TITLE: Congratulating the Mountain View College men's basketball team on winning the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III championship.

SUMMARY: Congratulating the Mountain View College men's basketball team on winning the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III championship.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The men's basketball team of Mountain View College in Dallas won the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III championship with a victory in the title game on March 12, 2011; and WHEREAS, Competing in the championship tournament at Sullivan County Community College in Loch Sheldrake, New York, the Mountain View Lions reached the title game by defeating the College of Davidson and Davie Counties, North Carolina, and Ocean County College of New Jersey; and WHEREAS, In the championship showdown, Mountain View met a talented team from Rochester Community and Technical College in Minnesota; despite the fact that most of the Lions team members are freshmen, they played with calm precision and emerged with a 72-64 triumph and a national championship, while improving their final record to an impressive 26-8; and WHEREAS, Mountain View head coach LeRoi Phillips and assistant coaches Belvis Noland and Frederick Washington received valuable contributions from each member of the roster: Marcus Price, Stephen Manago, Jr., Gary Talton, Jhordan Mason, Elisawa Baker, Simeon Brinkley, Ashley J. Crayton, Darnell Taylor, Bryan Rollins, Horace Hicks, Josh Harris, Jeremiah Ford, and Patrick Howard; and WHEREAS, Through hard work and an enduring commitment to excellence, the Mountain View College basketball team reached the ultimate level of success during the 2010-2011 season, and these skilled athletes may take justifiable pride in this accomplishment; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby congratulate the Mountain View College men's basketball team on winning the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III championship and extend sincere best wishes to the team's players, coaches, and staff for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Alonzo Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1236 was adopted by the House on April 14, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House