It would be imprecise to say Ashleigh Gnat is back at LSU. Yes, the former Tiger great has returned to campus as a full-time assistant coach for LSU Gymnastics. And yes, after 13 months away, Gnat once again resides in Baton Rouge.
But Bugs can't be back, because Bugs never left. LSU was always with Gnat, and Gnat, with LSU. The two are forever linked.
Now, it's just official, again.
Since her earliest years, Gnat has known only purple and gold. Her father Ray was an All-American at LSU in the early 1980s, while her mother Joan was an Olympian on the 1972 U.