| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 129 0270 |
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| 2 | 2 | | Senate Resolution 353 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Senators Goodman of the 8th, Summers of the 13th, Watson of the 11th, Echols of the |
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| 4 | 4 | | 49th, Hickman of the 4th and others |
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| 5 | 5 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | Congratulating the Valdosta State University football team for winning the 2024 Gulf South |
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| 8 | 8 | | Conference Championship, the Super Region Two Title, and reaching the NCAA Division2 |
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| 9 | 9 | | II National Championship Game; and for other purposes.3 |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Valdosta State University is nationally known for its tradition of athletic and4 |
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| 11 | 11 | | academic excellence, having won nine national championships and 57 Gulf South5 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Conference titles in multiple sports, as well as having numerous athletes win Academic6 |
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| 13 | 13 | | All-Conference and Academic All-American titles; and7 |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, The 2024 Valdosta State football team won the program's 11th Gulf South9 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Conference Championship, marking the most of any school in Gulf South Conference10 |
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| 17 | 17 | | history; and11 |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, the Blazers reached the national championship game for the seventh time in12 |
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| 19 | 19 | | program history and third time since 2018, while the seven appearances in the title game are13 |
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| 20 | 20 | | second-most all-time in NCAA Division II history; and14 |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, the Valdosta State University football team has established and maintained a15 |
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| 22 | 22 | | proud tradition of excellence with equal emphases on character and academics; and16 |
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| 23 | 23 | | S. R. 353 |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, this outstanding team has completed another championship season football |
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| 27 | 27 | | competition by posting an outstanding record of 13 wins and only one loss, marking the fifth18 |
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| 28 | 28 | | time in program history of winning 13 or more games in a season; and19 |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, this season also marked the team's 20th appearance in the NCAA post-season,20 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the 34 post-season victories are the fourth-most all-time in Division II; and21 |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, the football team has now had five different Blazer head coaches reach the23 |
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| 33 | 33 | | NCAA title game, marking the most number of coaches reaching the championship at one24 |
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| 34 | 34 | | school in Division II history; and25 |
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| 35 | 35 | | WHEREAS, the phenomenal performance of the 2024 season saw the team go undefeated26 |
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| 36 | 36 | | in league play for the sixth time in program history, finished the season with five27 |
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| 37 | 37 | | All-America selections, and recognized quarterback Sammy Edwards as a finalist for the28 |
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| 38 | 38 | | prestigious Harlon Hill Award for the second-straight year; and29 |
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| 39 | 39 | | WHEREAS, the Blazer football team now stands at 346 victories with 138 defeats and four30 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ties in 42 playing seasons of football, with the 2024 team posting the 15th season of31 |
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| 41 | 41 | | double-digit victories in program history; and32 |
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| 42 | 42 | | WHEREAS, as this magnificent team earned its well-deserved reputation for excellence by33 |
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| 43 | 43 | | performing with courage and precision over months of training and competition, it is 34 |
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| 44 | 44 | | abundantly proper to call them champions. 35 |
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| 45 | 45 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body36 |
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| 46 | 46 | | congratulate the Valdosta State University football team for winning the 2024 Gulf South37 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Conference Championship, the Super Region Two Title, and qualifying for the NCAA |
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| 51 | 51 | | Division II National Championship game, and extend best wishes for continued success. 39 |
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| 52 | 52 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed40 |
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| 53 | 53 | | to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to the Valdosta State41 |
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| 54 | 54 | | University football team.42 |
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| 55 | 55 | | S. R. 353 |
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