Full Text of HR0324 98th General Assembly
HR0324 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor and congratulate Tyra Buss | 4 | | for her academic and athletic accomplishments while enrolled at | 5 | | Mt. Carmel High School in Mt. Carmel; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Kelly and Tim Buss welcomed Tyra's birth in Mt. | 7 | | Carmel on April 25, 1996; on this day, Kelly was scheduled to | 8 | | coach a track and field meet for the Mt. Carmel High School | 9 | | team, but instead gave birth to her only daughter, who would go | 10 | | on to become the school's most decorated student-athlete; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Tyra Buss led the Lady Aces to back-to-back wins | 12 | | in 2011 and 2012 at the Robinson Invitational and was named to | 13 | | the 1st Team All-Tournament team both years; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In 2012, Tyra Buss gained recognition for becoming | 15 | | the fastest Illinois High School athlete ever to reach the | 16 | | 2,000 career point mark; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, In 2013, Tyra Buss became the first player in | 18 | | Illinois High School History to score 3,000 career points in | 19 | | their junior season; she led the 2012-13 Lady Aces to become | 20 | | the first basketball team in Mt. Carmel High School history to | 21 | | go undefeated during the regular season, and became the |
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| 1 | | all-time State of Illinois career leading free throw shooter; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, On February 14, 2013, Tyra Buss set the new | 4 | | national mark for most points in a season by a girls' | 5 | | basketball player, scoring 1,285 points during the 2012-2013 | 6 | | season; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, On February 20, 2013, for the third time in 3 | 8 | | years, Tyra Buss was listed as the only member of the | 9 | | Associated Press' 2A All-State Basketball Team to be chosen | 10 | | unanimously; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, On February 28, 2013, Tyra Buss was named to the | 12 | | First Team All-State by the Illinois Basketball Coaches | 13 | | Association for the third straight year; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, On March 25, 2013, the Chicago Tribune, in | 15 | | conjunction with the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association, | 16 | | chose Tyra Buss as the 2013 Illinois Ms. Basketball; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Tyra Buss averaged 38.9 points, 6.1 steals, 3.2 | 18 | | assists, and 3.5 rebounds per game for the 32-1 Aces during her | 19 | | junior year; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, During her junior year of high school, Tyra Buss |
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| 1 | | dedicated herself to being her best both on and off the court; | 2 | | she currently maintains a perfect 5.0 GPA at Mt. Carmel High | 3 | | School; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we congratulate Tyra Buss on her athletic and academic | 7 | | accomplishments; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Tyra Buss and Mt. Carmel High School as a symbol | 10 | | of our respect and esteem.
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