Florida Senate - 2019                            (NP)    SR 1840
       
       
        
       By Senator Farmer
       
       
       
       
       
       34-03648A-19                                          20191840__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution congratulating the members of the Florida
    3         State University Seminoles 2018 softball team and
    4         their coaches on an outstanding season and on winning
    5         the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association
    6         Division 1 Softball Championship.
    7  
    8         WHEREAS, the Florida State University Seminoles 2018
    9  softball team won the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic
   10  Association (NCAA) Division 1 Softball Championship by defeating
   11  the University of Washington Huskies softball team 8-3 on June
   12  5, 2018, and
   13         WHEREAS, while playing in the NCAA’s Women’s College World
   14  Series (WCWS), the FSU Seminoles softball team finished in the
   15  top 5 of 15 WCWS record book team categories, set 2 WCWS team
   16  records for stolen bases and attempted stolen bases, and tied
   17  the WCWS record for most wins, and
   18         WHEREAS, individually, members of the FSU Seminoles
   19  softball team finished in the top 5 of 15 WCWS record book
   20  individual categories and set 3 individual records: most stolen
   21  bases, Dani Morgan; advancing the most runners, Elizabeth Mason;
   22  and highest earned run average, Meghan King, and
   23         WHEREAS, Jessie Warren tied the WCWS record for most base
   24  hits with 13, and her teammates Jessie Warren, Meghan King, Anna
   25  Shelnutt, Elizabeth Mason, and Sydney Sherrill were named to the
   26  WCWS All-Tournament Team, and
   27         WHEREAS, 2018 was the sixth consecutive year that the FSU
   28  Seminoles softball team reached the NCAA Super Regional round,
   29  and
   30         WHEREAS, in addition to winning the 2018 NCAA Championship,
   31  the FSU Seminoles softball team was also the 2018 Atlantic Coast
   32  Conference (ACC) Regular Season Champion for the sixth
   33  consecutive year and the 2018 ACC Tournament Champion for the
   34  fifth consecutive year, and
   35         WHEREAS, teammates Jessie Warren, Kylee Hanson, Sydney
   36  Sherrill, Zoe Casas, and Meghan King were named to the All-ACC
   37  First Team, while Carsyn Gordon was named to the All-ACC Second
   38  Team, and
   39         WHEREAS, Jessie Warren was named the ACC Player of the
   40  Year, Kylee Hanson was named ACC Pitcher of the Year, and Sydney
   41  Sherrill was named ACC Freshman of the Year, and
   42         WHEREAS, other members of the FSU Seminoles softball team
   43  who earned additional honors are Kylee Hanson and Sydney
   44  Sherrill, both of whom were named the National Fastpitch Coaches
   45  Association (NFCA) and USA Softball National Player of the Week;
   46  Jessie Warren, Kylee Hanson, and Sydney Sherrill, who were named
   47  NFCA All-Americans; and Kylee Hanson, Carsyn Gordon, Jessie
   48  Warren, Sydney Sherrill, and Meghan King, who were named NFCA
   49  Southeast All-Region Members, and
   50         WHEREAS, as a freshman, Sydney Sherrill finished the season
   51  with 29 doubles, an ACC single-season record, and Jessie Warren
   52  finished her career with the team with 83 home runs, 273 runs
   53  batted in, 229 runs scored, and a .820 slugging percentage,
   54  setting NCAA, team, and personal records, and
   55         WHEREAS, members of the coaching staff of the FSU Seminoles
   56  softball team also were recognized for their outstanding work
   57  and dedication, with Head Coach Lonni Alameda and assistant
   58  coaches Travis Wilson, Craig Snider named the 2018 NFCA National
   59  Coaching Staff of the Year, and
   60         WHEREAS, as a team, the FSU Seminoles softball team hit 115
   61  doubles during the 2018 season, setting a team and ACC single
   62  season record; hit 76 home runs, setting a team record; and won
   63  36 consecutive ACC games from May 7, 2016, to April 6, 2018, the
   64  fifth longest conference winning streak in NCAA history, NOW,
   65  THEREFORE,
   66  
   67  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   68  
   69         That the Florida State University Seminoles 2018 softball
   70  team is congratulated on their exemplary season and on winning
   71  the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1
   72  Softball Championship.
   73         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
   74  presented to the president of Florida State University, John
   75  Thrasher; Interim Athletics Director, David Coburn; Head
   76  Softball Coach, Lonni Alameda; and each assistant coach and
   77  member of the Florida State University Seminoles 2018 softball
   78  team as a tangible token of the sentiments expressed herein.