H.R. No. 13 


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Red Raiders AAA select baseball team has risen to national prominence by winning the 2003 USSSA World Series, and this achievement merits commendation; and WHEREAS, Made up of young men from the Pasadena, Deer Park, and La Porte areas, the Red Raiders team placed first in state tournament competition to gain a coveted World Series berth; and WHEREAS, The Red Raiders defeated teams from Oklahoma, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois, and Georgia during the week-long event before facing another Texas-based team from Alvin in the championship game, which the Red Raiders handily won 7-3 to claim the World Series championship; and WHEREAS, Each player made significant contributions to the team's overall success, including Robbie Cook, Derrick Dartez, Mikey Clark, Brandon Faucett, Sam Hargrave, Ryan Keller, Aaron Spaugh, Brent Knight, Nathan Kello, and Marcius Taylor, and Chris Roy and Britt Crawford earned individual distinction as Most Valuable Player and Best Defensive Player, respectively; and WHEREAS, Coaches Mark Keller, John Myers, and Bill Hargrave provided their team with outstanding leadership and guidance, enabling each of their players to perform at a consistently high level, and they were assisted in their efforts by manager David Hargrave; and WHEREAS, These fine young Texans are exceptional athletes, and it is indeed appropriate that they receive special legislative recognition; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate the members of the Red Raiders baseball team and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the Red Raiders as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Talton Craddick Geren Mercer Allen Giddings Merritt Alonzo Goodman Miller Bailey Goolsby Moreno of Harris Baxter Griggs Moreno of El Paso Berman Grusendorf Morrison Bohac Guillen Mowery Bonnen Gutierrez Naishtat Branch Haggerty Nixon Brown of Kaufman Hamilton Noriega Brown of Brazos Hamric Oliveira Burnam Hardcastle Olivo Callegari Harper-Brown Paxton Campbell Hartnett Pena Canales Heflin Phillips Capelo Hegar Pickett Casteel Hilderbran Pitts Castro Hill Puente Chavez Hochberg Quintanilla Chisum Hodge Raymond Christian Homer Reyna Coleman Hope Riddle Cook of Navarro Hopson Ritter Cook of Colorado Howard Rodriguez Corte Hughes Rose Crabb Hunter Seaman Crownover Hupp Smith of Tarrant Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Jones of Lubbock Smithee Dawson Jones of Bexar Solis Delisi Jones of Dallas Solomons Denny Keel Stick Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Swinford Driver Keffer of Eastland Talton Dukes King Taylor Dunnam Kolkhorst Telford Dutton Krusee Thompson Edwards Kuempel Truitt Eiland Laney Turner Eissler Laubenberg Uresti Elkins Lewis Van Arsdale Ellis Luna Villarreal Escobar Mabry West Farabee Madden Wilson Farrar Marchant Wise Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth Flynn McCall Wolens Gallego McClendon Wong Garza McReynolds Woolley Gattis Menendez Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 13 was adopted by the House on August 5, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House