Angel Reese

Angel Reese (born May 6, 2002) is an American college basketball player for the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Nicknamed the "Bayou Barbie", Reese attended Saint Frances Academy in Baltimore, Maryland, where she was awarded McDonald's All-American honors in 2020 and was ranked the number two player in her class by ESPN.

Quotes

• "All year, I was critiqued about who I was. I don’t fit in a box that y’all want me to be in. I’m too hood. I’m too ghetto. But when other people do it, y’all say nothing. So this was for the girls that look like me, that’s going to speak up on what they believe in. It’s unapologetically you."
  • LSU's Angel Reese talks historic win, gets surprise reunion with cousin — UConn's Jordan Hawkins by Allie Weintraub. April 7, 2023. Retrieved 09/11/2023.
• "If you don’t have no haters, you ain’t popping."
• "And I learned to ignore by looking at all the people that are inspired by me. I don’t really pay attention to haters because they’re going to say what they want to say"
• "I have a voice and I’m not going to stop using my voice for the people that know that I am making an impact."
• "It’s knowing that I have a voice and I am speaking for people that don’t have the platform that I do."
• "You can be cute and go out there and still ball. So I’m trying to change the stereotype that women in sports can’t be girly and have fashion off the court."
• "Well, I can’t really shop everywhere because everything isn’t tall-girl friendly."
  • We Love a Tall Girl:” Angel Reese Meets Law Roach by Law Roach. November 1, 2023. Retrieved 9/11/2023.