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Three former LSU athletes and a basketball coach are a part of a star-studded induction class for 2026 announced Wednesday by the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
Recent Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Sylvia Fowles, NFL star Todd McClure and NCAA Final Four basketball coach John Brady were chosen from the eight-member group of competitors’ ballot.
Additionally, for the third time this decade, the Hall will present the Louisiana Sports Ambassador Award, this time to former Tiger Warren Morris, the Alexandria native and resident whose walk-off home run won the 1996 College World Series for LSU, resulting in the Bolton High School product becoming a lifelong spokesman for college baseball, the CWS and LSU
The remainder of the class includes NFL star Joe Horn and Pat Williams, Major League Baseball All-Star Jonathan Lucroy and basketball coaches Mike McConathy and Dewain Strother.
The LSHOF Class of 2026 is headed by Fowles, a four-time USA Olympic gold medalist (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) who helped LSU to four consecutive Final Fours from 2005-08. She was an eight-time WNBA All-Star in a 15-season pro career that included WNBA Finals MVP honors as she led the Minnesota Lynx to league crowns in 2015 and 2017. Fowles was chosen as one of the WNBA’s Top 25 Players of All-Time in 2021 and entered the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame last weekend and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in June.
McClure, a Baton Rouge native and two-sport All-Stater at Central High School, was an All-Southeastern Conference and All-America center for LSU before 14 NFL seasons, all in Atlanta, that earned him a place in the Falcons Ring of Honor.
