Why LSU?
Patrick Peterson All-American Cornerback (2008-11) 2010 National Defensive Player of the Year 2011 NFL Draft No. 5 Pick
“I wanted to always go to a school that had a fan base that supported their team through thick and thin and that’s definitely LSU. They did it each and every Saturday from the students on down. There’s no place like Tiger Stadium. I swear it shakes. How could you not want to play for a school like this? Coach Miles was always a straight forward guy and honest with his players. That’s the type of coach I wanted to play for. He willed us to get better and always had your back. I will always be a Tiger for life and every chance I have to come back to Baton Rouge, I will.” “I was basically an in-state guy and had always thought about going to LSU for football and to get a good education. I made a lot of visits to different schools in my selection process, but everything always pointed toward LSU. My heart and my family guided me in that direction not just for the athletics, but for the academics as well. From top to bottom LSU has good people from the coaches on down the line.”
“Throughout the entire recruiting process I always knew LSU was the best choice. Being from the great state of Louisiana, LSU was a home away from home. I knew that this would be a place I could grow as a student-athlete and a young man. The coaches, faculty, and the 92,000 marvelous fans only help to make the decision much easier. Looking back on it, I couldn’t have asked for more from the experience.”
Bradie James Linebacker (1999-2002) Dallas Cowboys starter
“LSU is my home. It was a place where I made my name and a place where I was able to come here and have fun. It was the best three years of my life. While you are here, have fun and become a master of time management. You need to do what you have to do to make it. Work hard. I have been blessed. Baton Rouge is the place that helped me become who I am. I will never forget this place.”
Tyson Jackson
Shaquille O’Neal
Defensive End (2005-08) 2009 NFL Draft No. 3 Pick
LSU Basketball Player (1989-92) Four-time NBA Champion
Did You Know? • In the 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges, LSU is ranked in the first tier for “Best National Universities.” • LSU is the only public university in Louisiana designated as having very high research activity (RU/VH) by the prestigious Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the highest ranking awarded to doctorate-granting institutions. • LSU was named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, servicelearning and civic engagement, by the Corporation for National and Community Service. • LSU earned the prestigious Carnegie Community Engagement and Outreach classification in 2008, one of 68 public institutions nationally with this elective classification based on community engagement. • LSU is one of only a handful of universities in the nation having land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant status.
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• LSU currently ranks among the top 30 public universities in total research awards. The University’s total federal funding -- from agencies such as the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Homeland Security -- has increased 86 percent or more than $90 million over the last five years.
• In 2009, the LSU Robert S. Reich School of Landscape Architecture was ranked among the top five schools in the nation by DesignIntelligence, the leading journal of the design professions. According to the results of the 2009 survey, LSU has the number two-ranked landscape architecture school in the United States.
• Newsweek magazine named LSU the “Most Diverse” school in the nation in the Sept. 3, 2003, issue. The enrollment consists of 24 percent minority students.
• The E. J. Ourso College of Business was ranked in the Top 50 of the internationally known “Top Business Schools” in 2009 by Eduniversal and was recognized during the inaugural Eduniversal World Convention.
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