Florida Senate - 2014                            (NP)    SR 1760
       
       
        
       By Senator Gardiner
       
       
       
       
       
       13-04045B-14                                          20141760__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution congratulating the Winter Park High
    3         School Wildcats boys basketball team for winning the
    4         2014 Florida High School Athletic Association Class 8A
    5         Championship.
    6  
    7         WHEREAS, the 2014 Winter Park High School Wildcats boys
    8  basketball team finished the season with an outstanding record
    9  of 29 wins and 3 losses, and
   10         WHEREAS, the Wildcats were ranked ninth overall in the
   11  state of Florida in 2014, and
   12         WHEREAS, on March 1, 2014, the Winter Park Wildcats
   13  defeated Orlando’s Maynard Evans High School Trojans by a score
   14  of 66-64 in the Florida High School Athletic Association Class
   15  8A Championship, marking the team’s third state championship in
   16  the last five seasons and the school’s 83-year history, and
   17         WHEREAS, exhibiting exemplary leadership and guidance to
   18  the team throughout the season were coaches Donald Blackmon,
   19  David Stock, Blake Carter, Edwin Howe, and Griffin Gersonde;
   20  Principal Tim Smith; and Athletic Director Michael Brown, and
   21         WHEREAS, outstanding skill, sportsmanship, and
   22  competitiveness are characteristics that have been consistently
   23  demonstrated by Wildcats Kyle Brown, JaQuante Davis, John
   24  DeBevoise, Elijah Farley, Austin Goodluck, Ryan Gutmacher,
   25  Lashard James, Dewey Johnson, Dakotah Nicoll, Kevin Reiz,
   26  Spencer Rivers, Michael Stalder, DeAndre Turner, and Wyatt
   27  Wilkes, and
   28         WHEREAS, the residents of Winter Park and the surrounding
   29  community admire the hard work and team spirit demonstrated by
   30  the 2014 Winter Park Wildcats basketball team during the 2013
   31  2014 season and commend the team on its many accomplishments,
   32  NOW, THEREFORE,
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   34  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   36         That the 2014 Winter Park High School Wildcats boys
   37  basketball team is congratulated for winning the 2014 Florida
   38  High School Athletic Association Class 8A Championship and
   39  recognized for the athletic ability, model sportsmanship, and
   40  honorable citizenship of its team members and the outstanding
   41  accomplishments of its coaches and team members.
   42         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
   43  presented to Athletic Director Michael Brown as a tangible token
   44  of the sentiments expressed in this resolution.