Bill Text: TX HR1687 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Congratulating Chris King on his accomplishments as director of athletics at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1687 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1687-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Congratulating Chris King on his accomplishments as director of athletics at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1687 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1687-Introduced.html
86R32332 CW-D | ||
By: Canales | H.R. No. 1687 |
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WHEREAS, After excelling in his role as director of athletics | ||
for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley over the past decade, | ||
Chris King is stepping down to take the helm of the athletics | ||
department at Robert Morris University on June 1, 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. King's exceptional tenure at UTRGV began in | ||
2009, and he has been at the forefront of a number of significant | ||
developments; under his direction, the university joined the | ||
Western Athletic Conference in 2013, and Vaquero athletes have made | ||
an impressive showing in league competition, winning 4 team and 32 | ||
individual WAC crowns; moreover, he has overseen comprehensive | ||
renovations of the school's athletic facilities along with new | ||
construction; and | ||
WHEREAS, A visionary leader of the school's Department of | ||
Intercollegiate Athletics, Mr. King has established a culture of | ||
social responsibility in which student-athletes engage with the | ||
community through volunteerism and service work; his guidance has | ||
also helped the members of the UTRGV sports teams to excel | ||
academically, with student-athletes maintaining grade point | ||
averages and graduation rates that exceed those of the general | ||
student body; and | ||
WHEREAS, After launching his career in 1995 at Campbell | ||
University, Mr. King became director of compliance and special | ||
events at Liberty University; he went on to work as assistant | ||
athletic director for compliance and internal operations at the | ||
University of Central Florida and then served as an associate | ||
athletic director at the University of Alabama before moving to | ||
UTRGV; and | ||
WHEREAS, Highly respected by his colleagues, Mr. King was | ||
honored as a 2017-2018 Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year | ||
by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics; | ||
he has served as a vice president of the NACDA Division I-AAA | ||
Athletic Directors Association, and he has held multiple leadership | ||
roles with the NCAA and the Western Athletic Conference; in all his | ||
endeavors, he enjoys the love and support of his wife, Alicia, and | ||
they are the proud parents of two daughters, Kylie and Mackenzie; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Through his dedication, professionalism, and | ||
commitment to excellence, Chris King has made positive and lasting | ||
contributions to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and he | ||
may reflect with pride on a job well done; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Chris King on his outstanding | ||
accomplishments as director of athletics at The University of Texas | ||
Rio Grande Valley and extend to him sincere best wishes for | ||
continued success as he embarks on the next chapter of his career; | ||
and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. King as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. |