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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Demonstrating outstanding athletic ability, West |
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Mesquite High School senior Isai Velasquez has accomplished the |
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rare feat of scoring more than 100 goals while competing in high |
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school soccer; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Velasquez has improved his performance each year |
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since scoring 11 times for the varsity squad as a freshman; he went |
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on to tally 25 goals as a sophomore and 31 as a junior, and he |
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concluded his stellar record with 35 goals during his final year of |
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play to reach a total of 102; and |
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WHEREAS, This phenomenal athlete has been named the Most |
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Valuable Player in District 23-4A for three consecutive years while |
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leading his team to the playoffs in each of those seasons; in |
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addition, he was a 2012 All-Region and All-State first-team |
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honoree; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Velasquez is the first player in Wrangler |
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history to score 100 goals, and his total is a record for the |
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Mesquite Independent School District as well; he has also achieved |
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excellence in his studies, ranking 25th in his class of 365 students |
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with a 3.87 grade point average, and he earned a spot on the 2013 |
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Academic All-State squad; he has been accepted to The University of |
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Texas at Arlington, where he plans to pursue a degree in accounting; |
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moreover, he is an active member of the community and volunteers for |
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numerous service projects through his church; and |
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WHEREAS, With his superb play on the soccer field for West |
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Mesquite High School, Isai Velasquez has been a source of pride for |
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his fellow students, and his remarkable performance will be |
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remembered for years to come; 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 Isai Velasquez for scoring more |
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than 100 goals in soccer during his years at West Mesquite High |
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School and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success; |
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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 Mr. Velasquez as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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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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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1866 was adopted by the House on May 6, |
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2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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