A house RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE GINNELL CURTIS OF NORTHWOOD ACADEMY ON BEING NAMED 2024 SOUTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ASSOCIATION 4A REGION III COACH OF THE YEAR FOR GIRLS BASKETBALL.

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that Ginnell Curtis, head girls basketball coach for Northwood Academy, has been named 2024 South Carolina Independent School Association 4A Region III Coach of the Year; and

Whereas, as a testimony to this committed coach's excellence, this is the eighth year in a row she has earned this prestigious award; and

Whereas, Coach Curtis, a health and physical education teacher at Northwood, hails from Apex, North Carolina, and graduated from the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Pembroke. This UNC-Pembroke Hall of Famer (2008) also has been inducted into the Apex High School Hall of Fame (2018); and

Whereas, she has taught at Northwood Academy and served as Northwood's varsity girls basketball coach for nearly thirteen years; and

Whereas, the members of the House, appreciative of Ginnell Curtis's gifts as both basketball coach and mentor to young people, take great pleasure in recognizing her on receiving this, her latest accolade, the 2024 South Carolina Independent School Association 4A Region III Coach of the Year award for girls basketball. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, congratulate Ginnell Curtis of Northwood Academy on being named 2024 South Carolina Independent School Association 4A Region III Coach of the Year for girls basketball.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Coach Ginnell Curtis.

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