USA Basketball announced Monday that former LSU women’s basketball stars Seimone Augustus and Sylvia Fowles were two of 21 finalists selected for the 2012 USA Women’s Basketball Olympic Team.
Augustus and Fowles became the first Lady Tigers represented in women’s basketball at the Olympics in 2008, when the duo helped the United States claim the gold medal at the Beijing Games.
Augustus, a two-time Southeastern Conference Player of the Year, two-time Wade Trophy winner and two-time Naismith Award winner at LSU, has shined in her six-year WNBA career with the Minnesota Lynx.
The 6-foot guard/forward was named WNBA Rookie of the Year in 2006, is a three-time WNBA All-Star selection and was named WNBA Finals MVP following her performance that sparked the Lynx to the WNBA Championship.
Fowles was named the 2008 SEC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year en route to earning First-Team All-American honors.
Currently in her fourth season with the Chicago Sky, the 6-foot-6 center has twice been named a WNBA All-Star and was named the 2011 Defensive Player of the Year.
This will be the sixth time Augusts has represented America on a national level and the fifth time for Fowles.
The squad will be coached by Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma.
 
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