LSU football Coach Les Miles announced today that defensive tackle Trey Lealaimatafao has been dismissed from the football team. The San Antonio native was arrested two weeks ago on simple battery and simple robbery charges for an incident that occured in the parking lot of a bar. It was the second time he’s been arrested in Baton Rouge.
24-7 sports ranks LSU’s 2016 football recruiting class as the best in the nation. Ten of LSU’s 17 commitments are from Louisiana. Shea Dixon with 24-7 sports says the Tigers are also doing well in Texas, as four of their verbal pledges are from the Lone Star state….
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The Louisiana Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year has verbally committed to LSU. University High Forward Wayde Sims averaged 18 points and ten rebounds a game last season as he helped the Cubs win their second straight Class Three-A title. He is the son of former LSU basketball player Wayne Sims.
Ragin Cajuns basketball star Shawn Long is one of 22 players invited to take part in the 2015 US Pan American men’s basketball training camp. Long will look to make the 12-member team, which will represent the United States at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.
LSU’s Paul Mainieri has been named the 2015 Skip Bertman National Coach of the Year. Mainieri led the Tigers to the College World Series this past season and helped LSU win a nation’s best 54 games.
And McNeese State names Connor Lloyd as a new assistant coach for the Cowboys baseball team. Lloyd hit .321 for the Pokes last season and served as a team captain. He had over 200 hits during his career at McNeese.