They are the best of the best.They form a special fraternity of sorts.LSU men’s basketball legend and 1990 LSU Athletic Hall of Fame inductee Rudy Macklin began the 2009 induction ceremony with these words to honor the six newest members of the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame.Former defensive lineman Anthony “Booger” McFarland, former softball pitcher Britni Sneed Newman and former track and field sprinter Esther Jones were the three living inductees honored Tuesday night, adding to the now 112-member hall. Former head athletic trainer Dr. Martin J. Broussard, former LSU track and field and football coach Bernie Moore and former baseball and basketball coach Harry Rabenhorst were inducted posthumously.McFarland was a four-year starter from 1995-1998. When he arrived, LSU had just finished its six straight losing season.”I was just a part of that class who turned LSU from a struggling team to a national powerhouse,” McFarland said. “There needed to be a change, something different around here. The class of 1995 did that.”McFarland and fellow LSU Athletic Hall of Fame member Kevin Faulk helped lead the Tigers to three consecutive bowl wins for the first time in program history. McFarland was named Southeastern Conference Freshman Co-Defensive Player of the Year in 1995, and he was a First-Team All-American and All-SEC defensive lineman in 1998.McFarland was drafted in the first round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1999. He won Super Bowl championships in 2002 and 2006 — the second one with the Indianapolis Colts.Sneed Newman is the first softball inductee to the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame. She decided to play her collegiate softball career at LSU in 1999 rather than Louisiana-Lafayette, where current LSU softball coach Yvette Girouard was head coach.”I was devastated when I called her that night and she committed to LSU because she was going to be 60 miles down the road from me, and I knew what she was going to mean to college softball,” Girouard said. “Then I got really lucky and got the job [at LSU] two years later. Britni will always be the standard for LSU softball.”Sneed Newman finished her LSU career in 2002 as the winningest pitcher in SEC history. She was SEC Player of the Year and led the Tigers to their first appearance in the Women’s College World Series in 2001, when LSU finished third.”I have so many wonderful moments, but going to the College World Series was definitely the most memorable individually and for our team and our program,” Sneed Newman said.Sneed Newman is now an assistant coach at Baylor, which faces LSU at Tiger Park tonight. But Girouard said Sneed Newman will always be remembered for her dominance in the circle.”She put LSU softball on the map,” Girouard said. “There could be no other first softball inductee.”Jones came to LSU on scholarship, and she said she was grateful LSU “took a chance” on her.”Every time I put on my uniform, I wanted to win for [the LSU community],” Jones said.Winning was one thing Jones did best. She was a 21-time All-American, and she led LSU to six national championships during her career from 1988-1991. Jones also won individual titles in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes and two titles in the 4×100-meter relay on her way to the 1992 Olympic Games.Broussard, who died in 2003, was LSU’s head athletic trainer from 1948-1993 and was a founding member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association.Moore coached LSU track and field and football from 1930-1947. LSU’s track and field stadium was named in his honor in 1971, four years after his death.Rabenhorst, who died in 1972, brought LSU men’s basketball to new heights when he led the 1935 team to a national championship. He also coached LSU baseball for 27 years, leading the program to two SEC titles.                    —-Contact Rachel Whittaker at [email protected]