Illinois SR 770: MEMORIAL SHAWN D DAVIS

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SR0770LRB104 21797 MST 37497 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to 

3congratulate the University of Illinois Men's Wheelchair 

4Basketball Team, the Fighting Illini, on its historic 2025-26 

5season; and

6 WHEREAS, The men's wheelchair basketball team achieved an 

7impressive third-place finish at the 2026 National Wheelchair 

8Basketball Association (NWBA) National Championships; and

9 WHEREAS, The men's wheelchair basketball team represents 

10the University of Illinois Disability Resources and 

11Educational Services (DRES) and is the oldest and original 

12collegiate wheelchair basketball program in the world, with a 

13proud 77-year history of leadership, excellence, and 

14innovation in the sport; and

15 WHEREAS, The University of Illinois wheelchair basketball 

16program is widely recognized as the birthplace of collegiate 

17wheelchair basketball and played a foundational role in the 

18development and growth of the National Wheelchair Basketball 

19Association; and

20 WHEREAS, The University of Illinois men's wheelchair 

21basketball team, formerly known as the "Gizz Kids", made 

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1history in 1948 as the first U.S. college to establish a men's 

2wheelchair basketball team as the first all-wheelchair 

3basketball team in the nation; and

4 WHEREAS, The University of Illinois men's wheelchair 

5basketball team compiled a 10-7 record in the 2025-26 season 

6and currently holds 15 national championship titles; and

7 WHEREAS, In 1949, Coached by Tim Nugent, the men's 

8wheelchair basketball team competed in the first National 

9Wheelchair Basketball Tournament, which led to the founding of 

10the National Wheelchair Basketball