MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2014

By: Senator(s) Blount, Browning, Butler To: Rules (38th), Clarke, Fillingane, Frazier, Jackson (11th), Jackson (32nd), Jordan, Kirby, Lee, Montgomery

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 565

1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING THE 2 MILLSAPS "MAJORS" FOOTBALL TEAM AND COACH AARON PELCH FOR THEIR 3 OUTSTANDING 2013 SEASON AND THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE SOUTHERN 4 ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (SAA) TITLE. 5 WHEREAS, the Team finished its 2013 6 season at 9-1, winning the most games since the 11-win 2008 team. 7 Millsaps also claimed a share of its second straight Southern

8 Athletic Association (SAA) Title and finished the regular season 9 ranked No. 23 in the final regular season D3football.com poll and 10 the final AFCA Coaches' Poll; and 11 WHEREAS, Southern Athletic Association's Conference Player of 12 the Year Zach Bell had a phenomenal season. The 13 two-time Southern Athletic Association's Defensive Player of the 14 Year and two-time Second-Team All-Region junior enjoyed his finest

15 season as a Major to date in 2013. Bell recorded 12 sacks and 16 19.5 tackles for a loss in 10 games this season. Zach Bell has 17 also been named a Cliff Harris Award Finalist which honors the 18 small school Defensive Player of the Year. The award is named for 19 former Dallas Cowboy Cliff Harris who came from a small town in S. C. R. No. 565 *SS01/R1076* ~ OFFICIAL ~ N1/2 14/SS01/R1076 PAGE 1 (ec\tb) 20 Arkansas to play 10 years for the Dallas Cowboys at safety. 21 Harris played in five Super Bowls and six Pro Bowls. This award 22 recognizes defensive excellence at the Division II, Division III 23 and NAIA level; and 24 WHEREAS, Millsaps' Majors' Mike Barthelemy won 25 the C-Spire fan voting, earning 500 votes and 33%

26 of the total ballots. Barthelemy, the reigning Southern Athletic 27 Association Offensive Player of the Year, rushed for nearly 1400 28 yards and a school-record 21 rushing touchdowns; and 29 WHEREAS, the Conference also named Beau Brady as Special 30 Teams Player of the Year after leading the Conference with 10 31 successful field goals and scoring a Conference leading 66 points 32 as a place kicker for the Majors. Additionally, Coach Pelch

33 earned his second consecutive Conference Coach of the Year honors; 34 and 35 WHEREAS, the individual player and team statistics of the 36 2013 Majors was impressive, however the main ingredient of success 37 was team atmosphere and hard work; and

38 WHEREAS, the 2013 Majors Football Team Roster is as follows: 39 Robert Arledge, DL; Cameron Arndt, DL; Nick Arnold, DB; Javis

40 Aultman, DB; Sam Barrett, LB; Mike Barthelemy, RB; Jorrick Battle, 41 DB; Zach Bell, DL; Will Bennett, LB; C.J. Black, DB; Zachary 42 Borne, WR; Beau Brady, K; Benton Brown, DB; Jake Brownlee, OL; 43 Jared Bullock, DB; Zachary Burch, DB; Russell Burton, DB; Jacob 44 Carpenter, K/P; Brian Carter, DB; Daniel Carter, LB; David Carter,

S. C. R. No. 565 *SS01/R1076* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 14/SS01/R1076 PAGE 2 (ec\tb) 45 OL; Gunnar Casey, DB; Charles Chandler, DL; Garrett Coble, LB; 46 Hunter Coleman, OL; Pierce Cotton, DL; Ben Dudley, K/P; Jamie 47 Edwards, WR; Alex Foust, DL; Dustin Garig, TE; Bradley Godfrey, 48 WR; Josh Grunder, OL; William Harrell, WR; Dustin Harscher, LB; 49 John Hartmangruber, TE; Cooper Hastings, DL; Alex Jackson, DB; 50 Marquee Jackson, RB; Raphael Johnson, RB; Mitchell Keeton, DB;

51 Trevor King, WR; Steven Kubicki, DB; Jeremy Leach, DB; Tyler 52 Lopez, DB; Chandler Loy, RB; Garrett Lubin, WR; Joe Marquez, RB; 53 Caleb Martin, QB; Eric Martin, LB; Greg Matthews, QB; John 54 McDowell, RB; Ashton McRae, DB; Tanner Menist, WR; Jeff Milner, 55 DL; Connor Mize, OL; Jonathan Moore, DB; Dominic Moreno, WR; 56 Taylor Morris, TE/FB; Will Oakley, OL; Harrison Olinger, OL; Cody 57 Page, OL; Ty Patterson, LB; Jon Peterson, LB; Bryan Pittman, OL;

58 Bobby Potts, WR; Blake Price, DL; Maurice Reese, WR; Jack Reidy, 59 DL; Maurius Rideaux, QB; Zander Romano, WR; Brooks Rosandich, DB; 60 Alex Ruch, LB; Charlie Sagan, OL; Hector Sandoval, DB; Calvin 61 Shaw, TE; Rashad Sims, WR; Kyle Skene, OL; Andrew Stevens, OL; 62 Alex Stewart, DL; Joiner Stewart, DL; Charlie Strauss, WR; Zak

63 Thrasher, QB; Geoffery Tumey, LB; Matt Wahl, TE; Drew Ward, DL; 64 Taz Watson, RB; Brandon Webre, OL; Beau Wells, WR; Jason West, LB;

65 Semmes White, DB; Jett Williams, RB; Parker Young, OL and Luke 66 Younger, WR; Head Football Coach Aaron Pelch; Offensive 67 Coordinator Jason Guthrie; Defensive Coordinator/Director of 68 Recruitment and Student Success Brandon Lectenberg; 69 Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Jeremy Desoto; Offensive Line David

S. C. R. No. 565 *SS01/R1076* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 14/SS01/R1076 PAGE 3 (ec\tb) 70 Lord; Running Backs Coach Jim Harrison; Defensive Line Justin 71 Lantz; and Defensive Backs Coach Ta'Boris Fisher; and 72 WHEREAS, it is with great pride that we note the 73 accomplishments of this team which has brought honor 74 to their college, their community and to the State of Mississippi: 75 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF

76 MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That 77 we do hereby recognize and congratulate the Millsaps "Majors" 78 Football Team and Coach Aaron Pelch for their outstanding 2013 79 season and their second consecutive Southern Athletic Association 80 (SAA) Title, and extend our best wishes to the players, parents, 81 coaches and sponsors for continued success. 82 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be presented to

83 Coach Pelch and Millsaps President Dr. Robert Pearigen and made 84 available to the Capitol Press Corps.

S. C. R. No. 565 *SS01/R1076* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 14/SS01/R1076 ST: Recognize Millsaps "Majors" Football Team PAGE 4 (ec\tb) for second consecutive SAA Title.