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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 62
BY SENATORS LONG AND RISER
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend and congratulate Philip Timothy on being selected for the 2019 Distinguished
Service Award in Sports Journalism and on being named to the 2019 Louisiana
Sports Hall of Fame.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches, Louisiana, each year
collaborates with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in selecting a limited number of
sports figures who embody the character, skill, and talent worthy of being named to the hall
of fame; and
WHEREAS, the Distinguished Service Award is the most prestigious honor offered
to sports media in the state and recipients are carefully chosen after an extensive deliberation
by a thirty-member expert panel based on their professional accomplishments in local, state,
regional, and national arenas; and
WHEREAS, the inspirational Philip Timothy is a recipient of the 2019 Distinguished
Service Award in Sports Journalism and a member of the 2019 Louisiana Sports Hall of
Fame Induction Class; and
WHEREAS, after graduating from Tioga High School, Philip Timothy began his
career covering youth and high school sports while enrolled as a sophomore at Northwestern
State University; and
WHEREAS, he spent the early part of his career at many small weekly papers, where
he not only wrote stories and took photos but also laid out the sports section and even
delivered newspapers; and
WHEREAS, his dedication and versatility caught the attention of several larger area
newspapers and he rose from a sports writer to executive sports director for the Lafayette
Daily Advertiser, assistant sports editor at the Alexandria Town Talk, outdoor editor for
Gannett's statewide GOoutdoors and Louisiana Hunt & Fish, and editor of Gannett's niche
products; and
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WHEREAS, he has served as an inspiration and mentor to dozens of current and
former sports writers and was greatly influential in the early stages of developing the
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Museum; and
WHEREAS, Philip Timothy has won more than 80 national, regional, and state
awards and more than 65 Louisiana Sports Writers Association awards; and
WHEREAS, his extensive career also earned him the 2004 Louisiana Wildlife
Federation Communicator of the Year Award, the 2005 Louisiana High School Athletic
Association Prep Journalism Award, and a special honor from the Louisiana High School
Athletic Association/Louisiana High School Coaches Association; and
WHEREAS, for the past 13 years, while working for the statewide Baptist Message,
Philip Timothy has still found time to cover central Louisiana sports as a freelance writer;
and
WHEREAS, Philip Timothy's inspirational career has rightly earned him the 2019
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 Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate Philip Timothy for receiving the 2019 Distinguished Service
Award in Sports Journalism and for being named to the 2019 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
Induction Class.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Philip Timothy.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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