New Mexico SM 26: "NMSU AGGIES FOOTBALL TEAM DAY"

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A MEMORIAL
DECLARING FEBRUARY 13, 2023 "NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY
AGGIES FOOTBALL TEAM DAY" IN THE SENATE.
WHEREAS, the New Mexico state university aggies football
team finished the 2022 regular season with a record of six
wins and six losses; and
WHEREAS, the aggies were invited to play in the Quick
Lane bowl at Ford field in Detroit, Michigan, on
December 26, 2022, their fifth bowl game in school history;
and
WHEREAS, the aggies ended a historic season in Michigan
with a twenty-four to nineteen victory over Bowling Green
state university in the Quick Lane bowl game; and
WHEREAS, the nationally televised game drew more than
two million three hundred thousand viewers from across the
country; and
WHEREAS, the aggies were led by quarterback and
Albuquerque native Diego Pavia, who accumulated one hundred
sixty-seven passing yards and an additional sixty-five
rushing yards and was named the most valuable player of the
Quick Lane bowl; and
WHEREAS, Trevor Brohard, a linebacker from Los Lunas,
recorded three tackles and an interception in his final game
for the crimson and white; and

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WHEREAS, Shiyazh Pete, an offensive lineman from
Shiprock high school, led the way for the aggie offensive
line, allowing for four hundred seven yards of total offense
in the bowl game; and
WHEREAS, New Mexico state university head football coach
Jerry Kill led the aggies to seven wins in his first season
as the aggies head coach, just the third season with seven or
more wins for the aggies since 1968;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE
STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico state university
aggies football team be congratulated for its victory over
Bowling Green state university at the 2022 Quick Lane bowl;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that February 13, 2023 be
proclaimed "New Mexico State University Aggies Football Team
Day" in the senate; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
transmitted to the head coach of the New Mexico state
university aggies football team.