Bayou Brew 7/24: Simply The Best

Good morning. Don’t let the Monday blues catch up to you — we have plenty of news, including Dylan Crews signing with the Washington Nationals! Check out his introduction to D.C. Dylan signed the second-highest bonus in MLB Draft history, right behind LSU teammate Paul Skenes.

What else is in today's Brew?

🏈 Eleven preseason honors
🏀  Kim Mulkey is the best of the best
🐯 And much, much more!

Uncut. Episode 6 of The Powerhouse is coming soon on LSU GOLD, but until then let’s relive the night the Tigers won the natty. Check out this episode of Uncut for all the sights and sounds from game three of the College World Series.

🎥 Uncut: 2023 CWS National Championship Game vs. Florida.

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🔼 Tiger’s Eleven. We’re less than two weeks away from fall camp, but before we get there we have some more preseason honors. LSU wrapped up SEC Media Days with 11 Tigers named to the preseason All-SEC team, voted on by the members of the media in attendance. There were six Tigers named to the first team, three to the second team, and two to the third team.

🥇  First Team: QB Jayden Daniels, WR Malik Nabers, OL Will Campbell, DL Mekhi Wingo, DL Maason Smith, LB Harold Perkins Jr.

🥈 Second Team: TE Mason Taylor, LS Slade Roy, KOS Nathan Dibert.

🥉 Third Team: OL Emery Jones Jr., DB Major Burns.

🔼 Free For All. LSU soccer is hosting a free clinic this evening from 5:30pm-7:00pm at Moore Park in Lafayette. The clinic is open for boys and girls ages 6-12. You can reserve your free spot here!

🔼 NFLSU. Former Tigers are taking over the Madden 24 top rankings in their positions. Justin Jefferson leads the way at wide receiver with a 99 overall rating, the highest possible in the game. Ja’Marr Chase joins him in the top-10 wide receivers list at No. 6 with a 94 rating. Ja’Marr’s quarterback Joe Burrow landed at No. 2 on the quarterback’s list with a 95 overall rating. Former Tiger Tyrann Mathieu came in at No. 5 on the safeties list. Tre’Davious White landed at No. 8 with a 90 rating on the cornerbacks list.

🔼 Simply The Best. National Champion Kim Mulkey was named the All-State Sugar Bowl’s Top Collegiate Coach in the State of Louisiana! She beat out Willie Fritz (Tulane football), Jay Johnson (LSU baseball), and Joe Scheuermann (Delgado baseball) for the award. She led the Tigers to a title in just her second season at LSU.

This should be an easy one…

Do you know how many National Championships Kim Mulkey has won?

Think you got it? Scroll to the bottom of this email for the answer. 

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Answer: Four

Coach Mulkey won three titles at Baylor and one at LSU. She became the first women’s basketball coach to win NCAA championships at multiple schools.

🐯 Have a great Monday, y'all!