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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 13
BY SENATORS BOUDREAUX AND CORTEZ AND REPRESENTATIVE PIERRE
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend and congratulate head coach Michael Lotief of the University of Louisiana at
Lafayette softball team upon the occasion of earning the seven hundredth win of his
head coaching career at the school.
WHEREAS, the seven hundredth victory came against the University of Texas at
Corpus Christi on Tuesday March 7, 2017; a milestone Coach Lotief earned during his
sixteen years of head coaching at the school; and
WHEREAS, Coach Lotief is a 1981 graduate of Teurlings Catholic High School in
Lafayette, Louisiana, received his bachelor's degree at the University of Southwestern
Louisiana, now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and his Juris Doctor from Louisiana
State University Law School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1988; and
WHEREAS, Michael Lotief is married to former Ragin' Cajuns softball All
American, Stefni Whitton Lotief, the couple have two children, Chelsea and Andrew, and
Chelsea is currently a redshirt freshman on her dad's roster; and
WHEREAS, Michael Lotief began head coaching duties at the school as a co-head
coach with his wife for two years and was named head coach prior to the 2003 season, a
position in which he continues to serve; and
WHEREAS, in 2016, Coach Lotief was inducted into the Amateur Softball
Association and USA Softball Hall of Fame and he was honored by his coaching peers of
the National Fastpitch Coaches Association with the prestigious Donna Newberry
"Perseverance" award; and
WHEREAS, in 2014 Coach Lotief led the Ragin' Cajuns softball squad to their sixth
Women's College World Series appearance, defeating both the University of Texas and the
University of Arizona teams to earn the right to compete in the tournament in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma; and
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WHEREAS, Michael Lotief has built a solid softball program at the University of
Louisiana at Lafayette and in 2016 he guided the team to a third consecutive national seed
in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament and a regional host site on their
own turf at Lamson Park; and
WHEREAS, the participation in these tournament games in 2016 was the fifth
straight NCAA Regional and NCAA Super Regional appearance and the fifth straight Top
15 finish for Coach Lotief's teams; and
WHEREAS, the current string of five consecutive seasons finishing in the Top 15
is the second-longest streak in program history, trailing only the eight Top 15 finishes
notched by the program from 1990 through 1997; and
WHEREAS, Coach Lotief has led his teams to over forty wins in each season of his
head coaching career, eight seasons with fifty or more victories and a school record sixty
wins in 2004; and
WHEREAS, on the day the Ragin' Cajuns softball team obliged their coach by
handing him his seven hundredth win, the team, playing a doubleheader, added the seven
hundred first victory as well, with a five inning victory over Alcorn State University by a
score of fourteen to four; and
WHEREAS, Coach Lotief has brought success and honor to the Ragin' Cajuns
softball program, although he continues to assign credit for the positive results to a
supportive administration at the school, an outstanding athletic department, loyal fans, and
to the outstanding young women who have come through the program; and
WHEREAS, despite Coach Lotief's humility, the players' position on the ability and
success of their coach is reflected in this quote from Lexie Comeaux, a sophomore on the
team who, as of March 5, 2017, has started every game and was batting a healthy .370, stated
"He's the best coach I've ever played for and the best coach in the country, in my opinion.
He deserves all the praise and glory".
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate head coach Michael Lotief of the University of Louisiana at
Lafayette softball team upon earning the seven hundredth win of his head coaching career
at the school.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Coach Michael Lotief.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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