If you're in Natchitoches this weekend...

[Jolly]

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame will be inducting the 2024 Class. Inductees include:

1. Drew Brees, Super Bowl MVP, two -time Offensive Player of the Year, 13 Pro Bowls, Walter Payton Man of the Year, five 5000 yard passing seasons, 54 consecutive games with a TD pass.
2. Simone Augustus, NCAA Player of the Year X2, Three Olympic gold medals, WNBA #1 pick, WNBA Rookie if the Year, WNBA All-Star x8, 4 WNBA championships.
3. Kevin Jackson, All-American wrestler and Olympic Gold Medalist
4. Daniel Cornier, Olympic wrestler, UFC Light Heavyweight Champ, UFC Heavyweight Champ

Even an old Cincinnati Bengal player made the hall. Kerry Joseph was a UDFA with the Bengals, knocked around the NFL and CFL several years, winning one CFL MVP and a Gray Cup ring. That was after a great college career at McNeese.

All should be in Natchitoches Saturday for the ceremony.

[Horace]

Not to be confused with Nacogdoches TX, made famous in Blood Meridian.

[Jolly]

Factoid... Natchitoches is the oldest city or town in the Louisiana Purchase, even older than New Orleans.

[Jolly]

BTW, the two names are pronounced very differently.

One is Nak-a-doches(long O sound). The other is pronounced Nak-a- tosh.

[taiwan_girl]

And which is which? LOL

[Horace]

@taiwan_girl said in If you're in Natchitoches this weekend...:

And which is which? LOL

Someone needs to listen to the Blood Meridian audio book.

[Jolly]

@taiwan_girl said in If you're in Natchitoches this weekend...:

And which is which? LOL

Well, one university in one of the towns fields the Lumberjacks and the other the Demons.

Hope that helps.