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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 824
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WHEREAS, Under the outstanding leadership of eight-year |
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head coach Gary Blair, the Texas A&M University women's |
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basketball team made history by winning its first National |
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Collegiate Athletic Association national championship; and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas A&M University women's basketball team |
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finished its season with an impressive 33-5 record--the most wins |
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in program history--and achieved a 13-3 record in the Big 12; |
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their achievements included going to the National Collegiate |
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Athletic Association tournament and defeating number one seed |
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Baylor in the Elite Eight in Dallas and number one seed Stanford |
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in the Final Four in Indianapolis on their way to defeating Notre |
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Dame in the national championship finals by a score of 76-70; and |
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WHEREAS, Several of the players have achieved |
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extraordinary honors for their efforts, including senior |
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Danielle Adams, named as Texas A&M University's first Associated |
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Press First Team All-American, and senior Sydney Colson, named as |
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an Associated Press All-American Honorable Mention; Danielle |
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Adams was also selected to the 2011 NCAA Division I State Farm |
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Coaches' All-America Basketball Team, and junior Tyra White |
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achieved a State Farm Coaches' All-America Team Honorable |
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Mention; and |
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WHEREAS, The members of the Texas A&M University coaching |
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staff, including head coach Gary Blair, associate head coach Vic |
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Schaefer, associate head coach Kelly Bond, and assistant coach |
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Johnnie Harris, have represented themselves and Texas A&M |
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University admirably and with great distinction and have |
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motivated and inspired the women's basketball team to conduct |
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themselves with excellence, honor, and integrity--both on and |
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off the court; and |
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WHEREAS, The Aggie women's basketball team, in winning its |
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first National Collegiate Athletic Association national |
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championship and bringing the much-coveted championship trophy |
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to Texas A&M University has inspired enormous admiration and |
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respect for women's athletics at the university; and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas A&M women's basketball team has brought |
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tremendous positive national attention to Texas A&M University |
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and to the great State of Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Coach Gary Blair, winner of numerous coaching |
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honors and one of the most highly respected and winningest active |
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Division I coaches in the women's game today, completely turned |
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around the Aggie women's basketball program since his |
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appointment as head coach in 2003, taking the team to a record six |
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straight National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments |
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and capturing the 2011 national championship; and |
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WHEREAS, The hard work and dedication to excellence of the |
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women's basketball team and its coaches have led to a |
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history-making year that will be remembered and celebrated by |
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Aggies and others forever; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd |
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Legislature, hereby honor Coach Gary Blair and the Texas A&M |
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University women's basketball team on their outstanding |
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achievements and extend to them best wishes for the future; and |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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Coach Gary Blair and the team as an expression of high regard from |
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the Texas Senate. |
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Ogden, Hegar |
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Wentworth, Williams |
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Gallegos |
Rodriguez |
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Jackson |
Van de Putte |
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Dewhurst, President of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 26, 2011. |
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Secretary of the Senate |