Bill Text: TX HR1373 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulating the Texas A&M University women's basketball team on winning the NCAA Division I national championship.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-19 - Referred to Rules & Resolutions [HR1373 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR1373-Introduced.html
| 82R21397 JH-F | ||
| By: Brown | H.R. No. 1373 | |
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| WHEREAS, Under the outstanding leadership of eight-year head | ||
| coach Gary Blair, the Texas A&M University women's basketball team | ||
| made history by winning its first-ever NCAA national championship | ||
| on April 5, 2011; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texas A&M finished the season with an impressive | ||
| 33-5 record, the most wins in program history, including 13 wins and | ||
| only 3 defeats in Big 12 competition; in the NCAA Division I | ||
| Tournament, the Aggies beat number one seed Baylor in the Elite | ||
| Eight in Dallas and number one seed Stanford in the Final Four in | ||
| Indianapolis on their way to defeating Notre Dame in the national | ||
| championship game by a score of 76-70; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Several of the players achieved prestigious honors | ||
| for their efforts during the 2010-2011 season; senior Danielle | ||
| Adams became the first Texas A&M player to be named as an Associated | ||
| Press first team All-American and was also selected as a member of | ||
| the 2011 NCAA Division I State Farm Coaches' All-America Basketball | ||
| Team; in addition, senior Sydney Colson received an AP All-American | ||
| honorable mention, and junior Tyra White was recognized with an | ||
| honorable mention on the State Farm Coaches' All-America team; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Coach Blair has won numerous coaching awards in the | ||
| course of his career and has become one of the most successful and | ||
| highly respected Division I coaches in the women's game today; he | ||
| completely turned around the Aggie women's basketball program | ||
| following his appointment as head coach in 2003, taking the team to | ||
| a record six straight NCAA tournaments and now capturing the 2011 | ||
| national championship; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas A&M coaching staff also includes associate | ||
| head coaches Vic Schaefer and Kelly Bond and assistant coach | ||
| Johnnie Harris; along with Coach Blair, they have represented | ||
| themselves and Texas A&M University admirably and with great | ||
| distinction and have inspired the members of the women's basketball | ||
| team to conduct themselves with honor and integrity, both on and off | ||
| the court; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In claiming the much-coveted championship trophy, | ||
| the Aggie women's basketball team has brought positive national | ||
| attention to Texas A&M University and to the Lone Star State as a | ||
| whole while also earning further admiration for women's athletics | ||
| at the university level and beyond; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The hard work and dedication to excellence | ||
| demonstrated by the 2010-2011 women's basketball team and its | ||
| coaches has led to a history-making year that will forever be | ||
| remembered and celebrated by Aggie students, alumni, educators, and | ||
| fans; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor head coach Gary Blair and the members of | ||
| the Texas A&M University women's basketball team on their | ||
| outstanding achievement of winning the NCAA Division I national | ||
| championship and extend to them sincere best wishes for the future; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Coach Blair and the team as an expression of high | ||
| regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
