[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 83 (Monday, May 16, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5005]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING HANK LEHWALD

  (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to remember the 
life of a Benedictine High School and Savannah baseball star, Hank 
Lehwald.
  The Benedictine Cadets in Savannah have a rich history of success. On 
top of multiple State titles in multiple sports, they won a football 
State title this past season.
  That legacy of victory began with a baseball team that won the 
school's first State title, led by Hank. At catcher, Hank was a 
standout. His teammates referred to him as ``the general'' due to his 
tremendous leadership. Hank was a 4-year letterman in baseball, 
football, and basketball, and he earned many scholarship offers to play 
football from schools like the University of Florida. Hank chose to 
pursue baseball and was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers right out of 
high school.
  After his baseball days were behind him, Hank attended Georgia 
Military College and Georgia Southern University. He was drafted into 
the United States Army and went to Officer Candidate School.
  When Hank left the military, he founded a successful investment 
banking firm in Boca Raton, Florida. In 2016, Hank was honored by his 
induction into the Greater Savannah Area Hall of Fame. He is remembered 
as being as good of a person as he was an athlete, and he will be 
dearly missed.

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