2019 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 54
BY SENATOR HENSGENS
A RESOLUTION
To commend Joe Cormier III upon his 2019 induction into the International Babe Ruth Hall
of Fame and for his many achievements in youth baseball.
WHEREAS, a love of sports led seven-year-old Joe Cormier to minor league
baseball, where he played two years; in 1960, Joe moved up to little league baseball, which
served as a springboard to Babe Ruth baseball; in three years, from 1963 to 1965, Joe played
on two Babe Ruth league championship winning teams and tied for the championship in his
final season of play; and
WHEREAS, in 1974, Joe served on the stadium committee for the Babe Ruth World
Series, the first world series hosted in Louisiana; played in Abbeville, the series broke
attendance records and was the first one to make a profit for the Babe Ruth league; and
WHEREAS, in the twenty years from 1975 to 1995, Joe Cormier coached
15-year-olds in Abbeville, was named assistant coach for the first Louisiana Babe Ruth
13-year-olds state tournament, served as president for the A. A. Comeaux Babe Ruth League
in Abbeville for five years and was inducted into the A. A. Comeaux Vermilion Youth Hall
of Fame for Babe Ruth Baseball; he was also Louisiana Assistant District 3 commissioner,
coached 10-year-olds in the Abbeville Bambino League, was manager of the 10-year-old
Louisiana Bambino and the Southwest Regional runner-up teams, served as assistant director
for the 15-year-olds state tournament, and was named financial director for the Cal Ripken
World Series in Abbeville after he raised $100,000 in three years for the renovation of Ralph
Sellers Field; and
WHEREAS, Joe is a member of the national Babe Ruth World Series task force and
the Babe Ruth Golden Alumni Club, chairman of the Babe Ruth Southwest Region Hall of
Fame committee, commissioner of the 13-to-15-year-olds division of the Southwest Region,
Page 1 of 3 SR NO. 54 ENROLLED
and a member of the national Babe Ruth Alumni Association, from which he received the
Golden Bat Award as the top fundraiser in the Southwest Region; he is a member of the
Capital Building Committee; in 2013, Joe established the Louisiana Babe Ruth Hall of
Fame, and since 2014, Chevron Corporation has donated $1,000 annually to Babe Ruth,
Incorporated, in the name of Joe Cormier in recognition of his many years of volunteerism
to the organization; and
WHEREAS, in January 2015, Joe Cormier was inducted into the Louisiana Babe
Ruth Hall of Fame; in April 2015, he was inducted into the Babe Ruth Southwest Region
Hall of Fame and was appointed national vice chairman of the Babe Ruth League Alumni
Association, national chairman of its fundraising development committee, and is a member
of its steering committee with responsibilities for the management and monitoring of
long-term plans and investment projects for the association; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of forty-one years of exemplary service to Babe Ruth,
Incorporated, Joe Cormier III was inducted in February 2019 into the International Babe
Ruth Hall of Fame; he has been named director of the 14-year-olds Southwest Regional
Tournament in Eagle Pass, Texas, which will be played in July 2019, and has been appointed
director of the 2nd Annual Cal Ripken Invitational Tournament in Jansen Beach, Florida,
in August 2019; Joe has ushered more than three thousand children into the world of
baseball and softball in Houma, more than three hundred fifty in St. Francisville, and more
than four hundred in Ascension Parish; and
WHEREAS, Joe Cormier III has dedicated much of his life to introducing and
fostering young athletes in the American favorite pastime of baseball; he believes the heart
of a volunteer is not measured in size, but in the depth of his commitment to making a
difference in the lives of others; it is fitting to recognize his volunteer heart and to herald his
outstanding accomplishments and contributions to Louisiana and to the Southwest Region
of Babe Ruth League, Incorporated.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Joe Cormier III for his outstanding work in youth sports and his
unwavering dedication to Babe Ruth baseball and does hereby express enduring pride at his
induction into the International Babe Ruth Hall of Fame.
Page 2 of 3 SR NO. 54 ENROLLED
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Joe Cormier III.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
Page 3 of 3