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 1-2                         SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1094
 1-3           WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes pride in
 1-4     recognizing The University of Texas at Austin's Coach Jody Conradt,
 1-5     for coaching her 1,000th basketball game on January 17, 2001; and
 1-6           WHEREAS, The first woman in history to coach 1,000 games in
 1-7     the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Division One, this
 1-8     outstanding coach is one of a select group of 17 Division One
 1-9     coaches who have coached that many games; and
1-10           WHEREAS, A living legend, Jody Conradt says that
1-11     circumstances have changed in women's basketball since she began
1-12     her career; and 
1-13           WHEREAS, Jody Conradt began her profession 32 seasons ago,
1-14     in 1969, when she went to work for Sam Houston State University as
1-15     a coach and physical education teacher; at that point, there was
1-16     little activity for women's collegiate sports at the Division One
1-17     level; and
1-18           WHEREAS, Although she coached her first game at age 28,
1-19     Coach Conradt says that today, a university would be reluctant
1-20     to hire someone that young who had no experience coaching at the
1-21     Division One level; and
 2-1           WHEREAS, In 1973 Jody began a women's basketball program
 2-2     at The University of Texas at Arlington and coached softball and
 2-3     volleyball as well; and
 2-4           WHEREAS, Arriving at The University of Texas at Austin in
 2-5     1976, Jody Conradt took charge of basketball and volleyball; she
 2-6     immediately began to change schedules to include more talented
 2-7     teams as opponents and to include more Top 10 teams; and
 2-8           WHEREAS, Guiding her team into the Top 20 rankings during
 2-9     her first year, Jody Conradt began to establish a formidable team
2-10     which has not left the Top 20 often; and
2-11           WHEREAS, In her fourth year, she guided her team to a 33-4
2-12     season and won National Coach of the Year; in her fifth year, the
2-13     Lady Longhorns won the AIAW State Title; and
2-14           WHEREAS, Reaching new heights after joining the National
2-15     Collegiate Athletic Association in 1982, Coach Conradt's team
2-16     became number one in the nation for four years in a row; and
2-17           WHEREAS, During the 1985 through 1986 season she gathered
2-18     together one of the finest teams ever in basketball and led them
2-19     through the first unbeaten season in the history of the women's
2-20     NCAA; and
2-21           WHEREAS, From the beginning, Jody Conradt made special
2-22     efforts to attract fans, and the fans drew others to the games;
2-23     over the past 24 years, millions of loyal fans have continued to
 3-1     follow the Lady Longhorns closely; and
 3-2           WHEREAS, The recipient of countless honors, Coach Conradt
 3-3     was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 1986 and the
 3-4     International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in 1995; she was selected
 3-5     as National Coach of the Year and the Southwest Conference Coach of
 3-6     the Year innumerable times; and
 3-7           WHEREAS, A woman of uncommon perseverance, honesty, and
 3-8     dedication, Coach Jody Conradt has touched the lives of thousands
 3-9     of young women and made invaluable contributions to the world of
3-10     women's sports; having coached her 1,000th basketball game is a
3-11     distinguished mark of success; such an outstanding coach is truly
3-12     worthy of legislative recognition; now, therefore, be it
3-13           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
3-14     77th Legislature, hereby commend Coach Jody Conradt for coaching
3-15     her 1,000th basketball game on January 17, 2001, and congratulate
3-16     her on her impressive career; and, be it further
3-17           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for her
3-18     as an expression of highest regard from the Texas Senate.
3-19                                                              Barrientos
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3-21                                          President of the Senate
3-22                                       I hereby certify that the above
3-23                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
3-24                                  on May 18, 2001.
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3-26                                          Secretary of the Senate
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 4-1                                           Member, Texas Senate