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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 65
BY SENATORS LONG AND RISER
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Marie Gagnard on being named to the 2019 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
WHEREAS, Marie Gagnard, an Alexandria native and the first Louisianian to
become a professional tennis umpire, is the 2019 winner of the Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports
Leadership Award presented by the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame; and
WHEREAS, seventeen people previously have been presented the Dave Dixon
Louisiana Sports Leadership Award since its inception in 2005; and
WHEREAS, Marie Gagnard is a graduate of Alexandria's Bolton High School and
Louisiana College in Pineville; and
WHEREAS, Marie Gagnard was the first ever tennis scholarship recipient at
Louisiana College; and
WHEREAS, she is a member of the Wildcat Athletic Association Hall of Fame and
has been a professional tennis official for nearly four decades; and
WHEREAS, Marie Gagnard, a Lafayette resident, became the first Louisiana official
to work a Grand Slam final in 2010 as a line judge during the U.S. Open women's final; and
WHEREAS, her involvement at the U.S. national championship is nearing thirty
years in spite of the fact that, until 2012, she was not a full-time official, unlike most of her
colleagues; and
WHEREAS; Marie Gagnard has worked one U.S. men's singles final (2012) and six
U.S. women's singles finals, along with several doubles and mixed doubles finals; and
WHEREAS, notably, Marie Gagnard worked the fiery Naomi Osaka/Serena
Williams championship match at the 2018 Open; and
WHEREAS, she was the first Louisiana resident to officiate at the Davis Cup (2006),
world men's national team competition and the Federation Cup (2007), the women's
equivalent; and
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WHEREAS, Marie Gagnard worked the Davis Cup in 2018, 2012, and 2009, and got
her start in that prestigious international event with a 2006 match between the United States
and Chile; and
WHEREAS, she also worked three Federation Cup matches, two in 2007 and one in
2008; and
WHEREAS, Marie Gagnard was part of two state championship tennis teams at
different competitive levels – 7.5 and 8.5 – in 2009.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend Marie Gagnard on being named to the 2019 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Marie Gagnard.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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