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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Kathy Veroni on being | ||||||
| 4 | awarded the 2025 Humanitarian Award from the National | ||||||
| 5 | Fastpitch Coaches Association; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Kathy Veroni was born in Rockford and attended | ||||||
| 7 | Boylan Catholic High School in Rockford and Illinois State | ||||||
| 8 | University; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Kathy Veroni coached the Western Illinois | ||||||
| 10 | University softball team for 34 years from 1971 to 2005; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Kathy Veroni coached the softball team to 869 | ||||||
| 12 | wins, 11 conference championships, five Association of | ||||||
| 13 | Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) national | ||||||
| 14 | tournaments, and three NCAA national tournaments; and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, Kathy Veroni has been inducted into four halls of | ||||||
| 16 | fame, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA), | ||||||
| 17 | Illinois State University Athletics, Western Illinois | ||||||
| 18 | University Athletics, and the Illinois chapter of USA | ||||||
| 19 | Softball; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, Kathy Veroni published Coaching Fastpitch | ||||||
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| 1 | Softball Successfully in 1998 and was a contributing author to | ||||||
| 2 | The Softball Coaching Bible in 2002; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, Kathy Veroni also founded and coached the Macomb | ||||||
| 4 | Magic softball team, where she won many additional awards and | ||||||
| 5 | mentored countless college and high school students; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Kathy Veroni's leadership extended to multiple | ||||||
| 7 | positions in the NFCA, including president, vice president of | ||||||
| 8 | membership, and past president; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Kathy Veroni is also a master gardener for local | ||||||
| 10 | gardens such as The Grow Illinois Food Together (GIFT) garden | ||||||
| 11 | in Macomb, which has provided thousands of pounds of food | ||||||
| 12 | annually to the Macomb community; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 14 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | we congratulate Kathy Veroni on being awarded the 2025 | ||||||
| 16 | Humanitarian Award from the National Fastpitch Coaches | ||||||
| 17 | Association; and be it further | ||||||
| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to Kathy Veroni as as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 20 | esteem. | ||||||