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