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WHEREAS, Willie Fritz, the head football coach at Sam Houston |
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State University, has been chosen as the Liberty Mutual NCAA |
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Division I Football Championship Subdivision Coach of the Year for |
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2012, and this notable accolade follows a successful season in |
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which he led his team to its second consecutive Southland |
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Conference championship; and |
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WHEREAS, Sponsored by Liberty Mutual Insurance in |
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partnership with the National Football Foundation and the College |
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Football Hall of Fame, the Coach of the Year accolade honors |
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sportsmanship, integrity, responsibility, and excellence both on |
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and off the field; the award provides Coach Fritz with $20,000 to |
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donate to the SHSU Alumni Association and $50,000 to donate to |
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charity, and the coach has selected the Lone Survivor Foundation |
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and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes as the recipients of the |
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funds; and |
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WHEREAS, Since taking the helm at SHSU in 2010, Willie Fritz |
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has established himself as one of the top coaches in the NCAA |
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Football Championship Subdivision; in both 2011 and 2012, the |
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Bearkats won the Southland Conference title and competed in the |
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national championship game; moreover, many SHSU players have |
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achieved All-Conference and All-American honors under the |
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direction of Coach Fritz, and team members have been finalists for |
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the Walter Payton and Buck Buchanan Awards; and |
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WHEREAS, Coach Fritz also places a strong emphasis on |
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academics, which has resulted in numerous Bearkats earning a place |
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on academic honor rolls; in addition, the coach, his staff, and |
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members of the squad play a positive role in the local community by |
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participating in food drives, by raising funds for the Ronald |
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McDonald House and wounded veterans, and by helping schoolchildren |
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develop their reading skills; and |
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WHEREAS, The expertise and commitment demonstrated by Coach |
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Fritz are further reflected in the numerous other awards he has |
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received; the American Football Coaches Association has twice |
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selected him as Regional Coach of the Year, and in 2011 he was voted |
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the association's National Coach of the Year and the Southland |
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Conference Coach of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, Before beginning his tenure at SHSU, Coach Fritz |
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spent 13 years leading the football program at the University of |
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Central Missouri, where he became the school's winningest coach; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, With his latest accomplishments, Willie Fritz has |
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advanced the outstanding reputation of Bearkat athletics, and his |
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work is greatly appreciated by the university's supporters and by |
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sports fans from throughout the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Willie Fritz on being named the |
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Liberty Mutual NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision |
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Coach of the Year for 2012 and commend him for guiding the Sam |
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Houston State University football team to its second consecutive |
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Southland Conference championship; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Coach Fritz as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Straus |
M. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Oliveira |
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Allen |
N. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Orr |
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Anderson |
Gutierrez |
Patrick |
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Aycock |
Harper-Brown |
Perry |
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Bell |
Hernandez Luna |
Phillips |
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Bonnen of Brazoria |
Hilderbran |
Pitts |
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Bonnen of Galveston |
Howard |
Price |
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Capriglione |
Keffer |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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Carter |
King of Hemphill |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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Clardy |
King of Parker |
Rose |
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Coleman |
King of Taylor |
Sanford |
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Collier |
King of Zavala |
Schaefer |
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Cortez |
Klick |
Sheffield of Bell |
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Craddick |
Kolkhorst |
Sheffield of Coryell |
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Crownover |
Kuempel |
Simpson |
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Davis of Dallas |
Lavender |
Springer |
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J. Davis of Harris |
Leach |
Stephenson |
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S. Davis of Harris |
Lewis |
Stickland |
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Dutton |
Lucio III |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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Eiland |
Marquez |
Thompson of Harris |
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Fallon |
Martinez Fischer |
Turner of Collin |
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Farias |
McClendon |
Turner of Harris |
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Farney |
Menendez |
Turner of Tarrant |
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Fletcher |
Miller of Comal |
Villarreal |
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Flynn |
Miller of Fort Bend |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 583 was adopted by the House on March 5, |
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2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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