BATON ROUGE — The jersey of former All-American second baseman Todd Walker will be retired by LSU at 6:45 p.m. today in a ceremony prior to the Tigers’ game against Ole Miss in Alex Box Stadium.
The No. 12 worn by Walker will join the No. 36 worn by former first baseman Eddy Furniss, the No. 15 worn by retired coach Skip Bertman and the No. 19 worn by former All-American and major league pitcher Ben McDonald as retired jerseys in the LSU baseball program.
Walker, a native of Bossier City, becomes the 11th LSU athlete or coach to have his jersey retired, joining Furniss, Bertman and McDonald; men’s basketball players Bob Pettit, Pete Maravich, Rudy Macklin and Shaquille O’Neal; football players Billy Cannon and Tommy Casanova; and women’s basketball player Seimone Augustus.
Walker was distinguished during his LSU career from 1992-94 not only for his talent, but also for his work ethic. He said recently that once Bertman told him that he would be the Tigers’ starting second baseman as a true freshman, he poured all of his energy into becoming one of the nation’s best players.
“Once Skip told me that, I’ve never been more motivated to do anything in my life,’’ Walker said. “I wanted badly to play well. That requires a lot of sacrifice.”
Walker, who was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009, was the eighth overall selection in the 1994 First-Year Player Draft.
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