Senate Bill sb2244

    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SR 2244

    By Senator Saunders





    37-1922A-04

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution commending Derrick Wilson.

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  4         WHEREAS, on Saturday night, February 7, 2004, in

  5  Olathe, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City, Derrick Wilson, a

  6  95-pound 15-year-old boxer from Ft. Myers, Florida, won a

  7  unanimous decision over Richard Morales, a boxer from

  8  California, to win the 2004 Silver Gloves National

  9  Championship in his weight class, and

10         WHEREAS, a product of the Ft. Myers Police Athletic

11  League, Derrick is no stranger to competing at the national

12  level, as his 2004 National Championship title culminates 3

13  years of competing in the Silver Gloves National Championship

14  tournament, having finished in third place in his weight class

15  in each of the past 2 years, and

16         WHEREAS, enroute to winning the National Championship

17  title, Derrick fought a semifinal match on February 6, 2004,

18  in which he defeated the two-time National Champion from

19  Texas, and

20         WHEREAS, Derrick Wilson's amateur boxing career also

21  includes 25 state tournament crowns earned over the past 3

22  years, and

23         WHEREAS, Derrick's boxing accomplishments exemplify the

24  level of competitive excellence young people can achieve if

25  they are committed to training diligently, becoming physically

26  fit, developing their skills, and acquiring the mental

27  toughness required to persist in the face of what appear to be

28  overwhelming odds, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SR 2244
    37-1922A-04




 1         That the Senate commends Derrick Wilson for his

 2  extraordinary accomplishments in amateur boxing bringing honor

 3  to the residents of Ft. Myers, Lee County, and the State of

 4  Florida.

 5         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution,

 6  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Derrick

 7  Wilson and his coach, Larry Willis, as a tangible token of the

 8  sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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