MONROE, La. - Coming
off of a Sun Belt Conference championship and an appearance in the NCAA
Tournament, both the Louisiana State Senate and House of Representatives
honored ULM head coach Jeff Schexnaider.
The first honor was a senate resolution, from Louisiana
Senators Neil Riser and Mike Walsworth, to commemorate the team's successful
season. The second, a resolution from the
House of Representatives, was awarded by Frank Hoffmann and Bubba Chaney.
"These are great honors from the state government," said
Schexnaider. "While I am the one
accepting it, it was a team effort, my coaching staff as well as our players
worked extremely hard this year. Their
hard work paid off as we won the Sun Belt and played in the NCAA tournament."
The fifth-seeded Warhawks claimed the 2012 Sun Belt
Championship in Bowling Green, Ky. (May 23-27).
With the 4-2 win over Arkansas State in the championship game, ULM
earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament, its fifth overall and first since the
2000 season.
The Warhawks earned the four seed in the Baton Rouge
Regional and ULM was joined by LSU (one seed), Oregon State (two seed) and
Belmont (three seed).
"Winning the conference title is a great accomplishment
for the Warhawk baseball team," Riser stated.
"It puts the university back where we should be and it benefits the
efforts of the athletic department and the university as a whole. This championship and NCAA tournament
appearance also builds a great sense of pride in the community."
In the first game of the regional, ULM and LSU were tied
at one after the top of the seventh.
However, the Tigers scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh en
route to the 4-1 win. The Warhawks
bounced back with a 6-3 win over Belmont before falling to Oregon State.
