| |
| |
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
|
|
WHEREAS, The Islanders men's basketball team of Texas A&M |
|
|
University-Corpus Christi has captured the hearts of Texas sports |
|
|
fans by winning the 2007 Southland Conference Tournament on March |
|
|
11 and earning a chance to play in the prestigious NCAA Division I |
|
|
Championship; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, This represents the team's first appearance in the |
|
|
NCAA tournament, the riveting sports spectacle that is known to |
|
|
fans as "the Big Dance"; the Islanders will now take their shot at |
|
|
winning the national championship as they do battle with the best |
|
|
college teams in the country; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, In capturing the Southland title with their victory |
|
|
over Northwestern State University, the Islanders fulfilled the |
|
|
promise they have shown all season long; the team enters the NCAA |
|
|
tournament with a record of 26 wins and just six losses and a |
|
|
red-hot winning streak that has extended to six games; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Coming just eight years after Texas A&M |
|
|
University-Corpus Christi fielded its first basketball team, this |
|
|
achievement has sparked basketball fever among the university's |
|
|
students, faculty, and alumni as well as the many other fans of this |
|
|
thrilling team; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, The Islanders basketball squad stands as an |
|
|
inspiring example of the stellar results that can come from hard |
|
|
work and spirited play, and the team's victorious season has |
|
|
brought further acclaim to the proud sports tradition of the Lone |
|
|
Star State; now, therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
|
|
Legislature hereby congratulate the men's basketball team of Texas |
|
|
A&M University-Corpus Christi on winning the 2007 Southland |
|
|
Conference Tournament and earning a berth in the NCAA Division I |
|
|
Championship and extend best wishes to the players and coaches for |
|
|
success in basketball's Big Dance; and, be it further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|
|
prepared for university president Flavius Killebrew, athletic |
|
|
director Brian Teter, coach Ronnie Arrow, and each member of the |
|
|
team as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of |
|
|
Representatives. |