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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 594
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WHEREAS, Renowned broadcaster and reporter David Alan |
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Smoak has been inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall |
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of Fame as a member of the Class of 2025; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of Tyler Junior College and |
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Stephen F. Austin State University, Mr. Smoak began covering |
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Texas high school football as a television reporter in 1981 at |
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KTRE-TV in Lufkin; he went on to join KLTV in Tyler, where he also |
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worked as a lead sports anchor and analyst at other stations; in |
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1988, he earned national acclaim for his feature "Jamie's |
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Season," which documented the final days of Jamie Sexson, the |
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beloved ball boy of the Marshall High School football team who |
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passed away from leukemia; additionally, Mr. Smoak was a longtime |
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fixture on the East Texas radio airwaves, hosting the afternoon |
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Sports Talk show and joining ESPN-Central Texas in Waco in 2010 |
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as a program director and host; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, Mr. Smoak serves as director of |
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broadcasting and sales at SicEm365 Radio and 365 Sports on |
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YouTube, and he oversees smoaky.com, a website he launched nearly |
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a quarter century ago that has been at the forefront of covering |
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East and Central Texas high school sports; dedicated to giving |
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back, he has further distinguished himself in the community by |
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establishing programs that honor student-athletes for academic |
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excellence; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Smoak's professional affiliations include |
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membership with the Football Writers Association of America and |
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the Pro Football Writers of America; moreover, he has a vote for |
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the Heisman Trophy and Biletnikoff Award and is on the ballot |
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committees for the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and the Texas High |
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School Football Hall of Fame; he is a member of the East Texas |
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Coaches Association Hall of Honor, and among his many other |
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accolades, he has received Associated Press awards for sports |
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talk show, play-by-play broadcasting, and television sportscast |
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as well as the Tyler Junior College Spirit Award; in all his |
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endeavors, he benefits from the love and support of his wife, |
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Cindy, and their two children, Craig and Jennifer; and |
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WHEREAS, David Smoak has devoted himself to the game of |
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football, entertaining and informing countless fans in the Lone |
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Star State over the course of his exceptional career, and he is |
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indeed deserving of this prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th |
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Legislature, hereby congratulate David Alan Smoak on his |
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induction into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame and |
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extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for David Smoak as an expression of high regard from the |
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Texas Senate. |
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Hughes |
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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 May 31, 2025. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |