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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Lancaster Independent School District chief of |
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athletics and head girls' track coach Beverly Day Humphrey has |
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enjoyed remarkable success over the course of an exemplary coaching |
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and teaching career that has spanned more than three decades; and |
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WHEREAS, After starring in track at Lincoln High School in |
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Dallas, Beverly Humphrey received a full scholarship to Prairie |
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View A&M University; there, she was a four-time All-American and a |
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national champion in the 200 meters, earning Most Valuable and Most |
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Outstanding Runner accolades on the women's track team; and |
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WHEREAS, Coach Humphrey began her career as the volleyball |
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and girls' track coach for the Greenville Independent School |
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District, becoming the district's first African American head |
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coach; she subsequently became the first Black head coach at |
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Lancaster ISD, where she currently holds the titles of chief of |
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athletics and public relations and head coach of the Lancaster High |
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School girls' track team; credited with establishing the district's |
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winning culture, she has led her track teams to a UIL-record 13 |
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state championships as well as a total of more than 60 area, |
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regional, and district crowns through the years; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2007, the Lancaster ISD stadium was renamed |
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Beverly D. Humphrey Tiger Stadium; moreover, she was honored with |
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induction into the Prairie View A&M University Sports Hall of Fame |
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with the Class of 2020-2021, and she also belongs to the Texas Black |
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Sports Hall of Fame, the Texas Track and Field Coaches Association |
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Hall of Fame, the Texas Girls Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and |
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the Prairie View Interscholastic League Coaches Association Hall of |
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Honor; additionally, she is a member of numerous organizations, |
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including the Texas Girls Coaches Association, the Texas High |
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School Athletic Directors Association, and the Texas Track and |
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Field Coaches Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Beverly Humphrey has made a lasting and positive |
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difference in the lives of countless Lancaster ISD |
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student-athletes, and it is indeed a privilege to join in |
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recognizing her for her exemplary contributions; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Beverly Day Humphrey for her exceptional |
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accomplishments with Lancaster ISD and extend to her sincere best |
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wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Coach Humphrey as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |