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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Beverly Humphrey and the Lancaster High School girls |
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track and field team set a new record by winning the school's |
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seventh consecutive Class 4A state title at the 2007 UIL State Track |
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and Field Championship in Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, The athletic director and head coach of the girls |
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track team, Coach Humphrey has ably guided the Lady Tigers to |
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unprecedented success in the realm of Texas high school sports, and |
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in honor of this superlative achievement the school's stadium was |
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renamed Beverly D. Humphrey Tiger Stadium on May 19, 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, One of only six female athletic directors in the |
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Dallas-Fort Worth area, Coach Humphrey holds the distinction of |
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being the first African American coach to be hired at Lancaster High |
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School; for 20 years she has coached student-athletes in both track |
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and volleyball, and her impressive success has rightly earned her |
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the respect and admiration of students and peers alike; and |
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WHEREAS, Children are our state's most precious resource, and |
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Beverly Humphrey has endeavored to instill in the students of |
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Lancaster High School a sense of self-worth and pride; her |
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achievements in that effort indeed merit special recognition; 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 honor Beverly Humphrey for leading the Lancaster |
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High School girls track and field team to its seventh consecutive |
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state title and commend her on her superlative achievements as an |
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administrator, educator, and coach; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Coach Humphrey as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |