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H*5495 Session 125 (2023-2024) H 5495 Concurrent Resolution, By J.E. Johnson, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Brittain, Crawford, Guest, Hardee, Hayes, McGinnis, Schuessler, Alexander, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bradley, Brewer, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Carter, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Connell, B.J. Cox, B.L. Cox, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Forrest, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Henderson-Myers, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Hyde, Jefferson, J.L. Johnson, S. Jones, W. Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lawson, Leber, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Magnuson, May, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, Mitchell, J. Moore, T. Moore, A.M. Morgan, T.A. Morgan, Moss, Murphy, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Nutt, O'Neal, Oremus, Ott, Pace, Pedalino, Pendarvis, Pope, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sandifer, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Thayer, Thigpen, Trantham, Vaughan, Weeks, West, Wetmore, Wheeler, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
A concurrent RESOLUTION
TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR COACH GARY GILMORE OF COASTAL
CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOR HIS REMARKABLE CAREER OF NEARLY THIRTY YEARS AS BOTH BASEBALL
COACH AND MENTOR TO COUNTLESS STUDENT-ATHLETES, TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON THE
OCCASION OF HIS APPROACHING RETIREMENT, AND TO
Whereas, it is with great pleasure that the South Carolina General Assembly honors those individuals who give tirelessly of themselves to educate and mentor the young people of this great State. Prominent in the roll call of such benefactors to our youth is Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina University's retiring head baseball coach; and
Whereas, over the course of a remarkable coaching career, Gary Gilmore has recorded more than 1,300 career victories, with more than 1,100 of these having been amassed at his alma mater, Coastal Carolina (CCU); and
Whereas, Coach Gilmore led CCU to its first-ever national title by winning the 2016 NCAA Division I College World Series championship, following which he was named National Coach of the Year; and
Whereas, since being named CCU's head coach in 1996, Coach Gilmore has won more than 65% of his games, averaging 38 wins per season; and
Whereas, Coach Gilmore has recorded five seasons of 50-plus victories and 15 seasons of 40-plus victories; and
Whereas, he has led the Chanticleers to 18 NCAA tournaments, 13 regular-season conference titles, and 13 conference tournament titles; and
Whereas, in 2022, Gary Gilmore was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Hall of Fame; and
Whereas, Coach Gilmore twice has been named ABCA Atlantic Region Coach of the Year (2005, 2016) and nine times has been selected as Big South Conference Coach of the Year. He is also a two-time Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year; and
Whereas, grateful for
Gary Gilmore's legacy of consistent commitment and excellence, the South
Carolina General Assembly takes great pleasure in
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the South Carolina General
Assembly, by this resolution, recognize and honor Coach Gary Gilmore of Coastal
Carolina University for his remarkable career of nearly thirty years as both baseball
coach and mentor to countless student-athletes, congratulate him on the
occasion of his approaching retirement, and
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Gary Gilmore. ----XX--- This web page was last updated on May 1, 2024 at 11:35 AM |
