2018 Second Extraordinary Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 31
BY SENATOR LONG
A RESOLUTION
To commend and congratulate Scooter Hobbs for receiving the 2018 Distinguished Service
Award in Sports Journalism and on being named to the 2018 Louisiana Sports Hall
of Fame Induction Class.
WHEREAS, the Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism is the most
prestigious honor offered to sports media in Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, inductees are carefully chosen after an extensive deliberation by a
thirty-five member expert panel of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (LSHOF) selection
committee based on their professional accomplishments in local, state, regional, and national
arenas; and
WHEREAS, Scooter Hobbs, a Springhill native, is one of the most decorated
sportswriters in state history, collecting nearly 200 LSWA writing awards in the
organization's annual contest while also claiming a couple of national honors from the
Associated Press Sports Editors; and
WHEREAS, a colorful writer and personality, Scooter Hobbs has been entertaining
and informing sports fans at the Lake Charles American Press (LCAP)since graduating from
LSU in 1979, particularly for his insightful coverage of LSU sports; and
WHEREAS, he has also been a statewide columnist with the LSU fan publication,
Tiger Rag; and
WHEREAS, Hobbs was hired by LSHOF member/2015 DSA winner Bobby Dower,
succeeded Dower as LCAP sports editor in 1992 and has retained that role since and, in
recent years, he has also co-hosted a weekly sports talk cable television show in the Lake
Charles market; and
WHEREAS, his astounding career totals in LSWA writing contests are 87 firsts, 51
seconds, and 35 thirds; he has won LSWA Sportswriter of the Year five times (2003, 2004,
2008, 2010, 2013), been Columnist of the Year eight times (1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009,
2012, 2014, 2015), and won the Mac Russo Award in 2009; and
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WHEREAS, in the Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press writing contests he has
16 wins, six seconds, and five thirds; Hobbs also has captured third and fourth places in the
APSE national competitions with sporadic entries through his career; and
WHEREAS, a former LSWA president, Hobbs has been a member of the Hall of
Fame selection committee since the early 1980s and has also demonstrated an eye for talent
with his hires at LCAP; and
WHEREAS, the long and successful career of Scooter Hobbs has rightly earned him
the 2018 Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism and a place among the many
greats in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate Scooter Hobbs for receiving the 2018 Distinguished
Service Award in Sports Journalism and for being named to the 2018 Louisiana Sports Hall
of Fame Induction Class.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Scooter Hobbs.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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