| |
| |
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
|
|
WHEREAS, Demonstrating outstanding athletic ability, West |
|
|
Mesquite High School senior Isai Velasquez has accomplished the |
|
|
rare feat of scoring more than 100 goals while competing in high |
|
|
school soccer; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Mr. Velasquez has improved his performance each year |
|
|
since scoring 11 times for the varsity squad as a freshman; he went |
|
|
on to tally 25 goals as a sophomore and 31 as a junior, and he |
|
|
concluded his stellar record with 35 goals during his final year of |
|
|
play to reach a total of 102; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, This phenomenal athlete has been named the Most |
|
|
Valuable Player in District 23-4A for three consecutive years while |
|
|
leading his team to the playoffs in each of those seasons; in |
|
|
addition, he was a 2012 All-Region and All-State first-team |
|
|
honoree; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Mr. Velasquez is the first player in Wrangler |
|
|
history to score 100 goals, and his total is a record for the |
|
|
Mesquite Independent School District as well; he has also achieved |
|
|
excellence in his studies, ranking 25th in his class of 365 students |
|
|
with a 3.87 grade point average, and he earned a spot on the 2013 |
|
|
Academic All-State squad; he has been accepted to The University of |
|
|
Texas at Arlington, where he plans to pursue a degree in accounting; |
|
|
moreover, he is an active member of the community and volunteers for |
|
|
numerous service projects through his church; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, With his superb play on the soccer field for West |
|
|
Mesquite High School, Isai Velasquez has been a source of pride for |
|
|
his fellow students, and his remarkable performance will be |
|
|
remembered for years to come; now, therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
|
|
Legislature hereby congratulate Isai Velasquez for scoring more |
|
|
than 100 goals in soccer during his years at West Mesquite High |
|
|
School and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success; |
|
|
and, be it further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|
|
prepared for Mr. Velasquez as an expression of high regard by the |
|
|
Texas House of Representatives. |