08 LC 95
0439
Senate
Resolution 999
By:
Senator Smith of the 52nd
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending the 2007 Georgia School for the Deaf football team; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
the 2007 Georgia School for the Deaf football team was awarded the National
Eight-Man Deaf Prep Football Championship, the third national football title
that the school has won; and
WHEREAS,
the team finished the season with an outstanding 7-1-0 record and defeated
schools from six different states; and
WHEREAS,
the team won under the outstanding direction of Athletic Director and Head Coach
Erik Whitworth; assistant coaches Sidney Sharp, David Conti, Eugene Neal, B. B.
Chubb, and Shawn Self; and team managers Ben Key, Dee Hosley, Wesley Johnson,
Jonathan Adkins, and Nestor Cacho; and
WHEREAS,
four of the team members, Patrick Bryant, Andy Sugg, Timothy Simmons, and Andrew
Henderson were selected as members of the 2007 Deaf All American Team;
and
WHEREAS,
Timothy Simmons was named to the first team of the Rome
News
Tribune's All-Area Team; and
WHEREAS,
the other players on this team of champions include Argenis Baena, Westley
Blankenship, Charlie Chandler, Jason Crosby, Jeremy Crosby, Davion Gilling, Ryan
Hall, Jabril Moss, Matthew Powers, Jonathan Roach, Javante (Jay) Roberson,
Edward Snipes, Brandon Stevens, Eric Welch, and Eric Williams; and
WHEREAS,
in a world which consistently seems to accentuate the negative aspects of the
actions of young people, it is abundantly fitting and proper for this body to
recognize with particularity the outstanding accomplishments of this
extraordinary team of individuals.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body recognize and commend the 2007 Georgia School for the Deaf football team on their outstanding accomplishments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body recognize and commend the 2007 Georgia School for the Deaf football team on their outstanding accomplishments.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the 2007 Georgia School
for the Deaf football team and their coaching staff.