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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Michael Treybig is retiring from his position as |
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head football coach and athletic director of the Palacios |
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Independent School District in June 2013, drawing to a close an |
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impressive 34-year career in education and athletics; and |
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WHEREAS, A Palacios native who spent his early childhood in |
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the city, Mike Treybig began his coaching career in 1980 at Marian |
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Christian High School in Houston; there, he served as the defensive |
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coordinator and, later, as head coach of the football team, and he |
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guided the school's track athletes to three state championships; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, He went on to coach at Stafford and Van Vleck High |
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Schools before becoming the head football coach and athletic |
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director for the Industrial and Sweeny Independent School |
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Districts; along the way, his football teams claimed numerous |
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district championships, and he earned multiple coach of the year |
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awards; in addition to his accomplishments on the gridiron, he |
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coached other sports, including track and cross-country at Stafford |
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and track and power lifting at Sweeny; moreover, his work as an |
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educator has included teaching assignments for history and physical |
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education classes, and he served as the principal of Industrial |
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High School during the 1995-1996 school year; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2005, Coach Treybig returned to his hometown to |
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become the head coach and athletic director; he guided the Fighting |
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Sharks to the state playoffs in 2007, the team's first appearance in |
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the postseason in 43 years, and that achievement earned him the |
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Coach of the Year award from the Victoria Advocate; in his work as |
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athletic director, he has helped build support for the Booster Club |
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scholarship program and established the Palacios Athletic Hall of |
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Honor; and |
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WHEREAS, Beyond the victories and awards, Coach Treybig's |
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most significant contribution is the positive role he has played in |
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the lives of hundreds of student-athletes; he has placed a strong |
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emphasis on academics and has introduced many young Texans to the |
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importance of community service by involving them in such efforts |
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as collecting items for local food banks and raising funds for |
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cancer research; his work as a mentor was honored in 2010, when he |
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received the University Interscholastic League Sponsor Excellence |
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Award; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Coach Treybig enjoys the love |
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and support of his wife of 32 years, Jil, who works as a junior high |
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school librarian; the couple have raised three daughters, Jayme, |
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Jessica, and Jenna, two of whom have followed in their parents' |
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footsteps and entered the field of education; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than three decades, Mike Treybig has helped |
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teach young Texans important lessons about teamwork and commitment, |
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and he may indeed reflect with pride on his many accomplishments as |
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he looks forward to the next exciting chapter of his life; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Michael Treybig on his retirement |
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from the Palacios Independent School District and extend to him |
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sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Coach Treybig as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Bonnen of Brazoria |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1484 was adopted by the House on April |
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24, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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