Bill Text: IL HR1425 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Commends and applauds Patty Ryan for her great dedication and her many significant achievements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR1425 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1425-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 commend and applaud Patty Ryan for her | ||||||
4 | great dedication and her many significant achievements; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Saint Ignatius College Prep, a Jesuit Catholic | ||||||
6 | school in the heart of Chicago, is a diverse community | ||||||
7 | dedicated to educating young men and women for lives of faith, | ||||||
8 | love, service, and leadership; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Through outstanding teaching and personal | ||||||
10 | formation, Saint Ignatius College Prep challenges its talented | ||||||
11 | student body to intellectual excellence, integrity, and | ||||||
12 | lifelong learning and growth; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Patty Ryan is an esteemed alumni of Saint Ignatius | ||||||
14 | College Prep, embodying wholeheartedly the belief that the | ||||||
15 | Saint Ignatius graduate will examine his or her religious | ||||||
16 | feelings and beliefs with a view to adhering to her faith's | ||||||
17 | choice of a fundamental orientation toward God and establishing | ||||||
18 | a relationship with a religious tradition and community; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Patty Ryan believes in taking more responsibility | ||||||
20 | for exploring, confirming, and living out her own faith; she | ||||||
21 | embodies a core tenant of her faith by continuing to move |
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1 | beyond self-interest or self-centeredness in her relationships | ||||||
2 | with others; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Patty Ryan demonstrates herself to be a person for | ||||||
4 | others in the Jesuit tradition and encourages her players and | ||||||
5 | students to be men and women for others; and
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6 | WHEREAS, As a Saint Ignatius College Prep alumni, Patty | ||||||
7 | Ryan accepts the charge of her faith to embrace intentional | ||||||
8 | responsibility for her own growth and to risk deeper levels of | ||||||
9 | relationship in which one discloses self, accepts the mystery | ||||||
10 | of another person, and cherishes that person; she has also | ||||||
11 | achieved considerable knowledge of some of the many needs of | ||||||
12 | local and wider communities and has taken a place in these | ||||||
13 | communities as a competent, concerned, and responsible member; | ||||||
14 | and
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15 | WHEREAS, Patty Ryan continues to exhibit personal growth of | ||||||
16 | mastery of intellectual integrity in her personal quest for the | ||||||
17 | truth of her religious beliefs and her response to issues of | ||||||
18 | social justice; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Patty Ryan was an esteemed participant on the | ||||||
20 | Saint Ignatius Wolfpack Girls Varsity Volleyball Team and | ||||||
21 | started all four years of high school on the Varsity Team; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Patty Ryan was an All-State volleyball stand-out | ||||||
2 | at Saint Ignatius College Prep, with some of her | ||||||
3 | accomplishments including Saint Ignatius Team MVP (1994), | ||||||
4 | All-Division and All-Conference for the Girls Catholic | ||||||
5 | Athletic Conference (1991-1994), Chicago Sun Times All-Area | ||||||
6 | Team (1994), Chicago Tribune All-Area Team (1994), and | ||||||
7 | induction into the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Hall of | ||||||
8 | Fame (2011-2012); and
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9 | WHEREAS, After graduating from Saint Ignatius College | ||||||
10 | Prep, Patty Ryan went on to earn a full-ride volleyball | ||||||
11 | scholarship from Loyola University Chicago; during her senior | ||||||
12 | year at Loyola University Chicago, she was named Player of the | ||||||
13 | Year in that athletic conference; and
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14 | WHEREAS, As a Saint Ignatius Varsity assistant varsity | ||||||
15 | volleyball coach, Patty Ryan endeavors to develop student | ||||||
16 | athletes not only on the court, but off the court as well, and | ||||||
17 | to help them learn self-discipline, perseverance, hard work, a | ||||||
18 | sense of personal and school pride, and personal integrity; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Over the past 16 years, Patty Ryan helped lead the | ||||||
20 | Saint Ignatius Wolfpack Varsity Volleyball team to 10 IHSA | ||||||
21 | Regional Championships, three IHSA Sectional Championships, | ||||||
22 | five IHSA Sweet Sixteen appearances, and one Girls Athletic | ||||||
23 | Conference Championship; under her leadership, the team beat |
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1 | the Mother McAuley Mighty Macs for the first time in Saint | ||||||
2 | Ignatius school history; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Patty Ryan has recently been informed of her | ||||||
4 | successful nomination for induction into the Saint Ignatius | ||||||
5 | Hall of Fame; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Patty Ryan's husband Michael and her children, | ||||||
7 | Abby, Kelly, Mikey, and Patrick, are abundantly proud of her | ||||||
8 | achievements; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
10 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
11 | commend and applaud Patty Ryan for her great dedication and | ||||||
12 | many significant achievements and wish her great success and | ||||||
13 | happiness in the future; and be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to Patty Ryan as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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