Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

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3	3	State of Arkansas 1
4	4	95th General Assembly 2
5	5	Regular Session, 2025 HMR 1011 3
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7	7	By: Representative Rye 5
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10	10	HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 8
11	11	TO REMEMBER UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE 9
12	12	AND NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION STAR OLIVER "BIG 10
13	13	O" MILLER FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND FOR HIS 11
14	14	CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. 12
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17	17	Subtitle 15
18	18	TO REMEMBER UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT 16
19	19	FAYETTEVILLE AND NATIONAL BASKETBALL 17
20	20	ASSOCIATION STAR OLIVER "BIG O" MILLER 18
21	21	FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND FOR HIS 19
22	22	CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. 20
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24	24	WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller, formerly of Phoenix, Arizona, passed 22
25	25	away on March 12, 2025; and 23
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27	27	WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller was a legendary center and four -year 25
28	28	letterman in basketball for the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 26
29	29	Razorbacks basketball team from 1988 -1992; and 27
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31	31	WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller was nicknamed "Big O" because of his 29
32	32	size and incredible skills throughout his basketball career, which began at 30
33	33	Southwest High School in Fort Worth, Texas, where he was a star athlete; and 31
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35	35	WHEREAS, while Oliver "Big O" Miller played for the Razorbacks, the 33
36	36	team recorded twenty -five wins, seven losses (25 -7) during the 1988-1989 34
37	37	season, thirty wins, five losses (30 -5) during the 1989-1990 season, thirty-35
38	38	four wins, four losses (34 -4) during the 1990-1991 season, and twenty -six 36 HMR1011
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41	41	wins, eight losses (26 -8) during the 1991-1992 season; and 1
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43	43	WHEREAS, the trio of Oliver "Big O" Miller, Lee Mayberry, and Todd Day 3
44	44	led to some of the highest scoring averages in University of Arkansas at 4
45	45	Fayetteville basketball history; and 5
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47	47	WHEREAS, in Oliver "Big O" Miller's first three (3) seasons with the 7
48	48	Razorbacks, the team won the Southwest Conference regular season and 8
49	49	tournament championships, and his senior -year 1991-1992 squad won the 9
50	50	Southeastern Conference regular season championship in Arkansas’s first year 10
51	51	in that conference; and 11
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53	53	WHEREAS, while Oliver "Big O" Miller played for the Razorbacks, the 13
54	54	team achieved victories every season in the annual National Collegiate 14
55	55	Athletic Association tournament, reaching the second round during his 1988 -15
56	56	1989 season, reaching the Final Four during his 1989 -1990 season, reaching 16
57	57	the Elite Eight during his 1990 -1991 season, and reaching the second round 17
58	58	during his 1991-1992 season; and 18
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60	60	WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller was number one (1) in career field goal 20
61	61	percentage at sixty-three and six-tenths percent (63.6%), number one (1) in 21
62	62	blocked shots at three hundred forty -five (345), number three (3) in rebounds 22
63	63	at eight hundred eighty -six (886), number nine (9) in points at one thousand 23
64	64	six hundred seventy-four (1,674) points, and number fourteen in freethrows at 24
65	65	three hundred nine (309) on the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville's 25
66	66	basketball all-time leader list; and 26
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68	68	WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller led the National Collegiate Athletic 28
69	69	Association in field goal percentage and set the Southwest Conference single -29
70	70	season record for blocked shots during the 1990 -1991 season, was the first 30
71	71	player in University of Arkansas at Fayetteville history to record over one 31
72	72	hundred (100) blocks and one hundred (100) assists in the same season, and 32
73	73	still holds the program record for field goal percentage and blocked shots; 33
74	74	and 34
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76	76	WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller was drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 36 HMR1011
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79	79	first round of the 1992 National Basketball Association draft; and 1
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81	81	WHEREAS, during his professional basketball career, Oliver "Big O" 3
82	82	Miller played for the Phoenix Suns, the Detroit Pistons, the Toronto Raptors, 4
83	83	the Dallas Mavericks, the Sacramento Kings, and the Minnesota Timberwolves; 5
84	84	and 6
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86	86	WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller retired from professional basketball in 8
87	87	2010; and 9
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89	89	WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller was named to the Southeastern 11
90	90	Conference's Legends class in 2017; and 12
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92	92	WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller was inducted into the University of 14
93	93	Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor in 2016 and the Southwest Conference Hall of 15
94	94	Fame in 2024, and he will be inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame 16
95	95	in 2025; and 17
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97	97	WHEREAS, upon Oliver "Big O" Miller's passing, his Phoenix Suns 19
98	98	teammate Charles Barkley said, "We would not have gotten to the finals 20
99	99	without Oliver Miller . . . he was a terrific passer . . . he played bigger 21
100	100	than his size . . . he was a great kid"; and 22
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102	102	WHEREAS, Oliver "Big O" Miller will be remembered by Arkansans for his 24
103	103	immense talent, humor, and generosity both on and off the court, 25
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105	105	NOW THEREFORE, 27
106	106	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL 28
107	107	ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 29
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109	109	THAT the House of Representatives remember University of Arkansas at 31
110	110	Fayetteville basketball star Oliver "Big O" Miller for his achievements and 32
111	111	his contributions to the State of Arkansas. 33
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113	113	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 35
114	114	presented to the family of Oliver "Big O" Miller by the Chief Clerk of the 36 HMR1011
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