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Fant's funeral service was held at the Ewing Coliseum, the basketball arena built during his coaching era. Pastors Stuart Toms and William Smith officiated. Ewing Coliseum was subsequently renamed the Fant-Ewing Coliseum. To the right of his casket was the basketball from his 300th win, a 95–73 victory in 1974 over [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]]. The Reverend Smith, Fant's pastor at Lakeshore Baptist Church in Monroe, called him an "extraordinary ordinary man".<ref name=fant/>
Fant's funeral service was held at the Ewing Coliseum, the basketball arena built during his coaching era. Pastors Stuart Toms and William Smith officiated. Ewing Coliseum was subsequently renamed the Fant-Ewing Coliseum. To the right of his casket was the basketball from his 300th win, a 95–73 victory in 1974 over [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]]. The Reverend Smith, Fant's pastor at Lakeshore Baptist Church in Monroe, called him an "extraordinary ordinary man".<ref name=fant/>
Fant is interred at Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe.<ref name=obit/> In 1988, he was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. In 1997, he was named to the Centenary College Hall of Fame.<ref name=gents/> He is also a member of the Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame, and the ULU (then NLU) Hall of Fame.<ref name=fant/> In 1999, ULM introduced the "Lenny Fant Scholarship."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulm.edu/universityrelations/news/feb00/fant.html|title="[Guy] Barr honored at Lenny Fant Memorial Scholarship Dinner"|date=February 25, 2000|publisher=ulm.edu|accessdate=January 5, 2009}}</ref>
Fant is interred at Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe.<ref name=obit/> In 1988, he was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. In 1997, he was named to the Centenary College Hall of Fame.<ref name=gents/> He is also a member of the Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame, and the ULU (then NLU) Hall of Fame.<ref name=fant/> In 1999, ULM introduced the "Lenny Fant Scholarship."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulm.edu/universityrelations/news/feb00/fant.html|title="[Guy] Barr honored at Lenny Fant Memorial Scholarship Dinner"|date=February 25, 2000|publisher=ulm.edu|accessdate=January 5, 2009}}</ref>