Bill Text: VA HJR971 | 2017 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Shedrick McCall III.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-23 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ971ER) [HJR971 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HJR971-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, Shedrick McCall III, a senior football standout at L.C. Bird High School in Chesterfield, committed to play for Norfolk State University after he graduates in 2017; and
WHEREAS, a 6-foot-1 running back, Shedrick McCall rushed for an impressive 2,300 yards and 38 touchdowns in the 2016 season; and
WHEREAS, Shedrick McCall has been named WRIC Player of the Week, The Progress-Index Football Athlete of the Week, and Richmond Times-Dispatch player of the week; and
WHEREAS, Shedrick McCall has been named to the All-Metro, All-Conference, All-Region, and All-State teams, among other honors he has collected during his phenomenal football career; and
WHEREAS, Shedrick McCall is an excellent student and has a 3.0 grade-point average, and he received more than a dozen college scholarship offers; and
WHEREAS, Shedrick McCall wants to experience student life at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and that is why he chose Norfolk State University, which offered him a full football scholarship; and
WHEREAS, Shedrick McCall is an excellent example of what hard work and dedication look like and he represents the best of the best within Chesterfield County Public Schools; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Shedrick McCall III, an L.C. Bird High School senior, on committing to play football for Norfolk State University after he graduates in 2017; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Shedrick McCall III as an expression of the General Assembly's admiration for his hard work and dedication to excellence both on and off the football field.