Seimone Augustus
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Seimone Augustus (born April 30, 1984 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) plays for the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx. She was the #1 pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft and won the 2006 WNBA Rookie of the Year Award.
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College Years
During her collegiate career with the LSU Lady Tigers, the three time All-American won the Naismith College Player of the Year, John R. 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. She averaged 19.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2 assists per game in her collegiate career. Augustus graduated from Louisiana State University in 2006.
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 led the West squad with 16 points and won the Skills Competition the previous evening.
Augustus finished her rookie campaign second to the Mercury's Diana Taurasi in scoring at 21.9 points per game. Only one player (Taurasi 2006), scored more points in a single season. In addition, she finished fifth in free throw percentage (.897). On August 20, Augustus was named the 2006 WNBA Rookie of the Year.
International Career
- 2006-07: Dynamo Moscow
- Member of the USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team during its 2006 Spring Tour; averaged 8.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg and 19.0 mpg in three games played.
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
“People always say there are good players, there are great players and then there are special players. Seimone is a special player.”
--former Lynx head coach Suzie McConnell Serio
“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
“If you count wins and losses, yeah (the players share the blame), because we didn’t win. But, at the same time, we played our hearts out; (Coach McConnell Serio) knows it as well. We did what we could do out on the court.”
--Augustus on McConnell Serio’s resignation
“I might have tried it in high school, (but) after that I hung up the dunking shoes.”
--Augustus on dunking
Personal
Augustus is the daughter of Seymore and Kim Augustus.
