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2012 Season Review
Lolo Jones A three-time national champion hurdler at LSU, Lolo Jones continues to take the sporting world by storm. Jones became an inspirational figure as a two-time World Indoor Champion and the world record holder in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.72. She competed in both the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympic Games and became the first LSU athlete to ever grace the cover of Time Magazine in July 2012. A 2005 graduate of LSU, Jones is now a two-sport star. She was named to the U.S. National Bobsled Team that went on to claim gold at the 2013 FIBT World Championships.
Shaquille O’Neal A four-time NBA champion and 15-time All-Star, Shaquille O’Neal was one of the most dominant centers in NBA history. He announced his retirement from the NBA in June 2010 after a brilliant Hall of Fame career and has since become a television analyst on TNT. One of the most quotable figures on the planet, O’Neal earned his bachelor’s degree from LSU in December 2000. In 2011, he penned his own biography, “Shaq Uncut, My Story,” and then received his doctorate degree from Florida’s Barry University in May 2012.
Prominent LSU ALUMNI
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Eduardo Aguirre, Jr.
Lod Cook
Named the first Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, Aguirre, Jr., was the U.S. Ambassador to Spain from 2005 until 2009.
Cook graduated from LSU with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1955 and then earned his Master’s degree in petro engineering in 1955. Cook served as CEO of ARCO for nine years.
Seimone Augustus
Carlos Roberto Flores
A two-time NCAA Women’s Basketball National Player of the Year, Augustus graduated from LSU in 2006. She is a two-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist and continues an All-Star pro career with the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx. She was named WNBA Finals MVP in 2012 after winning a WNBA title.
The president of Honduras from 1997-2001, Flores helped the nation recover after Hurricane Mitch devastated the country in 1998. Flores is married to the former Mary Carol Flake, also an alumnus of LSU.
James Carville
Jim Flores
Carville received both a bachelor’s degree and law degree from LSU and gained fame in the 1990s as the chief campaign strategist for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Carville also penned a best-selling memoir titled “All’s Fair: Love, War and Running for President”.
Flores graduated with two bachelor’s of science degrees; one in corporate finance in 1981 and the second in petroleum land management in 1982. Flores is currently Chairman, President and CEO of Plains Exploration & Production Company.
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