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2022 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 53
BY SENATOR BERNARD
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Steve Duhon on being inducted into the 2022 class of
the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend Steve Duhon on being inducted into the 2022 class of the Louisiana Sports
3 Hall of Fame.
4 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches, Louisiana, each year
5 collaborates with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in selecting a limited number of
6 sports figures who embody the character, skill, and talent worthy of being named to the Hall
7 of Fame; and
8 WHEREAS, the 2022 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class includes Steve
9 Duhon; and
10 WHEREAS, a native of Opelousas and son of a horse trainer, Steve Duhon was one
11 of seven children raised on his parents' 44-acre farm; and
12 WHEREAS, Steve began his lifelong love of horses and rodeo at a very early age
13 when he began steer wrestling, also known as bulldogging, when he was in the seventh
14 grade; and
15 WHEREAS, Steve was a standout linebacker in the Louisiana Independent School
16 Association at Belmont Academy, earning 1979 and 1980 state defensive most valuable
17 player and 1980 honorable mention All-America recognition; and
18 WHEREAS, Steve also was a 1980 and 1981 state champion steer wrestler and the
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1 1981 national high school reserve champion cowboy; and
2 WHEREAS, Steve played in every LSU football game as a true freshman linebacker
3 in 1981; he ran for 3,305 yards as a fullback and made 148 tackles as a linebacker; and
4 WHEREAS, Steve chose to pursue rodeo and spent one year at Northwestern State
5 on the rodeo team; and
6 WHEREAS, Steve made the decision to pursue rodeo as a profession, and in 1985,
7 he claimed the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA) Resistol Rookie of the
8 Year award; and
9 WHEREAS, Steve won three rodeo world championships as a steer wrestler (1986,
10 1987, and 1993) and qualified for the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) eight times; and
11 WHEREAS, Steve twice won the steer wrestling NFR aggregate title and established
12 a Wrangler NFR record run of 3.0 seconds in 1986; that mark was tied 15 years later in 2001
13 and has yet to be surpassed; and
14 WHEREAS, he is a member of the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame (inducted in 2003) and
15 the National Cowboy Hall of Fame (Class of 2018).
16 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
17 does hereby commend Steve Duhon on being inducted into the 2022 class of the Louisiana
18 Sports Hall of Fame.
19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
20 Steve Duhon.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Kathy Liberty.
DIGEST
SR 53 Original 2022 Regular Session Bernard
Commends Steve Duhon on being inducted into the 2022 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall
of Fame.
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