1-1 1 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 3-20 ______________________________________ 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. 3-25 ______________________________________ 3-26 Secretary of the Senate 3-27 ______________________________________ 4-1 Member, Texas Senate