A house RESOLUTION

 

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR BARRY FOGLE, HEAD BASEBALL COACH AT PELION HIGH SCHOOL, AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM UPON BEING INDUCTED INTO THE SOUTH CAROLINA BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME.

 

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that Coach Barry Fogle will be inducted into the South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association (SCBCA) Hall of Fame in May 2023; and

 

Whereas, Coach Fogle graduated from Pelion High School in 1982 and earned a bachelor's degree from Erskine College in 1986; and

 

Whereas, he began his career as an educator and coach thirty-six years ago, starting at Allendale-Fairfax High School, teaching and serving as head baseball coach for one year, and then at Midland Valley High School for seven years.  After teaching and serving as head baseball coach at Williston-Elko High School for five years, he moved to his alma mater, Pelion High School where he has taught and served as head baseball coach for twenty-three years; and

 

Whereas, in his thirty-sixth year as a teacher and coach, Coach Fogle has been a head baseball coach for all of those years, demonstrating his talent with over five hundred twenty career wins; and

 

Whereas, Coach Fogle served on the South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association (SCACA) Board of Directors for ten years and as its president in 2008, and he was inducted into the SCACA Hall of Fame in July 2022. He has served as the secretary-treasurer of the SCBCA for over twenty years; and

 

Whereas, together with Kim, his beloved wife of more than twenty-seven years, he has reared two fine sons, Austin who is twenty-four years old and Bryson who is nineteen; and

 

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives values the pride and recognition that Barry Fogle has brought to his school and to his community, and the members look forward to hearing of his continued achievements in the days to come.  Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

 

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor Barry Fogle, head baseball coach at Pelion High School, and to congratulate him upon being inducted into the South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

 

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Coach Barry Fogle.

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