BATON ROUGE — LSU had one of its finest years ever in its athletic program during the 1999-2000 as two teams won national titles and a total of 11 teams finished in the nation’s top 10 in their respective sports.
LSU has now won 35 national championships in all sports in its history, the most of any school in the Southeastern Conference.
LSU sponsors 20 sports on the varsity level and 14 of those sports finished the year ranked in the top 25.
The LSU women’s outdoor track and field team won the national championship for the 12th time in the last 14 years and the Tiger baseball team won the national title for the fifth time in the last 10 years.
Other LSU sports which finished in the nation’s top ten were the women’s indoor track and field team at No. 4, the men’s outdoor track team at No. 5, the softball and men’s indoor track teams at No. 7, the women’s basketball team at No. 8, the men’s basketball and gymnastics teams at No. 9, and the women’s golf and men’s tennis teams at No. 10.
Also, the women’s swimming and diving team finished No. 16 in the nation, the women’s tennis team No. 17 and the men’s swimming and diving team No. 23.
Each of the 14 sports that finished in the top 25 also participated in NCAA championship events, with the baseball team winning the College World Series while the women’s basketball team finished in the Elite Eight and the men’s basketball team reached the Sweet Sixteen.
No. 1 Baseball
No. 1 Women’s Outdoor Track & Field
No. 4 Women’s Indoor Track & Field
No. 5 Men’s Outdoor Track & Field
No. 7 Softball
No. 7 Men’s Indoor Track & Field
No. 8 Women’s Basketball
No. 9 Men’s Basketball
No. 9 Gymnastics
No. 10 Women’s Golf
No. 10 Men’s Tennis
No. 16 Women’s Swimming & Diving
No. 17 Women’s Tennis
No. 23 Men’s Swimming & Diving