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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 40
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Evan Marcel Turner is an American professional | ||||||
| 3 | basketball player, currently playing for the
Boston Celtics of | ||||||
| 4 | the National Basketball Association (NBA); and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Evan Turner was drafted 2nd overall by the | ||||||
| 6 | Philadelphia 76ers in
the 2010 NBA draft and played for them | ||||||
| 7 | until he was traded to the Indiana Pacers in February of 2014; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Evan Turner was born on October 27, 1988; he | ||||||
| 10 | attended St. Joseph High School in Westchester, and by his | ||||||
| 11 | senior season, he was one of the top high school
basketball | ||||||
| 12 | players at his position in the nation; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Evan Turner, as a true freshman, helped lead the | ||||||
| 14 | Buckeyes to the 2008
National Invitation Tournament | ||||||
| 15 | championship; the following year, he was the Big Ten Conference | ||||||
| 16 | scoring champion for
the 2008-09 season and was a first-team | ||||||
| 17 | 2009 All-Big Ten selection; he was also an honorable
mention | ||||||
| 18 | All-American and was selected as a member of the 2009 All-Big | ||||||
| 19 | Ten Conference Tournament team and he
became one of 5 Big Ten | ||||||
| 20 | players to have been among the top 10 in the conference in | ||||||
| 21 | average points, rebounds, and
assists in the same season; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Evan Turner was a first-team 2010 NCAA Men's | ||||||
| 2 | Basketball All-American and the 2010 National Player of the | ||||||
| 3 | Year; he was
also a 2-time Big Ten Conference scoring champion | ||||||
| 4 | and the 2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the
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| 5 | Year; he was twice the only player named as a unanimous | ||||||
| 6 | first-team selection by both the coaches and the media to the
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| 7 | All-Big Ten team (2008-09, 2009-10); by finishing first in | ||||||
| 8 | scoring and second in both rebounds and assists in the
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| 9 | conference in the 2009-10 season, he was the first men's | ||||||
| 10 | basketball player to finish in the top 2 in each of these
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| 11 | categories and the first to finish in the top 5 in each | ||||||
| 12 | category in the same season; he is the conference record-holder
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| 13 | for most career and single-season Conference Player of the Week | ||||||
| 14 | awards; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Evan Turner plays the
point guard, shooting guard, | ||||||
| 16 | and small forward positions; therefore, be it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 18 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 19 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate West Cermak Road | ||||||
| 20 | between South Pulaski Road and South Laramie Avenue in Berwyn | ||||||
| 21 | as the "Evan Turner Street"; and be it further | ||||||
| 22 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of
Transportation
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| 23 | is
requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
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| 1 | State
and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
| 2 | giving
notice of the name
"Evan Turner Street"; and be it | ||||||
| 3 | further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
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| 5 | delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of
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| 6 | Transportation
and Evan Turner.
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