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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 154
BY SENATOR LONG AND REPRESENTATI VES BROWN AND COX
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Pete Boudreaux on being named to the 2014 Louisiana
Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To commend Pete Boudreaux on being named to the 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame2
Induction Class.3
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches, Louisiana, each year4
collaborates with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in selecting a limited number5
sports figures who embody the character, skills, and talents worthy of being named to the6
hall of fame; and7
WHEREAS, the 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class includes Baton8
Rouge native Pete Boudreaux; and9
WHEREAS, Mr. Boudreaux graduated from Catholic High School in 1959, and spent10
his entire career at his alma mater, breaking record after record and having one of the most11
distinguished coaching careers in Louisiana history; and12
WHEREAS, he began his distinguished career as head track coach in 1968, and13
became head cross country coach in the early 1970s, and during this long tenure his teams14
have won thirty-nine state titles, finished as the state runner-up ten times at cross country,15
seven in outdoor track, and four in indoor track; and16
WHEREAS, under his coaching, the Catholic High School track teams have recorded17
the four highest scores by a championship team in Class 5A track and field and the three best18 SCR NO. 154
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scores ever recorded in Class 5A cross country; and1
WHEREAS, among the many accomplishments of the teams under his coaching2
include the 2010 track team scoring a record one-hundred four points to set the current3
record, and the 2009 cross country team scoring the low winning score of thirty-three points;4
and5
WHEREAS, Mr. Boudreaux served as president of the Louisiana High School6
Coaches Association in 1981, worked as an official in the Southeastern Conference and Big7
XII track and field championships and as an official at the U.S. Olympic trials, and served8
as co-meet director for the NCAA Championships; and9
WHEREAS, among his many awards, he received the state Coach of the Year10
fourteen times, in 2010 was voted the national high school coach of the year for boys track11
by U.S.A. Track & Field, and was inducted into the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of12
Fame in 2000; and13
WHEREAS, the long and stellar career of Pete Boudreaux has earned him a place14
among the many greats in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.15
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby16
commend and congratulate Pete Boudreaux on being named to the 2014 Louisiana Sports17
Hall of Fame Induction Class.18
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to19
Pete Boudreaux.20
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
Long SCR No. 154
Commends Pete Boudreaux on being named to the 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
Induction Class.