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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 134
BY SENATORS ALARIO, DORSEY-COLOMB, ADLEY, ALLAIN, AMEDEE, APPEL,
BROOME, BROWN, BUFFI NGTON, CHABERT, CL AITOR,
CORTEZ, CROWE, DONAHUE, ERDEY, GALLOT, GUILLORY,
HEITMEIER, JOHNS, KOSTELKA, LAFLEUR, LONG, MARTINY,
MILLS, MORRELL, MORRISH , MURRAY, NEVERS, PEACOCK,
PERRY, PETERSON, RISER, GARY SMITH, JOHN SMITH,
TARVER, THOMPSON, WALSWORTH, WARD AND WHI TE
A RESOLUTION
To congratulate the LSU Fighting Tiger baseball team on attaining an unprecedented regular
season record and on winning the 2013 Southeastern Conference Tournament
Championship and to extend best wishes for continued success in the NCAA
Tournament.
WHEREAS, in the 2013 regular season, the LSU baseball team set standards for
Tiger baseball with flair, consistency, determination, and a level of overall performance
unmatched in Tiger history, posting a 48-8 record; and
WHEREAS, in the SEC Tournament, the Tigers won its opening game against
Alabama 3-0 behind shut-out pitching of sophomore Cody Glenn, junior Nick Rumbelow
and senior Chris Cotton and a three-hit performance by freshman shortstop Alex Bregman;
and
WHEREAS, the Tigers were outscored by Arkansas, 4-1, negating another superb
pitching performance by sophomore Aaron Nola, who posted a 10 win regular season record
without a loss; and
WHEREAS, LSU rebounded, using a ninth inning rally, to best the Crimson Tide 3-2
in a rematch, with sophomore infielder Tyler Moore driving in the tying run and scoring the
winning run on a hit by junior catcher Ty Ross, while Tiger pitching was outstanding with
juniors Ryan Eades, and Nate Fury and Cotton; and
WHEREAS, in its fourth game, a second contest with Arkansas, Tiger pitching was
again dominant as freshman Hunter Newman, junior Will LaMarche, and seniors Kevin
Berry, Joey Bourgeois, and Cotton combined to one-hit the Hogs, while junior third baseman
Christian Ibarra had three hits and two RBIs, as LSU prevailed 3-1; and SR NO. 134 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, the Championship game between the No. 1 Vanderbilt Commodores
and No. 2 LSU proved a worthy prelude to the NCAA Tournament in Omaha with the
scrappy Tigers capturing a heart-stopping 5-4 eleven inning win, with outstanding team and
individual efforts including a tremendous catch by freshman center fielder Andrew
Stevenson, an outstanding catch and clutch throw to home by sophomore right fielder Jared
Foster, a superb catch and tag by Ross to nail a Commodore runner with the potential lead
run at home plate, a good at bat and steal of second in the eleventh inning by Foster, and a
clutch pinch hit by sophomore Chris Sciambra to drive in Foster with the lead run, and with
Cotton as the winning pitcher; and
WHEREAS, the all-tournament team included Ibarra, Foster, and junior designated
hitter Sean McMullen, along with the tournament's most valuable player, Chris Cotton, who
was spectacular in the tournament appearing in four of the five games in which the Tigers
participated and posting three saves and winning the championship, all in relief, and retiring
seventeen consecutive batters over the four games; and
WHEREAS, senior Mason Katz, a native of Harahan, a two-time All-SEC selection,
a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll, National Player of the Week three times in his
LSU career, a member of the 2013 SEC Community Service Team, and a graduate in sports
administration, was the recipient of the Wally Pontiff Jr. Scholar Athlete Award; and
WHEREAS, senior Raph Rhymes, a native of Monroe, a 2012 Southeastern
Conference Player of the Year and first team All-American, two-time member of the SEC
Academic Honor Roll team, led the nation in hitting in 2012, has an LSU record .431 batting
average and a .376 career average over three seasons with the Tigers, and a sports
administration graduate, received the Skip Bertman Award from Coach Bertman signifying
the player who best exemplifies the spirit of the LSU baseball program; and
WHEREAS, the Tigers are led by a stellar group of upper classmen which includes
seniors, pitcher Brent Bonvillain, outfielder Alex Edward, and infielder Casey Yokum and
juniors, second baseman Jacoby Jones and pitcher Kurt McCune; and
WHEREAS, the freshmen on the squad are outstanding and include outfielder Mark
Laird, catchers Chris Chinea and Michael Barash, and pitchers Taylor Butler, Hunter Devall,
Russell Reynolds, and Mitch Sewald; and SR NO. 134 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, the team excelled throughout the season and in the SEC Tournament
under the direction of the coaching and support staff of head coach Paul Mainieri, pitching
coach Alan Dunn, hitting coach Javi Sanchez, volunteer assistant coach Will Davis, strength
and conditioning coach Jeremy Phillips, undergraduate assistant coach Blake Dean, and
coordinator of baseball operations Ross Brezovsky.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby extend hearty congratulations to the 2013 LSU Fighting Tiger baseball team for
an unprecedented regular season record of 48-8 and on capturing the 2013 Southeastern
Conference Tournament Championship.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana hereby extends best
wishes to the 2013 LSU Fighting Tiger baseball team for continued success in the NCAA
Tournament.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to LSU
Athletic Director Joe Aleva and LSU Head Baseball Coach, Paul Mainieri.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE