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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Nancy Scranton, former resident of Centralia,
3 Illinois, recently won her first LPGA Tour title since 1992,
4 on January 23, 2000; and
5 WHEREAS, Nancy Scranton qualified for her first LPGA Tour
6 in 1985, on her first attempt; she won her first tour event
7 in 1991 at the du Maurier Ltd. Classic, where she set a
8 course record with a career low round of 64; and
9 WHEREAS, Her second title win was at the Los Coyotes LPGA
10 Classic in 1992; she also placed second at the Ocean State
11 Open in 1989, and has been in the top ten many times; and
12 WHEREAS, In high school Nancy Scranton excelled at
13 sports, winning both the 80 and 110 hurdle events at the
14 South Seven Conference track meets in 1976; she was the
15 leading rebounder on the 1979 Orphan Annies basketball squad;
16 she was named the outstanding player of the year on Centralia
17 High School's first softball team in 1979; and
18 WHEREAS, Nancy Scranton made three State tournaments in
19 golf as District medalist in 1976, 1977, and 1978; when not
20 playing on the girl's golf team, she would hold the second
21 position on the boy's team; she was the first girl to play in
22 the South Seven Conference boy's golf meet; She was named
23 Centralia High School woman athlete of the year in 1979, and
24 earned ten varsity letters during her high school years; and
25 WHEREAS, Nancy Scranton attended Florida State University
26 and the University of Kentucky; in 1983 she was name to the
27 All-Southeastern Conference, and was chosen one of only 17
28 individual golfers to compete in the NCAA Division I
29 tournament in 1984; and
30 WHEREAS, Nancy Scranton won titles in the St. Louis Metro
31 Women's Golf Tourney in 1981 and 1982; in 1983 she won the
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1 Illinois Ladies State Amateur Tourney, and received third
2 place in 1984; and
3 WHEREAS, Centralia and all of Illinois can be proud of
4 Nancy Scranton and her fine career; her mother, Mrs. Wayne
5 Scranton, still resides in Centralia, as do many of her fans;
6 therefore, be it
7 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9 we congratulate Nancy Scranton on winning the LPGA Tour
10 title; and be it further
11 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to Nancy Scranton.