Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas Senate Bill SR67 Compare Versions

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3	3	State of Arkansas 1
4	4	95th General Assembly 2
5	5	Regular Session, 2025 SR 67 3
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7	7	By: Senator J. Payton 5
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10	10	SENATE RESOLUTION 8
11	11	TO HONOR UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE 9
12	12	BASKETBALL SCORING STAR IZZY HIGGINBOTTOM. 10
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15	15	Subtitle 13
16	16	TO HONOR UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT 14
17	17	FAYETTEVILLE BASKETBALL SCORING STAR 15
18	18	IZZY HIGGINBOTTOM. 16
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21	21	WHEREAS, Arkansas native Izzy Higginbottom has been a star player with 19
22	22	the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville women's basketball team during the 20
23	23	2024-2025 season; and 21
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25	25	WHEREAS, Izzy Higginbottom graduated from Batesville High School 23
26	26	Charter and is the daughter of Rachel and Greg Mosier and Nathan 24
27	27	Higginbottom; and 25
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29	29	WHEREAS, Izzy Higginbottom played her freshman season for the 27
30	30	University of Missouri Tigers, then played two (2) seasons for the Arkansas 28
31	31	State University at Jonesboro Red Wolves; and 29
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33	33	WHEREAS, during her historic 2023 -2024 junior-year season playing for 31
34	34	the Red Wolves before her transfer to the University of Arkansas at 32
35	35	Fayetteville, Izzy Higginbottom was an All -Sun Belt First Team selection and 33
36	36	a top ten (10) scorer in the National Collegiate Athletic Association; and 34
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38	38	WHEREAS, Izzy Higginbottom said of her excitement to become a Razorback 36 SR67
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41	41	during the 2024-2025 season, "As a little girl who grew up in the Natural 1
42	42	State, I was always a huge Razorback fan . . . From the time I started 2
43	43	playing, I knew my dream was to be a Razorback"; and 3
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45	45	WHEREAS, Izzy Higginbottom leads the Southeastern Conference and ranks 5
46	46	third in the National Collegiate Athletic Association in scoring average with 6
47	47	twenty-four and four-tenths (24.4) points per game, and she has registered 7
48	48	thirty (30) double-digit scoring games, including twelve (12) Southeastern 8
49	49	Conference games; and 9
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51	51	WHEREAS, Izzy Higginbottom currently leads the National Collegiate 11
52	52	Athletic Association in total points at seven hundred eighty (780); and 12
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54	54	WHEREAS, Izzy Higginbottom recorded at least twenty -five (25) points in 14
55	55	seventeen (17) games including nine (9) in Southeastern Conference play, the 15
56	56	most in the National Collegiate Athletic Association; and 16
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58	58	WHEREAS, Izzy Higginbottom logged four (4) or more assists in fifteen 18
59	59	(15) different games during the 2024 -2025 season; and 19
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61	61	WHEREAS, Izzy Higginbottom leads the National Collegiate Athletic 21
62	62	Association in freethrows made at two hundred forty -two (242), and leads the 22
63	63	Southeastern Conference and ranks ninth in the National Collegiate Athletic 23
64	64	Association in freethrow percentage at ninety and six -tenths percent (90.6%); 24
65	65	and 25
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67	67	WHEREAS, Izzy Higginbottom ranks third in the Southeastern Conference 27
68	68	and sixth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association with two hundred 28
69	69	fifty-one (251) field goals; and 29
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71	71	WHEREAS, Izzy Higginbottom logged a career -high forty (40) points 31
72	72	against Florida this season to become just the fourth player in Razorbacks 32
73	73	program history to reach this mark; and 33
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75	75	WHEREAS, Izzy Higginbottom set a Razorbacks record for the longest 35
76	76	streak of thirty-plus point games in program history with three (3) straight 36 SR67
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79	79	against the University of Kentucky, Texas A&M University, and the University 1
80	80	of Florida; and 2
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82	82	WHEREAS, against Texas A&M University on January 30, 2025, Izzy 4
83	83	Higginbottom finished with thirty -three (33) points, ten (10) rebounds, and 5
84	84	seven (7) assists for her first career double -double; and 6
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86	86	WHEREAS, Izzy Higginbottom was named the Southeastern Conference Player 8
87	87	of the Week after scoring thirty -eight (38) points and leading Arkansas to a 9
88	88	win over Boston College in the Southeastern Conference/Atlantic Coast 10
89	89	Conference Challenge; and 11
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91	91	WHEREAS, three (3) of Izzy Higginbottom's games sit in the top ten (10) 13
92	92	of the highest scoring games in Razorbacks women's basketball history, and 14
93	93	these include thirty -eight (38) points against Boston College, forty (40) 15
94	94	points against the University of Florida, and thirty -eight (38) points 16
95	95	against the University of Georgia; and 17
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97	97	WHEREAS, Izzy Higginbottom was named an All -American honorable mention 19
98	98	from the United States Basketball Writers Association and the Associated 20
99	99	Press, and is the first Razorback to appear on either list since Chelsea 21
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102	102	NOW THEREFORE, 24
103	103	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 25
104	104	STATE OF ARKANSAS: 26
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106	106	THAT the Senate honor University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Razorbacks 28
107	107	basketball player Izzy Higginbottom for her incredible achievements that 29
108	108	bring renown to her team and to the State of Arkansas. 30
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110	110	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 32
111	111	presented to Izzy Higginbottom by the Secretary of the Senate. 33
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