By:  Denton                                            H.R. No. 527
       73R8156 WMS-D
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, Having established herself as one of the premiere
    1-2  players in Texas high school girls basketball, Yolanda Wilkerson of
    1-3  McGregor High School has been selected unanimously to the first
    1-4  team All-State girls' basketball squad by the Texas Girls Coaches
    1-5  Association; and
    1-6        WHEREAS, This most recent award is a fitting culmination to a
    1-7  superlative high school career during which she garnered numerous
    1-8  well-deserved honors; and
    1-9        WHEREAS, After being named to the first team All-District 3A
   1-10  squad, the TABC All-State team, and the Super Cen-Tex team as a
   1-11  10th grader, she again was tabbed for first team All-District 3A
   1-12  recognition and made the TABC All-State first team as a junior;
   1-13  after her senior season at McGregor she was chosen to the TABC
   1-14  All-State first team, the TGCA All-State first team, and the Super
   1-15  Cen-Tex team and was named Most Valuable Player at the Corsicana
   1-16  Tournament; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, Her exceptional basketball talents also have earned
   1-18  her an opportunity for postseason play in this year's Senior
   1-19  All-Star Tournament and the 37th annual North-South Texas Girls
   1-20  Coaches Association summer All-Star game; and
   1-21        WHEREAS, Active in many worthy off-the-court activities as
   1-22  well, this exemplary young woman tirelessly devoted herself to the
   1-23  pursuit of excellence as a drill team officer, choral group member,
   1-24  student council representative, and National Honor Society member;
    2-1  and
    2-2        WHEREAS, Her inspirational efforts, both as an athlete and
    2-3  student, serve as an example for all high school student-athletes,
    2-4  and she is indeed worthy of special legislative recognition; now,
    2-5  therefore, be it
    2-6        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 73rd Texas
    2-7  Legislature hereby congratulate Yolanda Wilkerson on being named a
    2-8  first team All-State player by the Texas Girls Coaches Association
    2-9  and extend to her best wishes for continued success in the future;
   2-10  and, be it further
   2-11        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
   2-12  prepared for Yolanda Wilkerson as an expression of high regard by
   2-13  the Texas House of Representatives.