Florida Senate - 2009                            (NP)    SR 2814
       
       
       
       By Senator Crist
       
       
       
       
       12-05405A-09                                          20092814__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the accomplishments of the
    3         University of South Florida Bulls women’s basketball
    4         program and commending the 2008-2009 team and coaching
    5         staff on winning the Women's National Invitation
    6         Tournament Title.
    7  
    8         WHEREAS, Florida’s universities offer a world of
    9  opportunity to young men and women through intercollegiate
   10  sports, and
   11         WHEREAS, student athletes enrolled in the University of
   12  South Florida benefit from a quality academic experience and
   13  top-level athletic competition, and
   14         WHEREAS, the USF Women’s Basketball Team competes in the
   15  nation’s premier college basketball conference, the Big East
   16  Athletic Conference, and
   17         WHEREAS, Head Coach Jose Fernandez and the 2008-2009
   18  players, Crystal Ayers, Melissa Dalembert, Brittany Denson,
   19  Shantia Grace, Porche Grant, Jessica Lawson, Ashley Sanders,
   20  Jazmine Sepulveda, Allyson Speed, Janae Stokes, Kelsey Varney,
   21  and Jasmine Wynne completed the most successful season in the
   22  program’s history, setting a record for most wins in a season,
   23  and
   24         WHEREAS, the University of South Florida Women’s Basketball
   25  Team won more games during the 2008-2009 season than any other
   26  Florida NCAA Division I college basketball program, with the
   27  Green-and-Gold ranking in the top five in the nation in scoring
   28  throughout the season, averaging 78 points per game, and
   29         WHEREAS, Head Coach Jose Fernandez has recorded the most
   30  career wins by a head basketball coach in the program’s history,
   31  and
   32         WHEREAS, on Saturday, April 4, 2009, the University of
   33  South Florida captured the Women’s National Invitation
   34  Tournament Title, defeating the University of Kansas by a final
   35  score of 75-71, and
   36         WHEREAS, Sarasota’s own Senior Guard Shantia Grace, a
   37  First-Team All-Big East performer during the regular season, was
   38  named the Most Valuable Player of the Women’s National
   39  Invitation Tournament, and
   40         WHEREAS, the USF Women’s Basketball Team and their fine
   41  Bulls coaching staff stand tall as yet another reason for Bull
   42  Pride for the more than 4 million people in USF’s 10-county
   43  Tampa Bay service area and in the State of Florida, NOW,
   44  THEREFORE,
   45  
   46  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   47  
   48         That the members of the Florida Senate recognize the
   49  profound accomplishments of the University of South Florida
   50  Bulls Women’s Basketball program, commend the 2008-2009 team and
   51  coaching staff for this championship run, and express gratitude
   52  for the honor that the team has brought to the state.