SLS 15RS-86 ORIGINAL

2015 Regular Session

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 73

BY SENATOR LONG

COMMENDATIONS. Commends Kevin Troy Faulk on being named to the 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.

1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

2 To commend and congratulate Kevin Troy Faulk on being named to the 2015 Louisiana

3 Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.

4 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches, Louisiana, each year

5 collaborates with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in selecting a limited number of

6 sports figures who embody the character, skill, and talents worthy of being named to the hall

7 of fame; and

8 WHEREAS, the 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class includes

9 football legend Kevin Troy Faulk; and

10 WHEREAS, Mr. Faulk was born on June 5, 1976, in Lafayette, Louisiana, and began

11 his successful football career at Carencro High School in Carencro, Louisiana, where he

12 helped his team win the 1992 Class 5A State Championship; and

13 WHEREAS, following high school, he attended Louisiana State University and

14 Agricultural and Mechanical College, where he immediately became the starting running

15 back for the school's football team, and in 1996 was voted to the College Football All-

16 America Team by the Associated Press; and

17 WHEREAS, Mr. Faulk finished his career with LSU with four thousand five hundred

18 fifty-seven yards rushing in forty-one games, which was the second best record in

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1 history behind the legendary of Georgia; and

2 WHEREAS, in 1999, he was selected by the and quickly

3 earned a reputation as a dependable and speedy who could scratch out the

4 tough yards and as a capable receiver; and

5 WHEREAS, during his successful career with the Patriots, he won three

6 rings, rushed for three thousand six hundred and seven yards, caught four hundred thirty-one

7 passes for three thousand seven hundred and one yards, and scored a total of thirty-one

8 touchdowns; and

9 WHEREAS, he was a stand-out kick returner, averaging over twenty-two yards with

10 two touchdowns on one hundred eighty-one kickoff returns; and

11 WHEREAS, On October 9, 2012, Kevin Faulk announced his retirement at a

12 ceremony at the Hall at ; and

13 WHEREAS, the successful football career of Kevin Troy Faulk has rightly earned

14 him a place along the many greats in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

15 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby

16 commend and congratulate Kevin Troy Faulk on being named to the 2015 Louisiana Sports

17 Hall of Fame Induction Class.

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

19 Kevin Troy Faulk.

The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared by McHenry Lee.

DIGEST SCR 73 Original 2015 Regular Session Long

Commends Kevin Troy Faulk on being named to the 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.

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