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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Meat Animal Evaluation Team of Texas Tech |
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University took the top prize at the National Meat Animal |
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Evaluation Contest at the Oklahoma City Stockyards and Oklahoma |
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State University on March 26 and 27, 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, This is the third year in a row that the team from |
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Texas Tech has won this prestigious national competition, which |
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encourages students to reach a more complete understanding of the |
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food supply chain from conception to consumer; and |
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WHEREAS, Representing the Department of Meat Science and |
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Muscle Biology, the Texas Tech team won the swine, beef evaluation, |
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breeding animal, market animal, and communication divisions, and |
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placed second in the meat and sheep divisions, earning 8,693 |
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points, which put them 336 points above the second-place team; and |
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WHEREAS, Team member Drew Perez earned the highest number of |
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individual points, while Ben Cammack, Cade Halfmann, Josh Flohr, |
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and Henry Ruiz finished in the top 10; and |
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WHEREAS, Coached by Ryan Rathmann, Judd Gardner, and Travis |
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O'Quinn, the winning team also includes Tyler Cowie, Micah Dorsey, |
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Shayna Dunlap, Paige Futrell, Josh Hasty, C. A. Jones, Matthew |
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Morales, Trae Simmons, Olivia Tilly, Austin Voyles, and Shanna |
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Ward; and |
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WHEREAS, These noteworthy Tech students have demonstrated |
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tremendous commitment, talent, and hard work to achieve this |
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national championship title, and they truly merit special |
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recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the Texas Tech University Meat |
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Animal Evaluation Team on winning first place at the 2009 National |
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Meat Animal Evaluation Contest and extend to the team members and |
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their coaches sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |