- Whereas his father is taken into account a legend of Baton Rouge, Josh was a walk-on
- Josh and his brother Jason pushed for a statue of their father to be put in on campus
Former LSU basketball participant Josh Maravich, the son of Corridor of Fame basketball participant Pete Maravich, died on the age of 42, the college introduced Saturday night time.
He died at dwelling on Friday, LSU mentioned in an announcement. No reason for demise was given.
Josh Maravich was a reserve participant for LSU — which performs dwelling video games on the Pete Maravich Meeting Middle — from 2001-02 by 2004-05 below then-coach John Brady.
For the youthful Maravich, it was a childhood dream to play for LSU, the place his father set the lads's NCAA Division I scoring file of three,667 factors between 1967 and 1970.
“I needed to be right here to make my dad proud,” Josh Maravich mentioned in a 2005 article printed in The Day by day Reveille, the LSU scholar newspaper.
Josh Maravich died all of a sudden Saturday at age 42, almost 20 years after he final performed for LSU
Maravich beforehand mentioned his dream was to play for the Tigers like his father
'I knew I wasn't going to be a star participant, however for me, being a walk-on was what I at all times needed to do.'
Pete Maravich was a prolific scorer throughout an NBA profession that was reduce brief two years early because of a severe knee harm in 1980.
He died in 1988, on the age of 40, of an undiagnosed coronary heart situation.
Earlier this yr, he made headlines once more when his Division I scoring file was surpassed by Iowa star Caitlin Clark (3,951 factors) — a feat that had not been achieved by any male or feminine participant for greater than half a century.
In 2022, when LSU unveiled a bronze statue of Pete Maravich exterior its basketball facility, sculptor Brian Hanlon credited Josh Maravich and his older brother Jason Maravich with the concept to depict their father – who was recognized for his showmanship and creativity – throwing a move from behind.
