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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 156
BY SENATORS LONG AND GALLOT AND REPRESENTATIVES BROWN AND COX
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To commend Venus Lacy on being named to the 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
Induction Class.
WHEREAS, each year Louisiana's sports writers select a limited number of athletes,
past or present, who have become figures of national and international renown to be
regarded as the state's immortals in the spheres of athletes and enshrined in the Louisiana
Sports Hall of Fame; and
WHEREAS, the 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Class includes former
Louisiana Tech basketball start Venus Lacy; and
WHEREAS, after a successful start to her career at Brainerd High School, in
Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she was named Miss Basketball, she played for Old
Dominion University; and
WHEREAS, after her freshman year, she transferred to Louisiana Tech University,
where she was a starting center for the Lady Techsters from 1988 to 1990 and was part of
the national championship team that won the NCAA title in 1988; and
WHEREAS, during her successful career as a Lady Techster, she was twice named
Player of the Year for both the American South Conference and for the state of Louisiana;
and
WHEREAS, she maintains the top scoring average in Tech basketball history and is
in the top five for career points, field goals made, field goals attempted, and blocked shots;
and
WHEREAS, before her retirement from basketball in 1998, Ms. Lacy played on the
1996 U.S. Olympic team that won a gold medal, played in the American Basketball League,
and spent two seasons with the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball
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WHEREAS, because of her long and distinguished career on the basketball court,
Venus Lacy possesses the talents and skills worthy of being named to the Louisiana Sports
Hall of Fame.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate Venus Lacy on being named to the 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall
of Fame Induction Class.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Venus Lacy.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES