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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Renowned broadcaster and reporter David Alan Smoak |
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has been inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame |
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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 Texas |
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high school football as a television reporter in 1981 at KTRE-TV in |
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Lufkin; he went on to join KLTV in Tyler, where he also worked as a |
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lead sports anchor and analyst at other stations; in 1988, he earned |
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national acclaim for his feature "Jamie's Season," which documented |
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the final days of Jamie Sexson, the beloved ball boy of the Marshall |
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High School football team who passed away from leukemia; |
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additionally, Mr. Smoak was a longtime fixture on the East Texas |
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radio airwaves, hosting the afternoon Sports Talk show and joining |
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ESPN-Central Texas in Waco in 2010 as a program director and host; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Today, Mr. Smoak serves as director of broadcasting |
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and sales at SicEm365 Radio and 365 Sports on YouTube, and he |
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oversees smoaky.com, a website he launched nearly a quarter century |
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ago that has been at the forefront of covering East and Central |
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Texas high school sports; dedicated to giving back, he has further |
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distinguished himself in the community by establishing programs |
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that honor student-athletes for academic 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 the |
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Pro Football Writers of America; moreover, he has a vote for the |
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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 talk |
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show, play-by-play broadcasting, and television sportscast as well |
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as the Tyler Junior College Spirit Award; in all his endeavors, he |
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benefits from the love and support of his wife, Cindy, and their two |
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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 89th Texas Legislature |
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hereby congratulate David Alan Smoak on his induction into the |
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Texas High School Football Hall of Fame and extend to him sincere |
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best wishes for continued success; and, be 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 by the |
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Texas Senate. |