Full Text of HR0605 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Andre Iguodala on winning | 4 | | the 2014-2105 NBA Championship with the Golden State Warriors; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Andre Iguodala was born in Springfield on January | 7 | | 28, 1984; he attended Lanphier High School, where he excelled | 8 | | both academically and athletically, winning All-Conference | 9 | | academic honors, winning the State Journal Register | 10 | | Student-Athlete of the Week several times, and placing on the | 11 | | National Honor Roll; as a senior, he led his team to a | 12 | | second-place finish at the Illinois High School Association | 13 | | Class AA State Tournament in 2002; that season, he averaged | 14 | | 23.5 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game; he was | 15 | | named the Chicago Sun-Times Player of the Year and a Second | 16 | | Team Parade All-American and Nike All-American; his No. 41 | 17 | | jersey was retired by Lanphier High School in 2011; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, During the summer of 2000, Andre Iguodala was | 19 | | named the AAU National Tournament Most Valuable Player after | 20 | | hitting the game-winning shot at the final buzzer to give his | 21 | | team a 17-and-under national title; in 2002, he was ranked as | 22 | | the No. 6 small forward and the No. 26 overall player in the | 23 | | nation; he won a gold medal with the United States national |
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| 1 | | team at the 2012 London Olympics; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Andre Iguodala attended Arizona University and | 3 | | was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the | 4 | | NBA Draft in 2004; he spent time with the Denver Nuggets before | 5 | | joining the Golden State Warriors in 2013; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, During the 2015 NBA Finals, Andre Iguodala | 7 | | averaged 16.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4 assists, and 1.4 steals | 8 | | per game; in the clinching game, he collected 25 points, 5 | 9 | | assists, and 5 rebounds; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Andre Iguodala was named the NBA Finals Most | 11 | | Valuable Player, the first NBA Champion and NBA Finals MVP from | 12 | | Springfield; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Andre Iguodala and his family started the Andre | 14 | | Iguodala Youth Foundation to promote athletics as a conduit to | 15 | | educational excellence; the organization sponsors numerous | 16 | | events each year that make a difference for Springfield youth | 17 | | and their families; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 | | congratulate Andre Iguodala on winning the 2014-2015 NBA | 21 | | Championship with the Golden State Warriors and thank him for |
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| 1 | | his commitment to the Springfield community; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Andre Iguodala as an expression of our esteem and | 4 | | respect.
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