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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Lamesa High School volleyball co-head coaches Patty |
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and Tippy Browning are retiring at the end of the 2014-2015 school |
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year, drawing to a close the remarkable careers of this unique |
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coaching duo; and |
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WHEREAS, Born five minutes apart on July 31, 1945, identical |
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twins Patty and Tippy Browning were both All-District basketball |
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players at Vega High School before graduating together from Abilene |
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Christian University; the sisters joined the faculty at Lamesa High |
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School in 1968 and were subsequently named co-head coaches of the |
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Golden Tornadoes volleyball team; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the ensuing 47 seasons, these talented coaches |
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deftly balanced the responsibilities of mentoring their players |
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while leading the program to new heights of achievement; deeply |
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committed to their athletes, they logged more than 300,000 miles in |
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buses to compete in games and tournaments all across the Lone Star |
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State while building Lamesa into a formidable volleyball |
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competitor; and |
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WHEREAS, The Golden Tornadoes averaged an impressive 20 wins |
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per season with the Brownings at the helm, and the team consistently |
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qualified for the state playoffs, with 33 total trips to the |
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postseason; under the sisters' direction, Lamesa earned four berths |
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in the state tournament, reached the pinnacle of success by |
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capturing the 4A state championship in 1986, and finished as state |
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runner-up in 1998; another highlight came in 2012, when the coaches |
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captured their 900th career win in a triumph over Van Horn High |
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School; moreover, their final tally of 937 victories counts them |
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among the all-time winningest volleyball coaches in the country; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout their stellar tenure at Lamesa High |
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School, Patty and Tippy Browning have distinguished themselves as |
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gifted coaches and skilled leaders whose guidance has benefited |
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hundreds of young women, and they are indeed deserving of special |
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recognition for their myriad accomplishments; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Patty and Tippy Browning on the occasion |
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of their retirement as co-head coaches of the Lamesa High School |
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volleyball team and extend to them sincere best wishes for |
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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 Patty and Tippy Browning as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |