ENROLLED 2023 Regular Session HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 108 BY REPRESENTATIVE CARRIER A RESOLUTION To commend the Oakdale High School Lady Warriors basketball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Division IV Non-Select state championship. WHEREAS, the Oakdale High School Lady Warriors captured the 2023 Division IV Non-Select state title by defeating the Lakeview High School Lady Gators, 53-48, in the championship game at Southeastern Louisiana University Center in Hammond, Louisiana; and WHEREAS, Oakdale Head Coach Renotta Edwards and the Lady Warriors exceeded all expectations as the ninth-seeded team, making an improbable playoff run to reach the program's first ever state championship game; sophomore Emani Young earned Most Outstanding Player honors after scoring seventeen points, grabbing four steals, and blocking three shots in the championship game; and WHEREAS, the Oakdale High School Lady Warriors basketball team is led by Head Coach Renotta Edwards, Assistant Coach Tori Bordelon, and Assistant Coach Jennifer Green; the members of the team are Marlee Hart, Akeelah Hobson, Amiya White, Emani Young, Nariah Williams, Kaylee Bradley, Maliyah Spires, Lundin Jack, Kennedi Jackson, Zandria Trudell, Aldyn Hebert, Carnellia Reid, Ainslee Willis, and Bryleigh Willis; and WHEREAS, the 2023 Oakdale High School Lady Warriors basketball team is most deserving of the highest recognition for capturing the program's first-ever state title. Page 1 of 2 HR NO. 108 ENROLLED THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Oakdale High School Lady Warriors basketball team on winning the Louisiana High School Athletic Association 2023 Division IV Non-Select state championship and does hereby extend sincerest wishes that the team's players, coaches, and training staff continue their incredible work and always strive for greatness. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Page 2 of 2