Championship programs are built by the passion and dedication of championship fans. As the 2018 calendar year comes to a close, LSU Athletics looks back at a few of the social media posts from each of the 21 varsity sports that created the most engagement with you, our most passionate fans!
To connect with your favorite teams, spirit squads, and personalities surrounding LSU Athletics, we invite you to visit our social media directory. Among these, you’ll find links to connect with the nation’s largest college baseball Twitter following (@LSUbaseball, at more than 277,000), the greatest mascot on the planet (live – @MikeTheTiger – and costumed, @LSUMikeTiger), and many, many more.
Thank you for being a part of the LSU family and Geaux Tigers!
Baseball
ICYMI: The nation’s leader in batting average (@Todd_Peterson3) hasn’t had an at-bat since eighth grade, but don’t worry, he’s hit dingers in BP. #GeauxTigers🐯 pic.twitter.com/IAEam2oxrn
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) May 25, 2018
A special letter from Austin Bain. Swipe right 👉 for more. #ForeverLSU #GeauxTigers🐯
A post shared by LSU Baseball (@lsubaseball) on Jun 7, 2018 at 3:02pm PDT
HOLY @Daniel2cabrera! That ball was DEMOLISHED as LSU completed the sweep with a 9-7 win against Tennessee! #GeauxTigers🐯 pic.twitter.com/4WCs6IoRLJ
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) April 16, 2018
Men’s Basketball
Enough Said….
Will. Freaking. Wade.#BootUp pic.twitter.com/34ntgHpluk— LSU Basketball (@LSUBasketball) March 15, 2018
ARE YOU KIDDING, TREMONT?? pic.twitter.com/wWB8JMbcnY
— LSU Basketball (@LSUBasketball) January 6, 2018
Do it for the Boot 💪 pic.twitter.com/lu7EBs44a3
— LSU Basketball (@LSUBasketball) November 5, 2018
Set It Off 🔥 pic.twitter.com/rqfHn0DXIn
— LSU Basketball (@LSUBasketball) November 10, 2018
LSU Mourns The Loss of Wayde Simshttps://t.co/2aRmPgEiK9 pic.twitter.com/Jc0rmxOjU7
— LSU Basketball (@LSUBasketball) September 28, 2018
Women’s Basketball
Congratulations to Raigyne Louis!! Selected by the @LVAces with the 25th overall pick in the 3rd round of the #WNBADraft2018 Good Luck, @rae_011! #ForeverLSU https://t.co/cQ3UgyeJrJ pic.twitter.com/GrmNup7N7w
— LSU Women’s Basketball (@LSUwbkb) April 13, 2018
We’re headed to Columbus, Ohio to take on 11-seed Central Michigan in the first round!! #LSUnity #NCAAw pic.twitter.com/fA0QreIhpw
— LSU Women’s Basketball (@LSUwbkb) March 12, 2018
Hey @lizzie_cui! We are headed to Columbus today, too! Good luck at NCAA Championships this weekend! @LSUSwimDive #TeamLSU pic.twitter.com/AZJj7j3qY9
— LSU Women’s Basketball (@LSUwbkb) March 15, 2018
Beach Volleyball
TIGERS WIN! TIGERS WIN! Claire Coppola and Kristen Nuss win the USAV Beach Collegiate Championship! #GeauxTigers 🐯#CBC2018 pic.twitter.com/vteT5QusKZ
— LSU Beach Volleyball (@LSUBeachVB) May 12, 2018
The Sandy Tigs are headed the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row as the No. 7 seed!#BreakingGround 🐯#LoveLegacyLSU 💜💛 pic.twitter.com/UIxKEw1SjW
— LSU Beach Volleyball (@LSUBeachVB) April 29, 2018
The Sandy Tigs are @CCSA_Beach Championship bound!#BreakingGround 🐯#LoveLegacyLSU 💜💛 pic.twitter.com/sttCgF6tvw
— LSU Beach Volleyball (@LSUBeachVB) April 22, 2018
TIGERS WIN! TIGERS WIN!
LSU beats USC, 4-1, and becomes just the sixth beach program ever to beat USC!#BreakingGround 🐯#LoveLegacyLSU 💜💛 pic.twitter.com/OouUvZjVz1
— LSU Beach Volleyball (@LSUBeachVB) March 10, 2018
We are excited to announce our plans for our new state of the art beach volleyball facility! #BreakingGround 💛💜
📄: https://t.co/2lINQl1mjg pic.twitter.com/3aYgeVapLP
— LSU Beach Volleyball (@LSUBeachVB) February 6, 2018
Football
Uniforms designed for the future that pay respect to the past. #LSU125 pic.twitter.com/qmOmdRPlAF
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) October 18, 2018
It’s ELECTRIC in Death Valley! pic.twitter.com/FUWsj7grpU
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) November 4, 2018
Follow @Joe_Burrow10 from the 50 to the locker room in the post-game madness! #ForeverLSU pic.twitter.com/gCrwp2RwGH
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) October 14, 2018
That crowd was incredible tonight! 😤😤 pic.twitter.com/3SYNNnL3t1
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) October 14, 2018
They’ll be talking about this one for a long time… #ForeverLSU pic.twitter.com/fFnOOs02YK
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) September 17, 2018
Live from the Tracy house for @cole__tracy‘s game winner.
His dad, Kent, at the end: “HE DID IT” pic.twitter.com/CFzOO3ENPU
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) September 16, 2018
No Smoke, No Smoke
They didn’t want it 💨💨 pic.twitter.com/cL9nIRS1Gh— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) September 3, 2018
Gymnastics
We do it for this team. For past teams.
For the present. And for the future.The PRIDE and the TRADITION of the LSU Tigers will NOT be entrusted to the weak or the timid. We do this for #LSU! pic.twitter.com/zPMz6Rbo1a
— LSU Gymnastics (@LSUgym) April 21, 2018
The Tigers go BACK TO BACK!!! It’s another clean sweep of the @SEC for #LSU. #LSUnstoppable pic.twitter.com/gPiwiWsKiE
— LSU Gymnastics (@LSUgym) March 25, 2018
🚨 SCHOOL RECORD 🚨#LSU shatters the average attendance record to finish FIRST in the @SEC and second nationally for the first time in school history! #LSUnstoppablehttps://t.co/jIIyAeHMED pic.twitter.com/UpNKo1hxbA
— LSU Gymnastics (@LSUgym) March 19, 2018
#LSU goes BACK TO BACK! Your Fighting Tigers are PERFECT and champions of the @SEC! 👸🏆#LSUnstoppable pic.twitter.com/GKJ8mevLQk
— LSU Gymnastics (@LSUgym) March 4, 2018
Men’s Golf
Tigers earn the No. 1 seed at the SEC Championship for match play with a three-round total of 6-under par 834 (281-276-277)!
The quarterfinals of match play will begin Saturday at 6:30 a.m. CT and we will be taking on @AggieMensGolf! #GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/bxBkBy63uK
— LSU Men’s Golf (@LSUMensGolf) April 27, 2018
A week we’ll never forget — big time playing out of @LuisGagne this week to earn a share of low amateur honors at @usopengolf!
He finished the four-day tournament with 118 putts, the 4th fewest in the field! Overall, he placed in a tie for 48th place. #GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/kUUglEEspp
— LSU Men’s Golf (@LSUMensGolf) June 17, 2018
.@Samburns66 was the top Tiger today, posting a -2 (68) in the final round @TheHondaClassic where he is currently T7. It’s Burns’ 2nd T10 finish of his PGA career, 1st as a pro. #LSU pic.twitter.com/ezy0BbHCWr
— LSU Men’s Golf (@LSUMensGolf) February 25, 2018
Big week ahead for 6⃣ of our amateurs!
They will be teeing it up at the 118th U.S. Amateur Championship on Monday.
Details about the tournament ⤵️ | #GeauxTigers | #GeauxLowhttps://t.co/l1LJAMEQ1O pic.twitter.com/2Z9ijrD8kM
— LSU Men’s Golf (@LSUMensGolf) August 10, 2018
Your 2018 #USSeniorOpen champion, @davidtomsgolf!
He wins with four round total of 3-under par 277 (70-71-66-70)!#GeauxTigers #GeauxLow pic.twitter.com/LVL0I8upkt
— LSU Men’s Golf (@LSUMensGolf) July 2, 2018
Women’s Golf
LSU Soccer
YOUR 2018 SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS pic.twitter.com/WOSyONcXQS
— LSU Soccer (@LSUSoccer) November 4, 2018
🏆 THE TIGERS HAVE DONE IT 🏆
LSU prevails 4-1 in PKs to claim the first @SEC Tournament championship in program history!#GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/GVehYmQPyP
— LSU Soccer (@LSUSoccer) November 4, 2018
ARE YOU KIDDING ME@shann_cooke
LSU 1
Arkansas 1#SCtop10 pic.twitter.com/wVCyGzJmOz— LSU Soccer (@LSUSoccer) November 4, 2018
Swimming & Diving
Our swimmers have been busy this summer swimming around the world! Read about their results 👇#GeauxTigers #Momentum
📝: https://t.co/yTv9RInEQz pic.twitter.com/hinPYmYo39
— LSU Swimming & Diving (@LSUSwimDive) August 3, 2018
A post shared by LSU Swimming & Diving (@lsuswimdive) on Jun 12, 2018 at 4:56pm PDT
A post shared by LSU Swimming & Diving (@lsuswimdive) on Nov 23, 2018 at 9:41am PST
LSU Track & Field
ICYMI: The women’s 4×1 – @trackfit_, Kortnei Johnson, @rachelmisher and @AleiaBitOfThis – set the collegiate record with a 42.05 on Sunday at the #SECTF Championships! #GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/ra3DX7Ihnh
— LSUTrackField (@LSUTrackField) May 14, 2018
4⃣ nations represented
🇬🇧🇯🇲🇸🇪🇺🇸3⃣ 🌍 U20 Titles 🥇🥇🥇
1⃣ 🥈
1⃣ 🥉7⃣ Representatives
The best 📸 & 🎥 from the @iaaforg U20 World Championships | #GeauxTigers | #IAAFworlds | #Tampere2018 | ⤵️https://t.co/D8nNKny2Lf pic.twitter.com/TSmbFRKK5J
— LSUTrackField (@LSUTrackField) July 16, 2018
Can’t Deny Greatness 💯@AleiaBitOfThis was simply on another level in 2018 during NCAA competition#GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/hWdEfeNQ7a
— LSUTrackField (@LSUTrackField) June 26, 2018
LSU Softball
HERE IT IS! @amandadoyleeee‘s FOURTH walk-off of the year, coming in a 19-inning showdown to defeat Ole Miss, 2-1! #OnBoard #GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/iX4e0wyXBT
— LSU Softball (@LSUsoftball) April 7, 2018
3 Kids
23 Players
1 Day in the life of @BethTorina #GeauxTigers #FightAllTheWay pic.twitter.com/NB03nN5FBw— LSU Softball (@LSUsoftball) September 19, 2018
Tonight, we’re playing for something bigger than ourselves! @Alex_wilcox8 & @HailStateSB we STAND with you! #NoOneFightsAlone #GiveOVCtheBoot pic.twitter.com/zanAuf9SKD
— LSU Softball (@LSUsoftball) April 21, 2018
14 innings later LSU takes game 1 from Auburn! #OnBoard
A post shared by LSUSoftball (@lsusoftball) on Mar 9, 2018 at 8:57pm PST
Men’s Tennis
TIGERS WIN! TIGERS WIN! Samardzic clinches the match on court three, and LSU takes down Auburn 4-3! #GeauxTigers🐯 pic.twitter.com/i194t2V6wQ
— LSU Men’s Tennis (@LSUTennis) April 14, 2018
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Women’s Tennis
TIGERS WIN!! TIGERS WIN!! Jess and Eden are taking home the title with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Oklahoma State in the NCAA Doubles Championship!! pic.twitter.com/sVCq0EHrE6
— LSU Women’s Tennis (@LSUwten) May 28, 2018
Singles title ✔️
Doubles title ✔️
Your ITA Southern Regional Champions, Tiger fans. pic.twitter.com/hInR7bfmqa
— LSU Women’s Tennis (@LSUwten) October 15, 2018
LSU Volleyball
BIG TIME! 📚
Congrats to @olivia_beyer & @a_zwiebel on @CoSIDAAcadAA First Team honors, the only school in the country to place two on first team!
📰: https://t.co/439IKpRApL#LSUPride pic.twitter.com/TXtjsPQp6B
— LSU Volleyball (@lsuvolleyball) December 10, 2018
Congratulations to @raigenciulli on reaching 1,000 career digs, the fastest player to reach 1,000 digs in program history! #LSUPride pic.twitter.com/7gsvmJDlDN
— LSU Volleyball (@lsuvolleyball) November 22, 2018
Congratulations to our very own @kellyquinn14! We are so proud of you! 👏👏👏
A post shared by LSU Volleyball (@lsuvolleyball) on Apr 26, 2018 at 7:23am PDT