Bill Text: TX HR2243 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Beverly Day Humphrey for her exceptional achievements as chief of athletics and girls' track coach with Lancaster ISD.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-25 - Reported enrolled [HR2243 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2243-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2243 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Lancaster Independent School District chief of | ||
| athletics and head girls' track coach Beverly Day Humphrey has | ||
| enjoyed remarkable success over the course of an exemplary coaching | ||
| and teaching career that has spanned more than three decades; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After starring in track at Lincoln High School in | ||
| Dallas, Beverly Humphrey received a full scholarship to Prairie | ||
| View A&M University; there, she was a four-time All-American and a | ||
| national champion in the 200 meters, earning Most Valuable and Most | ||
| Outstanding Runner accolades on the women's track team; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Coach Humphrey began her career as the volleyball | ||
| and girls' track coach for the Greenville Independent School | ||
| District, becoming the district's first African American head | ||
| coach; she subsequently became the first Black head coach at | ||
| Lancaster ISD, where she currently holds the titles of chief of | ||
| athletics and public relations and head coach of the Lancaster High | ||
| School girls' track team; credited with establishing the district's | ||
| winning culture, she has led her track teams to a UIL-record 13 | ||
| state championships as well as a total of more than 60 area, | ||
| regional, and district crowns through the years; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2007, the Lancaster ISD stadium was renamed | ||
| Beverly D. Humphrey Tiger Stadium; moreover, she was honored with | ||
| induction into the Prairie View A&M University Sports Hall of Fame | ||
| with the Class of 2020-2021, and she also belongs to the Texas Black | ||
| Sports Hall of Fame, the Texas Track and Field Coaches Association | ||
| Hall of Fame, the Texas Girls Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and | ||
| the Prairie View Interscholastic League Coaches Association Hall of | ||
| Honor; additionally, she is a member of numerous organizations, | ||
| including the Texas Girls Coaches Association, the Texas High | ||
| School Athletic Directors Association, and the Texas Track and | ||
| Field Coaches Association; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Beverly Humphrey has made a lasting and positive | ||
| difference in the lives of countless Lancaster ISD | ||
| student-athletes, and it is indeed a privilege to join in | ||
| recognizing her for her exemplary contributions; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commend Beverly Day Humphrey for her exceptional | ||
| accomplishments with Lancaster ISD and extend to her sincere best | ||
| wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Coach Humphrey as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Sherman, Sr. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2243 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 25, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
