M.A. Voepel, ESPN.com
Former LSU girls’s basketball standout Danielle Ballard died upcoming being struck through a automotive early Thursday morning in her place of origin of Memphis, Tennessee, the college showed.
Ballard, 29, used to be a pedestrian and the motive force of the auto remained at the scene. The crash is below investigation.
Ballard, a 5-foot-9 cover, used to be an all-SEC first-team variety as a youthful in 2015. As a sophomore in 2014, she led LSU to the NCAA Candy 16, averaging 23.3 issues and 12.3 rebounds in 3 NCAA match video games that moment. She used to be an SEC all-defensive workforce variety as a freshman and youthful.
LSU mourns the lack of Danielle Ballard
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— LSU Girls’s Basketball (@LSUwbkb) July 13, 2023
“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Danielle,” LSU stated in a commentary. “She meant a great deal to our program and was such a big part of our women’s basketball family. It’s difficult to understand why this happened to someone who was so full of life and had so much promise. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends.”
In all, Ballard averaged 12.1 issues, 6.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists and a couple of.4 steals in 3 seasons with the Tigers. She didn’t go back for her senior season at LSU, on the other hand, upcoming being suspended through this system all over parts of each her sophomore and youthful years.
Ballard gained a environment championship era at Memphis Central Top College. She used to be the Deny. 25 general engage as rated through ESPN HoopGurlz within the Elegance of 2012.
