TITLE: Congratulating the Friendswood High School Academic Decathlon Team on winning the 2013 4A state championship.

SUMMARY: Congratulating the Friendswood High School Academic Decathlon Team on winning the 2013 4A state championship.

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WHEREAS, The Friendswood High School Academic Decathlon Team won the 2013 4A state championship at the event held February 22-24 in San Antonio; and WHEREAS, The Academic Decathlon program provides high school students an opportunity to experience the challenges of rigorous academic competition through participation in team activities; subjects include art, music, math, science, social studies, language and literature, economics, essay, speech, and interview; and WHEREAS, Friendswood scholars garnered 27 individual medals to earn first place overall, and team members also claimed among the top three finishes in the honors, scholastic, and varsity divisions; by capturing the state title, the club collected $20,800 in scholarships, with each member individually earning a $1,200 scholarship; and WHEREAS, Members of the talented team include Bryan Holcomb, Derek Janak, Julia Lu, Zach Cocetti, Chase Ehrig, Raymond Monahan, Drew Hopf, Kim Hall, David Snowden, and alternates Faizaan Amir and Roma Pradhan; the students were ably assisted in their efforts by coaches Renae Simons, Arden Curtis, and Ashley Birmingham, superintendent Trish Hanks, and principal Mark Griffon; further credit goes to all those in the community who served as sponsors, held practice interviews, and listened to speeches; and WHEREAS, The 2012-2013 Academic Decathlon Team is a source of great pride to the faculty, staff, and students of Friendswood High School, and its first-place showing at this year's state contest is indeed deserving of special recognition; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby congratulate the members of the Friendswood High School Academic Decathlon Team and their coaches on winning the 2013 4A state championship and extend to them sincere best wishes 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. Bonnen of Galveston Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1094 was adopted by the House on April 3, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House