Bill Text: FL S1906 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: University of West Florida Argonauts

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-02-19 - Adopted [S1906 Detail]

Download: Florida-2020-S1906-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2020                            (NP)    SR 1906
       
       
        
       By Senator Broxson
       
       
       
       
       
       1-02965-20                                            20201906__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution commending the University of West Florida
    3         Argonauts football team for winning the 2019 NCAA
    4         Division II Football Championship.
    5  
    6         WHEREAS, the University of West Florida Argonauts football
    7  team completed the 2019 regular season with an 8-2 record,
    8  qualifying for the National Collegiate Athletic Association
    9  (NCAA) Division II national championship playoffs, and
   10         WHEREAS, the Argonauts football team began its playoff
   11  journey, nicknamed the “Trap Tour,” by completing one of the
   12  most remarkable postseason feats in NCAA football history,
   13  defeating three number 1 seeds, including the defending national
   14  champion, and ending the three longest home field winning
   15  streaks in NCAA Division II football, and
   16         WHEREAS, this historic feat qualified the Argonauts to
   17  compete for the NCAA Division II Football Championship just 4
   18  years after the founding of the team, making the Argonauts the
   19  first team in NCAA Division II football history to qualify to
   20  play in the national championship in so short a period of time,
   21  and
   22         WHEREAS, on December 21, 2019, in McKinney, Texas, the
   23  Argonauts defeated the Minnesota State University football team,
   24  ending one of the longest winning streaks in NCAA Division II
   25  football and claiming their first NCAA Division II Football
   26  Championship for the Argonauts, and
   27         WHEREAS, Argonauts wide receiver Quentin Randolph had 10
   28  receptions for a school record of 254 yards and tied the NCAA
   29  Division II Football Championship game receiving record with
   30  three touchdowns, and
   31         WHEREAS, Argonauts wide receiver Tate Lehito had 13
   32  receptions and set the NCAA Division II Football Championship
   33  game receiving record with 139 yards and one touchdown, and
   34         WHEREAS, Argonauts quarterback Austin Reed finished with a
   35  school and NCAA Division II Football Championship game record of
   36  523 passing yards and six passing touchdowns, and
   37         WHEREAS, the Argonauts football team is the only team in
   38  the State University System to earn a national football
   39  championship title for the 2019 season, NOW, THEREFORE,
   40  
   41  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   42  
   43         That the University of West Florida Argonauts football team
   44  is commended for winning the 2019 NCAA Division II Football
   45  Championship.
   46         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
   47  presented to University of West Florida President Martha D.
   48  Saunders, Director of Athletics Dave Scott, Head Coach Pete
   49  Shinnick, and Assistant Head Coach Steve Saulnier as a tangible
   50  token of the sentiments expressed herein.