Bill Text: IL HR0250 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the John A. Logan College men's basketball team, the Volunteers, on winning the 2023 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I National Championship. Congratulates those who helped build the program into a championship team. Wishes the team the very best of luck in continuing to build a successful program well into the future.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-03 - Resolution Adopted [HR0250 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0250-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the John A. Logan College | ||||||
| 4 | men's basketball team, the Volunteers, located in Carterville, | ||||||
| 5 | on winning the 2023 National Junior College Athletic | ||||||
| 6 | Association (NJCAA) Division I National Championship; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The John A. Logan College men's basketball team | ||||||
| 8 | amassed an impressive 33-2 record, including winning four | ||||||
| 9 | games in six days on its way to the first national championship | ||||||
| 10 | in program history and only the second championship in | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois history; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The John A. Logan College men's basketball team | ||||||
| 13 | is led by Head Coach Tyler Smithpeters, Assistant Coach Tadd | ||||||
| 14 | Andrews, and Assistant Coach Marcus Walker, who all worked | ||||||
| 15 | tirelessly to build team chemistry and lead the team to a | ||||||
| 16 | record-breaking championship season; for his efforts, Coach | ||||||
| 17 | Smithpeters was named the 2022-23 NJCAA Division I Men's | ||||||
| 18 | Basketball Coach of the Year; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, The John A. Logan College men's basketball team | ||||||
| 20 | is comprised of James Dent, Rayzhaun Bardo, Quimari Peterson, | ||||||
| 21 | Elijah Jones, Sean Smith, Justin Cross, Teon Nesbitt, Grant | ||||||
| 22 | Jones, Isaiah Stafford, Eli Downen, Elliot Lowndes, KJ | ||||||
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| 1 | Debrick, and the 2022-23 NJCAA Division I Men's Basketball | ||||||
| 2 | Player of the Year, Curt Lewis; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 4 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 5 | we congratulate the John A. Logan College men's basketball | ||||||
| 6 | team, the Volunteers, on winning the 2023 National Junior | ||||||
| 7 | College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I National | ||||||
| 8 | Championship; and be it further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That we congratulate those who helped build the | ||||||
| 10 | John A. Logan men's basketball program into a championship | ||||||
| 11 | team, including the fans, coaches, players, support staff, and | ||||||
| 12 | administrators; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That we wish the John A. Logan College men's | ||||||
| 14 | basketball team the very best of luck in continuing to build a | ||||||
| 15 | successful program well into the future; and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the John A. Logan College men's basketball team, | ||||||
| 18 | the Volunteers, as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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