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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SR 2476

    By Senators Laurent, Smith, Mitchell, Wasserman Schultz,
    Campbell and Dyer




    17-1849A-02

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing March 6, 2002, as

  3         University of Florida Intercollegiate Athletics

  4         Day.

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  6         WHEREAS, the University of Florida this year received

  7  its 10th consecutive Southeastern Conference All-Sports Award,

  8  and

  9         WHEREAS, the University of Florida is one of only two

10  universities to rank in the top ten in national all-sports

11  rankings in each of the last 18 years, and

12         WHEREAS, the University of Florida won the 2001 Men's

13  Golf National Championship under the leadership of Coach Buddy

14  Alexander, and

15         WHEREAS, since the beginning of the 2000-2001 academic

16  year, the University of Florida won Southeastern Conference

17  championships in football, soccer, volleyball, men's

18  basketball, and women's tennis, and

19         WHEREAS, the University of Florida has earned 13 NCAA

20  Championships since 1980 in aggregate for football, soccer,

21  men's golf, women's golf, men's swimming and diving, women's

22  swimming and diving, women's tennis, and women's track and

23  field, and

24         WHEREAS, the University of Florida has earned 153

25  Southeastern Conference titles since joining that conference,

26  and

27         WHEREAS, the University of Florida football team

28  compiled a 122-27-1 record and won a National Championship

29  during the 12-year tenure of Coach Steve Spurrier, and

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SR 2476
    17-1849A-02




  1         WHEREAS, the University of Florida has had 41 Academic

  2  All-Americans since 1992 ranking fourth among all NCAA

  3  Division 1 schools during that time, and

  4         WHEREAS, the University of Florida had a league and

  5  school record of 133 student-athletes named to the

  6  Southeastern Conference's Academic Honor Roll in 2000-2001,

  7  and

  8         WHEREAS, the Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted former

  9  University of Florida All-American Jack Youngblood into the

10  2001 Hall of Fame Class, and

11         WHEREAS, the year 2002 began with the departure of

12  Coach Steve Spurrier, who, in his 12-year career at the

13  University of Florida, compiled a 122-27-1 record and an NCAA

14  national championship, and

15         WHEREAS, the University of Florida welcomed Coach Ron

16  Zook to direct the Gator Football Team to further exceptional

17  achievements, NOW, THEREFORE,

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19  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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21         That March 6, 2002, is recognized as University of

22  Florida Intercollegiate Athletics Day, in recognition of the

23  outstanding achievements and dedication to the ideals of the

24  student-athlete demonstrated by the student-athletes of the

25  University of Florida.

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