Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame New Inductees
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum
Sat, June 28, 2025
Every year in Natchitoches, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (LSHOF) honors its newest members during the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025 honors a remarkable group of athletes, coach es, and sports figures. Headlining the class is Nick Saban, coach of LSU’s 2003 national championship football team, and Andrew Whitworth, a four-time NFL Pro Bowler with championships at West Monroe, LSU, and the LA Rams. NBA All-Star and USA World Champion Danny Granger, a New Orleans native, joins the class alongside Vickie Johnson, a WNBA All-Star from Coushatta and standout at Louisiana Tech. Gymnast April Burkholder, a 14-time LSU All-American and 2006 NCAA balance beam champion, is also honored. Boxer Bobby Soileau of Sacred Heart-Ville Platte earned multiple LHSAA and NCAA titles with LSU. Longtime St. Thomas More basketball coach Danny Broussard, the seventh winningest in U.S. prep history, is inducted along with Joe Scheuermann, who tops Louisiana’s college baseball coaching wins at Delgado Community College. Dale Weiner, a championship-winning coach in football and weightlifting at Baton Rouge Catholic, is recognized, as are influential figures Herb Vincent, SEC associate commissioner and LSU alum, Ed Daniels, a beloved WGNO-TV sportscaster of 40 years, and nationally respected sportswriter Glenn Guilbeau of Baton Rouge.
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Meet the Official 2025 Inductees to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
Nick Saban
Sport: Coach
Induction Year: 2025
University: Kent State
The legendary college football coach brought the LSU Tigers from relative mediocrity to a national championship in five years (2000-04) as head coach before departing for the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. He won seven national titles, six since 2009 with Alabama, in 28 seasons as a head college coach and carved his prominent place in state sports history with the 2003 BCS national title win by his LSU squad over Oklahoma in the Superdome.
Under Saban, the Tigers won the Southeastern Conference championship in 2001 and 2003, took the SEC West Division crowns in 2001-03, and compiled a 48-16 (28-12 SEC) record in Baton Rouge, 4-1 in bowl games. He posted a 292-71-1 (.804) mark as a college head coach before his retirement after the 2023 season. He was national coach of the year for the first time and won his first SEC coach of the year award in 2003 at LSU.
The first coach to win a national title with two different FBS schools since the inception of the AP Poll in 1936, Saban joined Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant as the only coaches to win SEC crowns at different schools. His collection of national championships surpassed the previous record set by Bryant. Among Saban’s coaching tree, former LSU assistants Jimbo Fisher and Kirby Smart have led their teams to national titles. He is a 2013 inductee in the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and will be inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame in December 2025.
After retiring from coaching, he joined the announcing crew for ESPN’s popular College GameDay Saturday morning show for the 2024 season, and has been nominated for a Sports Emmy Award. Born 10-31-51 in Fairmont, W.V.
Sport: Coach
Induction Year: 2025
University: Kent State
The legendary college football coach brought the LSU Tigers from relative mediocrity to a national championship in five years (2000-04) as head coach before departing for the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. He won seven national titles, six since 2009 with Alabama, in 28 seasons as a head college coach and carved his prominent place in state sports history with the 2003 BCS national title win by his LSU squad over Oklahoma in the Superdome.
Under Saban, the Tigers won the Southeastern Conference championship in 2001 and 2003, took the SEC West Division crowns in 2001-03, and compiled a 48-16 (28-12 SEC) record in Baton Rouge, 4-1 in bowl games. He posted a 292-71-1 (.804) mark as a college head coach before his retirement after the 2023 season. He was national coach of the year for the first time and won his first SEC coach of the year award in 2003 at LSU.
The first coach to win a national title with two different FBS schools since the inception of the AP Poll in 1936, Saban joined Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant as the only coaches to win SEC crowns at different schools. His collection of national championships surpassed the previous record set by Bryant. Among Saban’s coaching tree, former LSU assistants Jimbo Fisher and Kirby Smart have led their teams to national titles. He is a 2013 inductee in the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and will be inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame in December 2025.
After retiring from coaching, he joined the announcing crew for ESPN’s popular College GameDay Saturday morning show for the 2024 season, and has been nominated for a Sports Emmy Award. Born 10-31-51 in Fairmont, W.V.
Vickie Johnson
Sport: Basketball
Induction Year: 2025
University: Louisiana Tech
A two-year WNBA All-Star (1999, 2001) and 13-year WNBA standout out of Louisiana Tech’s powerhouse program, Johnson started 408 of her 410 pro contests. For the Lady Techsters’, the Coushatta native was chosen to the 1994 NCAA All-Final Four Team and went on to earn Kodak and Street & Smith All-America honors in 1995 and ’96. Was Sun Belt Conference MVP in 1995 and ’96 and 1996 Louisiana Player of the Year, scoring 1,891 points and collecting 831 rebounds in her college career. Her WNBA playing career began with the league’s inaugural season in 1997 and ended in 2009 after nine seasons with the New York Liberty and her final four with the San Antonio Silver Stars. She averaged 10.3 points and 4.0 rebounds for her career while hitting 43.1 percent of her field-goal attempts and 82.1 percent of her free-throw attempts. She played her 11,000th minute, a WNBA record at the time, on June 13, 2008 vs. Seattle and was the first person in league history to collect 4,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists in a career. She was added to the Liberty’s Ring of Honor in 2011. Johnson won the WNBA’s Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award in 2008, her last pro season. Went into coaching and was the Dallas Wings head coach in 2022. Born 4/15/72 in Coushatta.
Sport: Basketball
Induction Year: 2025
University: Louisiana Tech
A two-year WNBA All-Star (1999, 2001) and 13-year WNBA standout out of Louisiana Tech’s powerhouse program, Johnson started 408 of her 410 pro contests. For the Lady Techsters’, the Coushatta native was chosen to the 1994 NCAA All-Final Four Team and went on to earn Kodak and Street & Smith All-America honors in 1995 and ’96. Was Sun Belt Conference MVP in 1995 and ’96 and 1996 Louisiana Player of the Year, scoring 1,891 points and collecting 831 rebounds in her college career. Her WNBA playing career began with the league’s inaugural season in 1997 and ended in 2009 after nine seasons with the New York Liberty and her final four with the San Antonio Silver Stars. She averaged 10.3 points and 4.0 rebounds for her career while hitting 43.1 percent of her field-goal attempts and 82.1 percent of her free-throw attempts. She played her 11,000th minute, a WNBA record at the time, on June 13, 2008 vs. Seattle and was the first person in league history to collect 4,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists in a career. She was added to the Liberty’s Ring of Honor in 2011. Johnson won the WNBA’s Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award in 2008, her last pro season. Went into coaching and was the Dallas Wings head coach in 2022. Born 4/15/72 in Coushatta.
Andrew Whitworth
Sport: Football
Induction Year: 2025
University: LSU
Nicknamed “Big Whit” for a reason, the 6-foot-7, 330-pound offensive tackle was part of national championship teams at West Monroe High School (1998, 2000) and LSU (2003) and closed his career starting for the Los Angeles Rams in their Super Bowl LVI win over Cincinnati, his first NFL team. After helping West Monroe win three state crowns (first in 1997), he was a stalwart for LSU from 2002-05. His 16-year NFL career with the Bengals (2006-16) and the Rams (2017-21) included four Pro Bowls and finished with the Super Bowl championship and the NFL’s prestigious “Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year” award for community activism. A second-team Walter Camp All-American as a senior at LSU and two-time All-SEC selection, Whitworth set a school record with 52 starts (since surpassed) — one off the NCAA mark. As a sophomore in 2003, he started all 14 games at tackle when LSU claimed its first national title in 45 years. He led all Tigers’ linemen in taking 920 offensive snaps, piling up team-highs with 62 knockdowns and 23 pancakes. He missed only one practice during his career and that was to attend his graduation ceremonies. A second-round pick (55th overall) in 2006, Whitworth became the oldest offensive tackle to play in a Super Bowl when the Rams tripped the Bengals, 23-20. A month later, Whitworth called it a career on March 15, 2002, after playing in 239 games with 235 starts; he also played in 15 postseason games — including Super Bowl LII (a loss to New England) — to give him an even 250 for his career. A two-time AP first-team All-Pro (2015, 2017) and four-time Pro Bowl selection, he was named the 2021 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year three days before the Super Bowl win. At West Monroe, he played for LSHOF coach Don Shows, and was also an LHSAA tennis champion. Whitworth has long been a community servant through his BigWhit 77 Foundation. In March 2020, he and wife Michelle, a former Miss Louisiana, donated $250,000 to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank during the pandemic…. He is an Amazon Prime NFL TV analyst…Born 12-12-81 in Monroe.
Sport: Football
Induction Year: 2025
University: LSU
Nicknamed “Big Whit” for a reason, the 6-foot-7, 330-pound offensive tackle was part of national championship teams at West Monroe High School (1998, 2000) and LSU (2003) and closed his career starting for the Los Angeles Rams in their Super Bowl LVI win over Cincinnati, his first NFL team. After helping West Monroe win three state crowns (first in 1997), he was a stalwart for LSU from 2002-05. His 16-year NFL career with the Bengals (2006-16) and the Rams (2017-21) included four Pro Bowls and finished with the Super Bowl championship and the NFL’s prestigious “Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year” award for community activism. A second-team Walter Camp All-American as a senior at LSU and two-time All-SEC selection, Whitworth set a school record with 52 starts (since surpassed) — one off the NCAA mark. As a sophomore in 2003, he started all 14 games at tackle when LSU claimed its first national title in 45 years. He led all Tigers’ linemen in taking 920 offensive snaps, piling up team-highs with 62 knockdowns and 23 pancakes. He missed only one practice during his career and that was to attend his graduation ceremonies. A second-round pick (55th overall) in 2006, Whitworth became the oldest offensive tackle to play in a Super Bowl when the Rams tripped the Bengals, 23-20. A month later, Whitworth called it a career on March 15, 2002, after playing in 239 games with 235 starts; he also played in 15 postseason games — including Super Bowl LII (a loss to New England) — to give him an even 250 for his career. A two-time AP first-team All-Pro (2015, 2017) and four-time Pro Bowl selection, he was named the 2021 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year three days before the Super Bowl win. At West Monroe, he played for LSHOF coach Don Shows, and was also an LHSAA tennis champion. Whitworth has long been a community servant through his BigWhit 77 Foundation. In March 2020, he and wife Michelle, a former Miss Louisiana, donated $250,000 to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank during the pandemic…. He is an Amazon Prime NFL TV analyst…Born 12-12-81 in Monroe.
April Burkholder
Sport: Gymnastics
Induction Year: 2025
University: LSU
Competed at LSU from 2003-06, graduating as the school’s most decorated gymnast and still ranking nearly two decades later among the elite in the program’s rich history. A 14-time All-American, she won 108 individual titles to set a school record, including the 2006 NCAA beam title with a score of 9.9125. Recorded eight 10.0 scores in her LSU career: four on floor, two on vault and two on beam. Had a career-best 9.95 on uneven bars. Was the 2003 SEC Freshman of the Year, leading the team with 20 individual titles, including a 39.875 in the all-around in a three-team meet with Centenary and Texas Woman’s University that is still tied for the school record (Haleigh Bryant equaled it in 2023). Was named 2004 SEC Gymnast of the Year, winning 29 individual titles and recording 34 scores of 9.90 or better out of 53 competitive routines. Was also named 2005 SEC Gymnast of the Year, winning 28 individual titles including perfect 10s on vault, beam and floor. Won 31 times in 2006 and finished third in the NCAA all-around. Fan support of the LSU program soared during her career, prompting coach D-D Breaux to say “April was for LSU gymnastics what (2024 LSHOF and Naismith Basketball HOF inductee) Semoine Augustus was for LSU women’s basketball.” Before LSU, Burkholder was a three-time Junior Olympic all-around national champion in 1997, 1999 and 2001. Inducted into the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015…Born July 2, 1983 in Harlingen, Texas.
Sport: Gymnastics
Induction Year: 2025
University: LSU
Competed at LSU from 2003-06, graduating as the school’s most decorated gymnast and still ranking nearly two decades later among the elite in the program’s rich history. A 14-time All-American, she won 108 individual titles to set a school record, including the 2006 NCAA beam title with a score of 9.9125. Recorded eight 10.0 scores in her LSU career: four on floor, two on vault and two on beam. Had a career-best 9.95 on uneven bars. Was the 2003 SEC Freshman of the Year, leading the team with 20 individual titles, including a 39.875 in the all-around in a three-team meet with Centenary and Texas Woman’s University that is still tied for the school record (Haleigh Bryant equaled it in 2023). Was named 2004 SEC Gymnast of the Year, winning 29 individual titles and recording 34 scores of 9.90 or better out of 53 competitive routines. Was also named 2005 SEC Gymnast of the Year, winning 28 individual titles including perfect 10s on vault, beam and floor. Won 31 times in 2006 and finished third in the NCAA all-around. Fan support of the LSU program soared during her career, prompting coach D-D Breaux to say “April was for LSU gymnastics what (2024 LSHOF and Naismith Basketball HOF inductee) Semoine Augustus was for LSU women’s basketball.” Before LSU, Burkholder was a three-time Junior Olympic all-around national champion in 1997, 1999 and 2001. Inducted into the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015…Born July 2, 1983 in Harlingen, Texas.
Bobby Soileau
Sport: Boxing
Induction Year: 2025
University: LSU
After making a name for himself as one of the most dominant boxers, which included claiming multiple high school championships and an individual NCAA title for LSU’s nationally-renowned program, the Ville Platte native became a championship-winning football coach at his alma mater—Sacred Heart High School.
George “Bobby” Soileau’s first boxing state title came in the eighth grade in the 90-pound weight class in 1950. He followed with the 100-pound crown in 1951, the 110-pound crown in 1952 and 125-pound crown in 1954. His lone defeat at state came his junior year in 1953 when he lost the 115-pound title match to Bruce Boudreaux, which is considered one of the greatest fights in state history.
Known for his powerful left jab, Soileau was awarded the Francis G. Brink Trophy as a senior which was given to the state’s best boxer. In his five-year prep boxing career, Soileau went 96-2-1 and was inducted into the inaugural Louisiana High School Boxing Hall of Fame in 2013.
As a sophomore at LSU, who signed him to a boxing scholarship, he helped the Tigers to a 7-1-1 dual-meet record and won the 1956 NCAA national title in the 125-pound (featherweight) division.
After his boxing career was shortened when LSU disbanded the program and he suffered a shoulder injury, Soileau became a high school football coach and returned to his alma mater in the mid-1960’s. In 30 seasons at Sacred Heart, he compiled a record of 159-100-9 in winning at least a share of nine district titles. He won the state Class B title in 1967 with a 13-1 record and was the state runner-up in Class 1A in 1971. A two-time LSWA Coach of the Year, he was inducted into the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame in 1988…Born 3-6-1936 in Ville Platte.
Sport: Boxing
Induction Year: 2025
University: LSU
After making a name for himself as one of the most dominant boxers, which included claiming multiple high school championships and an individual NCAA title for LSU’s nationally-renowned program, the Ville Platte native became a championship-winning football coach at his alma mater—Sacred Heart High School.
George “Bobby” Soileau’s first boxing state title came in the eighth grade in the 90-pound weight class in 1950. He followed with the 100-pound crown in 1951, the 110-pound crown in 1952 and 125-pound crown in 1954. His lone defeat at state came his junior year in 1953 when he lost the 115-pound title match to Bruce Boudreaux, which is considered one of the greatest fights in state history.
Known for his powerful left jab, Soileau was awarded the Francis G. Brink Trophy as a senior which was given to the state’s best boxer. In his five-year prep boxing career, Soileau went 96-2-1 and was inducted into the inaugural Louisiana High School Boxing Hall of Fame in 2013.
As a sophomore at LSU, who signed him to a boxing scholarship, he helped the Tigers to a 7-1-1 dual-meet record and won the 1956 NCAA national title in the 125-pound (featherweight) division.
After his boxing career was shortened when LSU disbanded the program and he suffered a shoulder injury, Soileau became a high school football coach and returned to his alma mater in the mid-1960’s. In 30 seasons at Sacred Heart, he compiled a record of 159-100-9 in winning at least a share of nine district titles. He won the state Class B title in 1967 with a 13-1 record and was the state runner-up in Class 1A in 1971. A two-time LSWA Coach of the Year, he was inducted into the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame in 1988…Born 3-6-1936 in Ville Platte.
Dale Weiner
Sport: Coach
Induction Year: 2025
University: LSU
Weiner, a head football coach for 35 years until his retirement after the 2016 season, is one of Louisiana’s winningest coaches, sixth all-time with a career mark of 317-109 (.741). Best known as the head coach at Catholic in Baton Rouge, he’s also been the head coach at Trafton Academy, St. John-Plaquemine and Catholic of Pointe Coupee, where he began his coaching career in 1975 as an assistant to 2016 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee Jim Hightower. The 1970 graduate of Baton Rouge High School, took over a mediocre program at Catholic-B.R. in 1987 and in 30 seasons there won 282 games (averaging 9.1 wins per season). A three-time LSWA state coach of the year, he led CHS to 18 district tiles, 15 state quarterfinals, eight semifinals, one state runner-up and in 2015 guided his team to the school’s first state football championship with a win over nationally-ranked Rummel. He was 15x district coach of the year in football. A total of 143 of his former players have competed on the college level and 17 have earned spots on NFL rosters — including Warrick Dunn and Travis Minor. His CHS weightlifting team claimed 18 state titles and he is a member of Gayle Hatch’s Louisiana Weightlifting Hall of Fame. Born 3-18-52 in Baton Rouge.
Sport: Coach
Induction Year: 2025
University: LSU
Weiner, a head football coach for 35 years until his retirement after the 2016 season, is one of Louisiana’s winningest coaches, sixth all-time with a career mark of 317-109 (.741). Best known as the head coach at Catholic in Baton Rouge, he’s also been the head coach at Trafton Academy, St. John-Plaquemine and Catholic of Pointe Coupee, where he began his coaching career in 1975 as an assistant to 2016 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee Jim Hightower. The 1970 graduate of Baton Rouge High School, took over a mediocre program at Catholic-B.R. in 1987 and in 30 seasons there won 282 games (averaging 9.1 wins per season). A three-time LSWA state coach of the year, he led CHS to 18 district tiles, 15 state quarterfinals, eight semifinals, one state runner-up and in 2015 guided his team to the school’s first state football championship with a win over nationally-ranked Rummel. He was 15x district coach of the year in football. A total of 143 of his former players have competed on the college level and 17 have earned spots on NFL rosters — including Warrick Dunn and Travis Minor. His CHS weightlifting team claimed 18 state titles and he is a member of Gayle Hatch’s Louisiana Weightlifting Hall of Fame. Born 3-18-52 in Baton Rouge.
Danny Broussard
Sport: Coach
Induction Year: 2025
University: UL-Lafayette
In 42 seasons at St, Thomas More in Lafayette, Broussard has made the Cougars one of the best and most consistent prep basketball programs anywhere. He has a career record of 1,162-354 (.766). At the end of the 2024-25 season, Broussard stood No. 7 all-time among U.S. coaches in total wins and No. 3 among active coaches, averaging 27.7 wins per season. He is second in state history in wins to 2024 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Charles Smith (Peabody). STM has made the state playoffs 34 straight seasons, won 26 district championships and has advanced to the state quarterfinals 32 times with 20 appearances in the final four of the state tournament. He has won six state basketball championships (1986, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) and finished as state runner-up five times (1987, 1999, 2003, 2024, 2025). In the 2019-20 season Broussard became only the fourth Louisiana prep basketball coach to reach the 1,000-win milestone. His teams have won 20 state championships in three different sports (tennis 13 times, baseball once). Broussard has been named LSWA Coach of Year three times (1986, 1997, 1999), and 24 times won district Coach of Year. He was inducted into the Louisiana High School Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2018, and was head coach of the winning West team in the 2025 McDonald’s High School All-Star Game. STM was his first head coaching job in 1983 at the age of 23 when he took over from older brother Rickey. 57 former players have become coaches at some level, including three college coaches. Broussard was one of eight finalists for the 2022 NHSACA National Coach of the Year award. … Born Oct. 25, 1959 in Abbeville.
Sport: Coach
Induction Year: 2025
University: UL-Lafayette
In 42 seasons at St, Thomas More in Lafayette, Broussard has made the Cougars one of the best and most consistent prep basketball programs anywhere. He has a career record of 1,162-354 (.766). At the end of the 2024-25 season, Broussard stood No. 7 all-time among U.S. coaches in total wins and No. 3 among active coaches, averaging 27.7 wins per season. He is second in state history in wins to 2024 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Charles Smith (Peabody). STM has made the state playoffs 34 straight seasons, won 26 district championships and has advanced to the state quarterfinals 32 times with 20 appearances in the final four of the state tournament. He has won six state basketball championships (1986, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) and finished as state runner-up five times (1987, 1999, 2003, 2024, 2025). In the 2019-20 season Broussard became only the fourth Louisiana prep basketball coach to reach the 1,000-win milestone. His teams have won 20 state championships in three different sports (tennis 13 times, baseball once). Broussard has been named LSWA Coach of Year three times (1986, 1997, 1999), and 24 times won district Coach of Year. He was inducted into the Louisiana High School Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2018, and was head coach of the winning West team in the 2025 McDonald’s High School All-Star Game. STM was his first head coaching job in 1983 at the age of 23 when he took over from older brother Rickey. 57 former players have become coaches at some level, including three college coaches. Broussard was one of eight finalists for the 2022 NHSACA National Coach of the Year award. … Born Oct. 25, 1959 in Abbeville.
Danny Granger
Sport: Basketball
Induction Year: 2025
University: New Mexico
A New Orleans native and Grace King High School product, Granger carved out an impressive 10-year career in the NBA, including an All-Star Game appearance, after playing collegiately at Bradley and New Mexico. He was a member of the U.S. team that won the gold medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championships. A 6-foot-9, 222-pound small forward, he was a first-round pick (17th overall) of the Indiana Pacers in the 2005 NBA draft and played 8 1/2 seasons with the Pacers. He started 425 of 544 career games there and averaged 17.6 points and 5.1 rebounds before finishing his career with the Los Angeles Clippers and Miami Heat. For his entire pro career, he averaged 16.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists. He was starter in the 2009 NBA All-Star Game when he was in the midst of a five-year span in which he became one of the league’s best players. In that five-season stretch from 2008 to 2012, he averaged 21.6 points and 5.4 rebounds in 350 games. Shortly after that, he was plagued by injuries and was limited to just five games in the 2012-13 season because of knee tendinitis then missed the first 25 games of the 2013-14 season because of a strained calf. Granger’s best seasons came in 2008-09 (25.8 ppg, 5.1 rpg), 2009-10 (24.1 ppg, 5.5 rpg) and 2010-11 (20.5 ppg, 5.4 rpg). As a collegian, Granger averaged 16.7 points and 8.2 rebounds for Bradley and New Mexico. As a senior in 2004-05, he was the only player in Division I to average 18.8 points and pull down 8.9 rebounds...Born 4-20-1983 in New Orleans.
Sport: Basketball
Induction Year: 2025
University: New Mexico
A New Orleans native and Grace King High School product, Granger carved out an impressive 10-year career in the NBA, including an All-Star Game appearance, after playing collegiately at Bradley and New Mexico. He was a member of the U.S. team that won the gold medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championships. A 6-foot-9, 222-pound small forward, he was a first-round pick (17th overall) of the Indiana Pacers in the 2005 NBA draft and played 8 1/2 seasons with the Pacers. He started 425 of 544 career games there and averaged 17.6 points and 5.1 rebounds before finishing his career with the Los Angeles Clippers and Miami Heat. For his entire pro career, he averaged 16.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists. He was starter in the 2009 NBA All-Star Game when he was in the midst of a five-year span in which he became one of the league’s best players. In that five-season stretch from 2008 to 2012, he averaged 21.6 points and 5.4 rebounds in 350 games. Shortly after that, he was plagued by injuries and was limited to just five games in the 2012-13 season because of knee tendinitis then missed the first 25 games of the 2013-14 season because of a strained calf. Granger’s best seasons came in 2008-09 (25.8 ppg, 5.1 rpg), 2009-10 (24.1 ppg, 5.5 rpg) and 2010-11 (20.5 ppg, 5.4 rpg). As a collegian, Granger averaged 16.7 points and 8.2 rebounds for Bradley and New Mexico. As a senior in 2004-05, he was the only player in Division I to average 18.8 points and pull down 8.9 rebounds...Born 4-20-1983 in New Orleans.
Ed Daniels
Sport: Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism
Induction Year: 2025
University: Loyola
A television sportscaster in his hometown of New Orleans for 40 years, Ed Daniels was a three-time Louisiana Sportscaster of the Year (1997, 2014, 2018) as awarded by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
Sports director at WGNO from 1992 until his untimely passing in August 2024, he was voted a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Press Club of New Orleans in 2014.
The creator of “Friday Night Football,” a first-of-its-kind high school football show in New Orleans which he co-hosted with J.T. Curtis for 32 years on WGNO, Daniels expanded his highlight shows in recent years to cover all other high school sports.
As a writer, Daniels produced columns for WGNO, Crescent City Sports and the Clarion Herald.
Daniels was also co-tournament director for the Allstate Sugar Bowl National Prep Classic basketball tournament each December, and the WGNO Baseball Classic.
He was a member of the Archbishop Rummel and De La Salle Athletics halls of fame. He was a voter for the Heisman Trophy and the Wooden Award. A 1979 Loyola graduate, he became sports director at KPLC in Lake Charles in 1980, then two years later returned to New Orleans.
Sport: Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism
Induction Year: 2025
University: Loyola
A television sportscaster in his hometown of New Orleans for 40 years, Ed Daniels was a three-time Louisiana Sportscaster of the Year (1997, 2014, 2018) as awarded by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
Sports director at WGNO from 1992 until his untimely passing in August 2024, he was voted a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Press Club of New Orleans in 2014.
The creator of “Friday Night Football,” a first-of-its-kind high school football show in New Orleans which he co-hosted with J.T. Curtis for 32 years on WGNO, Daniels expanded his highlight shows in recent years to cover all other high school sports.
As a writer, Daniels produced columns for WGNO, Crescent City Sports and the Clarion Herald.
Daniels was also co-tournament director for the Allstate Sugar Bowl National Prep Classic basketball tournament each December, and the WGNO Baseball Classic.
He was a member of the Archbishop Rummel and De La Salle Athletics halls of fame. He was a voter for the Heisman Trophy and the Wooden Award. A 1979 Loyola graduate, he became sports director at KPLC in Lake Charles in 1980, then two years later returned to New Orleans.
Glenn Guilbeau
Sport: Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism
Induction Year: 2025
University: Missouri
A winner of national sports writing awards from the Football Writers of America, the Associated Press Sports Editors and the National Sports Media Association, along with many Louisiana Sports Writers Association honors, Guilbeau is a metro New Orleans native and longtime Baton Rouge resident regarded as one of the state’s, and the South’s, most recognized writers.
The 62-year-old Missouri school of journalism grad is now editor of Tiger Rag. Until he departed Gannett Louisiana to become a feature columnist and reporter for Outkick.com at the outset of the 2021 football season, Guilbeau had been on the LSU beat since 1998 with multiple outlets in Louisiana. Prior to that he covered both Auburn and Alabama.
The last year, 2020-21, was spectacular by any sportswriters’ standard. He won a national first place for his game story on LSU’s upset at Florida from the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA). He was also named Beat Writer of Year by Louisiana Sports Writers Association in June 2021; and placed in three Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) categories—Beat Writer, Explanatory, Game Coverage—that spring. Guilbeau was also the FWAA first-place winner for columns in 2017 and was also the top overall winner in 2016 FWAA placing first for his game story, second in columns, and receiving honorable mention for features. Twice, in 2007 and 2014, the NSMA tabbed him as the state’s top sportswriter. He has collected a pile of LSWA honors along with several more FWAA and ASPE awards.
Guilbeau established a foothold at the Alexandria Town Talk on Bob Tompkins’ staff in the late 1980s and quickly emerged as one of the best beat writers and reporters in the Southeastern Conference. He wrote for the Baton Rouge Advocate for several years before joining Gannett Louisiana in 2004.
Sport: Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism
Induction Year: 2025
University: Missouri
A winner of national sports writing awards from the Football Writers of America, the Associated Press Sports Editors and the National Sports Media Association, along with many Louisiana Sports Writers Association honors, Guilbeau is a metro New Orleans native and longtime Baton Rouge resident regarded as one of the state’s, and the South’s, most recognized writers.
The 62-year-old Missouri school of journalism grad is now editor of Tiger Rag. Until he departed Gannett Louisiana to become a feature columnist and reporter for Outkick.com at the outset of the 2021 football season, Guilbeau had been on the LSU beat since 1998 with multiple outlets in Louisiana. Prior to that he covered both Auburn and Alabama.
The last year, 2020-21, was spectacular by any sportswriters’ standard. He won a national first place for his game story on LSU’s upset at Florida from the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA). He was also named Beat Writer of Year by Louisiana Sports Writers Association in June 2021; and placed in three Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) categories—Beat Writer, Explanatory, Game Coverage—that spring. Guilbeau was also the FWAA first-place winner for columns in 2017 and was also the top overall winner in 2016 FWAA placing first for his game story, second in columns, and receiving honorable mention for features. Twice, in 2007 and 2014, the NSMA tabbed him as the state’s top sportswriter. He has collected a pile of LSWA honors along with several more FWAA and ASPE awards.
Guilbeau established a foothold at the Alexandria Town Talk on Bob Tompkins’ staff in the late 1980s and quickly emerged as one of the best beat writers and reporters in the Southeastern Conference. He wrote for the Baton Rouge Advocate for several years before joining Gannett Louisiana in 2004.
Joe Scheuermann
Sport: Coach
Induction Year: 2025
University: Tulane
Scheuermann became Louisiana’s all-time winningest college baseball coach in May 2024 just before he completed his 34th season as head coach at Delgado CC, overtaking the 1,177 wins by 2022 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee Tony Robichaux. Scheuermann’s father “Rags” started the program a half-century ago and was a 1990 LSHOF inductee. After a 41-16 mark in 2024, Scheuermann has 1,179 career wins and five trips to the JUCO World Series (2007, 2014-15-16, 2023). Has led program to 14 consecutive NJCAA Region XXIII titles and 17 Super Regional berths in the past 18 seasons as of August 2024. In April 2019, Scheuermann became the first college coach in Louisiana to win 1,000 games at the same school and the 30th coach in JUCO history to reach the 1,000-win plateau. Is a member of NJCAA baseball coaches (2019, was first Louisiana coach inducted into an NJCAA hall) and All American Amateur Baseball Association (2007) halls of fame. Also spent six years as an assistant at Tulane, helping Green Wave reach three NCAA tournaments. Played second base on 1980 state championship team at Redemptorist High School under legendary coach Skeeter Theard before playing at Delgado and Tulane. Served as assistant coach, later manager of New Orleans franchise in the All-American Amateur Baseball Association from 1992-2006, where he won national titles in 1992, 1995 and 2000. A 2016 recipient of Allstate Sugar Bowl’s Eddie Robinson Award for outstanding achievement in athletics, academics, sportsmanship and citizenship while maximizing limited resources. Has placed over 300 former players into four-year programs. In addition to his coaching, maintains and operates Kirsch-Rooney Stadium, which has regularly been home to more than 200 amateur baseball games a year in New Orleans and has worked for four decades on seasonal staff of Allstate Sugar Bowl…Born 10-15-1962 in New Orleans.
Sport: Coach
Induction Year: 2025
University: Tulane
Scheuermann became Louisiana’s all-time winningest college baseball coach in May 2024 just before he completed his 34th season as head coach at Delgado CC, overtaking the 1,177 wins by 2022 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee Tony Robichaux. Scheuermann’s father “Rags” started the program a half-century ago and was a 1990 LSHOF inductee. After a 41-16 mark in 2024, Scheuermann has 1,179 career wins and five trips to the JUCO World Series (2007, 2014-15-16, 2023). Has led program to 14 consecutive NJCAA Region XXIII titles and 17 Super Regional berths in the past 18 seasons as of August 2024. In April 2019, Scheuermann became the first college coach in Louisiana to win 1,000 games at the same school and the 30th coach in JUCO history to reach the 1,000-win plateau. Is a member of NJCAA baseball coaches (2019, was first Louisiana coach inducted into an NJCAA hall) and All American Amateur Baseball Association (2007) halls of fame. Also spent six years as an assistant at Tulane, helping Green Wave reach three NCAA tournaments. Played second base on 1980 state championship team at Redemptorist High School under legendary coach Skeeter Theard before playing at Delgado and Tulane. Served as assistant coach, later manager of New Orleans franchise in the All-American Amateur Baseball Association from 1992-2006, where he won national titles in 1992, 1995 and 2000. A 2016 recipient of Allstate Sugar Bowl’s Eddie Robinson Award for outstanding achievement in athletics, academics, sportsmanship and citizenship while maximizing limited resources. Has placed over 300 former players into four-year programs. In addition to his coaching, maintains and operates Kirsch-Rooney Stadium, which has regularly been home to more than 200 amateur baseball games a year in New Orleans and has worked for four decades on seasonal staff of Allstate Sugar Bowl…Born 10-15-1962 in New Orleans.
Herb Vincent
Sport: Administrator
Induction Year: 2025
University: LSU
The LSU graduate and former staffer has been Associate Commissioner for Communications at the Southeastern Conference for the past 11 years, responsible for all communication strategies for the league as well as serving as SEC spokesperson. His distinguished career earned him the Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award as part of the LSHOF Class of 2025.
Prior to that, he served more than two decades at his alma mater, beginning as assistant sports information director, then being named Senior Associate Athletic Director in 2006 and then added a dual role as university Associate Vice Chancellor for University Relations in 2009. While in that role he supervised the SID and the marketing/promotions office, was the primary liaison with LSU Sports Properties, and was department administrator for the hugely successful LSU baseball program. He served as SID from July 1988 until July 2000 when he was named Vice President for Communications for College Sports Southeast regional cable network before returning to LSU in 2002.
Vincent became the first Louisiana-rooted person to serve as the national president for the College Sports Communicators of America in 2019-20 after four years on that organization’s board of directors. He also received one of CSC’s top honors, the Arch Ward Award in 2019 for outstanding contributions to the profession, and was a 25-year award winner in 2012.
In 2015, Vincent was named to the LSU Alumni Hall of Distinction, and in 2020 was inducted in the university’s Manship School of Mass Communications Hall of Fame. He and his staff at LSU won an array of LSWA honors. He worked under Louisiana Sports and CSC Hall of Famer Paul Manasseh during his undergraduate days, then spent the 1984 and 1985 seasons as public relations director for the USFL’s New Orleans Breakers and the Los Angeles Express.
After the USFL folded, he also served one year as publications director at UL Lafayette under LSHOF member Dan McDonald and was on the SEC staff as assistant director of public relations for two years prior to returning to LSU in 1988.
An author of a book on LSU football, “The LSU Football Vault,” Vincent earned his degree in journalism from LSU in 1983.
Sport: Administrator
Induction Year: 2025
University: LSU
The LSU graduate and former staffer has been Associate Commissioner for Communications at the Southeastern Conference for the past 11 years, responsible for all communication strategies for the league as well as serving as SEC spokesperson. His distinguished career earned him the Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award as part of the LSHOF Class of 2025.
Prior to that, he served more than two decades at his alma mater, beginning as assistant sports information director, then being named Senior Associate Athletic Director in 2006 and then added a dual role as university Associate Vice Chancellor for University Relations in 2009. While in that role he supervised the SID and the marketing/promotions office, was the primary liaison with LSU Sports Properties, and was department administrator for the hugely successful LSU baseball program. He served as SID from July 1988 until July 2000 when he was named Vice President for Communications for College Sports Southeast regional cable network before returning to LSU in 2002.
Vincent became the first Louisiana-rooted person to serve as the national president for the College Sports Communicators of America in 2019-20 after four years on that organization’s board of directors. He also received one of CSC’s top honors, the Arch Ward Award in 2019 for outstanding contributions to the profession, and was a 25-year award winner in 2012.
In 2015, Vincent was named to the LSU Alumni Hall of Distinction, and in 2020 was inducted in the university’s Manship School of Mass Communications Hall of Fame. He and his staff at LSU won an array of LSWA honors. He worked under Louisiana Sports and CSC Hall of Famer Paul Manasseh during his undergraduate days, then spent the 1984 and 1985 seasons as public relations director for the USFL’s New Orleans Breakers and the Los Angeles Express.
After the USFL folded, he also served one year as publications director at UL Lafayette under LSHOF member Dan McDonald and was on the SEC staff as assistant director of public relations for two years prior to returning to LSU in 1988.
An author of a book on LSU football, “The LSU Football Vault,” Vincent earned his degree in journalism from LSU in 1983.
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