House Bill 9035

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9035

        By Representative Casey






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution honoring the members of the

  3         University of Florida women's tennis team for

  4         their 1998 national championship victory in the

  5         NCAA Division I.

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  7         WHEREAS, on May 24, 1998, at Notre Dame's Courtney

  8  Tennis Center in South Bend, Indiana, the University of

  9  Florida Gator women's tennis team defeated the Duke University

10  team and won its third NCAA Division I women's tennis

11  championship, and

12         WHEREAS, the University of Florida has won a total of

13  three NCAA women's championship tennis titles in the 1990's,

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15         WHEREAS, the victory of the University of Florida

16  women's tennis team was especially distinguished in that it

17  capped a perfect season for the team, which compiled a record

18  of 27 wins and 0 losses during the 1998 season, and

19         WHEREAS, the University of Florida women's tennis team

20  has posted an awe-inspiring record under the direction of head

21  coach Andy Brandi, and

22         WHEREAS, during the previous 14 years, also under the

23  team's head coach Andy Brandi, the team has compiled an

24  impressive list of other accomplishments, by earning 12 SEC

25  titles and five national indoor titles, by completing six

26  undefeated regular seasons including the past three in a row,

27  and by becoming in 1996 the second team in NCAA history to

28  sweep team, singles, and doubles national titles, and

29         WHEREAS, the players, coaches, managers, and supporters

30  of the University of Florida women's tennis team, who have

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9035

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  1  contributed their time and effort to the support of the team,

  2  have brought credit to themselves and their community, and

  3         WHEREAS, it is fitting that the House of

  4  Representatives of the State of Florida should honor the

  5  University of Florida women's tennis team for its

  6  accomplishments, NOW, THEREFORE,

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  8  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  9  Florida:

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11         That the House of Representatives of the State of

12  Florida hereby congratulates and commends the University of

13  Florida 1998 women's tennis team for culminating its

14  undefeated season by winning the 1998 NCAA championship.

15         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

16  be presented to the University of Florida women's tennis team

17  head coach Andy Brandi as a tangible token of the sentiments

18  expressed herein.

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