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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 191
BY REPRESENTATIVES JAY MORRIS, ABRAMSON, ADAMS, ANDERS, ARMES,
ARNOLD, BADON, BARRAS, BARROW, BERTHELOT, BILLIOT, STUART
BISHOP, WESLEY BISHOP, BROADWATER, BROSSETT, BROWN,
BURFORD, HENRY BURNS, TIM BURNS, BURRELL, CARMODY, CARTER,
CHAMPAGNE, CHANEY, CONNICK, COX, CROMER, DANAHAY, DIXON,
DOVE, EDWARDS, FANNIN, FOIL, FRANKLIN, GAINES, GAROFALO,
GEYMANN, GISCLAIR, GREENE, GUILLORY, GUINN, HARRIS, HARRISON,
HAVARD, HAZEL, HENRY, HENSGENS, HILL, HODGES, HOFFMANN,
HOLLIS, HONORE, HOWARD, HUNTER, HUVAL, GI ROD JACKSON,
KATRINA JACKSON, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JOHNSON, JONES, KLECKLEY,
LAMBERT, NANCY LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY, LEBAS, LEGER, LEOPOLD,
LIGI, LOPINTO, LORUSSO, MACK, MILLER, MONTOUCET, MORENO, JIM
MORRIS, NORTON, ORTEGO, PEARSON, PIERRE, PONTI, POPE, PRICE,
PUGH, PYLANT, REYNOLDS, RICHARD, RICHARDSON, RITCHIE,
ROBIDEAUX, SCHEXNAYDER, SCHRODER, SEABAUGH, SHADOI N,
SIMON, SMITH, ST. GERMAIN, TALBOT, THIBAUT, THIERRY, THOMPSON,
WHITNEY, ALFRED WILLIAMS, PATRICK WILLIAMS, AND WILLMOTT
AND SENATOR WAL SWORTH
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To commend LSU baseball player Raph Rhymes of Monroe upon his selection as the
Southeastern Conference Player of the Year.
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to commend and congratulate LSU baseball player
Raph Rhymes, who graduated from Neville High School in Monroe, upon being named
Southeastern Conference Player of the Year on Tuesday, May 29, 2012; and
WHEREAS, throughout the 2012 regular season, Mr. Rhymes led the nation in
hitting, maintaining an astounding .459 batting average, seventy points higher than the next
most consistent Southeastern Conference hitter; and
WHEREAS, in addition to having the highest batting average in the Southeastern
Conference, Mr. Rhymes had ninety-two hits, an on-base percentage of .522, and fifty runs
batted in, the third most in his conference; and
WHEREAS, during the 2012 season, Mr. Rhymes held a thirty-game streak of
reaching base safely, a sixteen-game hitting streak, and thirty-one multi-hit games; and ENROLLEDHCR NO. 191
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WHEREAS, Raph Rhymes joins Todd Walker, Russ Johnson, Eddy Furniss, Aaron
Hill, and Jon Zeringue as the sixth LSU player to be named Southeastern Conference Player
of the Year; and
WHEREAS, Raph Rhymes and fellow first team All-SEC teammate, Kevin
Gausman, now lead the Tigers into the NCAA tournament regional against University of
Louisiana at Monroe on Friday, June 1, 2012.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend LSU baseball player Raph Rhymes upon
being named Southeastern Conference Player of the Year, does hereby recognize and record
for posterity his remarkable accomplishments in the 2012 LSU baseball season, does hereby
express the enduring gratitude of the members for the tremendous pride and honor he has
brought to the city of Monroe, LSU, and the state of Louisiana, and does hereby extend to
him best wishes for continued success and happiness in all of his future endeavors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Raph Rhymes.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE