HLS 19RS-1631 ORIGINAL

2019 Regular Session

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 84

BY REPRESENTATIVE FOIL

COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Louisiana State University gymnastics team on an outstanding 2019 season

1 A RESOLUTION

2 To commend the Louisiana State University Lady Tigers gymnastics team on an outstanding

3 2019 season.

4 WHEREAS, on the strength of superb coaching from Louisiana State University

5 (LSU) gymnastics Head Coach D-D Breaux, who achieved her eight hundredth career win

6 in the 2019 season and earned a ninth award as (SEC) Coach of

7 the Year, the Lady Tigers reached their first ever National Collegiate Athletic Association

8 (NCAA) "Four on the Floor", the term applied to the four teams that reach the national

9 gymnastics finals in the NCAA; and

10 WHEREAS, the Four on the Floor appearance for the LSU gymnastics squad was

11 the culmination of a sensational season in which the athletes won a fourth, and third

12 consecutive, SEC championship for the university; LSU's gymnasts combined to earn

13 twenty-two All-America honors in the 2019 season; and

14 WHEREAS, senior Sarah Finnegan was voted by the nation's coaches as the most

15 outstanding senior gymnast in the country and was named the 2019 recipient of the

16 American Athletic Incorporated Award, known in gymnastics circles as the AAI Award;

17 Sarah's contributions have been paramount to the successes of the Lady Tigers in her four

18 years at LSU; she was the first gymnast in LSU history to win an NCAA

19 championship; she completed the 2018 season ranked as the Number 1 bars performer in the

20 nation, was the anchor of a lineup that finished first in the country, and won the title of 2018

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1 SEC Gymnast of the Year; in 2019, Sarah competed in the all-around event of every meet

2 of the season and won eleven of twelve all-around titles; and

3 WHEREAS, seniors Julianna Cannamela, Sarah Finnegan, McKenna Kelley, and

4 Lexie Priessman combined to earn one hundred twenty-six event wins, five SEC

5 championships, two NCAA event championships, eight SEC championships, eight perfect

6 scores, and finished as NCAA national runners-up three times; and

7 WHEREAS, in the Tigers' first Four on the Floor, Sarah finished first in the all-

8 around with the highest score for an LSU gymnast in school history, 39.7625; LSU finished

9 as runners-up in the national championship finals with a score of 197.8250, outscored by

10 first-place Oklahoma by little more than half a point; and

11 WHEREAS, the student athletes performed at the highest level of excellence

12 throughout the season, and each of these talented Lady Tigers deserves recognition for her

13 vital contributions to the winning effort: seniors, Julianna Cannamela, Sarah Finnegan,

14 McKenna Kelley, and Lexie Priessman; juniors, Kennedi Edney, Ruby Harrold, and Ashlyn

15 Kirby; sophomores, Reagan Campbell, Bridget Dean, Christina Desiderio, Sami Durante,

16 Sarah Edwards, and Olivia Gunter; and freshmen, Rebecca D'Antonio and Bailey Ferrer; and

17 WHEREAS, Coach Breaux and her coaching staff of Ashleigh Clare-Kearney, Jay

18 Clark, , and Bob Moore, and Katie Copeland, director of operations, have

19 instilled an ethic of winning in these student athletes and have demonstrated leadership and

20 motivational skills that have led to success both on and off the floor, and it is fitting to herald

21 the accomplishments of the 2019 Louisiana State University Lady Tigers gymnastics team.

22 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the

23 Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Louisiana State University Lady Tigers

24 gymnastics team for a spectacular season; does hereby record for posterity the outstanding

25 achievements and heights reached by individual performers and the team as a whole; and

26 does hereby recognize the pride and honor these gymnasts have brought to the university and

27 to each member's home community.

28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to

29 Coach D-D Breaux.

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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 84 Original 2019 Regular Session Foil

Commends the LSU gymnastics team on an outstanding 2019 season.

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