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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A superior athlete who established herself as one of |
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the country's finest collegiate divers, Kelly Jenkins Madden has |
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been inducted into The University of Texas Women's Athletics Hall |
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of Honor; and |
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WHEREAS, A Houston native, she began demonstrating her |
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impressive abilities as a diver as a young girl; she was the |
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national champion in her age group 11 times, competed on the United |
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States Diving Team for six years, and was ranked as the number one |
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diver in the world in her age bracket each year between 1981 and |
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1988; during her career at Memorial High School, she never lost a |
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meet and became the first person to be crowned all-state diving |
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champion for four consecutive years, garnering the Texas Female |
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Athlete of the Year award as a senior; and |
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WHEREAS, This talented and hard-working athlete joined the |
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women's swimming and diving team at The University of Texas at |
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Austin in 1987 and contributed greatly to the outstanding success |
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that the Longhorns enjoyed in that sport in the late 1980s and early |
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1990s; the team captured the NCAA championship in three of the four |
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years that Ms. Jenkins was a member--1988, 1990, and 1991; although |
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Texas came in second in the team competition at the championship |
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meet in 1989, Ms. Jenkins was named the NCAA three-meter |
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springboard diving champion that year and became the first Longhorn |
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to win an individual diving title; in the course of her competitive |
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career at the university, she received nine All-American honors and |
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a place on the Southwest Conference's All-Decade Team; and |
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WHEREAS, Successful in the classroom as well as on the diving |
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board, she graduated second in her high school class of nearly 600 |
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students and was a two-time Academic All-American at The University |
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of Texas; graduating with a 3.85 grade-point average in her |
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architectural engineering major, Ms. Jenkins went on to enjoy a |
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successful tenure as a structural engineer; she married in 1993 and |
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is the mother of four children; and |
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WHEREAS, Combining outstanding athletic achievement with |
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scholarly excellence, Kelly Jenkins Madden challenged herself to |
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fulfill her highest potential as a gifted student athlete, and her |
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exemplary accomplishments as a Longhorn truly make her worthy of a |
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place among the university's finest sports figures; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Kelly Jenkins Madden for her |
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induction into The University of Texas Women's Athletics Hall of |
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Honor and extend to her best wishes for happiness and success in all |
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her endeavors; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Madden as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |