HLS 23RS-4159 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 285
BY REPRESENTATIVE HILFERTY
COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Delgado Community College baseball team for an
outstanding 2023 season
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend the Delgado Community College baseball team for an outstanding 2023
3 season.
4 WHEREAS, the 2023 Delgado Community College Dolphins baseball team reached
5the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I World Series for the
6sixth time in the program's history by defeating Baton Rouge Community College, 4-3, in
7the NJCAA Region XXII Division I title game; and
8 WHEREAS, the Dolphins finished the four-round World Series play with a record
9of two wins and two losses and ended the season as the sixth-ranked team in the nation; the
10team's final record was an impressive forty-seven wins and thirteen losses; and
11 WHEREAS, Delgado swept the South Central District Championship with two
12impressive wins over Seminole State and another over Crowder College; the Dolphins
13captured the championship victory with a thrilling walk-off double by Josh Alexander; and
14 WHEREAS, Delgado finished the 2023 season with thirty-four wins and two losses
15against Division I opponents despite playing several nationally-ranked teams including
16Chattahoochee Valley, Chipola, San Jacinto, Pensacola State, Meridian, and Louisiana State
17University at Eunice; and
18 WHEREAS, in addition to the players' incredible athletic achievements, twenty-one
19members of the team received Delgado degrees at the May 16, 2023, graduation; more
20impressively, one hundred thirteen student-athletes have earned Delgado degrees since 2014;
21and
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1 WHEREAS, Delgado Athletic Director/Head Coach Joe Scheuermann is in his thirty-
2third season at the helm of the Dolphins baseball team; he succeeded his father and program
3founder "Rags" Scheuermann following his retirement in 1990 and claimed his eleven
4hundredth win with the team's 8-1 victory over Bryant & Stratton on February 25, 2023; he
5is a 2019 NCJAA Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee; and
6 WHEREAS, the entire Delgado Community College baseball program is most
7deserving of the highest recognition for its incredible achievements this year.
8 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
9Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Delgado Community College baseball
10team for an outstanding 2023 season and does hereby extend sincerest wishes that the
11players, coaches, and training staff continue their excellent work and always strive for
12greatness.
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)]
HR 285 Original 2023 Regular Session Hilferty
Commends the Delgado Community College baseball team for an outstanding 2023 season.
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