Bill Text: TX SR512 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the 2018-2019 Texas School for the Deaf girls' basketball team for their achievements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-10 - Again read [SR512 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR512-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| recognize the Texas School for the Deaf Lady Rangers basketball | ||
| team, which has won 33 games in the 2018-2019 season and has set a | ||
| new national Deaf school basketball record for most games won by | ||
| a boys' or girls' team in a single season; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Lady Rangers won all the tournaments in which | ||
| they competed this season, including the Brentwood Best Pack | ||
| Invitational in Austin, the FEAST Patriots Invitational in San | ||
| Antonio, the Leopards Classic in Arkansas, the New Year's Eve | ||
| Shootout in Boerne, and the Clerc Classic XIX in California; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Each team member contributed to the strength and | ||
| chemistry of the team, which successfully ended the regular | ||
| season with an undefeated 31-0 record; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The team advanced to the 2019 Texas Association of | ||
| Private and Parochial Schools Class 4A Final Four and was named | ||
| Deaf Digest Sports Team of the Year; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Head coach Brian Sipek and assistant coaches | ||
| Ashley Elliott, Sean Moore, and Sheri Mize emphasized the | ||
| importance of academic achievement and leadership throughout the | ||
| year and provided support and encouragement as the players honed | ||
| their skills; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Team members Janelle Coons, Isadora Egbert, | ||
| Ashlene Etkie, Ashley Harlicker, Michaela Kelley, Kaci Ketchum, | ||
| Brianna Leiker, Jewel Rocha, Sunita Schmidjorg, Precious | ||
| Schwartz, Leila Sicoli, and Jayne Taylor have brought great pride | ||
| to the Texas School for the Deaf, to the Deaf community, and to | ||
| the entire State of Texas; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commend the players and coaches of the | ||
| 2018-2019 Texas School for the Deaf Lady Rangers basketball | ||
| team on their many achievements and extend to all associated | ||
| with the team congratulations on their record-setting season; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| the team as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Watson | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 27, 2019. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
