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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 91
BY SENATOR PRICE
A RESOLUTION
To commend the Grambling State University Tigers women's basketball team, head coach,
assistant coaches, athletic director, and university president for their outstanding
2017-2018 season.
WHEREAS, the Grambling State University Tigers women's basketball team
finished the season with a record of nineteen wins and advanced to the NCAA Division I
Women's Basketball Championship after performing at high levels of excellence; and
WHEREAS, Grambling State made its first appearance in the NCAA Division I
Women's Basketball Championship for the first time in nearly twenty years; and
WHEREAS, the Lady Tigers won the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)
Women's Basketball Tournament championship; and
WHEREAS, Grambling State secured the No. 3 seed in the SWAC Tourney and
received the SWAC's automatic berth to the 2018 NCAA Division I Basketball
Championship; and
WHEREAS, the Lady Tigers were led by junior Shakyla Hill, senior Monisha Neal,
junior Jazmin Boyd, and freshman Justice Coleman, who have each contributed greatly to
the success of the Grambling State University Tigers women's basketball team along with
other team members Takerra Parsons, Kailyn Gideon, Hannah Henderson, Darae Taylor,
Alexus Williams, and Ariel Williams; and
WHEREAS, the exemplary accomplishments of the Lady Tigers could not have been
achieved without the guidance and skills of their Head Coach Freddie Murray, assistant
coaches Isayra Diaz and David Pierre, Director of Basketball Operations Eumarcus Hicks,
Athletics Director Paul Bryant, and the honorable President Richard J. Gallot Jr all of whom
have demonstrated the kind of leadership, vision, and motivational skills needed to produce
champion achievement both on the basketball court and in life; and
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WHEREAS, the Lady Tigers captured an impressive 72-68 victory over Southern
University, which included the Lady Tigers pulling through to capture the win; and
WHEREAS, the Lady Tigers traveled to Waco, Texas, for the NCAA Division I
Women's Basketball Championship; and
WHEREAS, in the first-round of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball
Championship, the Lady Tigers maintained the highest level of sportsmanship and displayed
great character; the first-round game ended with incredible effort as they faced the number
two seed in the NCAA Women's Basketball Division I Basketball Championship; and
WHEREAS, the talents and determination of the Grambling State University Tigers
women's basketball team provided its fans with exciting basketball competition; and
WHEREAS, the members and coaches of the Grambling State University women's
basketball team merit a sincere measure of commendation for their remarkable athletic feats
and for the honor they have brought to Grambling State University.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend the members of the Grambling State University Tigers women's
basketball team, their Head Coach Freddie Murray, assistant coaches Isayra Diaz and
David Pierre, Director of Basketball Operations Eumarcus Hicks, Athletics Director
Paul Bryant, and the honorable President Richard J. Gallot Jr. for their outstanding
achievements during the 2017-2018 season, which included competing in the NCAA
Division I Women's Basketball Championship, and does hereby extend enduring
appreciation for the tremendous pride they have brought to the University of Louisiana
System, Grambling State University, the community, and the state of Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Head Coach Freddie Murray.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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