LSU in the NCAA Championships
LSU’s NCAA Team Champions Year Score Coach Site
1940 601 Maj. J. Perry Cole Ekwanok C.C., Manchester,Vt. INTRO 1942 590 Maj. J. Perry Cole South Bend C.C., South Bend, Ind. 1947 606 T.P. Heard Univ. of Michigan Course, Ann Arbor, Mich. 1955 574 Mike Barbato Holston Hills C.C., Knoxville, Tenn. LSU’s NCAA Individual Champions Year Player Site 1937 Fred Haas, Jr. Oakmont C.C., Oakmont, Pa.
1941 Earl Stewart Scarlet Course, Columbus, Ohio PREVIEW LSU Top-10 NCAA Team Finishes Year Finish Score Champion/Score Site 1939 5th 617 Stanford - 612 Wakonda C.C., Des Moines, Iowa 1940 t1st LSU - 601 Edwanok C.C., Manchester, Vt. Princeton - 601 1941 2nd 599 Stanford - 580 Ohio State Scarlet, Columbus, Ohio 1989 LSU GOLF TEAM 1942 t1st LSU - 590 South Bend C.C., South Bend, Ind. Princeton - 590 CO
1943 3rd 621 Yale - 614 Olympia Field C.C. A 1946 5th 629 Stanford - 619 Springdale C.C., Princeton, N.J. CHE 1947 1st LSU - 606 Univ. of Michigan Course, Anne Arbor, Mich. S 1948 2nd 588 San Jose St. - 579 Stanford Univ. Course, Palo Alto, Calif. 1952 7th 602 North Texas St. - 573 Purdue Univ. Course, W. Lafayette, Ind. 1953 3rd 581 Stanford - 578 Broadmoor G. C., Colorado Springs, Colo. 1954 4th 582 SMU - 572 Braeburn C.C., Houston, Texas
1955 1st LSU - 574 Holston Hills C.C., Knoxville, Tenn. PL 1956 9th 613 Houston - 601 Ohio State Scarlet, Columbus, Ohio A
1966 t8th 607 Houston - 582 Stanford Univ. Course, Palo Alto, Calif. YERS 1967 3rd 591 Houston - 585 Shawnee G.C., Delaware, Pa. 1984 t6th 1162 Houston - 1145 Bear Creek Golf World, Houston, Texas 1985 t9th 1196 Houston - 1172 Grenelefe G.C., Haines City, Fla. 1955 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1986 10th 1175 Wake Forest - 1156 Bermuda Run C.C., Winston Salem, N.C. 1989 t8th 1173 Oklahoma - 1139 Oaktree Country Club, Edmond, Okla. REVIEW LSU’S TOP 25 NCAA INDIVIDUAL FINISHES (SINCE 1985)
Year Player Finish Score 1985 Rob McNamara t10th 291 1986 Emlyn Aubrey t3rd 287 1987 Rob McNamara 16th 293 1988 David Toms 5th 288 RECORDS Greg Lesher t16th 293 Fredrik Lindgren t19th 294 1989 Fredrik Lindgren t17th 289 1991 Perry Moss t4th 212 Scott Sterling t18th 218 EARL STEWART • 1941 NCAA CHAMPION HIST LSU’S TEAM NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS (SINCE 1985) OR
Year LSU Finish (Score) Site Y 1986 10th (1175) Winston-Salem, N.C. 1987 t14th (1200) Columbus, Ohio
1988 t20th (907) Thousand Oaks, Calif. THIS IS LSU 1989 t8th (1173) Edmond, Okla. 1991 30th (1228) New Haven, Conn. 1992 22nd (588) Albuquerque, N.M. 1993 t17th (597) Lexington, Ky. 1994 22nd (591) McKinney, Texas 1997 18th (590) Lake Forest, Ill. 2001 East Regional Participants
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All-Americans/All-SEC Selections
LSU’s All-American Selections Year Golfer Selection(Team) 1962 Howell Fraser Second Team 1965 B.R. McLendon Honorable Mention 1966 B.R. McLendon Second Team 1967 B.R. McLendon First Team
INTRO Randy Wolff Honorable Mention 1969 Vaughn Moisie Third Team 1970 Jimmy Wittenberg Honorable Mention 1973 Dick Clark Honorable Mention 1974 Stan Lee Second Team 1975 Stan Lee Second Team 1979 Wayne DeFrancesco First Team 1980 John Salamone Honorable Mention 1981 John Salamone Second Team 1984 Fred Dupre Third Team Emlyn Aubrey Honorable Mention DAVID TOMS BOB FRIEND PREVIEW 1985 Rob McNamara Honorable Mention 1986 Rob McNamara Honorable Mention Emlyn Aubrey Third Team 1987 Rob McNamara Second Team David Toms Honorable Mention 1988 David Toms First Team Greg Lesher Honorable Mention Fredrik Lindgren Honorable Mention
CHES 1989 David Toms First Team
A Greg Lesher Second Team 1990 Perry Moss Honorable Mention CO 1991 Perry Moss Second Team 1992 Rett Crowder Honorable Mention 1994 Scott Sterling Honorable Mention 1996 Brian Bateman Third Team 1997 P.J. Smith Honorable Mention 2001 Alan Morgan Honorable Mention 2003 John Humphries Honorable Mention YERS A Academic All-Americans EMLYN AUBREY BRIAN BATEMAN
PL Year Golfer 1989 Greg Lesher Fredrik Lindgren 1991 Rett Crowder 1995 Brian Bateman 1996 Chip McDonald
LSU ALL-SEC SELECTIONS REVIEW
Year Golfer Selection Year Golfer Selection 1970 Jimmy Wittenberg First Team 1987 David Toms First Team Vaughn Moise First Team Rob McNamara First Team Tommy Evans Second Team 1988 David Toms First Team 1971 Jimmy Wittenberg First Team Player of the Year Mike Drury Second Team Greg Lesher Second Team 1972 Shelby Houston First Team 1989 David Toms First Team 1974 Dick Clark First Team Player of the Year Stan Lee First Team Greg Lesher First Team RECORDS 1975 Stan Lee First Team Fredrik Lindgren Second Team Louis Lee Second Team 1990 Perry Moss Second Team Jim Adams Second Team Greg Lesher Second Team 1976 Louis Lee Second Team 1991 Perry Moss First Team Frank Gusmus Second Team Player of the Year 1977 Steve Cromwell First Team Rett Crowder Second Team 1992 Rett Crowder First Team Y 1978 Louis Lee Second Team Gary Marlowe Second Team 1993 Scott SterlingSecond Team OR Freshman of the Year 1994 Scott Sterling First Team 1979 Wayne DeFrancesco First Team Brian Bateman Second Team John Salamone First Team 1995 Brian Bateman Second Team HIST Player of the Year 1996 Brian BatemanFirst Team 1982 Dudley Bienvenu Second Team 1997 P.J. Smith First Team 1983 Fred DuPre First Team 1998 P.J. Smith Second Team Emlyn Aubrey Second Team 1999 Jeremy Wilkinson Second Team 1984 Fred DuPre First Team 2000 Alan Morgan Second Team Emlyn Aubrey First Team 2001 Alan Morgan First Team Rob McNamara Second Team John Humphries Second Team Freshman of the Year 2002 Nathan Goulding Second Team 1985 Rob McNamara First Team Heath West Second Team 1986 Emlyn Aubrey First Team 2003 John Humphries First Team Rob McNamara First Team 2004 Heath West Second Team David Toms Freshman of the Year THIS IS LSU
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Letterwinners
Haas, Fred (1935-36-37) A Hebert, Junius (1948) P Henriksen, Steve (1977-78) Park, Don (1952) INTRO Adams, Jim (1973-74-75-76) Hitchcock, Brett (1998-99) Poerschke, Fred (1951) Adams, Wright Jr. (1934-37) Hoffman, Tico (1977-78-79) Points, D.A. (1996) Aitchison, David (2003) Holmes, Jim (1975-77) Pollett, David (2003-04) Anthony, Richard (1966) Horrell, Jason (2002-03-04) Pott, Johnny (1953-54-55) Amerman, Wink (1999) Hoover, Tom (1962-63) Prather, Garrett (2000-01-02-04) Aubrey, Emlyn (1983-84-85-86) Houston, Shelby (1973-74-75) Purnell, Andy (1987) Aydlett, Brandon (2003-04) Huguet, Marty (1969) Humphries, Earl (1971-72-73) Humphries, Jason (1998-99-00) R B Humphries, John (2000-01-02-03) PREVIEW Raulerson, Charles (1985) Bateman, Brian (1993-94-95) Rheams, David (1955) Beard, Tommy (1953-54-55-56) I Rickles, Jay (1971-72) Beckers, Michael (2000) Riemann, Jeff (2003-04) Biancalana, Roy (1980-81-82) Inman, Scott (1981-83-84) Rivers, Jack (1971-72) Bienvenu, Dudley (1982) Ross, Eddie (1959-60-61) Bigham, Neil (1957) Runion, Garrett (2004) Bourgeois, Jason (1993-94) J Byman, Pete (1980-81-82-83) Jordan, Mart (1950)
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C Salamone, John (1978-79-80-81) A
K CHE Sample, John (1959-61-62) Caldwell, Bill (1972) Kaufman, Jeff (1984) Schmitt, Phil (1993-94-95) Calhoun, Cecil (1953-54-55-56) S Keck, Mike (1966-67) Schroeder, Mike (1972-73-75) Carmichael, Sam (1959-60-61) Kendall, John (1993-94) Self, Neil (2002) Castillo, Henry (1938-39-40) Kennedy, Ian (1997-98) Shaw, Jake (2004) Clark, Dick (1972-73-74-75) Killeen, Rob (1981) Shaw, Robert (1973) Clark, Frank (1950-51) Silvers, Mark (1965) Cole, Henry (1965-66-67) Silman, Teddy (1970-71-72)
Collier, Jo (1971-72) PL L Smith, Aaron (2003-04) Crowder, Rett (1989-90-91-92) Smith, P.J. (1995-96-97-98) A
LaBauve, Mike (1975) YERS Cuthbert, Tommy (1969) Spencer, John (1958-59-60-61) Lanahan, Andrew (2004) Spiller, Lindsey (1975) Lanier, William (1987-88-89) Sterling, Scott (1991-92-93) D LaPonzina, Johnny (1967-68-69) Stewart, Earl (1940-41-42) Larson, Jason (1992) Stewar, Travis (1999) Daigle, William (1968-69) Lee, Chip (2001) Day, Jimmy (1966-67-68) Lee, Louis (1975-76-77-78) DeBaus, Claude (1951) Lee, Stan (1974-75) T DeFrancesco, Wayne (1979-80) LeSage, Tony (1951)
Dickinson, Gardner (1948) REVIEW Lesher, Greg (1987-88-89-90) Taylor, Craig (2000-01) Dodson, Bill (1957) Leoffler, Ed (1950) Thomas, Phil (1964) Doss, Jackie (1952) Leville, Dave (1982-83) Thornton, Pressly (1948) Downie, Michael (1964-65) Lindgren, Fredrik (1988-89) Timbrook Bud (1948-49-50) Dressler, Billy (2000-01) Little, Judge (1991-92-93-94) Todd, Ray (1959) Drury, Mike (1970-71-72) Loe, Lamar (1952-54) Toms, David (1986-87-88-89) DuPre, Fred (1980-81-83-84) Lorio, Duane (1987) Torda, Jay (1975) Loupe, Chris (1998-99) Love, Sam (1958-59-60) E Lyons, Eddie (1975-76) V RECORDS Elkins, Tommy (1965-66) Vallillo, Michael (1998-99-2000) Ellis, Sonny (1948) M Ervin, Tucker (2002-03) Essig, Don (1958-59-60) Magee, Gary (1970) W Evans, Tommy (1970) Manuel, Adam (1995-96-97-98) Mangum, James (1954-55-56) Weaver, Bert (1952-53) Marlowe, Gary (1979) Weaver, Bret (1978) F Martin, Bill (1964) Webb, Chris (1985) Mason, Greg (2004) Webb, Craig (1990-91-92) Faulds, Thomas (1980) McDonald, Chip (1995-96) West, Heath (2002-03-04) Ferrell, William (1962-63) HIST McDonald, Maxwell (1968-69-70) Wienerwitz, Trae, (1997-98-99) Finkelstein, Maury (1962-63-64) McLendon, B.R.“Mac”(1965-66-67) Wilkinson, Jeremy (1997-98-99-2000) Fraser, Howell (1960-61-62) McNamara, Rob (1984-85-86-87) Willie, Jep (1969) OR Friend, Bob (1983-84-85-86) Merrins, Eddie (1952-53-54) Winstead, Chuck (1991) Finney Michael (1987-88-89) Y Miller, Bo (1994-95) Wittenberg, Jimmy (1969-70-71) Moise,Vaughn (1968-69-70) Wolff, Randy (1965-66-67) G Moss, Perry (1989-90-91) Wulff, Tommy (1956-57-58) Morgan, Alan (2000-01) Gatlin, Butch (1963-64) Morrow, Tommy (1952-53-54) Gaudin, Russ (1962-63-64) Mudd, Tommie (1984-85-86-87) Y THIS IS LSU Goodwin, Mark (1972) Yerger, Dave (1986) Goulding, Nathan (2001) N Guido, Paul (1979) Active Players In Boldface Gusmus, Frank (1974-75-76) Nevils, Rich (1964-65) The LSU Sports Information Office will appreciate your assistance in correcting any errors or ommissions. H Nutt, Julio (1992-93-94)
Harrell, Bobby (1952) O Harris, Billy (1979-80) O’Neill, Jack (1960-61) Harris, Chad (1995) Osberg, Rick (1971)
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Tigers on Tour David Toms INTRO
PGA TOUR HIGHLIGHTS PGA TOUR VICTORIES
• 10 career PGA Tour victories • 1997 Quad City Classic • Won his first major • 1999 Sprint International tournament at the 2001 PGA • 1999 Buick Challenge Championship at Atlanta • 2000 Michelob Championship PREVIEW Athletic Club in Duluth, Ga. at Kingsmill • Won 2001 Compaq Classic of • 2001 Compaq Classic of New New Orleans in front of a Orleans home crowd at English Turn • 2001 PGA Championship Golf and Country Club • 2001 Michelob Championship • 2002 and 2004 Ryder Cup at Kingsmill CHES
A team member • 2003 Wachovia Championship
CO • 2003 President's Cup team • 2003 FedEx St. Jude Classic member • 2004 Fed Ex St. Jude Classic YERS A PL REVIEW RECORDS Y OR HIST
2001 PGA Champion THIS IS LSU
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TIGHT LIES TOUR
Billy Dressler INTRO Alan Morgan John Humphries Rett Crowder
ALAN MORGAN JOHN HUMPHRIES BILLY DRESSLER PREVIEW NATIONWIDE TOUR CO A CHE S PL A YERS
JEREMY WILKINSON PERRY MOSS EMLYN AUBREY REVIEW RECORDS
SCOTT STERLING BOB FRIEND D.A. POINTS CHARLES RAULERSON
EUROPEAN TOUR PGA TOUR HIST
Ian Kennedy David Toms OR
Fredrik Lindgren Brian Bateman Y Roy Biancalana THIS IS LSU
IAN KENNEDY BRIAN BATEMAN
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Campus Life
LSU's landscaping was called “a botanical joy" in its listing among the 20 best campuses in America in Thomas Gaines’ “The Campus as a Work of Art." INTRO PREVIEW CHES A CO
ouisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College has, throughout its 144-year history, LSU FACTS served the people of Louisiana, the region, the nation, and the world. LSU is creating a revolution, one of Location: Baton Rouge, La. pervasive change and advancement. For the past five years, the focus of the LSU community has been an L Founded: January 2, 1860 increased commitment to excellence. Our progress has been dramatic and shows no sign of stopping. Enrollment: 31,234 Having witnessed many of yesterday's possibilities become today's tangible realities, the YERS President: Dr. William Jenkins A LSU community set forth to capitalize on its success. The goal was to improve our standing as a Major Fields for Bachelor’s Degrees: 72 PL nationally competitive flagship university. Following intense discussions among the LSU Board of Major Fields for Master’s Degrees: 72 Supervisors, campus administrators, faculty, and student leaders, the objectives required to reach Major Fields for Doctoral Degrees: 54 this status crystallized, providing the impetus for LSU's National Flagship Agenda.
“ THE MOST DIVERSE
REVIEW SCHOOL IN THE NATION.”
Newsweek magazine named Louisiana State University the “Most Diverse” school in the nation in the Sept. 3, 2003 issue. The enrollment consists of 24 percent minority students. RECORDS
History and tradition began with LSU’s founding in 1853 by the General
Y he LSU Honors College provides intellectual opportunity Assembly of Louisiana as the Louisiana
OR and challenge for academically able and intellectually State Seminary of Learning and Military motivated undergraduate students. Honors students Academy near Pineville, Louisiana. The T institution opened January 2, 1860. HIST pursue a rigorous academic program, which satisfies all When the Civil War began, the school’s requirements of their academic departments and colleges and first superintendent, William Tecumseh goes beyond those requirements to provide the basis for Sherman, resigned to assume a outstanding achievement and appropriate recognition for that command in the Union Army. The achievement. From small enrollment interdisciplinary seminars seminary reopened in 1869, but was soon in the freshman year to independent research activities in the destroyed by fire. The institution moved senior honors thesis, honors students work closely with selected to Baton Rouge, opening on Nov. 1, 1869. members of the faculty. THIS IS LSU HONORSHONORS COLLEGE COLLEGE
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“LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY INTRO HAS A TRADITION OF GRATITUDE
EXPRESSED IN SERVICE
President George W. Bush PREVIEW TO COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY.” 2004 LSU SPRING COMMENCEMENT
“As far back as I can remember (riding bicycles, playing little league baseball), I have literally bled purple and gold. It never
WHYWHY LSU? LSU? crossed my mind that there was anywhere else to go other CO
than LSU.The experiences and relationships that I developed A at LSU have been an integral part of my life. No other col- CHE
leges existed in my mind. I am fortunate to have attended a DAVID TOMS S place that I considered a dream and look forward to my asso- 2001 PGA CHAMPION ciation with the university until the day I die.” AND LSU GRADUATE PL A
ALUMNINOTABLE ALUMNI YERS JAMES CARVILLE EDDIE J. JONES MARY L. LANDRIEU REINOSUKE HARA Received both a Bachelor’s President of the NFL's Miami Became the first woman from A researcher at LSU in the degree and Law degree from Dolphins franchise. The 36- Louisiana elected to a full term 1950s, that later received the LSU. Carville gained fame in the year veteran of the NFL cur- in the United States Senate in honorary Doctorate of Science 1990's as the chief campaign rently serves on the NFL's 1997. degree from LSU in 1992. strategist for Bill Clinton and Al Employee Benefits Committee. Currently serves as the Vice- REVIEW Gore. Carville also penned a Chairman of Seiko Instruments. best-selling memoir titled All’s Fair: Love, War and Running for President. RECORDS
CAMPUSCAMPUS APARTMENT - THEAPARTMENTS TIGERS’ HOME AWAY FROM HOME DID YOU KNOW? SU has 18 residence halls with architectural styles • With more than 195,000 alumni worldwide, HIST ranging from a Renaissance style typical of the older LSU ranks in the top 10 percent in the nation core of the campus to modern high-rise buildings. in the number of graduates.
L OR Below is the newest addition, the highly popular East • U.S. News&World Report ranks the LSU
Campus and West Campus apartments, a co-ed dormitory Y that includes furnished rooms with connecting suites and e- petroleum-engineering program fifth in the mail workstations in the lobby, all within a short walk from nation. the dining hall. • Mary Mannhein and the LSU FACES Lab have been featured numerous times in the THIS IS LSU national media and at Scotland Yard.
• LSU is currently ranked 11th in the Director's Cup standing for the best athletic program in the country.
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The University Club INTRO PREVIEW CHES A CO YERS A
PL he University Club, home to the University Club Intercollegiate and the LSU Spring Invitational, is a par-72 course with a cham- T pionship yardage of 7,274. The course opened in the fall of 1998 and is located on nearly 275 acres of land seven miles south of LSU on Nicholson Dr. (La. 30). The University Club is the LSU golf team’s true REVIEW home course. In March 2001, the club played host to its first collegiate tournament, the inaugural LSU Spring Invitational. LSU has won all four Spring Invitational titles, including 2001 (+9, 873), the rain-shortened 2002 tournament (-9, 279), in 2003 (+4, 868) and 2004 (-13, 851). The U- Club also boasts one of the country's finest practice facilities, The LSU
RECORDS Golf House, which opened in the fall of 2002. The Golf House includes a lavish meeting room, office space for the coaching staff and an area devoted to equipment repair and storage. It also includes an indoor driv-
Y ing range and a learning center which can utilize video analysis to bene- OR fit each player in a classroom setting. HIST
Brandon Aydlett THIS IS LSU
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The LSU Golf House INTRO PREVIEW
The new practice facility at the Unversity Club includes an indoor An inside view of the luxurious meeting and conference room. hitting bay. CO A CHE S PL A YERS
LSU head coach Greg Jones helps a player using the new video The new lockerroom includes space for all the Tigers to dress and learning center. store their equipment. REVIEW RECORDS HIST OR Y THIS IS LSU
The lavish conference room at the U-Club enables the LSU coaching staff and players to meet in a quiet, spacious area.
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Cox Communications Academic Center for Student Athletes INTRO PREVIEW CHES A CO YERS A PL
SEC Academic Honor Roll
ritical to the development of an athlete as a 1997 1988 BEN GARNER GREG LESHER CHAD HARRIS student is an adequate academic facility and FREDERIK LINDGREN CHIP MCDONALD
REVIEW 1989 1998 C GREG LESHER capable staff to further the athlete's progress. The IAN KENNEDY FREDERIK LINDGREN CHRIS LOUPE HENRY WIENIEWITZ Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes is 1990 1999 RETT CROWDER CHRIS LOUPE GREG LESHER HENRY WIENIEWITZ responsible for overseeing the educational development JEREMY WILKINSON 1991 RETT CROWDER 2000 and progress toward graduation for all student-athletes.The JASON LARSON JOHN HUMPHRIES MICHAEL VALLILLO RECORDS 1992 JEREMY WILKINSON staff acts as a liaison between the student-athlete and the RETT CROWDER JASON LARSON 2001 CRAIG WEBB MICHAEL BECKERS academic communities and insures that student-athletes JEFF WOLFF JOHN HUMPHRIES DAMON JULIAN
Y 1993 CHIP LEE HERMAN CROWDER OR comply with academic rules established by the University, CRAIG WEBB 2002 CHIP LEE 1994 GARRETT PRATHER HIST NCAA and Southeastern Conference. The staff also BRIAN BATEMAN MAXWELL MCDONALD 2003 JULIO NUTT BRANDON AYDLETT coordinates academic programs designed to assist student- JASON HORRELL 1995 CHIP LEE BRIAN BATEMAN athletes in acquiring a quality education. CHAD HARRIS JEFF RIEMANN CHIP MCDONALD 2004 1996 BRANDON AYDLETT BRIAN BATEMAN JASON HORRELL CHAD HARRIS DAVID POLLET
THIS IS LSU CHIP MCDONALD GARRETT PRATHER PHILIP SCHMITT JEFF RIEMANN FACILITY BUILT BY THE TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION PARKER SMITH AARON SMITH
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aramount to the success of INTRO P the “student” half of the term student-athlete is providing LSU athletes with the best possible resources to excel in the classroom. For more than 20 PREVIEW years, the LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes has helped BO CAMPBELL AUDITORIUM to build well-rounded student- The 1,000-seat auditorium is used through the year as a classroom and lecture hall. Each seat in the auditorium has space for a laptop and a modem hookup, providing each student unlimit- athletes. But as times change and CO ed learning opportunities. The auditorium also contains a movie theatre size screen to aid pro- A technology advances, the need for fessors with lectures and classroom activities. CHE further improvements still exists. S As a result, the Cox Communications Academic PL
Center for Student-Athletes A YERS opened its doors in November of 2002. A $15 million renovation to the Gym Armory not only made it among the nation's premier REVIEW centers, but put it at the forefront. Improvements to the existing COMPUTER STATIONS Throughout the Academic Center are 75 computer stations, providing student-athletes with a quiet work- center give LSU student-athletes ing environment for research, writing and studying.
the best opportunity for success by RECORDS THE LIBRARY providing access to the latest The library provides a perfect setting for indi- technology, as well as an array of vidual study, or with a expanded services. tutor as group. HIST OR Y THIS IS LSU
STUDY AREA Included in the 54,000 square feet of the Academic Center are individual study areas as well as 14 private computer rooms for student-athletes to work one-on- one with tutors or by themselves.
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Dr. Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training INTRO PREVIEW CHES A CO YERS A PL
SU boasts the largest and most complete athletic training facility AMENITIES 423,000 square foot athletic in all of collegiate athletics. Focused on aggressive rehabilitation, training facility REVIEW Lthe Broussard Center for Athletic Training is furnished with the 4On-site x-ray room latest in technology and equipment. Some of the features of the 23,000- 4In-house full-service pharmacy square foot facility include an on-site x-ray room, an in-house pharmacy, 4In-house dental and vision centers as well as state of the art hydrotherapy pools. The Broussard Center for
RECORDS 4A hydrotherapy pool Athletic Training is equipped with the largest hydrotherapy pools in both
collegiate and professional sports and is one of the few collegiate training
Y centers with a full-service pharmacy, as well as on-site x-ray room. OR LSU is also the only school in college athletics with a training room HIST equipped with a full-service vision center. The facility is named in
honor of legendary trainer Dr. Martin J. Broussard, who served as
LSU’s athletic trainer for over 40 years. THIS IS LSU FACILITY BUILT BY THE TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION
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Strength and Conditioning INTRO PREVIEW CO A CHE S PL A YERS
AMENITIES REVIEW 428 multi-purpose power stations he LSU strength and conditioning facility, located in Tiger
436 assorted selectorized machines Stadium, was built in 1997 and features the latest in both 10 dumbbell stations with 2 sets of T 4 strength training and cardiovascular training equipment. 5,180-pound free weights Measuring 10,000-square feet, LSU has one of the finest strength RECORDS 4Custom made equipment by Body Masters and Eleiko and conditioning facilities in the nation. The LSU strength and conditioning team took a new direction in 2000 under strength coach Tommy Moffitt, who was named the 1999
Collegiate Football Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year by HIST the Professional Football Strength and Conditioning Coaches OR
Society. Y Strength and conditioning can be the heart and soul of an ath-
letic program's success, and LSU has taken great strides to improve THIS IS LSU its strength program and facilities.
FACILITY BUILT BY THE TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION
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Louisiana and Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE FACTS POPULATION: Baton Rouge...... 227,818 East Baton Rouge Parish...... 412,852 INTRO AVERAGE TEMPERATURES: High ...... 81.3 Low ...... 52.5 Average...... 67.5 PREVIEW
LOUISIANA FACTS CHES
A Nickname: ...... The Pelican State Admitted to Union: ...... April 30, 1812 CO State Colors: ....Gold, white and blue State Bird: ...... Brown Pelican ospitality and comfort are a Southern tradition practiced to The state capitol State Dog: ..Catahoula Leopard Dog building of State Tree: ...... Bald Cyprus perfection around Baton Rouge. Minutes from the city, ancient Louisiana, located State Flower: ...... Magnolia in Baton Rouge, is moss-draped oaks, fragrant honeysuckle, formal gardens and the Climate: ...... Subtropical
YERS the tallest capitol
A H finest examples of Southern architecture await. Combine this with the building in the
PL nation at 34 stories. excitement of the mighty Mississippi River, cajun music and a gourmet meal that is topped with freshly brewed cafe-au-lait at one of Baton Rouge’s fine restaurants. Mix in an autumn Saturday evening at Tiger Stadium, and Baton Rouge becomes one of the most attractive cities for living, entertainment and education in the South.
REVIEW SPORTSMAN’S PARADISE Louisiana offers some of the finest hunting, fishing and boating opportunities in the country. RECORDS Y OR
Jackson Square is the heart of the French Quarter in Downtown New Orleans. HIST ouisiana, one of America’s most culturally and geographically diverse states, is located in the heart of the Deep South. Adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico and dotted with hundreds Lof lakes and bayous, Louisiana is home to all types of terrain from swamps and marshes to lush forests and gentle hills. The state is known for its charm and friendly people, and still
maintains the stately antebellum plantations and majestic oaks of its early days. The atmosphere The East Brown Pelican THIS IS LSU is elegant, yet relaxed and casual. is Louisiana’s State Bird.
46 2004 LSU MEN’S GOLF MEDIA GUIDE INTRO PREVIEW COA CHES PLA YERS REVIEW RECORDS HISTORY THIS IS LSU - - y. Olympic team . .S Skip BertmanSkip as Bertman spent his colle , of Emile and Lori the children y ecognition as one of the nation's e the financial stability of the LSU ansition into the athletics director’s ansition into anked in the top 25. LSU teams also enjoyed 2004 LSU MEN’S GOLF MEDIA GUIDE2004 LSU MEN’S 47 . s elite in all phases of collegiate athletics. vising the Tigers’vising the fields, on the playing progress he viously earned r ved as head coach of the 1996 U e vements and ensur as a homecoming of sorts, o aith and Isaac Stanle eady a Louisiana Legend and one of the greatest college of the greatest Legend and one a Louisiana eady e trademarks of his stellar coaching career. of his stellar coaching e trademarks ve w lr of all time,baseball coaches J.“Skip”Bertman has Stanley tr made the seamless ations Center e, inducted in June, as he was 2002, Sports Hall into the Louisiana In just three years as LSU’s director of athletics, director as LSU’s years In just three Bertman has While super athletics com- LSU’s Bertman is now in the midst of upgrading It was also Bertman who took the bold but essential move to took the bold but essential move also Bertman who It was 19, on January athletics director named LSU's Bertman was baseball titles,Bertman guided LSU to five NCAA and his teams He also ser Bertman and his wife Sandy are the parents of four daughters - the parents are Bertman and his wife Sandy In 1975, Bertman coached at Miami-Dade Downtown, leaving Bertman continues to be honored for his remarkable coaching for his remarkable Bertman continues to be honored America poll published in 1999,In a Baseball voted Bertman was He had pr eady added to his impressive list of on-the-field achievements. added to his impressive eady ear in the history of the institution in 2003-04. of the institution ear in the history won teams Three enowned for his coaching excellence. In 11 seasons at Miami Beach alr Under his direction, athletics the greatest arguably enjoyed LSU y chair with the same enthusiasm,chair with the for excellence vision and demand that wer national championships, top ten, nation’s nine teams finished in the and fourteen teams r improved grade point averages across the board, across point averages grade improved the LSU making a success on and off the fields of compe student-athlete experience tition. plex.Athletic Foundation, Tiger hand in hand with the Working the completion of the Cox overseen Bertman has already Academic Center for Student-Athletes while Communications Maravich Stadium and the Pete Tiger to launching renovations Assembly Center, Football and beginning construction on a new Oper implement a seat contribution program in Tiger Stadium to fund Tiger in implement a seat contribution program facility impr Athletics Department for the next decade. 2001. Bertman, With who provides LSU gained an athletics director $52 Tigers' to manage the the leadership and experience necessary million budget. Alex Box Stadium, to venerable huge crowds drew led Tigers as the seasons (1996-2001). the nation in attendance in each of his final six A giate playing days with the Hurricanes as an outfielder and catcher days giate playing 1958-60.from He earned his B.A. education in health and physical UM in from degree his master’s Miami in 1961 and received from 1964. - Jan, Jodi, Lisa and Lori. - grandchildren three have The Bertman’s - Sophie F Bertman Guirard,Aaron, and Samuel and Lisa Pate. the son of Drew Bertman’s bold and innovative plans promise to keep the Tigers to keep the plans promise bold and innovative Bertman’s among the nation’ brightest assistant coaches while at the University of Miami (Fla.) for eight seasons (1976-83). at Miami, working Before Bertman was r High School, to a state championship and the Hi-Tides he directed Coach of the named Florida's runners-up finishes and he was two occasions. on three Year at Miami. head coach Ron Fraser after one season to join legendary The mo has begun to implement measures necessary to realize his vision of to realize necessary measures has begun to implement department into the best in the countr building the LSU athletics Atlanta. medal in the bronze which captured tenur of Fame.American Baseball Coaches inducted into the He was in January,Association Hall of Fame 2003. college baseball coach of the 20th century,the second greatest trailing only Rod Dedeaux of Southern California. Bertman and Dedeaux are the only coaches to win five CWS titles. ame photo courtesy of Will O’Halloran sion, and his astute knowledge of the g
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ournament Record SKIP BERTMAN ained from over 40 years of coaching -- combined with his ained from over 40 years of coaching -- combined with , 1996, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1986 , 1986 The 89-29 (.754), in NCAA history89-29 highest winning percentage National Coach of the Year 2000, 1997 Series Appearances College World 1996, 1994, 1993, 1991, 1990, 1989, 2000, 1998, 1997, 1987 SEC Championships 1997 Career Record (1984-2001) (.724) 870-330-3 NCAA T National Championships 2000, 1997 Bertman’s unyielding desire to succeed drove him to the unyielding desire to succeed Bertman’s pinnacle of his profes steadfast determination and irrepressible enthusiasm trans- steadfast determination and irrepressible formed LSU Baseball into the nation's premier program. -- obt Legacy