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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 575
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WHEREAS, The Schreiner University shotgun team furthered |
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its proud tradition of excellence by winning the Division I |
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national title at the 2019 Association of College Unions |
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International 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 |
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the Division II crown in 2018; Schreiner faced off against 90 |
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other colleges at the 2019 event, capturing the High Over All |
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National Champion and American All Around National Champion team |
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awards; additionally, the Mountaineers secured top finishes from |
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their American Skeet, Super Sporting, and International Skeet |
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teams and second-place showings from their American Trap, |
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International Trap, and Sporting Clays squads; and |
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WHEREAS, Collecting five gold medals in the Men's and |
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Women's Open Division, the Mountaineers garnered wins from Colt |
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McBee in Combined Skeet and Combined International, Logan |
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McLendon in American Skeet, Nolan Fontenot in Super Sporting, |
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and Rachel Barringer in women's American Skeet; in men's |
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competition, Mr. McBee finished second in International Skeet |
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and third in Combined American, Brandon Reising earned second |
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in Sporting Clays and third in Combined Clays, Tyler Birkner |
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took third in Sporting Clays, Keaton Sharp was second in |
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International Trap A Class, and Hayden Oliver finished third in |
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American Trap A Class; in the women's division, Megan Jacob was |
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third in American Skeet; and |
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WHEREAS, Schreiner's outstanding success in recent years |
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has included four consecutive Division III runner-up finishes |
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from 2014 through 2017 as well as the 2018 Division II title; the |
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team's dedicated athletes are coached by Robert Davis, a master |
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skeet 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 |
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back-to-back national championships, the members of the |
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Schreiner University shotgun team have become a source of great |
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pride to their school and to the Kerrville community, and they |
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will treasure the memory of this accomplishment for the rest of |
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their lives; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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Legislature, hereby congratulate the Schreiner University |
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shotgun team on winning the Division I national title at the |
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2019 Association of College Unions International Collegiate |
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Clay Target Championships and extend to the team members, |
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coaches, and staff 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 the team as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas Senate. |
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Buckingham |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 11, 2019. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |