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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Victoria Blankenship of West Oso High School was |
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honored for her exceptional achievements during the 2014-2015 |
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season by being chosen as a member of the first team in the Corpus |
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Christi Caller-Times All-South Texas basketball awards selections; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Blankenship averaged 15.4 points and 9.4 |
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rebounds per game and helped lead the Lady Bears to the district |
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title and on to the area round of the 4A playoffs; for the second |
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consecutive year, she was named Co-Most Valuable Player in the |
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31-4A All-District awards and garnered 4A All-State honors; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Jerome Blankenship and Crystal |
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Conigland-Powell, Victoria Blankenship is an outstanding student, |
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ranked in the top 10 percent of her junior class; she is a member of |
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the National Honor Society and the Student Council, and she is |
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currently enrolled in dual credit courses with Del Mar College; |
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after graduation, she hopes to attend the University of North |
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Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she wants to study sports and |
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chiropractic medicine and continue to play basketball; and |
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WHEREAS, The All-South Texas award provides fitting |
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acknowledgement of the talent, hard work, and commitment to |
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excellence demonstrated by this exemplary student-athlete, and she |
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may take justifiable pride in her accomplishments; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Victoria Blankenship on being |
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chosen as a member of the first team in the Corpus Christi |
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Caller-Times All-South Texas basketball awards selections and |
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extend to her 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 Ms. Blankenship as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Herrero |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2109 was adopted by the House on May |
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21, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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