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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Sarah Mason Thomas, Ashley Stallard, Nicole |
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Johnson, and Savannah Still, four outstanding tennis players from |
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Faith Academy in Marble Falls, proved their abilities by winning |
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titles at the 2010 and 2011 Texas Association of Private and |
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Parochial Schools Tennis State Championships; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Thomas won the 2010 2A title in girls' singles; a |
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13-year-old freshman at the time of her triumph, she was the |
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youngest tennis player to ever become state champion; she dominated |
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her opponents in all four rounds of the tournament, losing just 10 |
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games, and defeated Victoria Hoelscher of Temple Holy Trinity in |
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the finals to earn Faith Academy's first individual state title; |
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Ms. Thomas has also competed in United States Tennis Association |
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girls' 14 champ matches and has held a No. 1 ranking in the State of |
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Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Stallard and Ms. Johnson won the 2010 2A state |
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doubles championship as freshmen, giving the school its first title |
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in that event; the pair won the crown in straight sets over |
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Alexandra Bludau and Emma Gray of Halletsville Sacred Heart and |
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only dropped six games in the course of four matches; Ms. Stallard |
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has been a girls' 14 super champ player and Ms. Johnson a girls' 16 |
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champ player; they, along with Ms. Thomas, are coached by Michelle |
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Stallard at the Horseshoe Bay Resort; and |
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WHEREAS, These victories helped the Lady Flames win the state |
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title in the team competition in 2010, and more success followed in |
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2011; Ms. Thomas joined with classmate Savannah Still to claim the |
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2A state championship in doubles, while Ms. Stallard was state |
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champion in the singles event and Ms. Johnson finished as |
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runner-up; overall, Faith Academy went home with its second |
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consecutive team title; and |
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WHEREAS, The hard work and commitment to excellence |
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demonstrated by these young women have helped their school team to |
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become one of the finest in Texas, and they may take justifiable |
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pride in their exceptional achievements; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Sarah Mason Thomas, Ashley |
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Stallard, Nicole Johnson, and Savannah Still on winning titles at |
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the 2010 and 2011 TAPPS Tennis State Championships and extend to |
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them sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the players as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |