Bill Text: TX SR807 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Westlake High School girls' golf program for winning a state championship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-22 - Reported enrolled [SR807 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR807-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Westlake High School girls' golf program once | ||
again proved itself one of the finest in Texas by winning the 6A | ||
title at the 2019 University Interscholastic League state | ||
tournament, held on May 13 and 14 in Georgetown; and | ||
WHEREAS, The championship victory capped a memorable year | ||
in which Westlake's two teams swept the District 25-6A and Region | ||
IV golf tournaments to advance to state; and | ||
WHEREAS, Matching up against the other top 6A squads, | ||
Westlake's Team 1 dominated the event, finishing with a final | ||
two-day score of 577, 20 strokes better than runner-up Plano | ||
West; this marked the second consecutive state title for Westlake | ||
and the fourth in school history; and | ||
WHEREAS, Team 1 was paced by junior Sadie Englemann, who | ||
carded a 3-under-par 141 score over the two days of competition, | ||
tying for third place in the individual standings; also | ||
contributing to the team's triumphant performance were junior | ||
Bentley Cotton, who shot 145, senior Madelyn Jones, who tallied | ||
146, sophomore Jackie Feldman, who scored 147, and freshman Ally | ||
Black, who earned a two-day total of 152; and | ||
WHEREAS, Westlake's Team 2 golfers--Brooke McDonough, | ||
Lauren May, Annika Saidleman, Meghan Meserole, and Emily | ||
Mu--also made a fine showing, shooting a combined score of 618 to | ||
finish eighth; the Chaparral athletes were ably guided by head | ||
coach Ashley Patterson and assistant coach Chuck Nowland; and | ||
WHEREAS, Winning back-to-back state championships is an | ||
impressivefeatthatrequirescountlesshoursofhardworkandan | ||
unwavering commitment to excellence, and the Westlake golfers | ||
may reflect with pride on a job well done; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
Legislature, hereby congratulate the Westlake High School | ||
girls' golf program on winning the 2019 University | ||
Interscholastic League 6A state championship and extend to the | ||
teams' players, coaches, and staff sincere best wishes for the | ||
future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for the Chaparrals as an expression of high regard by | ||
the Texas Senate. | ||
Buckingham, Watson | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 22, 2019. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |