SR696: SR696 Lanier County High School Lady Bulldogs Fast Pitch Softball Team; congratulate

This resolution is a ceremonial honor passed by the Georgia Senate. It recognizes the Lanier County High School Lady Bulldogs Fast Pitch Softball team for winning the Fall 2025 GHSA (Georgia High School Association) Class A Division II State Softball Championship, which the text notes was the team's second state title in three years. The resolution recounts the team's 10-7 extra-innings win in the championship game, credits Head Coach Aniston Gano and the assistant coaches, and lists the names of the student-athletes on the roster. It formally states that the Senate congratulates the team and directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare a copy of the resolution for the team.

• Formally congratulates the Lanier County High School Lady Bulldogs Fast Pitch Softball team on behalf of the Georgia Senate for winning the Fall 2025 state championship.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to the team.
• Creates no new law, funding, or ongoing obligation; it is a one-time honorary statement.

The resolution directly names and honors the Lanier County High School Lady Bulldogs Fast Pitch Softball team, its head coach and assistant coaches, and its listed student-athletes, as well as the school and Lanier County community.

The resolution has no legal or financial effect on Georgians; its significance is symbolic, giving the team, coaches, and community formal public recognition from the state legislature for their athletic achievement.

• The whereas clauses describe the team's championship win, its 10-7 extra-innings victory, and that it is the program's second title in three years.
• The whereas clauses name Head Coach Aniston Gano and Assistant Coaches Will Watson, Derek White, and Brooke Mathis, and list all 24 student-athletes on the roster.
• The resolved clause has the Senate formally congratulate the team and wish them continued success.
• The final clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a copy available for distribution to the team.

1. 2026-02-05Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
2. 2026-02-03Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Russ Goodman (R, SD-008)Primary sponsor
• Sam Watson (R, SD-011)
• Freddie Sims (D, SD-012)
• Mike Hodges (R, SD-003)
• Carden Summers (R, SD-013)
• Clint Dixon (R, SD-045)
• Blake Tillery (R, SD-019)
• Lee Anderson (R, SD-024)
• Shawn Still (R, SD-048)
• Bill Cowsert (R, SD-046)

• high school sports
• softball
• Lanier County
• GHSA championship
• legislative honors