Full Text of HR1574 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Fred Rakers, | 4 | | longtime coach of the Mater Dei High School girls volleyball | 5 | | team, on his retirement; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The team recently won its sixth State | 7 | | championship; Coach
Rakers leaves with a coaching record of | 8 | | 1,046 wins, 200 losses, and 7 ties, the second-most wins in the | 9 | | history of Illinois volleyball according to Illinois High | 10 | | School Association records; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Nationally ranked Mater Dei defeated Joliet | 12 | | Catholic in November of 2010 to win the Class 3A State title, | 13 | | finishing the season 41-1; the Knights also won State | 14 | | championships in 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 2001; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, During the three State championship seasons from | 16 | | 1993-95, the Knights rolled through with a 118-4 record; in | 17 | | 1994, they were a perfect 38-0; 2010 marked the Knights' 20th | 18 | | State tournament appearance, and Coach Rakers just completed | 19 | | his 35th year as head coach; he began coaching in 1976; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Coach
Rakers said he plans to continue teaching, | 21 | | which he has done at Mater Dei for 42 years; he has also hinted |
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| 1 | | about staying around to help the program in some capacity, | 2 | | perhaps as an assistant coach; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Coach Rakers says he learned to coach volleyball | 4 | | by reading a book he found in the Mater Dei school library; | 5 | | therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 | | congratulate Coach Fred Rakers on his career as a volleyball | 9 | | coach for Mater Dei High School and wish him continued success | 10 | | for years to come; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to Coach Fred Rakers as a symbol of our respect and | 13 | | esteem.
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