SLS 19RS-2056 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 126
BY SENATOR PEACOCK
COMMENDATIONS. Commends the United States Women's National Volleyball Team
and welcomes them to the Team USA FIVB Volleyball Qualification Tournament to be held
in Shreveport.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend the United States Women's National Volleyball Team as it competes in the
3 Team USA FIVB Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament for
4 the 2020 Olympic Games and welcomes them to the CenturyLink Center in
5 Shreveport in August, 2019.
6 WHEREAS, the USA Women's Volleyball Team, ranked third in the world, will
7 compete against teams from Argentina, Bulgaria, and Kazakhstan in round-robin play with
8 the winner earning a berth in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games; and
9 WHEREAS, this is the first occurrence when the United States has been granted
10 home-court advantage by the international federation that shall result in thousands of
11 American fans cheering Team USA at the most important volleyball Olympic qualifier in
12 the United States; and
13 WHEREAS, the CenturyLink Center will host the competitions from August 2
14 through August 4, 2019, and all three USA matches will be broadcast live on the NBC
15 Sports Network and the Olympic Channel, an internet television service; and
16 WHEREAS, the Shreveport-Bossier City Sports Commission, in cooperation with
17 local officials, the Caddo Parish Commission, and the Bossier Parish Police Jury,
18 coordinated efforts along with the USA Volleyball organization to make this tournament
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1 location possible; and
2 WHEREAS, with each nation only being allowed to participate in two tournaments
3 to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games, this qualifier in Shreveport-Bossier City will play
4 a critical role for Team USA hopefuls to compete in Tokyo, Japan; and
5 WHEREAS, the USA Women's National Volleyball Team is a member of the
6 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the global governing body of the sport; and
7 WHEREAS, Head Coach Karch Kiraly compiled a preliminary roster of thirty
8 players that include Lauren Carlini, Micha Hancock, Carli Lloyd, Jordyn Poulter, Tita Akiu,
9 Megan Courtney, Mary Lake, Justine Wong-Orantes, Rachael Adams, Tori Dixon,
10 Lauren Gibbemeyer, Chiaka Ogbogu, Dana Rettke, Hannah Tapp, Paige Tapp,
11 Haleigh Washington, Michelle Bartsch-Hackley, Mikaela Foecke, Kim Hill, Madi Kingdon
12 Rishel, Jordan Larson, Simone Lee, Kelsey Robinson, Kadie Rolfzen, Sarah Wilhite Parsons,
13 Danielle Cuttino, Annie Drews, Karsta Lowe, Krystal Rivers, and Jordan Thompson; and
14 WHEREAS, the USA is the only country to have medaled in each of the last three
15 Olympic Games in women's indoor volleyball having won silver in 2008 and 2012 followed
16 by winning bronze in 2016; and
17 WHEREAS, the state of Louisiana has produced an Olympic volleyball champion,
18 Danielle Scott, a Baton Rouge native and graduate of Woodlawn High School who is the
19 single female player to compete in five Olympic games for indoor volleyball having earned
20 silver medals in 2008 and 2012; she has been inducted into the Louisiana High School
21 Athletic Association Hall of Fame and into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.
22 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
23 commend the United States Women's National Volleyball Team as they compete in the
24 Team USA FIVB Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament.
25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
26 welcome the USA Women's National Volleyball Team, its fans, and competitors to
27 experience the hospitality of the Shreveport-Bossier region in Northwest Louisiana.
28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
29 Honorable Lorenz Walker, mayor of Bossier City; the Honorable Adrian Perkins, mayor of
30 the city of Shreveport; Mr. Kelly Wells, executive director of the Shreveport-Bossier Sports
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1 Commission; Stormy Gage-Watts, president of the Caddo Parish Commission; and
2 Doug Rimmer, president of the Bossier Parish Police Jury.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Suzi Montague.
DIGEST
SCR 126 Original 2019 Regular Session Peacock
Commends the USA Women's National Volleyball Team and welcomes them to the Team
USA FIVB Qualification Tournament for the 2020 Olympics held in Shreveport in August
2019.
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