SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – LSU legend Sylvia Fowles has been named a nominee for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025.
The list of candidates for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025 includes Fowles, Carmelo Anthony, Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Dwight Howard, Doc Rivers, Billy Donovan, Chamique Holdsclaw, Lisa Bluder, Marc Gasol, Mark Few, and Micky Arison. The finalists will be announced during NBA All-Star Weekend in February.
Earlier this year, Fowles was announced as an inductee for the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2024. Her former LSU and WNBA teammate, Seimone Augustus, was inducted into both the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2024.
A member of LSU’s 2015 Athletics Hall of Fame Class, Fowles had her iconic No. 34 jersey retired in the PMAC in 2017. She was a cornerstone of LSU’s basketball program from 2004-08, helping the Tigers reach the Final Four in all four seasons. Fowles still holds LSU records for career rebounds (1,570), career blocks (321), and career double-doubles (86). She also remains the only LSU player to dunk in a game, achieving the feat on November 21, 2007, against Louisiana-Lafayette.
During her collegiate career, Fowles was dominant. She was a three-time First Team All-SEC selection and was named SEC Player of the Year and SEC Defensive Player of the Year in 2008. As a freshman, she earned SEC Sixth Woman of the Year honors and was named to the Second Team All-SEC. For her career, she averaged 15.5 points and 10.9 rebounds per game.
A Miami, Florida native, Fowles was selected as the No. 2 overall pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky. She played for Chicago until joining the Minnesota Lynx ahead of the 2015 season. In Minnesota, she reunited with Augustus to win WNBA Championships in 2015 and 2017, earning Finals MVP honors both times. Her No. 34 jersey was also retired by the Lynx.
Fowles represented the United States in four Olympic Games, capturing gold medals in Beijing (2008), London (2012), Rio de Janeiro (2016), and Tokyo (2020).
