Full Text of HR1081 93rd General Assembly
HR1081 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to recognize Jim Whitesell on being | 4 |
| selected men's head basketball coach for Loyola University of | 5 |
| Chicago on April 14, 2004; and
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WHEREAS, Mr. Whitesell is a 1982 graduate of Luther | 7 |
| College in Decorah, Iowa; he has served as the head coach at | 8 |
| Lewis University for the past 12 seasons, compiling a 214-126 | 9 |
| (.629) record there; he owns a 278-194 (.589) career record in | 10 |
| 17 seasons as a collegiate head coach; and
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| WHEREAS, This season, Coach Whitesell guided the Lewis | 12 |
| Flyers to a 24-7 record and helped the team win the program's | 13 |
| first Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) championship in 16 | 14 |
| years; for his efforts, he was lauded as the GLVC Coach of the | 15 |
| Year, National Association of Basketball Coaches Great Lakes | 16 |
| Region Coach of the Year and, for the sixth time, the Illinois | 17 |
| Basketball Coaches Association Division II Coach of the Year; | 18 |
| for the first time in school history, the Lewis Flyers were the | 19 |
| #1 seed in the region at the 2004 NCAA tournament; and
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| WHEREAS, The Lewis Flyers made five trips to the Division | 21 |
| II NCAA tournament under Coach Whitesell's watchful eye and won | 22 |
| at least 18 games on seven occasions; he produced 10 winning | 23 |
| seasons in 12 years in Romeoville; this year's team was ranked | 24 |
| as high as #11 in the nation; and
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| WHEREAS, A master at rebuilding programs, he revived | 26 |
| Elmhurst College by guiding the Bluejays to a 19-9 record and | 27 |
| the school's first-ever NCAA Division III Championship berth in | 28 |
| 1991-92; in five seasons at Elmhurst (1987-92), he turned | 29 |
| around a program that had not posted a winning campaign in 17 | 30 |
| previous years; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to his appointment at Elmhurst, Coach | 2 |
| Whitesell served as an assistant coach at Minnesota State | 3 |
| University (formerly Mankato State) from 1985 to 1987, at | 4 |
| Wabash Valley Community College from 1984 to 1985, and at | 5 |
| Ellsworth Community College from 1983 to 1984; and
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| WHEREAS, With Mr. Whitesell taking over the leadership of | 7 |
| the Ramblers basketball program, the Loyola University | 8 |
| Administration, student body, alumni, community members, and | 9 |
| Rambler fans wish him the best in his efforts to lead Loyola | 10 |
| back to basketball prominence; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 |
| congratulate Jim Whitesell on being named men's head basketball | 14 |
| coach for Loyola University of Chicago and we wish him great | 15 |
| success in leading the Ramblers basketball team; and be it | 16 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to Jim Whitesell as an expression of our esteem and | 19 |
| with our best wishes for future success with the Loyola | 20 |
| Ramblers.
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