Tennessee HJR 234: Memorials, Sports - Upperman High School Special Olympics basketball team -

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 234
By Williams

A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate the coaches and
members of the Upperman High School Special
Olympics basketball team on winning the
Tennessee Special Olympics State Basketball
Tournament.

WHEREAS, it is fitting that the members of this General Assembly should salute those
student athletes who, through their extraordinary efforts, have distinguished themselves as true
champions of whom we all can be proud; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Upperman High School Special Olympics basketball
team and their coaches have proven themselves to be the fiercest of competitors and, as such,
deserving of the highest regard, as they recently won the Tennessee Special Olympics State
Basketball Tournament; and
WHEREAS, the Upperman High School Special Olympians won their final game in
comeback fashion to claim the Gold Medal in the top division at the state tournament, which
marks the team's third state championship in three years; and
WHEREAS, the Upperman High School Special Olympics basketball team players are
Aaron Grant, Scott Teeples, Chelsea Gammill, Tylor Long, Matti Kelley, Terrence Phillips,
Kenton Bratcher, Natasha Real, Adam Harris, and Daniel Harris; and
WHEREAS, the team's championship season would not have been possible without the
astute knowledge and leadership of their coaches, Michael Grant, Julie Styer, and Leann
Walker; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Upperman High School Special Olympics basketball
team epitomize all that is good in today’s student athlete, as they have achieved a premier level
of success in competition while exhibiting the highest degree of character; and

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WHEREAS, the perseverance, determination, work ethic, and talent of this group of
young athletes not only made possible a championship season, but surely bode well for their
future success; and
WHEREAS, the members of this General Assembly find it appropriate to pause in their
deliberations to acknowledge and applaud the members of the Upperman High School Special
Olympics basketball team for their outstanding performance and for serving as examples of the
exceptional quality of the youth of Tennessee; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED
TENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE
CONCURRING, that we hereby honor and congratulate the coaches and members of the
Upperman High School Special Olympics basketball team upon winning the Tennessee Special
Olympics State Basketball Tournament and extend to them our best wishes for every continued
success in all their future endeavors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy.