Bill Text: TX HR340 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Lamesa High School volleyball coaches Patty and Tippy Browning on their retirement.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-01 - Reported enrolled [HR340 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR340-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 340 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Lamesa High School volleyball co-head coaches Patty | ||
| and Tippy Browning are retiring at the end of the 2014-2015 school | ||
| year, drawing to a close the remarkable careers of this unique | ||
| coaching duo; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born five minutes apart on July 31, 1945, identical | ||
| twins Patty and Tippy Browning were both All-District basketball | ||
| players at Vega High School before graduating together from Abilene | ||
| Christian University; the sisters joined the faculty at Lamesa High | ||
| School in 1968 and were subsequently named co-head coaches of the | ||
| Golden Tornadoes volleyball team; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the ensuing 47 seasons, these talented coaches | ||
| deftly balanced the responsibilities of mentoring their players | ||
| while leading the program to new heights of achievement; deeply | ||
| committed to their athletes, they logged more than 300,000 miles in | ||
| buses to compete in games and tournaments all across the Lone Star | ||
| State while building Lamesa into a formidable volleyball | ||
| competitor; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Golden Tornadoes averaged an impressive 20 wins | ||
| per season with the Brownings at the helm, and the team consistently | ||
| qualified for the state playoffs, with 33 total trips to the | ||
| postseason; under the sisters' direction, Lamesa earned four berths | ||
| in the state tournament, reached the pinnacle of success by | ||
| capturing the 4A state championship in 1986, and finished as state | ||
| runner-up in 1998; another highlight came in 2012, when the coaches | ||
| captured their 900th career win in a triumph over Van Horn High | ||
| School; moreover, their final tally of 937 victories counts them | ||
| among the all-time winningest volleyball coaches in the country; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Throughout their stellar tenure at Lamesa High | ||
| School, Patty and Tippy Browning have distinguished themselves as | ||
| gifted coaches and skilled leaders whose guidance has benefited | ||
| hundreds of young women, and they are indeed deserving of special | ||
| recognition for their myriad accomplishments; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor Patty and Tippy Browning on the occasion | ||
| of their retirement as co-head coaches of the Lamesa High School | ||
| volleyball team and extend to them sincere best wishes for | ||
| continued happiness; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Patty and Tippy Browning as an expression of high | ||
| regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Craddick | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 340 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 19, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
