LSU’s Angel Reese to be in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition

LSU star Angel Reese can add one other accolade to her already spectacular resume – Sports Illustrated Swimsuit mannequin.

Reese traded a purple jersey for a purple bikini within the snapshots launched by Sports Illustrated on Monday. She is recent off a nationwide championship with the Tigers.

LSU’s Angel Reese celebrates after an NCAA Women’s Final Four semifinals basketball sport in opposition to Virginia Tech Friday, March 31, 2023, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

“Angel Reese is an exceptional basketball participant,” SI Swimsuit editor-in-chief MJ Day mentioned. “She’s an All- American and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA ladies’s basketball match. While we’re in fact right here to have a good time her unimaginable achievements and athleticism, it wouldn’t be an SI Swimsuit second if we weren’t shining a light-weight on Angel’s achievements off the court docket.

“Angel is combating the double normal in sports activities, particularly for ladies. She is making a reputation for herself as a fierce competitor and an equally fierce advocate for rising the sport of ladies’s basketball. Her depth, drive and fervour round being unapologetically herself and talking up for what she believes in helps transfer the needle ahead for ladies in sports activities and is liberating the subsequent technology to really feel seen and heard. Our aim right here is to assist empower as many ladies as we are able to, and we’re past excited to do this alongside Angel Reese within the 2023 situation.”

LSU Lady Tigers ahead Angel Reese celebrates after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes throughout the closing spherical of the Women’s Final Four NCAA match on the American Airlines Center. (Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports)

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Reese was thrust into the nationwide highlight when her trash speaking with Iowa star Caitlin Clark went viral round social media. She backed it up too. She had 15 factors, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and three steals to assist LSU trounce Iowa 102-85. She was named the Most Outstanding Player of the match.

The former Maryland participant’s title, picture and likeness valuation sits at $1.4 million, in accordance with On3 Sports.

Angel Reese, #10 of the LSU Lady Tigers, smiles in celebration after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes throughout the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament National Championship at American Airlines Center on April 2, 2023 in Dallas. (C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos through Getty Images)

Reese and Olivia Dunne have each made the swimsuit version as LSU Tigers athletes.