HLS 23RS-918 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 20
BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHEXNAYDER, ADAMS, AMEDEE, BACALA, BAGLEY,
BEAULLIEU, BISHOP, BOURRIAQUE, BOYD, BRASS, BROWN, BRYANT,
BUTLER, CARPENTER, CARRIER, ROBBY CARTER, WILFORD CARTER,
CORMIER, COUSSAN, COX, CREWS, DAVIS, DESHOTEL, DEVILLIER,
DUBUISSON, ECHOLS, EDMONDS, EDMONSTON, EMERSON, FARNUM,
FIRMENT, FISHER, FONTENOT, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, FRIEMAN,
GADBERRY, GAINES, GAROFALO, GEYMANN, GLOVER, GOUDEAU,
GREEN, HARRIS, HILFERTY, HODGES, HOLLIS, HORTON, HUGHES,
HUVAL, ILLG, IVEY, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, MIKE JOHNSON, TRAVIS
JOHNSON, JORDAN, KERNER, KNOX, LACOMBE, LAFLEUR, LANDRY,
LARVADAIN, LYONS, MACK, MAGEE, MARCELLE, MARINO,
MCCORMICK, MCFARLAND, MCKNIGHT, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, DUSTIN
MILLER, GREGORY MILLER, MINCEY, MOORE, MUSCARELLO, NELSON,
NEWELL, ORGERON, CHARLES OWEN, ROBERT OWEN, PHELPS, PIERRE,
PRESSLY, RISER, ROMERO, SCHAMERHORN, SCHLEGEL, SEABAUGH,
SELDERS, ST. BLANC, STAGNI, STEFANSKI, TARVER, THOMAS,
THOMPSON, TURNER, VILLIO, WHEAT, WHITE, WILLARD, WRIGHT, AND
ZERINGUE
COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Louisiana State University women's basketball team
on winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women's
basketball championship
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To commend the Louisiana State University women's basketball team on winning the 2023
3 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women's basketball
4 championship.
5 WHEREAS, the 2022-2023 Louisiana State University Tigers women's basketball
6team capped off a historic season in a dominating fashion by defeating the University of
7Iowa Hawkeyes, 102-85, in the championship game on April 2, 2023; the victory gives LSU
8its first-ever national championship in women's basketball; and
9 WHEREAS, for the second consecutive season, the Tigers were led by Coach Kim
10Mulkey, a Louisiana native and 2020 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee;
11in addition to Coach Mulkey, LSU also leaned on unanimous first-team All-American Angel
12Reese, who posted fifteen points, ten rebounds, and five assists in the championship game;
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1Reese was also named the 2023 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player and set the
2NCAA single-season record with thirty-four double-doubles; and
3 WHEREAS, the Tigers finished the 2022-2023 season with thirty-four total wins and
4only two losses; the team also finished the season with a Southeastern Conference record of
5fifteen wins and one loss; they entered the 2023 NCAA women's tournament seeded third
6in the Greenville Regional 2; on the road to the championship game, the Tigers also
7collected the program's first Final Four victory during their championship run; and
8 WHEREAS, the members of the 2023 National Champion LSU Tigers women's
9basketball team are LaDazhia Williams, Jasmine Carson, Flau'jae Johnson, Sa'Myah Smith,
10Angel Reese, Emily Ward, Last-Tear Poa, Izzy Besselman, Alisa Williams, Hannah Gusters,
11Amani Bartlett, Alexis Morris, and Kateri Poole; the LSU coaches are head coach Kim
12Mulkey and assistant coaches Bob Starkey, Daphne Mitchell, and Gary Redus II; and
13 WHEREAS, the 2022-2023 Louisiana State University Tigers women's basketball
14team are most deserving of the highest recognition for its unprecedented, national
15championship season.
16 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
17commend the Louisiana State University women's basketball team on winning the 2023
18National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women's basketball championship and
19does hereby extend sincerest wishes that the players and coaches continue their incredible
20work and always strive for greatness.
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)]
HCR 20 Original 2023 Regular Session Schexnayder
Commends the La. State University women's basketball team on winning the 2023 National
Collegiate Athletic Assoc. Div. I women's basketball championship.
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