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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Katy High School head football coach Gary Joseph has |
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been named the 2012 National Coach of the Year by American Football |
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Monthly; and |
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WHEREAS, Coach Joseph was selected for this prestigious honor |
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following a remarkable 2012 season in which he guided the Katy |
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Tigers to a perfect 16-0 record and the University Interscholastic |
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League 5A Division 2 state championship; the team's dominant |
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performance resulted in Katy being chosen as the national champion |
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by the National Sports News Service and VYPE Magazine; and |
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WHEREAS, The second of three generations of Texas high school |
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football coaches in his family, Gary Joseph has devoted 31 years to |
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mentoring Tiger players, and he has held the top job at the school |
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since 2004; over the course of his outstanding tenure, his squads |
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have won three state titles and advanced to the championship game on |
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two other occasions while compiling a stellar record of 120 |
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victories to just 11 defeats; and |
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WHEREAS, Gary Joseph has accrued numerous coach of the year |
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honors during his career, including eight District 19-5A awards, |
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three accolades from the Houston Texans, the 2005 Houston Touchdown |
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Club commendation, and the 2008 Southwest regional award from ESPN |
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RISE; and |
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WHEREAS, Coach Joseph has served as a positive role model to |
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hundreds of student-athletes and contributed greatly to the |
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illustrious reputation of Katy High School athletics, and this |
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latest accomplishment confirms his status as one of the finest high |
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school football coaches in the nation; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Gary Joseph on his selection as the |
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2012 National Coach of the Year by American Football Monthly and |
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extend to him 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 Coach Joseph as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Callegari |
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Zerwas |
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Bell |
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Murphy |
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| Straus |
M. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Oliveira |
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| Allen |
N. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Orr |
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| Anderson |
Gutierrez |
Patrick |
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| Aycock |
Harper-Brown |
Perry |
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| Bell |
Hernandez Luna |
Phillips |
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| Bonnen of Brazoria |
Hilderbran |
Pitts |
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| Bonnen of Galveston |
Howard |
Price |
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| Capriglione |
Keffer |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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| Carter |
King of Hemphill |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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| Clardy |
King of Parker |
Rose |
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| Coleman |
King of Taylor |
Sanford |
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| Collier |
King of Zavala |
Schaefer |
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| Cortez |
Klick |
Sheffield of Bell |
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| Craddick |
Kolkhorst |
Sheffield of Coryell |
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| Crownover |
Kuempel |
Simpson |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Lavender |
Springer |
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| J. Davis of Harris |
Leach |
Stephenson |
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| S. Davis of Harris |
Lewis |
Stickland |
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| Dutton |
Lucio III |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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| Eiland |
Marquez |
Thompson of Harris |
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| Fallon |
Martinez Fischer |
Turner of Collin |
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| Farias |
McClendon |
Turner of Harris |
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| Farney |
Menendez |
Turner of Tarrant |
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| Fletcher |
Miller of Comal |
Villarreal |
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| Flynn |
Miller of Fort Bend |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 397 was adopted by the House on March |
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26, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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