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**Seimone Augustus**
Seimone Augustus
	WNBA's Minnesota Lynx – No. 33
	Shooting guard/Small forward
Born	April 30, 1984 (age 25); Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Nationality	American
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	179 lb (81 kg)
College	LSU
Draft	1st overall, 2006; Minnesota Lynx
WNBA career	2006–present
Profile	WNBA Info Page
	WNBA Teams
	Minnesota Lynx (2006-present)
	Awards and Honors
	SEC Player of the Year (2005, 2006); Wade Trophy (2005, 2006); Naismith Award (2005, 2006); Wooden Award (2005, 2006); WNBA Rookie of the Year (2006); WNBA All-Star (2006, 2007)

Seimone Augustus (born April 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, Galatasaray and the US national team. On 17 June 2009, Seimone suffered a torn ACL, ending her season.^[1]

[edit] Early life

Augustus was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; the daughter of Seymore and Kim Augustus.

[edit] High school

Augustus played for Capitol High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she was named a WBCA All-American.^[2] She participated in the 2002 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored fourteen points, and earned MVP honors.^[3]^[4]

[edit] College years

During her collegiate career with the LSU Lady Tigers, the three time All American won the Naismith College Player of the Year, 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. During her final year, she won the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, recognizing her as the nation's top senior women's basketball player. Augustus graduated from Louisiana State University in 2006.

[edit] WNBA career

Augustus in 2007

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.

The former LSU star improved to 22.6 points per game in 2007, while shooting nearly 51% from the field. An All Star for the second straight year, Augustus finished second to Seattle's Lauren Jackson in scoring average and played in all 34 games. The Lynx however, finished 10-24 tied with Los Angeles Sparks for the league's worst record.

In June 2009 Seimone suffered a season ending injury, a torn ACL, against the Phoenix Mercury.^[5]

[edit] WNBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

[edit] Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2006	Minnesota Lynx	34	34	33.1	.456	.353	.897	3.8	1.5	0.6	0.5	21.9
2007	Minnesota Lynx	34	34	32.1	.508	.419	.873	4.0	2.3	1.2	0.6	22.6
2008	Minnesota Lynx	31	31	33.6	.470	.317	.890	3.9	2.7	1.0	0.4	19.1
2009	Minnesota Lynx	6	6	29.7	.570	.643	.905	4.2	1.5	2.0	0.5	21.0
Career		105	105	32.8	.482	.379	.887	3.9	2.1	1.0	0.5	21.2

[edit] European career

2006-2008: Dynamo Moscow^[6]^[7]
2008-2009: Galatasaray^[8]

[edit] Honors

2007-08 Turkish Presidents Cup Winner with Galatasaray^[9]
2008-09 FIBA Eurocup Winner with Galatasaray^[10]
2008-09 FIBA Eurocup MVP with Galatasaray

[edit] International career

Augustus is a current member of the U.S. women's basketball team and she earned a gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games: Beijing 2008.

Augustus was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009.^[11] The team selected to play for the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics is usually chosen from these participants. At the conclusion of the training camp, the team will travel to Ekaterinburg, Russia, where they compete in the 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational. ^[11]

[edit] 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.

[edit] Notes

^ "Augustus out with torn ACL". AP. http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/news/story?id=4272458. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
^ "2002 WBCA High School All-Americans". WBCA. http://www.wbca.org/02-HSAA.asp. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
^ "2002 WBCA High School All-America Game". WBCA. http://www.wbca.org/upload/2002HSAAG.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Record Book - MVPs". WBCA. http://www.wbca.org/HSAAG_MVP.asp. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
^ Augustus out for Season
^ Offseason 2006-07: Overseas Roster
^ Offseason 2007-08: Overseas Roster
^ Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster
^ ŞAMPİYON GALATASARAY | Galatasaray 71 - Fenerbahçe 55
^ Galatasaray Win EuroCup Women After OT Thriller
^ ^a ^b "USA Basketball Women's National Team To Tip-Off Training Tomorrow In D.C.". USA Basketball. http://usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=09_wnt_fall_invitees_add_rm. Retrieved 2009-10-01.

[edit] External links

Seimone Augustus playerfile at WNBA.com
Seimone Augustus Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
Seimone at MySpace
Seimone Augustus official site, hosted by LSU Athletics
USA Basketball bio
Seimone's bio at usolympicteam.com
Seimone Augustus Profile Galatasaray.org
Profile at tbl.org.tr
Seimone's Story: WNBA Phenom Part 1,Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V
WNBA 2006 Draft Prospectus

[0] "Augustus out with torn ACL". AP. http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/news/story?id=4272458. Retrieved 2009-06-19.

[HS_All-Americans-1] "2002 WBCA High School All-Americans". WBCA. http://www.wbca.org/02-HSAA.asp. Retrieved 2009-10-31.

[box_score-2] "2002 WBCA High School All-America Game". WBCA. http://www.wbca.org/upload/2002HSAAG.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-31.

[mvp-3] "WBCA High School All-America Game Record Book - MVPs". WBCA. http://www.wbca.org/HSAAG_MVP.asp. Retrieved 2009-10-30.

[4] Augustus out for Season

[5] Offseason 2006-07: Overseas Roster

[6] Offseason 2007-08: Overseas Roster

[7] Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster

[8] ŞAMPİYON GALATASARAY | Galatasaray 71 - Fenerbahçe 55

[9] Galatasaray Win EuroCup Women After OT Thriller

[National_Team-10] "USA Basketball Women's National Team To Tip-Off Training Tomorrow In D.C.". USA Basketball. http://usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=09_wnt_fall_invitees_add_rm. Retrieved 2009-10-01.

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