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2026 Regular Session  ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 71
BY SENATOR SEABAUGH
  A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To commend and congratulate Kathy Holloway upon receiving the 2026 Dave Dixon
       Louisiana Sports Leadership Award and on being inducted into the 2026 class of the
       Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
       WHEREAS, each year the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches, Louisiana,
each year collaborates with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in selecting a limited
number of sports figures who embody the character, skill, and talent worthy of being named
to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame; and
       WHEREAS, the Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award is a prestigious
honor presented annually by the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame to an individual who has
played a decisive role as a sports leader or administrator benefitting Louisiana and has
brought credit to Louisiana on the national and international stage; and
       WHEREAS, Kathy Holloway has been selected for the 2026 Dave Dixon Louisiana
Sports Leadership Award from the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and inducted into the 2026
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class; and
       WHEREAS, Kathy Holloway is the fourth woman recipient of the Dave Dixon
Louisiana Sports Leadership Award; and
       WHEREAS, Kathy Stewart Holloway, a native of Alexandria, Louisiana, has
dedicated her life to advancing education-based athletics and mentoring generations of
student-athletes; and
       WHEREAS, Kathy Holloway has achieved historic distinction as the first female
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president of both the Louisiana High School Coaches Association and the National High
School Athletic Coaches Association; and
       WHEREAS, her excellence and influence has been recognized through her induction
into the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame in 1998 and the National High School
Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2012; and
       WHEREAS, in 2021, the National High School Athletic Coaches Association
established the "Kathy Holloway Women of Inspiration Award" to be presented annually to
a female that "has promoted female athletics by either coaching, serving, supporting or
leading high school female athletic programs that focus on changing lives and inspiring
women to strive for greatness", with the first recipient of the award being Kathy Holloway;
and
       WHEREAS, Kathy Holloway was a standout basketball player for Poland High
School in rural Rapides Parish, leading the school's girls' basketball team to the Louisiana
Class C girls' basketball state championship in 1965; and
       WHEREAS, a few years later, she coached the Tioga High School girls' basketball
team to ten playoff appearances, two Sweet 16 berths, and two state runner-up finishes; and
       WHEREAS, Kathy Holloway stepped away from the Tioga program after 23 years,
but later returned to the bench as an assistant coach at Bolton High School helping lead the
Bolton Bruins girls' basketball team to the 2003 state semifinals; and
       WHEREAS, officially retired from coaching, Kathy Holloway continues to serve the
athletic community through her work on the Louisiana High School Athletic Association
Hall of Fame selection committee and as director of the Upward Basketball program at the
First Baptist Church in Pineville, Louisiana; and
       WHEREAS, Kathy Holloway's enduring legacy is defined not only by wins and
accolades but by her unwavering commitment to shaping lives, promoting opportunity, and
inspiring generations of young women through athletics.
       THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate Kathy Holloway upon receiving the 2026 Dave Dixon Louisiana
Sports Leadership Award and on being inducted into the 2026 class of the Louisiana Sports
Hall of Fame.
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      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Kathy Holloway.
  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
  SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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