H.R. No. 1017


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Frank Phillips College Lady Plainsmen volleyball team has earned recognition as one of the premiere junior college sports teams in the nation; and WHEREAS, The Lady Plainsmen have dominated the Western Junior College Athletic Conference over the past four years, capturing the conference championship from 2001 to 2004; the team, which has produced three National Junior College Athletic Association All-Americans, has won the NJCAA Region V Championship each of the past three seasons and has earned three consecutive national top-10 rankings; and WHEREAS, Led by second-year coach Cara Adams, the Lady Plainsmen have compiled an overall record of 121-33 over the past four seasons, including an impressive 17-1 conference mark, and their remarkable success has earned them invitations to the 2002, 2003, and 2004 NJCAA National Volleyball Tournaments; and WHEREAS, In 2004, the Lady Plainsmen featured four WJCAC All-Conference players: Jacqualin Doss, Britney Dunlap, Tiffany Shedrock, and Marcie LeGrand; moreover, the team has produced 15 All-Region players, 20 WJCAC All-Conference players, and four WJCAC Most Valuable Players in the last four seasons; and WHEREAS, Athletic excellence is a hallmark of Frank Phillips College, helping to promote teamwork, character, and discipline among the school's student-athletes, and the school's commitment to sports and academics has established a strong foundation for the future success of its students; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature hereby honor the Frank Phillips College Lady Plainsmen volleyball team on its outstanding achievements and extend best wishes for continued success to athletic director John Green, coach Cara Adams, and the members of the team; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the Lady Plainsmen volleyball team as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Swinford Chisum Craddick Geren Menendez Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso Anderson Goolsby Morrison Bailey Griggs Mowery Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat Berman Guillen Nixon Blake Haggerty Noriega Bohac Hamilton Oliveira Bonnen Hamric Olivo Branch Hardcastle Orr Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton Burnam Hegar Pena Callegari Herrero Phillips Campbell Hilderbran Pickett Casteel Hill Pitts Castro Hochberg Puente Chavez Hodge Quintanilla Chisum Homer Raymond Coleman Hope Reyna Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter Corte Hughes Rodriguez Crabb Hunter Rose Crownover Hupp Seaman Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis Denny Keel Solomons Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama Driver Keffer of Eastland Straus Dukes King of Parker Swinford Dunnam King of Zavala Talton Dutton Kolkhorst Taylor Edwards Krusee Thompson Eiland Kuempel Truitt Eissler Laney Turner Elkins Laubenberg Uresti Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale Farabee Luna Veasey Farrar Madden Villarreal Flores Martinez Vo Flynn Martinez Fischer West Frost McCall Wong Gallego McClendon Woolley Gattis McReynolds Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1017 was adopted by the House on April 19, 2005, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House