Academic Success INTRO THIS IS LSU TIGERS COACHES REVIEW PREVIEW RECORDS HISTORY LSU MEDIA CRITICAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ATHLETE AS A THE GOAL For each student-athlete to reach and STUDENT IS AN ADEQUATE ACADEMIC FACILITY AND receive the highest-quality education and degree. CAPABLE STAFF TO FURTHER THE ATHLETE’S PROGRESS. THE RESPONSIBILITY To oversee the educational development The Cox Communications Academic Center for Student- and progress toward graduation for all student-athletes. Athletes is responsible for overseeing the educational > Tutoring development and progress toward graduation for all student- > Career Counseling and Development athletes. The staff acts as a liaison between the student-athlete > Time Management > Study Skills and the academic communities and insures that student- > Ensure that student-athletes comply with athletes comply with academic rules established by the academic rules established by the University, NCAA and SEC University, NCAA and Southeastern Conference. The staff also coordinates academic programs designed to assist student- athletes in acquiring a quality education. 2006 SEC 20 2006-2007 LSU BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE CHAMPIONS Academic Success LSU GRADUATES UNDER JOHN BRADY INTRO THIS IS LSU GRADUATES TIGERS COACHES Reggie Tucker Collis Temple III Pete Bozek Paul Wolfert REVIEW Aug. 1999 July 2001 Dec. 2002 May 2005 Kinesiology General Business Kinesiology Finance PREVIEW RECORDS Willie Anderson Brad Bridgewater Jason Wilson Louis Earl Dec. 1999 July 2002 May 2003 July 2005 HISTORY Kinesiology General Studies General Studies General Studies LSU Jack Warner Jermaine Williams Brian Greene Xavier Whipple Dec. 2000 July 2002 Dec. 2003 July 2005 MEDIA Mass Communications Sociology Biological Sciences General Studies Brian Beshara Collis Temple III Charlie Thompson Darrel Mitchell July 2001 Dec. 2002 May 2004 May 2006 Business-Finance Masters Sports Management General Studies General Studies Xavier Whipple "The Academic Center for Student-Athletes is a ACADEMIC STAFF tremendous asset to all athletes. It provides those STAFF intangibles that are necessary to achieve success in a collegiate environment. The Center provides tutors to help you understand your course material, aca- demic coaches who teach you organizational skills, and time management seminars to enhance the skills needed in this society." Tomas Jimenez John Allen Dr. Mary Boudreaux Executive Director Associate Director Associate Director --Shaquille O'Neal, former LSU Basketball All-American, 1989-92 Tim Boyle Jason Fountain Jeanne Hieronimus Associate Director Associate Director Director of Directed Studies Jean Jackson Jade Jenkins Dr. Tommy Karam Administrative Specialist Assistant Director - CHAMPS Director – Communications Lab HONORSEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL ROLL 1997-98 2001-02 Ross Neltner Jack Warner Brian Green Paul Wolfert Collis Temple III Glen Davis (Freshman) 1988-99 David Fleshman Mike Mallet Tommy Powell Bobby Powers Brian Beshara 2002-03 Garrett Temple (Freshman) Director – CHAMPS Director of Academics Coordinator Jack Warner Pete Bozek Brian Green 2005-06 1999-00 Charlie Thompson Glen Davis Brian Beshara David Fleshman Collis Temple III 2003-04 Darnell Lazare Jeremy Comeaux Charles Thompson Darrel Mitchell Jack Warner Paul Wolfert Garrett Temple Brandon Bass (Freshman) 2000-01 Ross Neltner (Freshman) Kristin Price Jennifer Timmer Carole Walker Brian Beshara Learning Specialist Learning Specialist Associate Director Collis Temple III 2004-05 Brian Green Brandon Bass Jack Warner (SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year) Darrel Mitchell 2006 2006-2007 LSU BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 21 FINAL FOUR Cox Communications Academic Center INTRO THIS IS LSU TIGERS COACHES REVIEW PREVIEW RECORDS HISTORY LSU MEDIA Amenities PARAMOUNT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE “STUDENT” HALF > 54,000 square feet of working space OF THE TERM STUDENT-ATHLETE IS PROVIDING LSU > 75 computer workstations ATHLETES WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE RESOURCES TO EXCEL > 14 private computer rooms in a IN THE CLASSROOM. For more than 20 years, the LSU state-of-the-art computer lab > Additional study rooms and Academic Center for Student-Athletes has helped to build well- classrooms for private or group study rounded student-athletes. But as times change and technology > Electronic scheduling of tutoring advances, the need for further improvements still exists. As a sessions > A 1,000-seat auditorium for classes result, the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student- and lectures Athletes opened its doors in November of 2002. A $15 million renovation to the Gym Armory not only made it among the nation’s premier centers, but put it at the forefront. Improvements to the existing center give LSU student-athletes the best opportunity for success by providing access to the latest technology, as well as an array of expanded services. 2006 SEC 22 2006-2007 LSU BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE CHAMPIONS Cox Communications Academic Center INTRO THIS IS LSU TIGERS COACHES REVIEW PREVIEW RECORDS HISTORY LSU Bo Campbell Auditorium MEDIA 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 unlimited learning opportunities. The auditorium also Computer Stations contains a movie theatre size screen to aid professors with lectures and class- room activities. Throughout the Academic Center are 75 computer stations, providing student-athletes with a quiet working environment for research, writing and studying. Study Area Included in the 54,000 The Library square feet of the The library provides a Academic Center are perfect setting for indi- individual study areas as vidual study, or with a well as 14 private com- tutor as a group. puter rooms for student- athletes to work one- on-one with tutors or by themselves. COMMUNICATIONSCOMMUNICATIONS LAB LAB Along with the success of the LSU basketball team, comes a great deal of media attention and Dr. Tommy Karam, the Director of the Communications Lab, uses his lab, located on the fourth floor of the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes, to work with LSU student-athletes on their inter- actions with the media and interview skills. Karam’s lab is a mock press conference setting to get the student-athletes used to handling themselves in front of both print and electron- ic media. He video tapes the mock interview session and reviews it with the student-athlete to help them become more comfortable in an Lights, Camera, Answer Dr. Karam uses his studio to prepare LSU’s stu- interview setting. Karam also helps the LSU dent-athletes to interact with all phases of local student-athletes get prepared for the NBA and national media by working one-on-one in a press conference setting. The Communications experience by working closely with those play- Lab includes a working camera for Karam to review the session with the student-athletes. ers on the interview process. 2006 2006-2007 LSU BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 23 FINAL FOUR Campus Life INTRO THIS IS LSU TIGERS COACHES REVIEW PREVIEW RECORDS HISTORY LSU MEDIA Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical LSU Facts Location: Baton Rouge, La. College has, throughout its 144-year history, served the Founded: January 2, 1860 people of Louisiana, the region, the nation, and Enrollment: 31,582 President: Dr. William Jenkins the world. LSU is creating a revolution, one of Major Fields for Bachelor’s Degrees: 72 Major Fields for Master’s Degrees: 72 pervasive change and advancement. For the past Major Fields for Doctoral Degrees: 54 five years, the focus of the LSU community has been an increased commitment to excellence. Our progress has been dramatic and shows no sign of stopping. Having witnessed many of yesterday's possibilities become today's tangible realities, the LSU community set forth to capitalize on its success. The goal was to improve our standing as a nationally competitive flagship university. Following intense discussions among the LSU Board of Supervisors, campus administrators, faculty, and student leaders, the objectives required to reach this status crystal- lized, providing the impetus for LSU's National Flagship Agenda. 2006 SEC 24 2006-2007 LSU BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE CHAMPIONS Campus Life DIVERSITY INTRO THIS IS LSU “ The Most Diverse TIGERS school in the nation. ” COACHES REVIEW Newsweek magazine named PREVIEW Louisiana State University the “Most “Louisiana State University has a tradition of gratitude RECORDS Diverse” school in the nation in the Sept. 3, 2003 issue. The enrollment expressed in service to community and country.” HISTORY consists of 24 percent minority stu- LSU dents. MEDIA President George W. Bush 2004 LSU Spring Commencement College of Agriculture Business Education Asia Medical Physics Manship School of Mass Communication Agricultural Business (B.S.) Career Developmen Europe Physics Mass Communication (B.A.M.C.) Agribusiness Finance Home Economics Education Global Studies Physics and a Second Discipline Advertising Agribusiness Management Human Resource Leadership and Development Latin America Secondary Education–Physics Electronic Media International Marketing Industrial Education Russia & Central Asia Journalism Animal, Dairy, & Poultry Sciences (B.S.) Training & Development Latin (B.A.) E. J. Ourso College of Business Political Communication Animal Sciences Wildlife & Fisheries (B.S.) Liberal Arts (B.A.) Accounting (B.S.) Public Relations Dairy Foods Technology Aquaculture African & African American Studies Management Accounting