Resolution 25313 PHSC Bobcats baseball championship

42:13Okay, I'll call you. Okay, we have R S two now, which is our baseball team.

42:20Resolution number 25313, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, congratulating congratulating the PHSC Bobcats baseball team on winning the NJCAA Division II Baseball World Series Championship. Whereas the Pasco Hernando State College Bobcats baseball team won the twenty twenty-five NJCAA Division II Baseball World Series Champions uh

42:50Championship game in Enid, Oklahoma on Saturday, May 31st. And whereas the PHSC Bobcats baseball team played against the number two seed Pearl River in The championship title game, finishing the game eleven seven after securing two grand slams in the bottom of the seventh inning. Wow. And whereas the first grand slam was compl completed by Grant Jordan, who tied the game seven seven, and then with two

43:20outs, Brandon Durfee launched another grand slam to give the Bobcats a four run lead. And whereas the PHS C. Bobcats may have taken control of the game in the seventh inning, but Michael Severisi held the mound throughout the game, tallying eight strikeouts in six point two innings before Holden Wade uh closed out the game, throwing two point one scoreless innings without allowing a hit or walk. And

43:51whereas after the game, Brandon Durfee was named the tournament's MVP and Outstanding Offensive Player, while PHSC's athletic director and head coach Lyndon Coleman received the Coach of the Tournament Award. And whereas NJCAA announced four PHSC players with honors, including Grant Jordan, Fano Cruz, Bruce H. Habuda Uh and Gavin uh Zessenbreaker and

44:21whereas with an impressive 48-10 record, the PHSC Bobcats won their fourth straight Sun Lakes Conference title, the Florida College System Athletic Association Championship, and the NJCAA South Regional title on the road to the NJCAA division. Season two Baseball World Series. And whereas not only are their performances on the field something to be proud of, but their achievements off the field are as well.

44:52The PHSC Bobcats baseball team maintained a collective GPA of 3.41, and 19 of 28 student athletes will graduate from PHSC this year. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, the said board hereby congratulates the PHSC Bobcats baseball team on winning the NJCAA Division II. Baseball World Series Championship. Done and resolved in

45:22a regular session with the quorum president voting this nineteenth day of August 2025. Move approval. Second.

45:29All in favor? Aye. Aye. Oh my gosh, that's that's we're just so proud of you. Um This well this is my resolution, but I'll start with Commissioner Oakley and I'll finish to say congratulations to the team.

45:43I I don't know what to say. It's the best team I've ever seen. win all these games forty eight and only lose ten. I know y your heart was really sad at those times those ten, but Man, you've won a lot of games and you won a lot of big games. And you came together when it was the right time to come together to be champions. So I thank you for all you do and your efforts and I hope in your future Hopefully some of you will end up will be watching

46:13you on T V some day. So if that could happen I'd love to see ya. So uh but congratulations for your achievements. You've done a lot.

46:23So

46:23Commissioner Weightman.

46:24Thank you. Well Doctor Hall, you picked a great time to step in and Lead this crew. Um no fellas, you know, we We started the community started sensing the momentum that was building, you know, the We see the reports coming out, Bobcats are winning, Bobcats are winning. And um you could just sense that you guys are gonna be an unstoppable force this year. And to do that while holding a over three point oh GPA Be proud of yourselves for you

46:55know, cu cu cumulative between all of you, you know, that it be proud of yourselves that you took your academics just as seriously as as playing ball. And uh you never know where your future is gonna lead, so I'm proud of you all for for staying in it and and keeping your head in the books while being champs at the same time. So keep that fiery spirit about you. We're proud of you. You represented our county, Hernando and Pasco County, extremely well. And uh That trophy looks good on you.

47:22I keep forgetting we have to share it with Hernando. Commissioner Mariano.

47:33So he was telling me about the big trip going on, the games that were going on, and then uh when I get to see his Facebook post, I think I was the first commissioner post. With uh congratulating with the uh with the great performance. To have that championship game, that must have been something else. Down in the first Grand Slam, then the next Grand Slam, and then just hanging on and uh the closer uh what what a phenomenal way to win every step of the way. Um I think it's something you guys are gonna cherish forever and y and you should. What a tremendous accomplishment and And I'm glad you guys are always always

48:03paying attention. I'm glad we brought brought up the GPA because it's important. Life lessons in sports are phenomenal, but what you do after that is even more important. So uh good luck to all of you and I hope you have a have a great career all the way through. Right.

48:17So um we've been anxiously awaiting giving you um this this honor here this morning and and I do wanna uh give a shout out to President Hall. Welcome back to Pasco County, Hudson High grad, and I think a PHSC grad as well. So um Uh you're making your county and Hernando County. We'll give it to them too. A very, very proud. Um I was a baseball wife for many years. My first husband played baseball at Florida State and then um went on and played for the Orioles Cubs Tigers.

48:48So For those of you who are continuing on, I I I know that the uh excitement and the challenges that you you may be facing but Um this is certainly gonna be an experience that you will never forget. And um we won't either. Last last board meeting we had the U Sixteen soccer team from Pasco County in and they also just won a national championship. So it was the first one in uh Florida at in their age. So we're really proud of the ath

49:18athletic accomplishments that are happening in this area. Proud of you guys, I agree. Um athletics is important, but keep up those GPAs and um you're at a great school and represent your school and your county and your country well and congratulations again. So we're gonna I'm gonna come down here. Oh do you wanna say something? Yeah, please address it. Somebody should. Yeah. And the coach too. Congratulations, Coach.

49:43Madam Chair, thank you and Commissioners. It's an honor to be here with you. And as mentioned, you know, being here back in Pasco County is a not just a blessing, but it's an honor to come back and be able to serve an institution that actually played a significant role in my own life. You know, being a product of Pasco County, you know, going to Moon Lake Elementary, Hudson Middle, Hudson High. coming to Pasco Hernando Community College at the time when we were the conquistadors, uh and then going to US F. But uh again it's a great honor to be here and to be before you and look forward to meeting many of you and engaging and uh Again, getting reacclimated back to our community. But you know, I have to say

50:13this. Well, we have an incredible team and players, and you heard about the accomplishments and things through the resolution. That would not be possible if it was not for the incredible leadership of their coach. I've gotten to know him over the last eight weeks here and see his commitment and his passion to, again, not just the sport, but to the students. You know, yesterday we did our welcome back for all of our student athletes, and Coach Coleman is not only our head baseball coach. She also serves as our athletic director. So again, the same passion you see for his, you know, his work on the field with this group. extends across all of our sports programs and we want to invite the entire community

50:43to come out and support your Bobcats. Come out and watch and participate and get to know you know the great work that's taking place because again while it is about the athletics here today, it is about their accomplishments in the classroom and the things that they're going to do when they graduate to come back and contribute to our own community and be a part of our workforce and continue to accomplish their goals and dreams in life. So we're we're excited to be a part of that. But Madam

51:06Absolutely. Thank you. I'll turn it over to Coach

51:08Coleman.

51:11Thank you for your time. Um so I always kinda open up every speech that I give is if you if you have bad players, you're a bad coach. If you have average players, you're an average coach. If you have great players, you're a great coach. And I was very fortunate to have great players this last year. Um but you know, it kinda all started uh and the other thing too, Doctor Hall, please um don't help me to the standard every single year 'cause this was a special group. So So you expect this to be multiple years in a row, I'm gonna be short lived as the as the baseball coach. Um 'cause uh

51:41what what they truly did was uh outstanding. Um and it goes all the way back to the fall in in October when those two hurricanes hit and multiple people are talking about it. We we were not on the field for about three weeks. Um and we were still kinda engaged in school and stuff like that. But what we ended up doing was is we ended up Going down in the New Port Richey area or the Port Ritchie area and helping some people clean up their homes and their surrounding areas and we volunteered two hundred and fifty man hours in that area to help clean up. Um and

52:11it was amazing because I didn't make it mandatory because really at the end of the day it wasn't something that we could make mandatory, but um every single player uh pitched in, um everybody gave eight hours um and it was I had Nobody complained, everybody put their heads down and and and went after it. And that's when you kind of start to see the uh something build in the selflessness of of the team that you have. Um and then we roll into the spring, uh 19 graduates, um 12 going on to Division Ones, we have 15 moving on to four-year schools,

52:41all those are records within the school, um, with our and within our baseball program, the 3.4 GPS. Is the highest GPA we've ever had. And then to boot, you you add in the national championship, which it makes things special. And in that seventh inning, if you add in there as well, what's so special about that? We hit two grand slams in that in that seventh inning. So to give you perspective, there's each team plays 162 games in Major League Baseball since 1903 in professional games. Baseball that's

53:12only happened seven times. And we did that in the in the national championship game at the World Series, the comeback down by down by four. So I've never heard

53:21of that. I've never.

53:23Yeah. So the one thing I'd like to say to you guys is uh thank you for the support. Um we really depend heavily within athletics here at Pasco and Nano State College on on local uh high school graduates for athletics and the support that you guys give in the community for the youth sports, the youth little leagues, uh the youth parks and recreational centers, and developing and giving the opportunities to people in our community to to to play. Play sport and continue to grow, not only academically, but through there is is uh a foundation

53:53for what helps us be successful at the at the community college as well and the state college level. So I thank you for all that and thank you for honoring us with this resolution.

54:02Thank you very much.

54:09I think Adam Thomas should come up here too. A sport sports coast leader. Come on.

54:24Oh my goodness. If you could, yeah.

54:32Then can I get a couple of you to go on this side? Just like one or two. No,

54:37one

54:37or two at times. What was the pitch on the what was the pitch on the grain? It

54:41was

54:41an eighty seven mile power slider and the kid holding the half head start.

54:49Perfect. Congratulations.

55:24Eric, I have a 1215 call today on that subject we've been discussing. Uh by the way.