WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday applauded LSU’s 2025 national championship baseball team in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House.

Trump said Louisiana is "a special state," noting how extraordinary it was to have national champions for both the NCAA and the NAIA — LSU Shreveport, whose team also was on hand — hail from the same state. As the NCAA oversees sports at major colleges, the NAIA, or National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, governs sports at smaller institutions.

"Two amazing seasons," Trump said. "You might have them, but not from the same state, amazing."

Both LSU head coach Jay Johnson and LSU Shreveport coach Brad Neffendorf awarded Trump with team jerseys with the number 47, signifying the Trump presidency.

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