson each scored a goal in the 41st and 81st minute respectively.Box Score (PDF) “Huge amounts of momentum for our program right now as we’ve started the season off with seven wins in a row,” head coach Sian Hudson said after the match. “Really proud of everything we have accomplished since we set foot on campus. The sheer amount of effort our girls are putting in and the way they play for each other is just a credit to them.” The Tigers opened the scoring on the night in the 16th minute as midfielder Rammie Noel sent a cross into the box from the left flank that saw Thompson leap and head the ball into the back of the net from eight yards out. The goal was the second of the season for Thompson, and Noel’s team-high third assist of the year. Thompson doubled her goal tally only five minutes later as she latched on the end of a long ball and drove into the edge of the box, where she cut inside on her right foot and ripped a shot into the right corner from 17 yards out to give LSU a 2-0 lead in the match and give Thompson her third goal of the season. LSU grabbed the third goal of the match in the 41st minute after Alexander carried the ball from midfield, dashed by a defender, and burst into the box and placed her finish into the top left corner. The goal takes Alexander’s goal tally to six on the season, a team-high on a team that’s flourishing with goals. Goalkeeper Mollee Swift commanded the box and kept the ball out of her goal in 45 minutes of action, registering three saves in the 7th, 19th, and 44th minutes. Goalkeeper Jade Odom made her LSU debut in the second half, taking the spot between the posts for the final 45 minutes of the match. In the 51st minute, Alexander played a through ball into the box to Thompson, who shot it first time and slotted it past the Ragin’ Cajun goalkeeper into the bottom left corner to extend LSU’s lead to 4-0 and secure Thompson’s hat trick. The hat trick is the first in Thompson’s career, and the 20th hat trick in school history. With the assist, Alexander’s career tally moves to 19 and is tied for fifth on the all-time assist list for LSU. LSU capped off the night with one final goal in the 81st minute. Defender Grace Haggerty swung in a corner that found midfielder Tiana Caffey, who headed it down and found Johnson. Johnson lifted the ball into the top right corner to secure her first goal of the season and fourth of her collegiate career. Caffey’s assist was the first of the year and fourth of her career while Haggerty claimed the first assist of her career on the play. Odom marked her first appearance in Purple & Gold by keeping a clean sheet in the second half, registering two saves in the 60th and 64th minutes. The clean sheet means that the Tigers have now kept a clean sheet in four out of seven games to start the season. LSU outshot UL-Lafeyette by a margin of 20-10, with the Tigers registering 12 shots on target compared to the Ragin Cajuns’ five. Up Next LSU will open SEC play at home as they take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs at 7 p.m. CT on Friday, September 17th. Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 9/8/2021 LSU Sports Information By: William Franques LSU TIGER TRACKS THIS WEEK ON CST BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU Tiger Tracks, a program highlighting various aspects of the university and its athletics department, can be seen at 10:30 p.m. CT Wednesday on Cox Sports Television. The show, hosted by Jordy Hultberg and Bill Franques, is a weekly 30-minute production featuring interviews with LSU administrators, coaches and student-athletes, along with a look at some of the events and scholarly activity on campus. Tiger Tracks begins with a preview by correspondent Paul Boron of the LSU-McNeese football game that kicks off at 7 p.m. CT Saturday in Tiger Stadium. Boron later provides a profile of quarterback Max Johnson, who has nine touchdown passes in his three career starts for the Tigers. Tiger Tracks continues with an interview conducted by Jacob Hester with offensive lineman Austin Deculus, who has a chance to become the first player in LSU football history to appear in 60 games. The show concludes with a story about LSU President William Tate and his recent visit to the Student Union on campus, where he engaged in a friendly game of golf.  Photo By: LSU Da Boot Sports! 7/20/2021 LSU Sports Information By: Michael Bonnette BATON ROUGE – LSU’s Cox Academic Center for Student-Athletes has been named recipient of the 2021 NCLCA Outstanding Learning Center Award for Special Populations, the National College Learning Center Association announced. The purpose of the NCLCA President’s Outstanding Learning Center Award for Specialized Populations is to give national recognition to the work done by learning centers that provide learning services to a limited specialized population and to foster their future growth and development. The award considers those centers that focus on groups such as student-athletes, veterans, and TRiO (students from disadvantaged backgrounds). “The Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes continues to be a national leader in supporting students to achieve excellence in the academic sphere and beyond,” LSU Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Matt Lee said. “The innovative programming driven by first rate and extraordinarily capable staff and leadership has engendered an environment where excellence permeates everything they do. This most recent national recognition affirms their ongoing commitment to ensure our students compete at the highest levels in all realms.” With the motto, “Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve”, LSU’s Cox Academic Center for Student-Athletes provides academic support and services for nearly 500 student-athletes. Under the direction of Walt Holliday, LSU has maintained an 88 percent graduate success rate for its student-athletes for the past four years. LSU’s most recent graduation success rate of 89 percent is up 20 points from 2008. "It is an honor to receive this prestigious award as it is our vision at the center to be the premiere resource for student-athletes,” Holliday, Executive Director of the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes, said. “Our holistic approach to student-athlete development helps our student-athletes find balance between their academic and personal development. We recognize the importance of developing them academically, cognitively, personally and professionally. Our continued success at the Cox Center is based on the collective efforts of many”. Equipped with such features as a 1,000-seat internet accessible auditorium, a tutorial center, a computer lab, a career center and a 2,800-square foot library, the Cox Academic Center for Student-Athlete is among the best of its kind on a college campus. Another unique feature of the Cox Academic Center is Project Graduation, a program dedicated to helping those student-athletes that leave school early, for whatever the reason, return to LSU to finish their degree. Since 2010, 87 former LSU student-athletes have returned to LSU and earned their college diploma. The Cox Academic Center for Student-Athletes isn’t focused solely on graduation, but also about developing student-athletes for a successful life after athletics. The goals of the center include:
“I am immensely proud this achievement,” Dorothy Kemp, director of educational support services, said. “As the criteria for this award evaluated all components of CCACSA programs, ultimately, this honor is a reflection of the hard work and dedication to excellence of the entire team. Brad Jones, the manager of student support Services/math specialist, worked very hard to ensure that our application captured the great work that we do every day for our student-athletes.” |
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