Southeastern Louisiana University Athletics

Nate Lofton, a two-time, first-team All-Southland Conference performer under former coach Billy Kennedy, helped Southeastern to a two-year record of 44-18, a pair of Southland Conference regular-season titles and a berth in the 2005 NCAA Championships. He finished his career as the school’s all-time leader in field goal percentage and is currently ranked among the career leaders in blocked shots, rebounding average and steals.

In his first season with the Lions in 2003-04, Lofton helped Southeastern to a 20-9 record – its first 20-win season in over 30 years – while helping the Lions reach the Southland Conference Tournament for the first time since joining the league in the 1997-98 season. Lofton grabbed a team-high 10.9 rebounds per game, the ninth-best average in school history, and pulled down a University Center-record 22 boards against Texas-San Antonio in the semifinals of the Southland Conference Tournament.

As a senior in 2004-05, the 6-foot-10 Lofton led the Lions in rebounds, assists, steals and blocked shots while being named to the Southland Conference All-Tournament team. Lofton was part of a team that won a school-record 24 games and made its lone appearance as a Division I school in the NCAA Championships. His 60 steals during the season are the second-most in a single-season and his 52 blocked shots are sixth-best.

Lofton, a member of the Southland Conference All-Decade Team for the 2000’s, has spent the past seven years with the Harlem Globetrotters, where he is regarded as the team’s showman. Lofton has appeared in numerous television shows while with the Globetrotters, including “Amazing Race” and “Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?”