HLS 21RS-3431 ORIGINAL 2021 Regular Session HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 143 BY REPRESENTATIVES CREWS, HORTON, JENKINS, MCCORMICK, MCMAHEN, AND PRESSLY COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Bossier Parish Community College softball team on winning the National Junior College Athletic Association 2021 Division I Region XIV East Conference championship 1 A RESOLUTION 2To commend the Bossier Parish Community College softball team on winning the National 3 Junior College Athletic Association 2021 Division I Region XIV East Conference 4 championship. 5 WHEREAS, the Lady Cavalier softball team from Bossier Parish Community 6College had a record-setting 2020-2021 season; the team finished with a program single- 7season record forty-six wins and boasted a program-best conference record of twenty-three 8wins and one loss; the team also set the program record with a twenty-one game win streak 9and finished undefeated at home with a record of twenty-two wins and zero losses; and 10 WHEREAS, for the first time in program history, the Lady Cavalier softball team 11finished as runner-up at the NJCAA Division I Region XIV Regional Tournament; and 12 WHEREAS, Lady Cavalier pitcher Primrose Aholelei pitched a perfect game and 13was named NJCAA Division I National Pitcher of the Week for her performance; and 14 WHEREAS, the team also had four LSWA Player of the Week selections: Mabry 15Smith, Dyllan Sanay, Kiana Pogroszewski, and Uchenna Jong Loy; and 16 WHEREAS, Lady Cavalier Head Coach Amanda Nordberg earned her two- 17hundredth career victory during the season; and Page 1 of 2 HLS 21RS-3431 ORIGINAL HR NO. 143 1 WHEREAS, the Lady Cavaliers hit a team-record one hundred six home runs; they 2also set the NJCAA record for most home runs in an inning with six; the pitching staff 3combined for a program-best four hundred four strikeouts, and on the offensive side, the 4team also hit a program-record four hundred sixty-four RBIs; and 5 WHEREAS, numerous members of the team also set program records throughout the 6season; Kennedy Cox set the single-season record for triples in a season; Mabry Smith set 7the single-game strikeout record with fourteen; Uchenna Jong Loy tied the single-season 8record for hits with eighty-eight and also had the team's highest batting average; and 9 WHEREAS, the Lady Cavaliers finished the season at number eight in the NJCAA 10Division I National Rankings, and the team also set a program record by ranking among the 11top twenty NJCAA Division I teams each week of the season; and 12 WHEREAS, the members of the Bossier Parish Community College Lady Cavalier 13softball team are most deserving of the highest recognition for their incredible, record-setting 14season. 15 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the 16Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Bossier Parish Community College 17softball team on winning the National Junior College Athletic Association 2021 Division I 18Region XIV East Conference championship; does hereby recognize the incredible individual 19and team performances of the Lady Cavaliers throughout the 2020-2021 season; and does 20hereby extend sincere wishes for the team's continued success. 21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the 22chancellor of Bossier Parish Community College. DIGEST The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HR 143 Original 2021 Regular Session Crews Commends the Bossier Parish Community College softball team on winning the National Junior College Athletic Assoc. 2021 Division I Region XIV East Conference championship. Page 2 of 2