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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 80
BY SENATOR LONG
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Roger Cador on being named to the 2019 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
induction class.
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 talents worthy of being named to the hall
of fame; and
WHEREAS, Roger Cador played baseball and basketball at Southern University in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, leading the Jaguars in hitting in his junior season at .393; and
WHEREAS, he was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the tenth round of the 1973
Major League Baseball Draft and played five seasons with the Braves organization, reaching
Class-AAA in his final season of 1977 as an outfielder; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Cador returned to Southern University in 1978 as an assistant
baseball coach, moved to assistant basketball coach of the Jaguars in 1980, and remained in
that position for four seasons before earning the head coaching job of the baseball team in
1985; and
WHEREAS, his accomplishments include conference championships, thirteen
Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Coach of the Year awards, National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA) regional appearances, and three NCAA play-in appearances;
and
WHEREAS, Mr. Cador has also produced thirty-five players who played
professional sports or became coaches, umpires, or scouts, including twenty-three players
drafted from 2001 to 2004; and
WHEREAS, he completed his career at Southern University with fourteen SWAC
titles, eleven NCAA tournament appearances, and two black national titles in 2003 and
2005; and
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WHEREAS, Mr. Cador also holds the distinctions of having coached the first Golden
Spikes Award winner to have played at a predominantly black school, Rickie Weeks Jr., in
2003, and the first NCAA Division I tournament game win by a black school; and
WHEREAS, the successful career of Roger Cador has rightly earned him 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 Roger Cador on 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
Roger Cador.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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