Overview
- LSU announced Wednesday that it will install a statue of Sylvia Fowles outside the Maravich Center, making her the seventh athlete and only the second woman to receive a campus monument.
- Fowles thanked the university in a statement saying, “Thank you from the bottom of my heart,” and coach Kim Mulkey called the honor well-earned; LSU has not released a date for the unveiling.
- The honor reflects Fowles’s collegiate record—four straight Final Four appearances, three All-America selections, and school records in rebounds and blocks—and her 15-year WNBA career that included two championships and multiple defensive awards.
- Only a small group of Tigers have statues on campus, including Pete Maravich, Shaquille O’Neal, Bob Pettit and Seimone Augustus, underscoring how rare permanent monuments are for women athletes at LSU.
- LSU said the statue will be placed outside the PMAC and that installation and ceremony details will be announced later, a move that institutionalizes Fowles’s legacy and may raise the profile of women’s sports on campus.