Bill Text: VA SJR423 | 2017 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 423 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Commending the E.C. Glass High School golf team.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-02-23 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ423ER) [SJR423 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2017-SJR423-Enrolled.html

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 423 Commending the E. C. Glass High School golf team. Agreed to by the Senate, February 22, 2017 Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 23, 2017

WHEREAS, the E. C. Glass High School golf team of Lynchburg won the 2016 Virginia High School League Group 4A state championship; and

WHEREAS, the E. C. Glass High School Hilltoppers defeated the Heritage High School Pride of Leesburg by eight strokes, 600 to 608, in the championship tournament held in October 2016, at Traditions Golf Club in Toano; and

WHEREAS, 2016 marked the fourth state golf title for E. C. Glass High School and the school's first since 1988; and

WHEREAS, the members of the state championship-winning golf team from E. C. Glass High School are Ben Ailsworth, Connor Burgess, Kane Campbell, Jimmie Massie, Keller Royer, and Alex Terrell; and

WHEREAS, the E. C. Glass High School golf team was led by Connor Burgess, the Virginia State Golf Association Junior Boys' Golfer of the Year in 2016, who shot a two-day total of 141 and finished third overall in the tournament; and

WHEREAS, the E. C. Glass Hilltoppers' Jimmie Massie shot a two-day total of 145 and tied for fourth overall in the tournament, and he and Connor Burgess earned First-Team All-State honors; and

WHEREAS, in 2016, the E. C. Glass High School golf team won the Conference 23 regular season and tournament titles, and the team was runner-up in the Group 4A West Region tournament; and

WHEREAS, all members of the E. C. Glass golf team contributed to the success of the 2016 season, buoyed by the leadership of their coaches, the love of their families, and the enthusiastic support of the entire E. C. Glass High School community; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend the E. C. Glass High School golf team on winning the 2016 Virginia High School League Group 4A state championship; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Michael Anthony, coach of the E. C. Glass High School golf team, as an expression of the General Assembly's admiration for the team's championship performance and best wishes for the future.