Bill Text: IL HR0098 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Mother McAuley High School Volleyball Team, the Mighty Macs, on winning the 2016 Illinois High School Association Class 4A State Championship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR0098 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0098-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Mother McAuley High | ||||||
| 4 | School Volleyball Team, the Mighty Macs, on winning the 2016 | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois High School Association Class 4A State Championship; | ||||||
| 6 | and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The Mighty Macs won a record 15th State | ||||||
| 8 | championship with a 25-19, 19-25, and 25-19 win against Minooka | ||||||
| 9 | in the final at Redbird Arena in Normal; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The Mighty Macs, the #1 volleyball team in the | ||||||
| 11 | country, are now once again, #1 in the State; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The Mighty Macs finished with a record of 40 wins | ||||||
| 13 | and one loss, with 32 consecutive victories to end the season; | ||||||
| 14 | and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The Mighty Macs are USA Today and MaxPreps | ||||||
| 16 | National Champions; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, The Mighty Macs are the top-ranked squad in the | ||||||
| 18 | nation by prepvolleyball.com, MaxPreps, and USA Today; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, The Mighty Macs have won two championships in 12 | ||||||
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| 1 | years, 2016 and 2013; they won two titles in the 2000s, four in | ||||||
| 2 | the 1990s, six in the 1980s, and one in the 1970s; 15 State | ||||||
| 3 | volleyball titles, is the most by any school in Illinois, and | ||||||
| 4 | the second for Coach Jen Dejarld; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Under the guidance of Coach Jen Dejarld and Meg | ||||||
| 6 | Gardner, the Mighty Macs, including Maddie Dederichs, Ashley | ||||||
| 7 | Maher, Charley Niego, Abby O'Brien, Paige Pappas, Katie | ||||||
| 8 | O'Connell, Evie Gorman, Marykate Boland, Bridget Burke, Amanda | ||||||
| 9 | Horn, Nancy Kane, Emma Reilly, Nora Burke, Casey Macander, | ||||||
| 10 | Moira Mixan, and Becca Stepanek, along with managers, Caitlin | ||||||
| 11 | Zintak, and Kayla Tilkes, have proven themselves to be not only | ||||||
| 12 | "world-class athletes", but also "world-class young ladies"; | ||||||
| 13 | therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 16 | congratulate the Mother McAuley High School Volleyball Team, | ||||||
| 17 | the Mighty Macs, on winning the 2016 Illinois High School | ||||||
| 18 | Association Class 4A State Championship, and we wish them many | ||||||
| 19 | more successful seasons; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the Mighty Macs as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 22 | respect.
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