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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The University of Texas at Arlington Movin' Mavs |
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wheelchair basketball team captured its seventh national title on |
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April 1, 2006, defeating the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
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Warhawks 53-51 in the championship game of the National |
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Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Conference Tournament held |
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at the University of Illinois; and |
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WHEREAS, Members of the conference since 1989, the Movin' |
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Mavs are the first and only intercollegiate team to have each of its |
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members on full athletic scholarship; since joining the conference, |
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the Mavs have had six players selected as Most Valuable Player, |
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while 16 players have been named to the first-team All-American |
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squad; and |
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WHEREAS, Led by head coach and UTA alumnus Jim Hayes, the |
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Movin' Mavs demonstrated the drive of true champions in their quest |
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for the tournament title; through their hard work and dedication to |
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excellence, these talented student-athletes have furthered the |
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stellar reputation of the UTA wheelchair basketball program, and it |
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is a pleasure to wish them well as they defend their title on their |
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home court at this year's National Intercollegiate Wheelchair |
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Basketball Tournament, which begins on March 3, 2007; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate The University of Texas at |
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Arlington Movin' Mavs on winning the 2006 National Intercollegiate |
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Wheelchair Basketball Championship and extend to the team best |
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wishes for success at the 2007 tournament; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Coach Hayes and the Movin' Mavs as an expression of |
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high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |