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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 299
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WHEREAS, In recognition of his outstanding collegiate |
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playing career, Jacksboro High School head baseball coach Blake |
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Belcher is being inducted into the Howard Payne University Sports |
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Hall of Fame on May 15, 2021; and |
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WHEREAS, A 1994 graduate of Holliday High School, Blake |
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Belcher attended Abilene Christian University and Ranger College |
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before transferring to Howard Payne and joining the baseball |
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team; he demonstrated dynamic leadership as a junior, helping the |
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Yellow Jackets to win the 1997 American Southwest Conference |
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championship and to make their inaugural appearance in the NAIA |
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national tournament; named the conference's Most Valuable |
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Player, he hit .401 with nine home runs on the year, sparking an |
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offense that delivered a school-record .359 team batting |
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average; and |
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WHEREAS, Continuing to excel during his senior campaign at |
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HPU, Mr. Belcher posted a .390 batting average while propelling |
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the squad to a program-record 32 wins and a second-place league |
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finish; he was a first-team All-Conference selection for the |
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Yellow Jackets, who were nationally ranked for most of the |
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season; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Belcher earned an education degree from HPU |
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and worked one year as a graduate assistant for the baseball |
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team; he has spent the past two decades as a teacher and a high |
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school baseball coach, including his tenure guiding the |
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Jacksboro Tigers; in all his endeavors, he enjoys the love and |
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support of his wife, Melanie, and their three children; and |
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WHEREAS, Through his remarkable success on the baseball |
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diamond, Blake Belcher has furthered the proud tradition of |
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athletic achievement at Howard Payne University, and he is indeed |
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deserving of this prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th |
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Legislature, hereby congratulate Blake Belcher on his induction |
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into the Howard Payne University Sports Hall of Fame and extend |
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to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for Coach Belcher as an expression of high regard from |
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the Texas Senate. |
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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 22, 2021. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |