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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 122
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARTER
COMMENDATIONS: Commends LSU softball coach Yvette Girouard upon her retirement
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To commend Yvette Girouard, head coach of the Louisiana State University softball team,2
for her monumental achievements upon the end of her extraordinary coaching career.3
WHEREAS, Yvette Girouard has been a key figure in the sport of softball for more4
than three decades, has been vitally instrumental in the evolution of the sport, and is retiring5
as one of the greatest coaches in the history of the game; and6
WHEREAS, a native of Broussard, Louisiana, Coach Girouard attended Comeaux7
High School and earned a bachelor of science degree in 1976 in health and physical8
education from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where as a college volleyball9
player, she was named the 1976 Female Athlete of the Year; and 10
WHEREAS, after college graduation, Coach Girouard began the softball program11
at Lafayette High School and served as head coach there as well as at Comeaux High12
School; and13
WHEREAS, prior to her eleven years at LSU, Coach Girouard spent twenty years14
coaching at her alma mater, ULL, where she started the softball program; and15
WHEREAS, in Coach Girouard's eleven-year career at LSU, her list of16
accomplishments is long and impressive, and LSU softball's phenomenal success is a tribute17
to this exceptional coach; and18
WHEREAS, Coach Girouard holds the distinction of being one of only three coaches19
to take two programs to the Women's College World Series; she led her Tigers to two20
appearances and the Ragin' Cajuns of ULL to three appearances there; and21 HLS 11RS-405 ORIGINAL
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WHEREAS, Coach Girouard, a true ambassador for softball, has made the LSU1
softball program one of the finest in the country, and it was during her tenure as coach that2
LSU saw the opening of Tiger Park, one of the nation's premier softball stadiums; and3
WHEREAS, Coach Girouard is widely recognized as a truly outstanding coach and4
has received many prestigious honors on the state, conference, and national levels, including5
her 2005 induction into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame and6
numerous well-deserved coach of the year awards; and7
WHEREAS, in Coach Girouard's final season at LSU, the team finished with an8
overall record of forty victories and only eighteen losses and an appearance in the NCAA9
Regional tournament; and10
WHEREAS, as she leaves LSU after an extremely productive and successful career,11
Yvette Girouard merits a special measure of commendation for her unparalleled legacy of12
excellence in coaching; and13
WHEREAS, Coach Girouard's retirement marks a milestone in the career of this14
Louisiana legend, and the legislature wishes to give her appropriate recognition as she15
embarks upon new challenges and begins the next chapter of her life.16
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby17
commend Yvette Girouard upon her retirement as head coach of the Louisiana State18
University softball team, does hereby express to her enduring appreciation for her dedicated19
and highly effective leadership of LSU's softball program and for the honor and distinction20
she has brought to the state of Louisiana throughout the course of her extraordinary career,21
and does hereby extend to her every good wish for continued success and happiness in her22
future endeavors.23
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted24
to Yvette Girouard.25 HLS 11RS-405 ORIGINAL
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Carter HCR No. 122
Commends Yvette Girouard upon her retirement as head coach of the LSU softball team.