Virginia SR 71: Commending the Lee-Mount Vernon Sports Club.

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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 71 

Commending the Lee-Mount Vernon Sports Club. 

Agreed to by the Senate, March 8, 2020 

WHEREAS, the Lee-Mount Vernon Sports Club, a youth sports club 
in Alexandria that has inspired countless young athletes, celebrates its 50th 
season in 2019�2020; and 

WHEREAS, the Lee-Mount Vernon Sports Club traces its roots to 
August 1969 by John Walker from Hybla Valley, Dennis Smith from Hayfield, and a 
mutual baseball friend from Hayfield, Walt Ulica, who were discussing the need 
of youth soccer in the area; and 

WHEREAS, a consensus emerged that soccer didn�t limit 
participation for lack of size and could be a tool for more participation by 
individual team players than some other youth sports, and with that agreement, 
the Lee-Mount Vernon Sports Club was born; and 

WHEREAS, the number one priority of the Lee-Mount Vernon 
Sports Club is to instill a love of soccer in local young people and encourage 
them to enjoy every moment of the game for its own sake; the club focuses on 
the sheer joy of playing, and, wherever feasible, keeps the emphasis on winning 
or losing to a minimum, allowing players to fall in love with the sport and 
build camaraderie with their teammates; and 

WHEREAS, the Lee-Mount Vernon Sports Club includes more than 
5,000 male and female players between the ages of two and 18 and demonstrates 
its dedication to the community by offering scholarships to 700 players 
annually; and 

WHEREAS, throughout its history, the Lee-Mount Vernon Sports 
Club has contracted with independent assignors to obtain professional referee 
services and has developed an in-house program for providing FIFA/USSF 
certification for adults and youths who are interested in becoming referees; 
and 

WHEREAS, these referees then work with the Lee-Mount Vernon 
Sports Club assignor to officiate the club�s recreational and travel games, 
with the funds for referee pay each year derived solely from the registration 
fees and donations from the players; and 

WHEREAS, the emphasis of the Lee-Mount Vernon Sports Club has 
always been on participation, skill development, good sportsmanship, and team 
play; to that end, the club has developed a league that provides for an 
increased level of play to meet the needs of the players; and 

WHEREAS, over 50 years of success, the Lee-Mount Vernon Sports 
Club has allowed many young athletes to achieve their dreams of playing in 
college and in national and international professional leagues; and

WHEREAS, the Lee-Mount Vernon Sports Club has become a fixture 
of its local community and helped to promote values such as respect, fair play, 
and good citizenship; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That the Lee-Mount Vernon 
Sports Club hereby be commended on the occasion of its 50th season; and, be it 

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy 
of this resolution for presentation to the Lee