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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 43
BY SENATORS BERNARD, ABRAHAM, ALLAIN, BARROW, BOUDREAUX, BOUIE,
CARTER, CATHEY, CLOUD, CONNICK, CORTEZ, FIELDS,
HARRIS, HENRY, HEWITT, JACKSON, JOHNS, LAMBERT,
LUNEAU, MCMATH, MILLIGAN, FRED MILLS, ROBERT MILLS,
MIZELL, PEACOCK, POPE, PRICE, REESE, SMITH, TALBOT,
TARVER, WARD AND WOMACK
A RESOLUTION
To commend Kerry Kittles on being named to the 2020 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, Kerry Kittles was born on June 12, 1974, in Dayton, Ohio, and became
a highly recruited six-foot six-inch shooting guard out of St. Augustine High School in New
Orleans, Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Kittles led the St. Augustine Purple Knights to a 66-5 record in his
final two prep seasons from 1989 to 1991, reaching the state finals as a junior and winning
it as a senior, scoring 22.5 points per game; and
WHEREAS, he was a high-scoring guard with the Villanova University Wildcats and
played eight years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1997 to 2005 as a
first-round, and number eight overall pick of the New Jersey Nets in 1996; and
WHEREAS, as a Wildcat he set fifteen school records topped by his two thousand
two hundred forty-three career points as he averaged 18.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 3.3
assists in four seasons from 1993 to 1996 while shooting 47.8 percent from the field in one
hundred twenty-two games; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Kittles was the Big East Player of the Year as a junior in 1995,
averaging 21.4 points while shooting 52.4 percent from field, 6.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and
2.2 steals, leading the Wildcats to their first Big East Tournament crown; and
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WHEREAS, he was a consensus second-team All-American in 1995, a first-teamer
in 1996 as a senior, and led the Big East in steals in 1994 with eighty-seven; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Kittles remains ranked seventh all-time in Big East history in
scoring and fifth when he graduated, fifth in field goals with eight hundred twenty-one, ninth
in 3-point field-goal percentage with 39.4 percent, and ninth in steals with two hundred
seventy-seven; and
WHEREAS, he played in five hundred seven games with four hundred fifty-five
starts and posted career averages of 14.1 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.6 steals per
game in seven seasons with the New Jersey Nets and one season with the Los Angeles
Clippers; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Kittles averaged at least 12.9 points per game every year until
injuries limited him to eleven games in his final season; and
WHEREAS, after being a second-team All-Rookie pick in 1997 when he set an NBA
rookie record with one hundred fifty-eight 3-pointers and averaged 16.4 points and 3.9
rebounds, he had his best pro season statistically in 1998 with career highs of 17.2 points and
4.7 rebounds; and
WHEREAS, he also averaged 12.3 points and 3.6 rebounds in starting all fifty-four
playoff games he played, helping the Nets to the NBA Finals in 2002 and 2003; and
WHEREAS, the successful career of Kerry Kittles has rightly earned him a place
among the many greats in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate Kerry Kittles on being named to the 2020 Louisiana
Sports Hall of Fame induction class.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Kerry Kittles.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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