Bill Text: NY K00022 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulating the Shenendehowa Girls Varsity Volleyball Team upon the occasion of capturing the 2022 NYS Class AA Championship Shenendehowa Girls Varsity Volleyball Team

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-01-17 - adopted [K00022 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-K00022-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 22

BY: M. of A. Walsh

        CONGRATULATING   the  Shenendehowa  Girls  Varsity
        Volleyball Team, and Head Coach  Lori  Kessler  upon
        the  occasion  of  capturing the 2022 New York State
        Class AA Championship

  WHEREAS,  Excellence  and  success  in  competitive  sports  can  be
achieved  only  through  strenuous  practice, team play and team spirit,
nurtured by dedicated coaching and strategic planning; and

  WHEREAS,  Athletic  competition  enhances  the  moral  and  physical
development  of  the  young people of this State, preparing them for the
future by instilling in  them  the  value  of  teamwork,  encouraging  a
standard   of  healthy  living,  imparting  a  desire  for  success  and
developing a sense of fair play and competition; and

  WHEREAS, The Shenendehowa Girls Varsity Volleyball Team captured the
2022 New York State Class AA  Championship  with  an  impressive  25-23,
25-17,  25-18 triumph over Lancaster High School on Sunday, November 20,
2022, at Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls; and

  WHEREAS, Furthermore, the Shenendehowa Girls Varsity Volleyball Team
has been a model of consistency  having  won  9  straight  local  titles
earning them 11 trips to regional play; and

  WHEREAS, In addition to exceptional team play between the lines, the
Shenendehowa  Plainsmen excelled in the classroom garnering a collective
93.13 grade point average; and

  WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by this team is due in  great
part  to  the efforts of Coach Lori Kessler, a skilled and inspirational
tutor, respected for her ability to develop potential  into  excellence;
and

  WHEREAS,  The hallmarks of the Shenendehowa Girls Varsity Volleyball
Team, from the opening game  of  the  season  to  participation  in  the
championship,   were   a   sisterhood   of  athletic  ability,  of  good
sportsmanship, of honor and of  scholarship,  demonstrating  that  these
team players are second to none; and

  WHEREAS,  Coach  Lori  Kessler  has  done  a  superb job in guiding,
molding and inspiring the team members toward their goals; and

  WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the values of  teamwork,  pride
and  accomplishment,  and  Coach  Lori  Kessler  and  these  exceptional
athletes have clearly made a contribution to the  spirit  of  excellence
which is a tradition of their school; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate  the  Shenendehowa  Girls  Varsity  Volleyball  Team;   its
members:  Grace  Almeida,  Katherine  Barletta,  Madylin  Bitter, Sophia
Cleney, Christina de la  Rocha,  Alexa  Dochat,  Reagan  Ennist,  Sophia
Jacques,  Kayla Kean, Sabrina Kinkaid, Kelsey Marin, Emma Paliwodzinski,
Megan Rogers, Liana Rizzo, Genevieve Sala, Destiny  Snyder;  Coach  Lori

Kessler,  and  Assistant  Coaches Nicole McClure and Madalyn Frutchey on
their outstanding season and overall team record; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  copies  of  this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to the  Shenendehowa  Girls  Varsity  Volleyball  Team,  the
aforementioned  coaches, Athletic Director Christopher Culnan, Principal
Ron Agostinoni and Superintendent Dr. Oliver Robinson.