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.