SLS 18RS-2673 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 119
BY SENATOR LONG
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Paul Mainieri on the 1,400
th
victory of his college
baseball coaching career.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend Paul Mainieri on the 1,400th victory of his college baseball coaching career.
3 WHEREAS, Paul Mainieri has established himself as one of the most successful and
4 distinguished coaches in college baseball history; and
5 WHEREAS, his successful career in baseball first began while in college, where he
6 played for one season with Louisiana State University, one year with the Miami-Dade North
7 Community College before transferring to the University of New Orleans, where he played
8 for two years and helped the team with two Sun Belt Conferences; and
9 WHEREAS, after two years as a minor league player for the Niagra Falls Pirates,
10 Paul Mainieri began his distinguished coaching career, and over the years has led the St.
11 Thomas University Bobcats, the United States Air Force Academy, and the Notre Dame
12 Fighting Irish; and
13 WHEREAS, since 2007, he has served as head coach of the Louisiana State
14 University Tigers baseball team, racking up a National Collegiate Athletic Association
15 championship, four Southeast Conference championships, has been named the National
16 College Baseball Writers Association Coach of the Year, Baseball America Coach of the
17 Year, Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year, and twice has been named Southeast
18 Conference Coach of the Year, among many other awards and accolades; and
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1 WHEREAS, on April 15, 2018, he became only the thirteenth coach in the history
2 of Division I baseball to have accumulated 1,400 wins when he led the LSU Tigers to victory
3 over the University of Tennessee Volunteers baseball team; and
4 WHEREAS, this triumph is just one of many that has made Coach Mainieri an
5 inspiration to his team, the people of Louisiana, and a legend in baseball history.
6 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
7 does hereby commend and congratulate Coach Paul Mainieri on his 1,400th victory of his
8 college baseball coaching career.
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Paul
10 Mainieri.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
SR 119 Original 2018 Regular Session Long
Commends Paul Mainieri on the 1,400th victory of his career as a college baseball coach.
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