HLS 14RS-4375 ORIGINAL
Page 1 of 2
Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 130
BY REPRESENTATIVES CARTER AND LORUSSO
COMMENDATIONS: Commends the LSU women's gymnastics team for an outstanding
2014 season
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To commend the LSU women's gymnastics team for an outstanding 2014 season.2
WHEREAS, in the 2014 season, the LSU women's gymnastics team had the best3
finish in school history and took third place in the NCAA Super Six Finals; and4
WHEREAS, the team reached the Super Six for the second consecutive season and5
the fourth time overall and broke the LSU record for highest score on three occasions; and6
WHEREAS, the women's gymnastics team earned a 198.325 and tied for the highest7
score in the nation this season, winning their thirteenth regional title in the program's history8
at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional; and9
WHEREAS, the team broke the record for the most consecutive meets with at least10
a 197 score and ended the year as the only team in the nation to score a 49.0 or higher in11
every event in every meet this season; and12
WHEREAS, the LSU women's gymnastics team was ranked No.1 for three straight13
weeks at the beginning of the Regional Qualifying Score rankings in late February and14
earned twenty total All-American honors as a team, the second highest number of any team;15
and16
WHEREAS, the team led the nation with five gymnasts as First Team All-Americans17
at the NCAA Championships, and no other team had more than four gymnasts earn the18
distinction; and19 HLS 14RS-4375 ORIGINAL
HCR NO. 130
Page 2 of 2
WHEREAS, Rheagan Courville captured the second NCAA individual national title1
of her career on vault, and it marked the tenth NCAA individual title overall in LSU history2
and the eighth in the last nine seasons; and3
WHEREAS, Lloimincia Hall set two school records becoming the first LSU gymnast4
to win three straight Southeastern Conference floor exercise titles and tallying three perfect5
10.0's on floor to reach five for her career, the most 10.0's on floor in LSU history; and6
WHEREAS, Sarie Morrison ended her career with the most uneven bar titles by a7
gymnast in LSU history with twenty-eight; and8
WHEREAS, a school record eight gymnasts earned All-American Honors this9
season, including Kaleigh Dickson, Sydney Ewing, Ashleigh Gnat, Lloimincia Hall, Jessie10
Jordan, Sarie Morrison, and Jessica Savona; and11
WHEREAS, Courville, Ewing, Gnat, Jordan, and Savona all tallied First Team All-12
American Honors at the NCAA Championships, the first time in LSU history that five13
gymnasts claimed first team honors at nationals in the same season, and Courville, Dickson,14
and Jordan all finished as All-Americans in all-around, the first time three Tigers have15
earned all-around All-American distinction in the same season.16
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby17
commend and congratulate the LSU women's gymnastic team for an outstanding 201418
season.19
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that suitable copies of this Resolution be transmitted20
to the LSU women's gymnastics coaches and team.21
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. 130
Commends the LSU women's gymnastics team for an outstanding 2014 season.