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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Under the outstanding leadership of eight-year head |
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coach Gary Blair, the Texas A&M University women's basketball team |
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made history by winning its first-ever NCAA national championship |
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on April 5, 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Texas A&M finished the season with an impressive |
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33-5 record, the most wins in program history, including 13 wins and |
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only 3 defeats in Big 12 competition; in the NCAA Division I |
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Tournament, the Aggies beat number one seed Baylor in the Elite |
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Eight in Dallas and number one seed Stanford in the Final Four in |
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Indianapolis on their way to defeating Notre Dame in the national |
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championship game by a score of 76-70; and |
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WHEREAS, Several of the players achieved prestigious honors |
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for their efforts during the 2010-2011 season; senior Danielle |
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Adams became the first Texas A&M player to be named as an Associated |
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Press first team All-American and was also selected as a member of |
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the 2011 NCAA Division I State Farm Coaches' All-America Basketball |
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Team; in addition, senior Sydney Colson received an AP All-American |
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honorable mention, and junior Tyra White was recognized with an |
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honorable mention on the State Farm Coaches' All-America team; and |
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WHEREAS, Coach Blair has won numerous coaching awards in the |
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course of his career and has become one of the most successful and |
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highly respected Division I coaches in the women's game today; he |
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completely turned around the Aggie women's basketball program |
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following his appointment as head coach in 2003, taking the team to |
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a record six straight NCAA tournaments and now capturing the 2011 |
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national championship; and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas A&M coaching staff also includes associate |
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head coaches Vic Schaefer and Kelly Bond and assistant coach |
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Johnnie Harris; along with Coach Blair, they have represented |
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themselves and Texas A&M University admirably and with great |
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distinction and have inspired the members of the women's basketball |
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team to conduct themselves with honor and integrity, both on and off |
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the court; and |
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WHEREAS, In claiming the much-coveted championship trophy, |
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the Aggie women's basketball team has brought positive national |
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attention to Texas A&M University and to the Lone Star State as a |
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whole while also earning further admiration for women's athletics |
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at the university level and beyond; and |
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WHEREAS, The hard work and dedication to excellence |
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demonstrated by the 2010-2011 women's basketball team and its |
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coaches has led to a history-making year that will forever be |
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remembered and celebrated by Aggie students, alumni, educators, and |
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fans; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor head coach Gary Blair and the members of |
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the Texas A&M University women's basketball team on their |
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outstanding achievement of winning the NCAA Division I national |
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championship and extend to them sincere best wishes for the future; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Coach Blair and the team as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |