H.R. No. 1099
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, The Texas Tech University Red Raiders athletic teams
    1-2  have achieved outstanding success during the 1994-95 academic year,
    1-3  earning conference titles in football, men's and women's
    1-4  basketball, and baseball, marking only the second time in Southwest
    1-5  Conference history that such a feat has been accomplished; and
    1-6        WHEREAS, Under head coach Spike Dykes, the Red Raider
    1-7  football squad captured the Southwest Conference cochampionship and
    1-8  made its first-ever appearance in the Cotton Bowl as the conference
    1-9  representative; for his superb efforts, Coach Dykes was named
   1-10  Southwest Conference coach of the year, the third time in eight
   1-11  years he has been accorded that honor; and
   1-12        WHEREAS, The men's basketball squad also claimed a portion of
   1-13  the Southwest Conference title and achieved a postseason berth in
   1-14  the prestigious National Invitational Tournament, in an
   1-15  accomplishment that helped Coach James Dickey earn his third
   1-16  conference coach of the year award in the past four years; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, Women's basketball coach Marsha Sharp, who has built
   1-18  the Lady Raiders team into a national powerhouse, guided her squad
   1-19  to its fourth consecutive Southwest Conference championship and an
   1-20  Elite Eight finish in the NCAA tournament; she also was deservedly
   1-21  chosen as Southwest Conference coach of the year, her fifth
   1-22  consecutive year to attain that distinction; and
   1-23        WHEREAS, Determined to successfully complete this banner year
   1-24  in sports for Texas Tech University, the baseball team earned the
    2-1  Red Raiders' first-ever regular season Southwest Conference and
    2-2  conference tournament titles and Southwest Conference coach of the
    2-3  year honors for Coach Larry Hays; and
    2-4        WHEREAS, The men and women who represent Texas Tech
    2-5  University in athletic competition are a tremendous source of pride
    2-6  to the students and faculty of that fine institution as well as
    2-7  their many supporters in the community, and their phenomenal
    2-8  achievements are indeed worthy of special legislative recognition;
    2-9  now, therefore, be it
   2-10        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 74th Texas
   2-11  Legislature hereby congratulate Texas Tech University's exceptional
   2-12  athletic teams on their many accomplishments during the 1994-95
   2-13  school year and extend to the Red Raiders sincere best wishes for
   2-14  continued success in the future; and, be it further
   2-15        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
   2-16  prepared for prominent display at Texas Tech University as an
   2-17  expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.