BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU fans will soon have a new way to show their support for the women's basketball national championship on their vehicles.
Thursday morning Governor John Bel Edwards visited LSU'S campus for a ceremonial bill signing that will create special license plates to honor the Lady Tigers.
Head coach Kim Mulkey joined Edwards at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center for the signing.
"Every time you see that license plate, we're going to have memories, and all of us will have different memories. But the one memory that will never go away is the first. The first national championship ever at LSU in basketball," Mulkey said.
LSU won the 2023 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament after defeating Iowa 102-85 in April. LSU's point total was the most ever scored in a championship game by a single team. The 187 combined total also shattered the previous mark. The game also drew a television audience of 9.9 million, a record for an NCAA women's title game.
Next season the Tigers will head into the season as a favorite to win back-to-back titles. This offseason, they added the top-ranked player in the transfer portal Hailey Van Lith. They will also have one of the top-rated recruited classes headlined by Louisiana native Mikaylah Williams.
Information on how to purchase the plates will be released at a later date.
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