LSU wide receiver Avery Peterson announced on his Facebook Page that he plans to leave the program. Avery is the younger brother of former LSU All-America cornerback Patrick Peterson. He’s played in one game over two years with the Bayou Bengals.

LSU running back Leonard Fournette has been named to the 2015 Paul Hornung Award Watch List. Last season Fournette ran the ball 187 times for for 1034 yards and 10 touchdowns. Also named on the list are UL-Lafayette’s Elijah McGuire, Carlos Henderson of Louisiana Tech, Rashon Ceaser of ULM and New Orleans native Speedy Noil of Texas A&M.

The Louisiana Tech Athletics Department is requesting nominations for its 2015 Hall of Fame class as fans and alumni are encouraged to submit their candidates for consideration for the University’s induction this fall. Deadline for nominations is Aug. 15. The Louisiana Tech Athletics Hall of Fame Induction will be Saturday, Oct. 24.

In big national sports news, Florida State has dismissed De’Andre Johnson after a disturbing video made the rounds which shows the quarterback punching a woman in the face at a bar. He was charged with misdemeanor battery in the incident. And Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher announced Monday that Johnson is immediately no longer with the program.

According to the MaxPreps 2015 top 50 national high school softball rankings, The North DeSoto Lady Griffins, who won the LHSAA Class 4A state softball title earlier this year in Sulphur, finished the year ranked 34th in the country.

According to a USA Today database, all but one of Louisiana’s public Division I university athletic departments depends on some form of subsidy. LSU is the only one and just one of seven in the nation that doesn’t get a subsidy for its athletic department. Subsidy money for last school year ranges from 26% at UL-Lafayette to 63% at Northwestern State. They go to the AD’s office when raising tuition and university budget cuts adversely affect athletic budgets.