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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Illinois State University head coach Stephanie
3Glance was recently named the 2011 recipient of the Maggie
4Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year Award; this award
5honors a Women's Basketball Coaches Association Division I head
6coach who has led the team to a successful season during their
7first year as a coach; and
 
8    WHEREAS, She was named the sixth head women's basketball
9coach in Illinois State history on April 20, 2010; in her first
10season, the Illinois State Redbirds have reached the semifinals
11of the Women's National Invitation Tournament; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Her 24 wins this season are the fifth-most in
13school history and are tied for the most by a first-year
14Missouri Valley Conference coach; she is the only coach to work
15with Hall of Fame women's basketball mentors Pat Summitt and
16the late Kay Yow; and
 
17    WHEREAS, As an assistant coach, she helped guide her teams
18to 12 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
19Tournament appearances, reaching the Sweet 16 five times and
20the 1998 NCAA Women's Final Four; and
 
21    WHEREAS, She started her coaching career as an assistant

 

 

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1coach and recruiting coordinator at South Florida from 1988 to
21993 and served as an assistant coach at Southwest Texas State
3during the 1993-94 season; and
 
4    WHEREAS, She played college basketball at Rollins College
5in Winter Park, Florida, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in
6English and education in 1985; therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9we congratulate Coach Stephanie Glance on receiving the Maggie
10Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year Award; and be it
11further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13presented to Coach Stephanie Glance as a symbol of our respect
14and esteem.