Skylar Mays was taken in the second round of the NBA Draft on Wednesday night by the Atlanta Hawks with the 50th overall pick.
The Baton Rouge native was a First Team All-SEC player as a senior and back-to-back SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Mays attended University Labratory High School in Baton Rouge, where he helped bring back-to-back state titles home for the Cubs.
The pre-med major/kinesiology double major also racked up stats on the court as well: 16.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game in his final season at LSU. He also started the final 69 games of his career as a Tiger.
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