R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is proud to honor 1-2 Vinny Del Negro of the San Antonio Spurs for his athletic 1-3 accomplishments and his many contributions to the community; and 1-4 WHEREAS, Playing college basketball at North Carolina State 1-5 University, Mr. Del Negro rose to stardom by his senior season, 1-6 when he was named to the All Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) team 1-7 and was chosen as most valuable player in the ACC tournament; and 1-8 WHEREAS, He was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 1-9 second round of the 1988 NBA draft and appeared in 156 games for 1-10 the Kings during the next two seasons before taking his 1-11 considerable talents to Europe; in Italy, Mr. Del Negro was a star 1-12 player for Benetton Treviso and earned most valuable player of the 1-13 Italian League Playoffs while leading his club to the A League 1-14 title; and 1-15 WHEREAS, Mr. Del Negro joined the Spurs in 1992 and played 1-16 point guard for his first two seasons with the organization; his 1-17 exceptional accuracy from the outside enabled him to move to the 1-18 shooting guard position, where he has been a vital part of the 1-19 Spurs team; and 1-20 WHEREAS, Also active in a variety of worthy community 1-21 projects, he takes special pride in the work of the Vinny Del Negro 1-22 Endowment Fund, which aids abused youth, and he has also teamed up 1-23 with fellow Spurs player Avery Johnson to establish The All-Star 1-24 Connection 4 San Antonio, an organization whose goal is to raise 2-1 funds for local charities and schools; and 2-2 WHEREAS, In recognition of his off-the-court achievements, he 2-3 was one of five professional athletes honored by USA Weekend with a 2-4 Most Caring Athlete Award in 1994; and 2-5 WHEREAS, He has been supported in all his many endeavors by 2-6 his devoted wife, Lynn, with whom he has shared his successes and 2-7 aspirations; and 2-8 WHEREAS, Vinny Del Negro has achieved a remarkable level of 2-9 athletic success as a member of the San Antonio Spurs, and his 2-10 willingness to share the fruits of his success with members of the 2-11 community makes him truly worthy of special legislative recognition 2-12 at this time; now, therefore, be it 2-13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-14 Legislature hereby commend Vinny Del Negro of the San Antonio Spurs 2-15 for his exceptional accomplishments, both on the basketball court 2-16 and as a positive force in the community; and, be it further 2-17 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-18 prepared for Vinny Del Negro as an expression of high regard by the 2-19 Texas House of Representatives. McClendon Laney Gutierrez Oliveira Alexander Haggerty Olivo Allen Hamric Palmer Alvarado Hartnett Patterson Averitt Hawley Pickett Bailey Heflin Pitts Berlanga Hernandez Place Bonnen Hightower Price Bosse Hilbert Puente Brimer Hilderbran Rabuck Burnam Hill Ramsay Carter Hinojosa Rangel Chavez Hirschi Raymond Chisum Hochberg Reyna of Bexar Christian Hodge Reyna of Dallas Clark Holzheauser Rhodes Coleman Horn Rodriguez Cook Howard Roman Corte Hunter Sadler Counts Hupp Seaman Crabb Isett Serna Craddick Jackson Shields Cuellar Janek Siebert Culberson Jones of Lubbock Smith Danburg Jones of Dallas Smithee Davila Junell Solis Davis Kamel Solomons Delisi Keel Staples Denny Keffer Stiles Driver King Swinford Dukes Krusee Talton Dunnam Kubiak Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Tillery Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Torres Eiland Longoria Turner of Coleman Elkins Luna Turner of Harris Farrar McCall Uher Finnell McClendon Van de Putte Flores McReynolds Walker Gallego Madden West Galloway Marchant Williams Garcia Maxey Williamson Giddings Merritt Wilson Glaze Moffat Wise Goodman Moreno Wohlgemuth Goolsby Mowery Wolens Gray Naishtat Woolley Greenberg Nixon Yarbrough Grusendorf Oakley Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 764 was adopted by the House on April 29, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House