Bill Text: TX SR491 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Kristen Hemphill for winning the 2019 National Collegiate Rifle Championship.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-26 - Reported enrolled [SR491 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR491-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| recognize Kristen Hemphill of Lohn, Texas, for her exemplary | ||
| achievements as a competitive sharpshooter and for recently | ||
| earning the individual national title in air rifle at the 2019 | ||
| National Collegiate Athletic Association's Collegiate Rifle | ||
| Championship competition; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Kristen Hemphill began developing her skill in | ||
| precision shooting as a young member of the McCulloch County 4-H | ||
| rifle team; at the young age of nine, she won her first state | ||
| title in the BB-gun division, and she has since distinguished | ||
| herself as one of the most talented air rifle and small-bore | ||
| shooters in the nation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Kristen's extensive list of accolades includes | ||
| multiple state and national championship titles; she set a | ||
| national record at the 2017 Civilian Marksmanship Program | ||
| competition with a perfect score of 200-19X in the standing | ||
| position, and she earned a silver medal at the International | ||
| Shooting Sport Federation Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Kristen is currently a freshman at Texas | ||
| Christian University, where she is a member of the Horned Frog | ||
| rifle team, one of the two highest-ranking college rifle teams in | ||
| the nation; the award-winning group recently took home four of | ||
| five championship trophies at the National Collegiate Rifle | ||
| Championships, and Kristen became the first Horned Frog in | ||
| history to claim the individual title in air rifle; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A truly talented sharpshooter, Kristen Hemphill has | ||
| spent countless hours honing her craft and has developed a level of | ||
| technical ability and mental tenacity uncommon among her peers; her | ||
| family, teammates, community, and home state are proud of her for | ||
| her hard work and her fine sportsmanship; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commend Kristen Hemphill on her exceptional | ||
| accomplishments as a competitive shooter and congratulate her on | ||
| winning the 2019 National Collegiate Rifle Championship | ||
| individual national title in air rifle; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Perry | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 26, 2019. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
