Florida Senate - 2009 (NP) SR 2748
By Senator Oelrich
14-03319-09 20092748__
1 Senate Resolution
2 A resolution honoring the members of the Phi Theta
3 Kappa 2009 All-Florida Academic Team.
4
5 WHEREAS, April 2, 2009, “Florida Phi Theta Kappa Day,” is
6 an appropriate time for the Legislature of the State of Florida
7 to recognize and salute Phi Theta Kappa, the esteemed
8 international honor society for state, community, and junior
9 colleges, and
10 WHEREAS, special commendations should be extended to the
11 outstanding scholars who compose the 2009 All-Florida Academic
12 Team, a team of highly successful college students assembled by
13 the Florida College System, and
14 WHEREAS, 92 students from the Florida College System, one
15 private institution, Florida College, and one independent
16 university, Keiser University, were named to the 2009 All
17 Florida Academic Team, and
18 WHEREAS, based on the national ranking of these students in
19 the All-USA Academic Team competition sponsored by USA Today and
20 Phi Theta Kappa, which is known internationally, nationally, and
21 in the State of Florida as the primary college organization for
22 the recognition of academic achievement, leadership, and service
23 to the community, the following students compose the 2009 All
24 Florida Academic Team:
25 James Alcorn, Polk Community College; Christopher Almquist,
26 Brevard Community College; Maria Alvarez, Miami Dade College;
27 Alessandro Bailetti, Pensacola Junior College; Christen
28 Bannister, Brevard Community College; Robin Barnes, Indian River
29 State College; Jonathan Belles, Saint Petersburg College;
30 Cynthia Blackburn, Indian River State College; Veronica Bolivar,
31 Miami Dade College; Danielle Borth, Central Florida Community
32 College; Sara Brady, Hillsborough Community College; Nikita
33 Carter, Hillsborough Community College; Trishelle Copeland
34 Johnson, Seminole Community College; Michelle D’Onofrio, Pasco
35 Hernando Community College; Lisa Davis, Indian River State
36 College; Ana De la Cruz, Miami Dade College; Peter Dewey, Keiser
37 University; Robert Diaz, Broward College; Kim Do, Valencia
38 Community College; Whitney Dodson, Valencia Community College;
39 Jonathan Drapeau, Central Florida Community College; Chelsea
40 Ebert, Tallahassee Community College; Jeremy Eddy, Florida
41 Community College at Jacksonville; Emmanuel Ercole, Saint Johns
42 River Community College; D’Angelo Ferguson, Pasco-Hernando
43 Community College; Michael Filipelli, Indian River State
44 College; Steven Fisch, Saint Petersburg College; Diana Flores,
45 Valencia Community College; Meghan Giroir, Saint Petersburg
46 College; Tamariay Gordon, Lake City Community College; Ashley
47 Gower, Saint Petersburg College; Paige Griffiths, Hillsborough
48 Community College; Kathleen Hall, Indian River State College;
49 Amanda Handley, Hillsborough Community College; Gezime Ismaili,
50 Saint Petersburg College; Monika Jackson, Valencia Community
51 College; Niesha Jex, Pasco-Hernando Community College; Julio
52 Josafath, Broward College; Emily Kandagawa, Indian River State
53 College; Scott Kercheville, Florida College; Sarah Kirkland,
54 Gulf Coast Community College; Maria Kolba, Edison State College;
55 Maria Larios, Miami Dade College; Judith Laurent, Brevard
56 Community College; Danbee Lee, Gulf Coast Community College;
57 Jodi Leonard, Pasco-Hernando Community College; Brandi Lessner,
58 Saint Johns River Community College; Emory Maxwell, Lake-Sumter
59 Community College; Daniela Mazzetti, Miami Dade College; Nan
60 McKee, Pensacola Junior College; Julianne Metzger, Florida
61 College; Cassie Mitchell, Chipola College; Sarah Murr, Broward
62 College; Christopher Neal, Indian River State College; Michelle
63 Nemeth, Lake-Sumter Community College; Matthew Norris, Florida
64 Keys Community College; Morgan O’Keefe, Tallahassee Community
65 College; Matthew Palmeira, Seminole Community College; Jhon
66 Pereda, Miami Dade College; Gabriela Perez, Miami Dade College;
67 Soliz Perez-Rivera, Brevard Community College; Alaric Perhot,
68 Hillsborough Community College; Wesley Pitts, Manatee Community
69 College; Minerva Poblet, Miami Dade College; Beth Pramschufer,
70 Manatee Community College; Elif Raynor, Broward College; Russell
71 Register, Chipola College; Yamile Reyes, Miami Dade College;
72 Danielle Richmond, Lake-Sumter Community College; Sally
73 Rodriguez, Seminole Community College; Natalie Rodriguez,
74 Northwest Florida State College; Susana Rodriguez, Miami Dade
75 College; Yuray Rodriguez, Miami Dade College; Praiselynn Santos,
76 Valencia Community College; Ilah Schosser-Payne, Brevard
77 Community College; Anna Schubarth, Lake City Community College;
78 Jennifer Segers, South Florida Community College; Katrina
79 Shadix, Seminole Community College; Jared Silvia, Valencia
80 Community College; Grace Speese, Polk Community College; Claudia
81 Suarez-Perez, Miami Dade College; Melinda Thackrah, Saint
82 Petersburg College; Gabriela Toledo, Miami Dade College; Alberto
83 Tornes, Miami Dade College; Georgina Tougher, Indian River State
84 College; Michelle Turlington, Keiser University; Ethan
85 Urbanczyk, Northwest Florida State College; Tisha Van Pelt,
86 Brevard Community College; Elizabeth Vorlicky, Palm Beach
87 Community College; Jami Worley, Manatee Community College;
88 Tabitha Yohe, Polk Community College; Katherine Young, Pasco
89 Hernando Community College, and
90 WHEREAS, each member of the 2009 All-Florida Academic Team
91 has demonstrated impressive intellect and leadership and a
92 determination to achieve academic excellence, and
93 WHEREAS, the praiseworthy and devoted efforts of the
94 members of Phi Theta Kappa’s All-Florida Academic Team have
95 earned for them and their academic institutions the respect and
96 admiration of the Senate of the State of Florida and of the
97 residents of this state, NOW, THEREFORE,
98
99 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
100
101 That the Florida Senate honors and congratulates Phi Theta
102 Kappa, the Florida College System, and the members of the 2009
103 All-Florida Academic Team and commends the team members for the
104 outstanding competitive spirit and ability evidenced by their
105 accomplishments.