Seimone Augustus  
 

“It didn’t take any scouting talent at all to see that she was something special.”
—Basketball scout Brian Creech

“She’s where the game is headed. She’s the next Chamique Holdsclaw.”
—WNBA star Tamika Williams

“She’s not going to be intimidated by a whole lot of folks.”
—Former LSU head coach Sue Gunter

“There’s a star born everyday. All I wanted her to do was work hard and stay ahead of those stars.”
—Kim Augustus

“Seimone accomplishes so much even though she has the ball in her hands a lot less. It’s scary what she could be.”
—Ohio State head coach Jim Foster

“A lot of good young players have attributes; Seimone has a game.”
—Foster

“Offensively, she can do it all. She can post up, she can take it off the dribble. She is just very smooth.”
—WNBA star Alana Beard

“She’s growing, she’s getting older, she’s maturing. She’s getting a better understanding of what it takes to be successful.”
—Former LSU teammate Doneeka Hodges

Seimone can score at will. It’s hard for people to guard her.”
—Former LSU teammate Temeka Johnson

"When she touches the ball, something special is going to happen.”
—LSU head coach Pokey Chatman

“I don’t think people understand what a cerebral player Seimone is.”
—Chatman

“She has become a more vocal leader. Not loud, but vocal.”
—Chatman

“Think about the magnitude of her game, the magnitude of her effect on her teammates, the magnitude she has on attendance, on the LSU community, on the Baton Rouge community, on the state—all this placed on one person’s shoulders. And there she is—same ole Seimone.”
—Chatman

“In my opinion, she is the best player in the country. I go back to the Cheryl Miller days, the Cynthia Cooper days. She is that kind of player.”
—Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson

“She gets her teammates involved unselfishly, but she has a greater understanding that she can take over at any moment.”
—Mulkey-Robertson

“She is the total package.”
—Maine head coach Sharon Versyp

 




Tamika Williams, 2004 Fleer Ultra


Doneeka Hodges, 2004 LSU card

 

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