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Shaquille O’Neal
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• National Player of the Year as chosen by the Associated Press (Rupp Award), United Press International, L. A. Gear and Sports Illustrated, 1991. Winner of the Tanqueray World Amateur Athlete of the Year Award, 1991. Southeastern Conference Athlete of the Year, 1991-1992. National Player of the Year as chosen by L. A. Gear, 1992 and runner-up for the Naismith Award and the John Wooden Award, 1992.
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• Set SEC record for most blocks in a season three consecutive years (115-1990, 140-1991, 157-1992). Set SEC record for career blocks with 412. Blocked five or more shots in a game 45 times in 90 career games. • Set SEC single game record with 12 blocks against Loyola Marymount in Feb. 1990. Blocked 11 shots against Brigham Young in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, setting a then-tournament standard for a single game, 1992.
LSU All-American 1991, 1992
• Averaged a national sophomore record 5.0 blocked shots a game, 1991. National leader in blocked shots (5.2 average), 1992.
World Amateur Athlete of the Year 1991
National Player of the Year 1991
SEC Athlete of the Year 1991, 1992
• National leader in rebounding (14.7 average), 1991. Second nationally in rebounding (14.0 average), 1992.
Shaquille O’Neal brought LSU to new heights during his three years with the Tigers and the 7-1 center became a national celebrity in the days of saturation coverage of basketball by the media. But he earned his celebrity status with great play and an intimidation factor that made him the envy of coaches throughout the country. After leaving LSU in April 1992, he was the number one pick of the National Basketball Association by the Orlando Magic and signed a multi-year contract estimated at over $40 million. In 1996, as a free agent, he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers.and following the 2004 season was traded to the Miami Heat. O’Neal’s Records and Highlights • Two-time consensus Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and firstteam All-American, 1991-1992. Most Valuable Player on SEC Coaches Defensive Team, 1991-1992.
Olympic Gold Medalist 1996
• First player to lead the Southeastern Conference in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and blocked shots in the same season, 1991. Led SEC in rebounding, field goal percentage, blocked shots and second in scoring, 1992. First player to lead the SEC in rebounding three straight seasons since Charles Barkley of Auburn, 1982-84.
Member of NBA 50-Year Top 50 1997 Member Second-Team LABC AllLouisiana Team of the Century 1999 Fourth LSU Player to Have Number Retired 2000
• Finished with 1,217 rebounds, seventh all-time in the Southeastern Conference, second all-time at LSU.
Graduated from LSU December 2000
• Finished with 1,941 points, fourth all-time at LSU behind only Pete Maravich (3,6671967-70), Durand Macklin (2,080-1976-78; 79-81) and Howard Carter (1,942-1979-83).
Member of LSU’s “All Century Team” 2009
• Career field goal percentage of 61.0 percent is second all-time at LSU and in the SEC (minimum 1,000 attempts). • Had six career triple-doubles (points, rebounds and blocks in same game). • Was the third LSU player (Pete Maravich and Chris Jackson) to have at least two 700plus point seasons at LSU. • Was the first LSU player to record back-toback 400-plus rebound seasons.
O’Neal’s Career Statistics Year
G/GS
FG/FGA
PCT
FT/FTA
PCT
PTS
AVG
REB
AVG
PF/D AST TO
BLK
STL
1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 Totals
32/28 28/28 30/30 90/86
180/314 312/497 294/478 786/1289
.573 .628 .615 .610
85/153 150/235 134/254 369/642
.556 .638 .528 .575
445 774 722 1941
13.9 27.6 24.1 21.6
385 411 421 1217
12.0 14.7 14.0 13.5
122/9 79/1 86/5 287/15
115 140 157 412
38 41 29 108
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61 45 46 152
93 99 103 295
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