H.R. No. 54 


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The cheerleaders of Victoria Memorial High School have added an impressive new honor to their collection by capturing the 2006 National Cheerleading Championship; and WHEREAS, This talented group of students competed against 52 squads from across the country at the Universal Cheerleaders Association event held on February 11-12, 2006, in Orlando, Florida; and WHEREAS, The team participated in the small varsity division, performing a stellar routine that earned them top honors in the event, a feat that enabled the girls to claim the first such national triumph for a cheerleading squad from their school; and WHEREAS, Led by head cheerleading coach Denise Neel, choreographer Missy DeLuna, and assistant coaches Ricky Contreras, Sarah Jambers, and Lindsay Neel, the award-winning team includes seniors Amanda Dunn and Spencer Streetman, juniors Jordan Payne, Sheina Farooqui, Ashley Blackburn, and Syndal Brown, sophomores Brittney Morris, Shelley Frerich, Kelcey Newell, and Marlee Mize, freshmen Katy Boles and Stephanie Bess, and alternates Ashton Bland and Caitlin Klare; and WHEREAS, The Victoria Memorial cheerleaders have demonstrated outstanding talent, dedication, and sportsmanship throughout their memorable season, and their efforts have earned them a special place of honor in the history of their school and set an inspiring example for those who will follow in their footsteps; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate the Victoria Memorial High School cheerleaders on earning the Universal Cheerleaders Association 2006 National Championship title and extend to them best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the squad and their school as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Morrison Craddick Giddings McReynolds Allen Gonzales Menendez Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Merritt Anchia Goodman Miller Anderson Goolsby Moreno Bailey Griggs Morrison Berman Grusendorf Mowery Blake Guillen Naishtat Bohac Haggerty Nixon Bonnen Hamilton Noriega Branch Hamric Oliveira Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Olivo Brown of Brazos Harper-Brown Orr Burnam Hartnett Otto Callegari Hegar Paxton Campbell Hernandez Pena Casteel Herrero Phillips Castro Hilderbran Pickett Chavez Hill Pitts Chisum Hochberg Puente Coleman Hodge Quintanilla Cook of Navarro Homer Raymond Cook of Colorado Hope Reyna Corte Hopson Riddle Crabb Howard of Fort Bend Ritter Crownover Howard of Travis Rodriguez Davis of Harris Hughes Rose Davis of Dallas Hunter Seaman Dawson Hupp Smith of Tarrant Delisi Isett Smith of Harris Denny Jackson Smithee Deshotel Jones of Lubbock Solis Driver Jones of Dallas Solomons Dukes Keel Strama Dunnam Keffer of Dallas Straus Dutton Keffer of Eastland Swinford Edwards King of Parker Talton Eiland King of Zavala Taylor Eissler Kolkhorst Thompson Elkins Krusee Truitt England Kuempel Turner Escobar Laney Uresti Farabee Laubenberg Van Arsdale Farrar Leibowitz Veasey Flores Luna Villarreal Flynn Madden Vo Frost Martinez West Gallego Martinez Fischer Wong Gattis McCall Woolley Geren McClendon Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 54 was adopted by the House on May 10, 2006, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House