Bill Text: TX HR1550 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Congratulating Carol Lewis on her induction into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-01 - Reported enrolled [HR1550 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR1550-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Congratulating Carol Lewis on her induction into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-01 - Reported enrolled [HR1550 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR1550-Introduced.html
84R8565 WG-D | ||
By: Alvarado | H.R. No. 1550 |
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WHEREAS, Carol Lewis is being inducted into the Southwest | ||
Conference Hall of Fame on March 30, 2015, in recognition of her | ||
many achievements as a track and field athlete; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Ms. Lewis first | ||
displayed her skills as a track star at Willingboro High School in | ||
New Jersey, where she set the high school indoor long jump record in | ||
1981; she then followed in the footsteps of her brother, Olympic | ||
legend Carl Lewis, by enrolling at the University of Houston; a | ||
standout member of the Cougars' track and field program, she earned | ||
All-American honors on 12 occasions and captured 10 individual SWC | ||
championships and three team conference titles during her | ||
collegiate career; in addition, she won NCAA Indoor and Outdoor | ||
National Championships in the long jump in 1983 and 1985, and she | ||
remains the school's record holder for the event; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Lewis also proved herself in international | ||
competition, qualifying for the 1980 Summer Olympics and later | ||
representing Team USA at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles and | ||
the 1988 Olympics in Seoul; she won a silver medal in the long jump | ||
at the 1980 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships as well as | ||
bronze medals at the 1983 World Championships and the 1985 | ||
International Association of Athletics Federations World Cup; and | ||
WHEREAS, Following her retirement from competition, this | ||
esteemed athlete worked as a track and field commentator for NBC | ||
Sports, covering the 1996, 2000, and 2008 Summer Games; and | ||
WHEREAS, A multitalented Olympian and collegiate champion | ||
who demonstrated outstanding skill and determination, Carol Lewis | ||
may take justifiable pride in her remarkable accomplishments, and | ||
she is indeed deserving of this prestigious hall of fame honor; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Carol Lewis on her induction into | ||
the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame and extend to her sincere best | ||
wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Lewis as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. |