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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives would like to recognize Kent Williams of Mt.
4 Vernon, for his many successes in his basketball career; and
5 WHEREAS, Kent Williams attended Mt. Vernon Township High
6 School where he starred on the basketball team; some of his
7 high school basketball accomplishments are: he is the
8 school's all-time leading scorer with 2,183 points and holds
9 the single game record for the Coca Cola Shootout in St.
10 Louis with 48 points; for three years he was named the
11 Southern Illinois Player of the Year, and he was named to
12 the All State Team for two years; he was also the runnerup in
13 Illinois for "Mr. Basketball"; and
14 WHEREAS, Throughout his Southern Illinois University
15 Saluki Basketball career he has started every game for four
16 years; he was named Newcomer of the Year and Freshman of the
17 Year by the Missouri Valley Conference; during his sophomore
18 year, he was Second Team All Conference and in his junior
19 year made First Team All Conference; in addition, he was
20 named Missouri Valley Conference Scholar and Athlete of the
21 Year; he is the second all-time scorer at SIU; and
22 WHEREAS, Kent Williams will graduate in May with a degree
23 in Marketing and his long-term goal is to pursue a
24 professional basketball career; and
25 WHEREAS, The date of February 22, 2003 has been
26 designated as Kent Williams/Mt. Vernon Day at the SIU
27 Salukis' game to be held on that day; the game will be aired
28 by ESPN and many citizens from Mt. Vernon and surrounding
29 communities will attend in support of the Salukis as well as
30 Kent Williams; therefore, be it
31 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
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1 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
2 we congratulate Kent Williams on his many successes and wish
3 him well in all of his future endeavors; and be it further
4 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to Kent Williams with our regards.