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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Schreiner University shotgun team furthered its |
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proud tradition of excellence by winning the Division I national |
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title at the 2019 Association of College Unions International |
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Collegiate Clay Target Championships; and |
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WHEREAS, Competing March 25 through 30 in San Antonio, the |
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Mountaineers earned the Division I championship after claiming the |
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Division II crown in 2018; Schreiner faced off against 90 other |
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colleges at the 2019 event, capturing the High Over All National |
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Champion and American All Around National Champion team awards; |
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additionally, the Mountaineers secured top finishes from their |
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American Skeet, Super Sporting, and International Skeet teams and |
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second-place showings from their American Trap, International |
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Trap, and Sporting Clays squads; and |
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WHEREAS, Collecting five gold medals in the Men's and Women's |
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Open Division, the Mountaineers garnered wins from Colt McBee in |
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Combined Skeet and Combined International, Logan McLendon in |
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American Skeet, Nolan Fontenot in Super Sporting, and Rachel |
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Barringer in women's American Skeet; in men's competition, |
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Mr. McBee finished second in International Skeet and third in |
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Combined American, Brandon Reising earned second in Sporting Clays |
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and third in Combined Clays, Tyler Birkner took third in Sporting |
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Clays, Keaton Sharp was second in International Trap A Class, and |
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Hayden Oliver finished third in American Trap A Class; in the |
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women's division, Megan Jacob was third in American Skeet; and |
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WHEREAS, Schreiner's outstanding success in recent years has |
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included four consecutive Division III runner-up finishes from 2014 |
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through 2017 as well as the 2018 Division II title; the team's |
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dedicated athletes are coached by Robert Davis, a master skeet |
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instructor who is certified by the National Skeet Shooting |
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Association; and |
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WHEREAS, By achieving the rare feat of winning back-to-back |
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national championships, the members of the Schreiner University |
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shotgun team have become a source of great pride to their school and |
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to the Kerrville community, and they will treasure the memory of |
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this accomplishment for the rest of their lives; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the Schreiner University shotgun |
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team on winning the Division I national title at the 2019 ACUI |
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Collegiate Clay Target Championships and extend to the team |
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members, coaches, and staff sincere best wishes for continued |
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success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |