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2023 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 127
BY SENATOR SMITH
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Lou St. Amant upon the occasion of having the
University of Louisiana at Monroe's baseball field renamed in his honor as "Lou St. Amant
Field".
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend Lou St. Amant upon the occasion of having the University of Louisiana at
3 Monroe's baseball field renamed in his honor as "Lou St. Amant Field".
4 WHEREAS, Lou St. Amant, a Norco, Louisiana, native and Destrehan High School
5 standout played collegiately for the Louisiana State University baseball squad; and
6 WHEREAS, after injuring his pitching arm, Lou began his teaching and coaching
7 career with stops close to home at Sacred Heart School in Norco, St. Charles Boromeo in
8 Destrehan, and St. Joan of Arc School in LaPlace, before moving to Monroe in 1967 to serve
9 as a graduate assistant coach at Northeast Louisiana University (NLU), now known as the
10 University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM); and
11 WHEREAS, while coaching at NLU, Lou also found time to earn his bachelor's and
12 master's degrees; and
13 WHEREAS, after his graduation in 1970, Lou returned to the high school ranks as
14 athletic director and head football coach at Lutcher High School, where he posted a 44-13
15 record, including the LHSAA Class 3A state championship in 1975, when his squad went
16 undefeated at 13-0-1; and
17 WHEREAS, when Lou returned to NLU in January of 1976, he was also an assistant
18 football coach, but dropped those duties in 1979 to devote all of his time to baseball; and
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1 WHEREAS, Lou's first team as the head baseball coach at NLU snapped a string of
2 four consecutive losing seasons; and
3 WHEREAS, Lou's 1983 squad was NLU's first men's program to win a Southland
4 Conference title, which also secured a NCAA tournament bid; and
5 WHEREAS, over his eighteen years as head baseball coach for NLU, Lou racked up
6 four hundred fourteen wins and impacted hundreds of student-athletes' lives in a positive
7 manner; and
8 WHEREAS, as the head coach, Lou played an instrumental role in the design of the
9 team's current ballpark and was present every day during its construction; and
10 WHEREAS, his wife Marilyn was a fixture at home games and enjoyed traveling and
11 cheering on Lou's teams; and
12 WHEREAS, the couple was married for fifty-eight years at the time of her passing
13 in July of 2020; and
14 WHEREAS, even in retirement, Lou continued to represent the university as the
15 radio color analyst for ULM football; and
16 WHEREAS, after having his number retired by ULM baseball and receiving the
17 prestigious Warhawk Ambassador Award from the ULM Foundation, it is a fitting tribute
18 to alumnus and coaching legend Lou St. Amant to have ULM's baseball field renamed in his
19 honor.
20 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
21 does hereby commend Lou St. Amant upon the occasion of having the University of
22 Louisiana at Monroe's baseball field renamed in his honor as "Lou St. Amant Field".
23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
24 Lou St. Amant and ULM President Dr. Ronald Berry.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SR 127 Original 2023 Regular Session Smith
Commends Lou St. Amant upon the occasion of having the University of Louisiana at
Monroe's baseball field renamed in his honor as "Lou St. Amant Field".
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