| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 129 0490 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Resolution 972 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Lumsden of the 12 |
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| 5 | 5 | | , Dempsey of the 13 |
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| 7 | 7 | | , and Barton of the 5 |
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| 10 | 10 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 11 | 11 | | Recognizing and commending the 2025 Awards of Honor recipient, Stephanie Dean; and for |
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| 13 | 13 | | other purposes.2 |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Stephanie was born and raised in Rome, Georgia, received her bachelor's degree3 |
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| 15 | 15 | | in education from Jackson State University where she attended on a soccer scholarship, and4 |
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| 16 | 16 | | received her master's degree in educational leadership from Columbus State University; and5 |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Stephanie is Co-Founder & CEO of Mike Dean Athletics (MDA); and6 |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Stephanie and her husband, Mike Dean, serve about 400 student athletes at their7 |
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| 19 | 19 | | gym, MDA Sports Academy located in Rome; and8 |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, prior to starting MDA, Stephanie was the former Assistant Principal at Main9 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Elementary where she made her mark raising student achievement, improving teacher10 |
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| 22 | 22 | | retention, streamlining budgets, and decreasing student disciplinary issues; and11 |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Stephanie was named the Rome City Schools District Teacher of the Year in12 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2019, and West Central Elementary's teacher of the Year in 2018. 13 |
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| 25 | 25 | | H. R. 972 |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, she also served as a Rome City Schools professional development instructor |
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| 29 | 29 | | and facilitator for several years; and 15 |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, Stephanie served as the Director of Youth at New and Living Way Church for16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 13 years; and17 |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Stephanie serves the community through her volunteerism with Hospitality18 |
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| 33 | 33 | | House, Good Neighbor Ministries, The Boys and Girls Club, Floyd County Teen Plus19 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Center, Bloodline Believers REACH Ministries, United Way, Backpack Buddies, Murphy20 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Harpst, Habitat for Humanity, Extra Special People, Restoration Rome, Keep Rome21 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Beautiful, and Youth College and Career Expo; and22 |
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| 37 | 37 | | WHEREAS, Stephanie also serves the community through her business, MDA Sports23 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Academy by collecting new and gently worn shoes for Soles Desire Shoe Drive, the MDA24 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Thanksgiving Community Feast, Winter School Daze, Blessing Bags, Luv Michael, MDA25 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Eats Fund, Open Gym Nights, Georgia Milestones Bootcamp and MDA Scholarship Fund.26 |
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| 41 | 41 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that27 |
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| 42 | 42 | | the members of this body recognize Stephanie Dean for her outstanding dedication to the28 |
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| 43 | 43 | | community, commend her as a recipient of the 2025 Heart of the Community Awards Honor29 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Recipient, and extend the most sincere best wishes for continued success.30 |
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| 45 | 45 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized31 |
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| 46 | 46 | | and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to32 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Stephanie Dean.33 |
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| 48 | 48 | | H. R. 972 |
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