SLS 15RS-3661 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 198
BY SENATOR PERRY
COMMENDAT IONS. Commends Kaplan High School Softball Team Head Coach Shay
Herpin on being selected as Class 3A Coach of the Year.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend and congratulate Coach Shay Herpin, Head Coach of the Class 3A Kaplan
3 High School Lady Pirates Softball Team, on being selected as Class 3A Coach of the
4 Year.
5 WHEREAS, it is with great pride that the citizens of Vermilion Parish and the Senate
6 of the Legislature of Louisiana have learned of the selection of Coach Shay Herpin of the
7 Kaplan High School Lady Pirates Softball Team as Class 3A Coach of the Year; and
8 WHEREAS, Coach Herpin guided the Kaplan squad to a District 8-3A championship
9 with a 7-2 record, a No. 3 seed in the playoffs, the state finals before falling by a 4-3 final
10 score, and a 24-5 record; and
11 WHEREAS, he was the 2014 Vermilion Parish Coach of the Year as the Lady Pirates
12 finished the season with a 22-5 overall record, winning the Class 6-3A District
13 Championship with a 9-1 record, being number two overall seed in Class 3A, earning a slot
14 in the state championship tournament, before losing in the quarterfinal round; and
15 WHEREAS, the Kaplan coach was also the 2013 All-Parish Coach of the Year, when
16 the squad posted a 22-6 overall record and a 8-2 district mark; and
17 WHEREAS, Coach Herpin started out as a classroom teacher, but saw the kids
18 practicing every day when he was leaving the school and became an assistant coach; and
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SLS 15RS-3661 ORIGINAL
1 WHEREAS, the success of the state of Louisiana, the strength of our communities,
2 and the overall vitality of American society depends, in great measure, upon the dedication
3 of men like Shay Herpin who dedicate themselves to teaching, coaching, mentoring, and
4 molding our future generations.
5 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
6 does hereby commend and congratulate Shay Herpin, Head Coach of the Kaplan High
7 School Lady Pirates Softball Team, on being selected as Class 3A Coach of the Year.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Shay
9 Herpin.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SR 198 Original 2015 Regular Session Perry
Commends Shay Herpin, Head Coach of the Kaplan High School Lady Pirates Softball
Team, on being selected as Class 3A Coach of the Year.
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