


KEYNOTE SPEAKER
CAMERON JORDAN
Cameron Jordan is a three-time All Pro defensive end with the New Orleans Saints. An eleven-year veteran and seven-time Pro Bowler, he’s known for his explosiveness and physicality on the gridiron and his unrelenting commitment to the community.
When not on the field or in the community, Jordan is a dedicated family man and proud father of four children-Tank, Glory, Nia and Chanel. Jordan’s wife Nikki, an athlete in her own right, was a McDonald’s High School All-American and member of the Rutgers women’s basketball team. Football runs in the Jordan family, as his father Steve Jordan played college football at Brown, then for 13 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, where he was a six-time Pro Bowl selection.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
CAMERON JORDAN
Cameron Jordan is a three-time All Pro defensive end with the New Orleans Saints. An eleven-year veteran and seven-time Pro Bowler, he’s known for his explosiveness and physicality on the gridiron and his unrelenting commitment to the community.
When not on the field or in the community, Jordan is a dedicated family man and proud father of four children-Tank, Glory, Nia and Chanel. Jordan’s wife Nikki, an athlete in her own right, was a McDonald’s High School All-American and member of the Rutgers women’s basketball team. Football runs in the Jordan family, as his father Steve Jordan played college football at Brown, then for 13 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, where he was a six-time Pro Bowl selection.


ABOUT STAR OF STARS
This is the 36th year The Advocate honors high school athletes from across the Baton Rouge metro area as Star of Stars for their excellence in individual sports. These athletes are selected as the best in their sports for the 2021-2022 school year based on all-district, all-metro and all-state honors, performances at regional and state competitions, along with recommendations of area coaches.
CHOOSING OUR WINNERS
We allow the athletes statistics, achievements and awards to speak for themselves. The Advocate compiles the accomplishments of the top performers in 15 sports sanctioned by the Louisiana High School Athletic Association. The Advocate also asks metro area schools to nominate top boys and girls athletes from their schools. From those nominees, one boy and one girl are chosen as the Athlete of the Year winners. The accomplishments of each athlete, as well as input from area coaches, are considered as The Advocate sports staff makes its final choices. Athlete of the Year nominees must be in grades 10 to 12 and on track to meet the NCAA’s academic qualifying standards.

MEET THE STARS
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MEET THE FINALISTS

EMCEE – MICHAEL D. “MIKE” SMITH
Mike Smith has served as a public address announcer for LSU athletics events for nearly 30 years. For the past 28 seasons, he has been the “Voice of LSU Gymnastics,” the championship program competing in the Maravich Center in Baton Rouge. He has hosted the “Inside LSU Gymnastics” television show for the past 11 seasons and won two National Telly Awards, recognizing it as the best Weekly TV Sports Program in the country. In 1028, the Southeastern Conference invited Mike to serve as the announcer for the SEC Gymnastics Championships and he continues in that capacity today. Last year, he was nominated for the prestigious Bob Sheppard Award recognizing the best public address announcer in professional and collegiate sports.
By day, he is Founder and CEO of MDSA Strategic Communications – a public and government relations consultancy – service clients in the energy, petrochemical, and transportation industries. Mike has been recognizes as on of “the most influential” public relations professionals by a leading national publication.
Follow Mike on his social media pages including @MikeTheTiger70775 on Facebook and Instagram, and Twitter handles @LSUGymVoice for all things LSU Gymnastics and @MDSAonline for everything else.

