SCR 44 — COMMENDATIONS: Commends Sylvia Fowles on being inducted into the 2026 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

SLS 26RS-60 ORIGINAL Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.

44 BY SENATORSENATORS SEABAUGHSEABAUGH, COMMENDATIONS.BARROW, BOUDREAUX, CATHEY, EDMONDS, HENRY, JACKSON-ANDREWS, JENKINS, LUNEAU, PRESSLY, PRICE, SELDERS AND STINE A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To commend Sylvia Fowles on being inducted into the 2026 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

CommendsWHEREAS,eachyeartheLouisianaSportsHallofFameinNatchitoches,Louisiana Sylviacollaborateswith Fowlesthe onLouisiana beingSports inductedWriters intoAssociation thein 2026selectingalimited classnumber of thesports Louisianafigures Sportswho embodythe character,skill, talent, and accomplishment worthyof being named to the Hall of Fame.Fame;

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To commend Sylvia Fowles on being inducted into the 2026 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

WHEREAS,eachyeartheLouisianaSportsHallofFameinNatchitoches,Louisiana collaborateswith the Louisiana Sports Writers Associationin selectinga limited number of sports figures who embodythe character,skill, talent, and accomplishment worthyof being named to the Hall of Fame;

and WHEREAS, SylviaSylviaFowles,a Fowles, a native of Miami, Florida,hasFlorida, has distinguished herselfas one of the most dominant and accomplished players in the history of women's basketball, earning global recognition for her exceptional athletic ability, leadership, and dedication to excellence;

and PageWHEREAS, 1during her remarkable collegiate career, the Tigers compiled an outstanding record of 3129 SLSwins 26RS-60and ORIGINAL22 SCRlosses, NO.and Fowles averaged a double-double across her four seasons with 15.5 points and 10.9 rebounds per game and shot an impressive 58.4 percent from the field;

44 WHEREAS, during her remarkable collegiate career, the Tigers compiled an outstanding record of 129 wins and 22 losses, and Fowles averaged a double-double across her four seasons with 15.5 points and 10.9 rebounds per game and shot an impressive 58.4 percent from the field;

and WHEREAS, Fowles earned first-team All-American honors as both a junior and seniorPage and,1 in 2008, she was named Southeastern Conference Player of the3 Year,SCR SoutheasternNO. Conference Defensive Player of the Year, and National Defensive Player of the Year;

44 ENROLLED senior and, in 2008, she was named Southeastern Conference Player of the Year, Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year, and National Defensive Player of the Year;

and WHEREAS,shehelpedleadtheMinnesotaLynx to WNBAchampionshipsin2015 and 2017, earning Finals Most Valuable Player honors in both title runs and later receiving theleague'sMostValuablePlayerawardin2017,whilealsobeingnamedWNBADefensive PlayeroftheYearfourtimesandearningthreeselectionstotheAll-WNBAFirstTeam;and WHEREAS,overthecourseofherprofessionalcareer,Fowlesaveraged15.7points andand9.8 9.8 rebounds pergamewhilesettingaWNBArecordbyshooting59.9per percentfromgame thewhile setting a WNBArecordbyshooting59.9percentfromthe field across 408 games and establishing herself as one of the league's greatest rebounders and defenders,retiringasdefenders, retiringas the WNBA's all-time leaderin rebounds per game and with 4,006 total rebounds;

and WHEREAS, in recognition ofherhistoricofherhistoriccontributions contributions to thesport,shewasnamedthesport,she Pagewas 2named in 2021 among the WNBA's Top 25 Players of 3All SLSTime, 26RS-60honoring ORIGINALthe SCRleague's NO.most influential athletes during its first twenty-five seasons;

44and inWHEREAS, 2021Louisiana amongState theUniversity WNBA'sretired Topher 25No. Players of All Time, honoring the league's most influential athletes during its first twenty-five seasons;

and34 WHEREAS,jerseyin Louisiana2017, Statean Universityretiredhonor sharedbyonlyoneotherLSUwomen'sbasketballlegend,and,in2023,theMinnesotaLynx likewise retired her No.number in recognition of her extraordinary impact;

34 jersey in 2017, an honor sharedbyonlyoneotherLSUwomen'sbasketballlegend,and,in2023,theMinnesotaLynx likewise retired her number in recognition of her extraordinary impact;

and WHEREAS,Page through2 her remarkable athletic accomplishments, her leadership, and her dedication to charitable causes, Sylvia Fowles has brought great pride to the state of Louisiana3 andSCR hasNO. secured her place among the greatest players in the history of basketball.

THEREFORE,44 BEENROLLED ITWHEREAS, RESOLVEDthrough thather theremarkable Legislatureathletic ofaccomplishments, Louisianaher doesleadership, herebyand commendher dedication to charitable causes, Sylvia Fowles onhas beinginductedbrought intogreat thepride 2026to classthe state of Louisiana and has secured her place among the Louisianagreatest Sportsplayers Hallin the history of Fame.basketball.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Sylvia Fowles on being inducted into the 2026 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

ThePRESIDENT originalOF instrumentTHE andSENATE theSPEAKER followingOF digest,THE whichHOUSE constitutesOF noREPRESENTATIVES partPage 3 of the3 legislative instrument, were prepared bySenate Legislative Services.

The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.

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