| 1 | House Resolution |
| 2 | A resolution recognizing Mike Martin, Head Coach of the |
| 3 | Florida State University Seminoles Baseball Team. |
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Michael Martin was born in Charlotte, North |
| 6 | Carolina, on February 12, 1944, and |
| 7 | WHEREAS, Mike Martin began his career with the Florida |
| 8 | State University Seminoles as starting center fielder in 1965 |
| 9 | and 1966, returned in 1975 as assistant coach, and was promoted |
| 10 | to Head Baseball Coach in 1979, and |
| 11 | WHEREAS, the Martin-coached FSU baseball team has won more |
| 12 | baseball games since 2000 than any other school in the NCAA, and |
| 13 | WHEREAS, Coach Martin has coached 70 players who earned |
| 14 | All-America honors, as well as 5 players who were named National |
| 15 | Players of the Year, and |
| 16 | WHEREAS, under Coach Martin, FSU has won 15 conference |
| 17 | championships, including 11 Metro Conference and 4 Atlantic |
| 18 | Coast Conference titles, and |
| 19 | WHEREAS, the FSU baseball team has appeared in the NCAA |
| 20 | tournament every year that Coach Martin has been head coach, |
| 21 | contributing to a streak of 30 consecutive NCAA tournament |
| 22 | appearances, and |
| 23 | WHEREAS, the FSU baseball team has traveled to 12 College |
| 24 | World Series under Coach Martin, and |
| 25 | WHEREAS, Coach Martin was honored with FSU's prestigious |
| 26 | Westcott Award for saving the lives of players and staff when, |
| 27 | in 2001, Coach Martin and then-assistant coach Chip Baker safely |
| 28 | guided the team's charter bus to the side of a busy San |
| 29 | Francisco highway after the driver suffered a fatal heart |
| 30 | attack, and |
| 31 | WHEREAS, Coach Martin has been honored as Atlantic Coast |
| 32 | Conference Coach of the Year five times, in 1996, 1998, 1999, |
| 33 | 2001, and 2007, and |
| 34 | WHEREAS, Coach Martin, with a 17-8 win over Georgia Tech on |
| 35 | March 16, 2008, became only the fourth coach in the history of |
| 36 | NCAA baseball to achieve 1,500 victories, and |
| 37 | WHEREAS, Coach Martin is the third-winningest coach in |
| 38 | Division I NCAA baseball history, and |
| 39 | WHEREAS, on January 5, 2007, Coach Mike Martin was inducted |
| 40 | into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, |
| 41 | NOW, THEREFORE, |
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| 43 | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of |
| 44 | Florida: |
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| 46 | That Florida State University Head Baseball Coach Mike |
| 47 | Martin is hereby saluted and commended for his great character |
| 48 | and talent and the achievements which resulted therefrom. |
| 49 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be |
| 50 | presented to Coach Mike Martin as a tangible token of the |
| 51 | sentiments expressed herein. |