HLS 19RS-3747 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 298
BY REPRESENTATIVE GAINES
COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Southern University baseball team on winning the
2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference Western Division championship
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend the Southern University baseball team upon winning the 2019 Southwestern
3 Athletic Conference Western Division championship.
4 WHEREAS, the Southern University Jaguars baseball team opened the 2019 season
5with a perfect 3-0 record in the Andre Dawson Classic by defeating Florida A&M,
6Grambling State, and Alcorn State; with triumphs over Eastern Illinois, Northwestern State,
7Memphis, Southern University New Orleans, and nationally ranked Louisiana State
8University, the Jaguars's season culminated in the program's first Southwestern Athletic
9Conference (SWAC) Western Division title; the 2019 win over LSU was the first one at
10Southern's home field in the series between the Tigers and the SU Jaguars; and
11 WHEREAS, with a conference record of 17-6 and a first place finish in the Western
12Division, Southern University's Jaguars entered the SWAC tournament at Wesley Barrow
13Stadium as the No. 1 seed; six players were named to All-SWAC teams, four of whom made
14the first team; with a record of 4-0 and seven saves during the regular season, Connor
15Whalen received the Relief Pitcher of the Year Award; and third baseman Tyler LaPorte was
16co-Player of the Year and made the first team All-SWAC; LaPorte also was named by
17Collegiate Baseball to the All American third team; and
18 WHEREAS, in his second season as head coach, Kerrick Jackson guided the
19Southern University baseball team in a remarkable turnaround; the Jaguars went from a total
20of nine wins in 2018 to thirty-two wins in 2019; the team earned its first SWAC Western
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1Division title since 2012, and Coach Jackson was named 2019 SWAC Coach of the Year;
2and
3 WHEREAS, it is appropriate to recognize the well-deserved title the Southern
4University Jaguars have earned; to commend the team for the ability it has displayed,
5particularly at the most difficult level of competition; and to express sincere and heartfelt
6congratulations to the team members and coaching staff for the merits earned and the
7sportsmanship shown while achieving a crowning moment in Southwestern Athletic
8Conference baseball and attaining the highest honor possible for Southern University.
9 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
10Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend and congratulate the athletes and coaches
11of the Southern University Jaguars baseball team upon winning the 2019 Southwestern
12Athletic Conference Western Division championship, capping off a truly spectacular season,
13and does hereby recognize the team's outstanding performance and the pride and honor it has
14brought to its school and community.
15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Head
16Coach Kerrick Jackson.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 298 Original 2019 Regular Session Gaines
Commends the Southern University baseball team on winning the 2019 SWAC Western
Division championship.
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