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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 184
BY REPRESENTATIVE COX
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Pete Boudreaux upon his induction into the Louisiana
Sports Hall of Fame
A RESOLUTION1
To commend Coach Pete Boudreaux on his induction into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame2
and his outstanding athletic career as track and cross country coach at Catholic High3
School of Baton Rouge.4
WHEREAS, Pete Boudreaux graduated from Catholic High School of Baton Rouge5
in 1959 and has been the head track coach at his alma mater since 1968; and6
WHEREAS, in the early 1970s, he also became the head coach of the cross country7
team; and8
WHEREAS, Coach Boudreaux has also served as the Catholic High athletic director;9
and10
WHEREAS, through 2013, his teams have won thirty-nine state championship titles,11
thirteen in outdoor track, ten in indoor track, and sixteen in cross country, and his teams have12
achieved state runner up twenty-one times; and13
WHEREAS, Coach Boudreaux's track teams have recorded the four highest scores14
ever by a 5A track and field team and the three best scores recorded in 5A cross country; and15
WHEREAS, Coach Boudreaux's 2010 track team set the current record of 104 points16
and his 2009 team scored 101 points; and17
WHEREAS, the Catholic High Bears had the low winning score of 33 points in cross18
country in 2009; and19
WHEREAS, Coach Boudreaux's 1991 squads became Louisiana's first to sweep cross20
country, indoor track, and outdoor track in the same school year; and21 HLS 14RS-4906 ORIGINAL
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WHEREAS, Coach Boudreaux's 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 squads repeated the feat1
becoming the first school to sweep all track and field events two years in a row; and2
WHEREAS, Coach Boudreaux was inducted into the Louisiana High School Sports3
Hall of Fame in 2000; and4
WHEREAS, Coach Boudreaux served as the president of the Louisiana High School5
Coaches Association in 1981; and6
WHEREAS, Coach Boudreaux has received Coach of the Year honors fourteen times7
and regional honors four times, and in 2010 he was voted the National High School Coach8
of the Year by USA Track and Field; and9
WHEREAS, Coach Boudreaux has worked as an official at SEC and Big 12 track10
and field championships and at the Olympic Trials; and11
WHEREAS, Coach Boudreaux in 2002, was co-meet director for the NCAA12
Championships; and13
WHEREAS, due to his outstanding career, Coach Pete Boudreaux will be inducted14
into the 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.15
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the16
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Coach Pete Boudreaux on his induction into17
the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame on his outstanding athletic career as head track coach and18
cross country coach at Catholic High School of Baton Rouge.19
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted20
to Coach Pete Boudreaux.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)]
Cox HR No. 184
Commends Coach Pete Boudreaux on his outstanding athletic career as head track coach,
cross country coach, and athletic director at Catholic High, and on his induction in the
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.