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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the 2022 Mount Carmel
4High School girls golf team, the Lady Aces, on winning the 2022
5IHSA Class 1A Girls Golf State Championship; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Lady Aces won the two day tournament, held at
7Red Tail Run in Decatur, with a team score of 600, beating
8second place Boylan Catholic High School by 35 strokes; and
 
9    WHEREAS, The Lady Aces set the IHSA State Record for Class
101A Girls Golf Teams with a team score of 600, breaking their
11own record from the previous year of 604; and
 
12    WHEREAS, The Lady Aces had a 2022 season record of 69-0;
13the team won back to back championships in 2021 and 2022 with
14two perfect seasons and a combined record of 147-0; and
 
15    WHEREAS, The Lady Aces team roster includes Emily Gottman,
16Lillian Gottman, Maria Kennard, Miley Kennard, Zeme Moore,
17Alexis Wymer, and Madelyn Young; the team is led by Head Coach
18Karin Kelsey and Assistant Coach Abbey Leighty; and
 
19    WHEREAS, The Lady Aces team also has the 2022 IHSA Class 1A
20Individual Champion, Madelyn Young, with a two day score of

 

 

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1137, beating Ella Greenberg from Boylan Catholic High School
2by four strokes with an amazing -7; she also won the 2022 Class
31A Individual Championship in the Pinckneyville Regional and
4Salem Sectional; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The Lady Aces team participated in the PGA High
6School Golf National Invitational, a prestigious, invite-only
7tournament comprised of the top high school golfers from
8across the country, in Pinehurst, North Carolina in June 2022;
9the team proudly represented the State of Illinois, placing
10eighth in the nation; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The Lady Aces team was established by Mount
12Carmel High School under Coach Karin Kelsey in the Fall of
132008; since that time, the team has been named regional
14champion eight times, sectional champion four times, state
15champion two times, and state runner-up once; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Under Coach Kelsey's guidance, the Lady Aces team
17has participated in 10 state tournaments with both individuals
18and teams during the past 15 years; there have been several
19great golfers on the team in previous years, but this year's
20team was by far the most talented in school history;
21therefore, be it
 
22    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE

 

 

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1HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
2we congratulate the 2022 Mount Carmel High School girls golf
3team, the Lady Aces, on winning the 2022 Class 1A State
4Championship; and be it further
 
5    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
6presented to the team members and coaches of the Lady Aces,
7Superintendent Dr. Chuck Bleyer of the Wabash Community Unit
8School District #348, and Principal Andrew Shelby of Mount
9Carmel High School as a symbol of our respect and esteem.