After at least a little bit of hesitation from LSU Tigers star Angel Reese, it seems that the LSU Tigers women’s basketball team will be visiting United States President Joe Biden at the White House later this month to celebrate their national championship.
Last month, Reese indicated that she might be unwilling to visit the White House after First Lady Jill Biden initially suggested that both the LSU Tigers and the runner-up Iowa Hawkeyes should get a celebratory invite. But it appears that Reese and the team will be visiting the White House, after all.
On Monday afternoon, LSU announced that the team has accepted an invitation from Biden and will visit the White House on May 26.
The National Champions will visit the @WhiteHouse on Friday, May 26!
📄 https://t.co/himknwbjEI pic.twitter.com/9S1N8vQJB8
— LSU Women's Basketball (@LSUwbkb) May 8, 2023
As LSU pointed out in a release on Monday afternoon, Biden will be the fourth United State President that head coach Kim Mulkey has visited in the White House as she’s accepted an invitation to visit the White House after all of her previous national titles.
“Every time Coach Mulkey has won a national championship throughout her head coaching career, she has brought her team to the White House. When her and the Tigers visit President Joe Biden’s White House later this month, it will mark the fourth president she sees in the executive mansion. She visited President George W. Bush following the 2005 national championship, President Barack Obama following the 2012 national championship and President Donald Trump following the 2019 national championship,” LSU said in a release
Now, Mulkey can add Biden to the list.
[LSU]
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