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2019 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 107
BY SENATOR CORTEZ
COMMENDATIONS. Commends the Ascension Episcopal High School Blue Gators girls'
tennis team from Youngsville, Louisiana on winning the Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA
Division IV State Tennis Championship.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend the Ascension Episcopal High School girls' tennis team on winning the 2019
3 Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Girls Tennis State Championship-Division IV.
4 WHEREAS, it is with great pride that the citizens and the Senate of the Legislature
5 of Louisiana have learned of the great honor earned by the Ascension Episcopal High School
6 Blue Gators girls' tennis team from Youngsville, Louisiana, who won the Allstate Sugar
7 Bowl/LHSAA Division IV State Tennis Championship on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at
8 ULM's Heard Stadium in Monroe; and
9 WHEREAS, the Ascension Episcopal High School Blue Gators girls' tennis team
10 capped a stellar 2018-2019 season, winning the state championship by earning twice as
11 many points (13) as the team runner-up, Christ Episcopal School; and
12 WHEREAS, this year's path to the championship game started years ago with the
13 Blue Gators girls' tennis team winning the regional tournament for the past six years in a
14 row, including this year's tournament, with five undefeated seasons including this
15 phenomenal 2019 season; they were the state runners-up in 2015; and won the state
16 championship in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and now again in 2019; and
17 WHEREAS, not only did the Blue Gators take home the team state championship
18 trophy, junior Alyse Cormier took home the girls' state singles championship trophy for the
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1 fourth time including her seventh, ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade years, Sophia Boatright
2 and Emmie Gage were also the double champions, and Ashleigh Burgess earned the LHSAA
3 All-Academic honor award for maintaining a 4.0 average all four years of high school; and
4 WHEREAS, this is the fifth state championship for seniors Catherine Anderson,
5 Sophia Boatright, and Ashleigh Burgess, all who started competing in middle school; and
6 WHEREAS, seniors Catherine Anderson, Sophia Boatright, Ashleigh Burgess,
7 Alaina Hardy, Ashlee Sandridge, and juniors Alyse Cormier and Emmie Gage, and freshman
8 Grace Fontenot were all vital members of this extraordinary winning team and all deserve
9 to be individually commended; and
10 WHEREAS, the members of this team performed at the highest levels of excellence
11 throughout their winning season, and each Blue Gator deserves recognition and honor for
12 her vital contribution to this winning effort; and
13 WHEREAS, Head Coach Stacy Boatright has instilled an ethic of winning in these
14 young athletes and has demonstrated leadership and motivational skills that have led to
15 success both on and off the court for the team; and
16 WHEREAS, it is appropriate to recognize the well-deserved title the Blue Gators
17 have earned; to commend the team for the ability they have displayed, particularly at the
18 most difficult level of competition; and to express sincere and heartfelt congratulations to
19 the team members, coaching staff, and support staff for the championship earned and the
20 sportsmanship shown while achieving the highest state Division IV girls' tennis honor
21 possible for Ascension Episcopal High School.
22 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of Legislature of Louisiana does
23 hereby commend the Ascension Episcopal High School girls' tennis team on winning the
24 2019 Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Girls Tennis State Championship-Division IV.
25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Head
26 Coach Stacey Boatright and Athletic Director Eric Mouton at Ascension Episcopal School.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Tammy Crain Waldrop.
DIGEST
SR 107 Original 2019 Regular Session Cortez
Commends the Ascension Episcopal High School Girls' tennis team on winning the 2019
Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Girls Tennis State Championship - Division IV.
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