Bill Text: TX SR825 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory August "Augie" Edmun Garrido Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Printed in full [SR825 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR825-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
August Edmun Garrido Jr. | ||
WHEREAS, University of Texas sports fans bade farewell to a | ||
renowned college baseball coach with the passing of August Edmun | ||
Garrido Jr. on March 15, 2018, at the age of 79; and | ||
WHEREAS, Augie Garrido was born in Vallejo, California, on | ||
February 6, 1939; a member of the Fresno State University | ||
baseball team, he was named all-conference and competed in the | ||
1959 College World Series; following graduation in 1961, he | ||
signed with the Cleveland Indians and played six seasons in the | ||
minor leagues; and | ||
WHEREAS, After launching his coaching career in 1966 at | ||
Sierra High School in Tollhouse, California, Mr. Garrido rose to | ||
the college ranks when he became head coach at San Francisco State | ||
University in 1969, and he took charge of the Cal Poly program the | ||
following year; named head coach at California State University, | ||
Fullerton, in 1973, he produced three College World Series | ||
champions in 21 total years with the Titans, and he also won two | ||
Big 10 Conference titles at the University of Illinois; and | ||
WHEREAS, Coach Garrido brought his distinctive coaching | ||
style to The University of Texas at Austin in 1997; under his | ||
guidance, the Longhorns broke a six-year drought with a berth in | ||
the 2000 College World Series and went on to make seven | ||
additional College World Series appearances and to claim two | ||
national championships; UT also won seven Big 12 Conference | ||
titles during his tenure, and when he retired in 2016, he was | ||
college baseball's all-time winningest coach with 1,975 | ||
victories; and | ||
WHEREAS, Credited with the development of 15 Major League | ||
Baseball first-round draft picks, Coach Garrido also mentored | ||
four National Players of the Year and 53 All-Americans over the | ||
course of his legendary career; moreover, he was a six-time | ||
National Coach of the Year and was inducted into the National | ||
College Baseball Hall of Fame and the Texas Sports Hall of | ||
Fame; and | ||
WHEREAS, Widely considered one of the greatest college | ||
baseball coaches of all time, Augie Garrido was beloved for his | ||
wit, wisdom, and unique psychological approach to the game, and | ||
his myriad achievements will continue to be remembered and | ||
admired for many years to come; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of August Edmun | ||
Garrido Jr. and extend heartfelt sympathy to all those who mourn | ||
his passing; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for his family and that when the Senate adjourns this | ||
day, it do so in memory of Augie Garrido. | ||
Zaffirini | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 24, 2019, by a | ||
rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |