Bill Text: TX HR10 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Honoring Robert Griffin III for winning the 2011 Heisman Trophy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-14 - Reported enrolled [HR10 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR10-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Honoring Robert Griffin III for winning the 2011 Heisman Trophy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-14 - Reported enrolled [HR10 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR10-Introduced.html
83R93 MGR-D | ||
By: Patrick | H.R. No. 10 |
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WHEREAS, Robert Griffin III was named the winner of the 2011 | ||
Heisman Trophy after leading the Baylor University football team to | ||
one of its best seasons in a quarter-century; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of Robert and Jacqueline Griffin, Robert Lee | ||
Griffin III was raised in Copperas Cove, where he was a standout | ||
high school athlete in football and in track; opting to attend | ||
Baylor, he enrolled in the spring of 2008 and immediately proved his | ||
athletic abilities by earning All-America honors in outdoor track | ||
during his first semester at the university; in the fall, he was the | ||
starting quarterback for 11 of 12 games as an 18-year-old freshman; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, After suffering a knee injury during the 2009 | ||
season, Mr. Griffin returned in 2010, rested and ready; that year, | ||
he set or tied 11 single-season school records, threw for more than | ||
3,500 yards and 22 touchdowns, and helped Baylor to attain its first | ||
bowl-game appearance in more than a decade and a half; in | ||
recognition of his performance, he was named to the All-Big 12 team | ||
and won the league's Offensive Player of the Year and Comeback | ||
Player of the Year awards; and | ||
WHEREAS, Suiting up as a fourth-year junior in 2011, he began | ||
by leading Baylor to an opening-game victory against defending Rose | ||
Bowl champion Texas Christian University and then secured key | ||
conference wins against Iowa State, Missouri, and Kansas; on | ||
November 19, in a game that made Baylor history, he threw a | ||
last-second, 34-yard touchdown pass that enabled the Bears to | ||
defeat Oklahoma for the first time ever, and the team ended the | ||
regular season with triumphs against Texas Tech and Texas; in the | ||
Alamo Bowl, this respected athlete closed out his award-winning | ||
year on a high note as he and his teammates knocked off Washington | ||
67-56 in the highest-scoring bowl game in history; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Griffin is renowned for his speed, accuracy, and | ||
ability to throw the ball deep; during 2011, he completed 72 percent | ||
of his passes for nearly 4,300 yards and 37 touchdowns and rushed | ||
for 699 yards and 10 TDs; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to his success on the gridiron, Mr. | ||
Griffin excelled in his academic studies at the university, earning | ||
a degree in political science in 2010 and going on to pursue a | ||
master's degree in communications; and | ||
WHEREAS, By winning one of the most important trophies in | ||
American college sports and sparking the resurgence of the Baylor | ||
football program, Robert Griffin furthered the Lone Star State's | ||
exceptional tradition of athletic achievement, and his | ||
accomplishments will be remembered for years to come; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Robert Griffin III on winning the | ||
2011 Heisman Trophy and extend to him sincere best wishes for the | ||
future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Griffin as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |