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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 95
BY SENATOR LONG
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Jim Hightower on being named to the 2016 Louisiana
Sports Hall of Fame.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend Jim Hightower on being named to the 2016 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
3 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches, Louisiana, each year
4 collaborates with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in selecting a limited number of
5 sports figures who embody the character, skill, and talents worthy of being named to the hall
6 of fame; and
7 WHEREAS, the 2016 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class includes Coach
8 Jim Hightower; and
9 WHEREAS, originally a California native, Jim Hightower played football for
10 Cal-Davis and worked for NASA in the 1960s, where he developed math and technical skills
11 to help shape his career as an educator and coach; and
12 WHEREAS, his coaching career began at Catholic High of Pointe Coupee, where he
13 led both the football and baseball teams to state championships; and
14 WHEREAS, he was appointed coach of St. Thomas More High School in Baton
15 Rouge, Louisiana, where he has become the second most winning coach in Louisiana
16 history, with three hundred and seventy-nine career victories and has never had a losing
17 season; and
18 WHEREAS, on the field he has generated twenty-seven straight playoffs at St.
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1 Thomas More, in addition to thirteen district championships; and
2 WHEREAS, the successful coaching career of Jim Hightower has rightly earned him
3 a place among the many greats in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
4 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
5 commend and congratulate Jim Hightower on being named to the 2016 Louisiana Sports
6 Hall of Fame Induction Class.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Jim
8 Hightower.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
SCR 95 Original 2016 Regular Session Long
Commends Jim Hightower on being named to the 2016 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
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