Bill Text: IL HR0224 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes former Illinois State University women's basketball head coach Jill Hutchison.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-27 - Resolution Adopted [HR0224 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0224-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 recognize former Illinois State | ||||||
| 4 | University women's basketball head coach Jill Hutchison; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jill Hutchison spent 28 seasons as the head | ||||||
| 6 | women's basketball coach at Illinois State
University; she | ||||||
| 7 | compiled a record of 461 wins and 323 losses, the winningest | ||||||
| 8 | coach in school history for either the men or women; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Jill Hutchison led her teams to five Gateway | ||||||
| 10 | Conference Titles, seven Association for Intercollegiate | ||||||
| 11 | Athletics for Women
(AIAW) state championships, two AIAW | ||||||
| 12 | national tournaments, seven Women's National Invitation | ||||||
| 13 | Tournament appearances, and three
NCAA Tournaments; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Jill Hutchison is a three-time Missouri Valley | ||||||
| 15 | Conference Coach of the Year; she is a four-time
national | ||||||
| 16 | president of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and | ||||||
| 17 | coached two USA
Olympians; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Jill Hutchison led the United States to a Silver | ||||||
| 19 | Medal at the 1978 Pan American Games and a Gold Medal at the
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| 20 | 1983 World University Games; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Jill Hutchison is credited for influencing the | ||||||
| 2 | growth of the women's game
from relative obscurity to its | ||||||
| 3 | current level of popularity; she was
inducted into the Illinois | ||||||
| 4 | Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1993 and the
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| 5 | Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 7 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 8 | we recognize former Illinois State University women's | ||||||
| 9 | basketball head coach Jill Hutchison, and we wish her the best | ||||||
| 10 | in all her future endeavors; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to Jill Hutchison as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 13 | esteem.
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