78R11291 WMS-D

By:  Wong                                                         H.R. No. 723



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, University of Texas women's head basketball coach 
Jody Conradt reached another milestone in her illustrious career on 
January 22, 2003, when she claimed her 800th victory, becoming one 
of only six Division I coaches to achieve that plateau; and
	WHEREAS, Facing seventh-ranked Texas Tech in this 
all-important contest, the Lady Longhorns refused to be denied, 
battling to a 69-58 victory to present Coach Conradt with her 800th 
career win; and
	WHEREAS, A Goldthwaite native and graduate of Baylor 
University, she began her career at Sam Houston State University 
and also coached at The University of Texas at Arlington before 
taking the helm of the women's basketball team at the Forty Acres in 
1976; and
	WHEREAS, Coach Conradt quickly built the Texas program into a 
perennial national contender, and in 1986 her Lady Longhorns 
achieved the pinnacle of success by becoming the first women's 
basketball team to finish the season as undefeated national 
champions; and
	WHEREAS, Also a gifted and dedicated administrator, she 
served with distinction as women's athletic director at UT for 10 
productive years, ably guiding the program through an unprecedented 
period of expansion; and
	WHEREAS, Coach Conradt's status as a sports legend was 
permanently enshrined through her 1998 induction into the Naismith 
Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and she is also an inductee of the 
International Women's Sports Hall of Fame, the Texas Sports Hall of 
Fame, the Texas Women's Hall of Fame, and the Women's Basketball 
Hall of Fame; in addition, she has been named National Coach of the 
Year four times and has received numerous other awards and 
accolades far too numerous to mention; and
	WHEREAS, Over the course of her remarkable career Jody 
Conradt has established herself as one of the true giants of her 
profession, and this significant milestone provides a fitting 
opportunity to honor her for her many phenomenal achievements; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby congratulate University of Texas women's 
basketball head coach Jody Conradt on her 800th career coaching 
victory and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued 
success; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Coach Conradt as an expression of high regard by the 
Texas House of Representatives.