Seimone Augustus

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Seimone Augustus on the Minnesota Lynx

Seimone Augustus (born April 30, 1984 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx.

Contents

1 Personal
2 College years
3 WNBA career
4 Trivia
5 Quotes
6 Vital statistics
7 External links

Personal

Augustus is the daughter of Seymore and Kim Augustus.

College years

Augustus graduated from Louisiana State University in 2006. During her collegiate career, the three time All American won the Naismith College Player of the Year, Wooden Award and Wade Trophy in 2005 and 2006 while leading the LSU to three straight Final Four appearances. The Lady Tigers however, never advanced beyond the semi-final round.

The guard averaged 19.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2 assists per game in her collegiate career.

WNBA career

Augustus was drafted #1 overall in 2006 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx. Selected as a reserve for the 2006 WNBA All Star Game at Madison Square Garden, Augustus for led the West squad with 16 points and won the Skills Competition the previous evening. She was tied with the Mercury's Diana Taurasi for the league lead in scoring at the season's midpoint.

Trivia

The only players prior to Augustus to win the Wooden Award or Wade Trophy twice are Nancy Lieberman (Wade) and Ralph Sampson (Wooden).

Augustus has a love of classic cars, stemming from her uncle's 1969 Chevrolet Impala convertible.

At LSU, Augustus received a degree in General Studies and is just short of a second in Finance.

Quotes

"She is just awesome; some of the things you see her do on the court amaze you. You wonder, ‘How the heck did she do that?’" --Lynx center Vanessa Hayden on Augustus

“I never heard about (the criticism). I can’t really worry about what people say or what happened in the Final Four and why we didn’t win or whatever. Well, I actually have heard that people said that I didn’t take over the game or whatever, but I don’t know any team in America that is just going to come out and let me do whatever I want to do. I have to play within my system and within my team and I wasn’t able to be as effective as I was in the regular season.” --Augustus on the criticism of her Final Four record

"People always say there are good players, there are great players and then there are special players. Seimone is a special player." --Lynx head coach Suzie McConnell Serio

Vital statistics

Position: Guard
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
College: Louisiana State University
Team(s): Minnesota Lynx

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