Bill Text: TX SR440 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing The University of Texas at Austin speech team for winning a national championship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-19 - Reported enrolled [SR440 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR440-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The University of Texas at Austin speech team | ||
| continued its tradition of excellence by winning the team | ||
| sweepstakes championship at the 2023 American Forensic | ||
| Association National Speech Tournament; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Competing from April 1 through 3 in Santa Ana, | ||
| California, UT triumphed over 56 other universities to collect | ||
| its second consecutive AFA national crown and the ninth in | ||
| program history; the Longhorns were sparked by the individual | ||
| championship performances of Valeria Najera in communication | ||
| analysis, Kaylee Frazier in dramatic interpretation, and Patrick | ||
| Pham in prose interpretation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Additionally, five members of the UT squad | ||
| achieved top-six showings; advancing to the finals were René | ||
| Otero in duo interpretation, extemporaneous speaking, and | ||
| impromptu speaking, Fernando Cereceres in program oral | ||
| interpretation and prose interpretation, Kai Solis in duo | ||
| interpretation, Jennifer Gonzalez in poetry interpretation, and | ||
| Kyle Ahern in prose interpretation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Housed in the Department of Communication | ||
| Studies within the Moody College of Communication, the UT | ||
| speech program is directed by professor Martin "Randy" Cox; | ||
| coaches Eva Margarita, Clay Parker, Evan Ortiz, Karon Bowers, | ||
| Katayoun Khalilian, and Erin Swearingen also provide valuable | ||
| support; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Demonstrating remarkable skill and | ||
| determination, the members of the UT speech team have once again | ||
| earned the mantle of national champion, and they may indeed | ||
| reflect with pride on a job well done; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, hereby congratulate The University of Texas speech | ||
| team on winning the team sweepstakes championship at the 2023 | ||
| American Forensic Association National Speech Tournament and | ||
| extend to the competitors and coaches sincere best wishes for | ||
| continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for the team as an expression of high regard from the | ||
| Texas Senate. | ||
| Eckhardt | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on April 19, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
