TITLE: Honoring the Team USA softball players and coaches who will compete in the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games.

SUMMARY: Honoring the Team USA softball players and coaches who will compete in the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games.

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WHEREAS, A group of San Antonio-area softball players will have the honor of representing the United States in the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games taking place in Athens, Greece, June 25 through July 4; and WHEREAS, These players are among the more than 300 athletes who will compete for Team USA in 12 individual and 4 team sports; this is the 13th installment of the games, which draw participants from 185 countries; and WHEREAS, A close-knit squad that has played together for over a decade, the San Antonio softball players have distinguished themselves in district competition and have taken part in the state tournament for eight years; and WHEREAS, These notable Texans include Daniel Aldrich, Daniel Bena, Jared Crowley, Reed Fatheree, J'Nine Gretz, Justin W. Hansen, Charlie Hoffman, Eric Martinez, Ashley Muth, Vanessa Parra, Brian Perez, Cody W. Porter, and Christian L. Summers; the team is guided by coaches Terry Hansen, Justin Hoffstetter, Ken Porter, and Teresa Sullivan; and WHEREAS, With their commitment to excellence, the softball players of Team USA will no doubt make a fine showing as they go for the gold in Athens, and all residents of the Lone Star State may take pride in the fact that these outstanding athletes will be playing for our country at the World Summer Games; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby honor the softball players and coaches of Team USA and extend to them sincere best wishes for success at the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games; and, be it further RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Martinez Fischer 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. 775 was adopted by the House on March 10, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House