Bill Text: TX SR575 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Schreiner University shotgun team for winning a national title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-11 - Reported enrolled [SR575 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR575-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Schreiner University shotgun team furthered | ||
its proud tradition of excellence by winning the Division I | ||
national title at the 2019 Association of College Unions | ||
International Collegiate Clay Target Championships; and | ||
WHEREAS, Competing March 25 through 30 in San Antonio, the | ||
Mountaineers earned the Division I championship after claiming | ||
the Division II crown in 2018; Schreiner faced off against 90 | ||
other colleges at the 2019 event, capturing the High Over All | ||
National Champion and American All Around National Champion team | ||
awards; additionally, the Mountaineers secured top finishes from | ||
their American Skeet, Super Sporting, and International Skeet | ||
teams and second-place showings from their American Trap, | ||
International Trap, and Sporting Clays squads; and | ||
WHEREAS, Collecting five gold medals in the Men's and | ||
Women's Open Division, the Mountaineers garnered wins from Colt | ||
McBee in Combined Skeet and Combined International, Logan | ||
McLendon in American Skeet, Nolan Fontenot in Super Sporting, | ||
and Rachel Barringer in women's American Skeet; in men's | ||
competition, Mr. McBee finished second in International Skeet | ||
and third in Combined American, Brandon Reising earned second | ||
in Sporting Clays and third in Combined Clays, Tyler Birkner | ||
took third in Sporting Clays, Keaton Sharp was second in | ||
International Trap A Class, and Hayden Oliver finished third in | ||
American Trap A Class; in the women's division, Megan Jacob was | ||
third in American Skeet; and | ||
WHEREAS, Schreiner's outstanding success in recent years | ||
has included four consecutive Division III runner-up finishes | ||
from 2014 through 2017 as well as the 2018 Division II title; the | ||
team's dedicated athletes are coached by Robert Davis, a master | ||
skeet instructor who is certified by the National Skeet Shooting | ||
Association; and | ||
WHEREAS, By achieving the rare feat of winning | ||
back-to-back national championships, the members of the | ||
Schreiner University shotgun team have become a source of great | ||
pride to their school and to the Kerrville community, and they | ||
will treasure the memory of this accomplishment for the rest of | ||
their lives; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
Legislature, hereby congratulate the Schreiner University | ||
shotgun team on winning the Division I national title at the | ||
2019 Association of College Unions International Collegiate | ||
Clay Target Championships and extend to the team members, | ||
coaches, and staff sincere best wishes for continued success; | ||
and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas Senate. | ||
Buckingham | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on April 11, 2019. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |