Bill Text: MS SC663 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognize West Jones High School Soccer Star Player Macie Wallace for Mississippi career-scoring record.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-27 - Enrolled Bill Signed [SC663 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2011-SC663-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Senator(s) McDaniel, Butler (38th), Jackson (32nd), Montgomery
Senate Concurrent Resolution 663
(As Adopted by Senate and House)
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING WEST JONES HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER STAR PLAYER MACIE WALLACE FOR EARNING THE MISSISSIPPI CAREER-SCORING RECORD AND FOR HER ACADEMIC HONORS.
WHEREAS, the Mississippi high school record holder for career soccer goals is West Jones High School "Lady Mustangs" center striker and Student Council President Macie Elizabeth Wallace; and
WHEREAS, eighteen-year-old West Jones senior Macie Wallace capped her high school career assisting nearly as much as she scored, leading her team to a State Championship on her way to Miss Soccer Honors on The Clarion-Ledger Girls 2011 All-State Team. In 6 years - she began playing with the Varsity in 7th Grade - Macie scored 205 goals. That is 33 goals a season. Macie had a state record of 64 goals in a season during those 6 years; and
WHEREAS, Macie Wallace's high school honors: lettered 6 years (7th-12th Grade) and named First Team All-District 6 years (7th-12th Grade); Captain of the West Jones Lady Mustangs for 3 years (10th-12th Grade); selected Second Team All-State as a sophomore and First Team All-State as a junior; captured the All-Time Female Goal-Scoring Record in Mississippi as a junior and has 200 career goals to date; selected for the MAC Mississippi All-Star Game in 2011; the Varsity Soccer Team is 5-time defending District Champions; State Champion High School Soccer Team in 2009 and State Runner-Up in 2010; State Championship High School Soccer Team in 2011; and ended her career with 205 career goals; and
WHEREAS, Macie's high school records: Single Season Scoring Record in Mississippi for Males and Females with 64 in 10th Grade; All-Time Female Goal-Scoring Record in Mississippi; and
WHEREAS, Macie's academic honors: Student Council President; National Society of High School Scholars; Who's Who Among High School Scholars; Academic Speech Award; Academic Drama Award; Academic Psychology Award; Academic Economics Award; selected as A Future Leader of Jones County; member of Key Club, Beta Club, Mu Alpha Theta, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Teenage Republicans and Bible Club; Jones County Student Advisory Board Member; selected as Wendy's Heisman State Finalist; Who's Who Leadership Award; selected to Hall of Fame; and ESPN Rise National Player of the Week; and
WHEREAS, Macie's other sports and honors: West Jones Varsity Cheerleading - 2008, 2009 and 2010; Varsity Captain in 2010; selected All-American Cheerleader as a junior and senior; State Champion Cheer Squad in 2010; State Runner-Up Cheerleading Squad in 2008 and 2010; Club Team; and Hattiesburg FC Storm; and
WHEREAS, "I am so proud of Macie. Not only is she a leader on the field, but also a leader in the classroom," said West Jones Head Soccer Coach Chip Gieger. "She is the true example of a student-athlete and represents West Jones High School, as well as her family, very well. She will be a success at anything she chooses in the future"; and
WHEREAS, it is with great pride that we acknowledge the accomplishments of a true student-athlete who has brought honor to her school, her family, her community and to the State of Mississippi:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That we do hereby recognize and commend West Jones High School Soccer Star Player Macie Elizabeth Wallace for her Mississippi High School Scoring-Record Career and for her many academic honors and achievements, and extend our best wishes to Macie and her family for her future success.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be presented to Macie and her family, forwarded to Coach Chip Geiger and made available to the Capitol Press Corps.
