ENROLLED 2021 Regular Session HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 143 BY REPRESENTATIVES CREWS, HORTON, JENKINS, MCCORMICK, MCMAHEN, AND PRESSLY A RESOLUTION To commend the Bossier Parish Community College softball team on winning the National Junior College Athletic Association 2021 Division I Region XIV East Conference championship. WHEREAS, the Lady Cavalier softball team from Bossier Parish Community College had a record-setting 2020-2021 season; the team finished with a program single- season record forty-six wins and boasted a program-best conference record of twenty-three wins and one loss; the team also set the program record with a twenty-one game win streak and finished undefeated at home with a record of twenty-two wins and zero losses; and WHEREAS, for the first time in program history, the Lady Cavalier softball team finished as runner-up at the NJCAA Division I Region XIV Regional Tournament; and WHEREAS, Lady Cavalier pitcher Primrose Aholelei pitched a perfect game and was named NJCAA Division I National Pitcher of the Week for her performance; and WHEREAS, the team also had four LSWA Player of the Week selections: Mabry Smith, Dyllan Sanay, Kiana Pogroszewski, and Uchenna Jong Loy; and WHEREAS, Lady Cavalier Head Coach Amanda Nordberg earned her two- hundredth career victory during the season; and WHEREAS, the Lady Cavaliers hit a team-record one hundred six home runs; they also set the NJCAA record for most home runs in an inning with six; the pitching staff combined for a program-best four hundred four strikeouts, and on the offensive side, the team also hit a program-record four hundred sixty-four RBIs; and Page 1 of 2 HR NO. 143 ENROLLED WHEREAS, numerous members of the team also set program records throughout the season; Kennedy Cox set the single-season record for triples in a season; Mabry Smith set the single-game strikeout record with fourteen; Uchenna Jong Loy tied the single-season record for hits with eighty-eight and also had the team's highest batting average; and WHEREAS, the Lady Cavaliers finished the season at number eight in the NJCAA Division I National Rankings, and the team also set a program record by ranking among the top twenty NJCAA Division I teams each week of the season; and WHEREAS, the members of the Bossier Parish Community College Lady Cavalier softball team are most deserving of the highest recognition for their incredible, record-setting season. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Bossier Parish Community College softball team on winning the National Junior College Athletic Association 2021 Division I Region XIV East Conference championship; does hereby recognize the incredible individual and team performances of the Lady Cavaliers throughout the 2020-2021 season; and does hereby extend sincere wishes for the team's continued success. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the chancellor of Bossier Parish Community College. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Page 2 of 2