LSU walk-on surprised with scholarship at team meeting
LSU has one of the best college basketball players in the nation in Ben Simmons but coach Johnny Jones picked a less famous name to praise in a recent team meeting.
LSU has one of the best college basketball players in the nation in Ben Simmons but coach Johnny Jones picked a less famous name to praise in a recent team meeting.
The coach brought walk-on Henry Shortess in front of the rest of the Tigers as an example of hard work and then sprung the good news on him.
Walk-On Henry Shortess Awarded Scholarship from LSU Basketball on Vimeo.
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The video ends with Shortess calling home and letting his mother know that the tuition load got a lot lighter for his second semester at LSU.
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