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S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N
THANKING BASKETBALL STAR, VERONICA DAWSO N, FOR HOSTING A
BASKETBALL CLINIC FOR PAWTUCKET ELEMENTA RY SCHOOL YOUNGSTERS
Introduced By: Senator Sandra Cano
Date Introduced: March 28, 2023
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration
WHEREAS, Veronica Dawson is a bright 16 year-old student, and talented basketball 1
player for the Prep Elite Girls Basketball Team at St. Andrews. She is ranked in the New England 2
top 40, is sixth at her position in the Prep Girls New England Ranking, and has already received 3
her first college basketball scholarship offer from Colby College. She also played for the Boston-4
based, New Balance sponsored AAU Travel Basketball Team, the MCW Starz. In addition to her 5
many talents, she is very active in her community; and 6
WHEREAS, On December 17, 2022, Ms. Dawson hosted a one-day clinic for a few 7
dozen students at the Winters Elementary School in Pawtucket. At the clinic, she explained and 8
exhibited the basketball fundamentals of ball handling and shooting, and told them her life story 9
in the hope that they will aspire to achieve all of the dreams that matter to them; and 10
WHEREAS, Ms. Dawson hosted this clinic with a few of her fellow teammates and her 11
prep coach, Christina Batastini, who described Veronica Dawson as being the “embodiment of a 12
student athlete, driven and dedicated on and off the court.” Coach Batastini went on to say about 13
Veronica Dawson that she “has a high emotional IQ, acting as a leader among her peers, and has 14
observed Dawson’s strong connection to the community in Pawtucket where she was raised”; and 15
WHEREAS, Ms. Dawson is an outstanding student-athlete who is motivated to keep up 16
her grades in the hope that she can attend and play basketball at an Ivy-League School. She has a 17
stellar 4.12 grade-point-average, is a Vice-President of the National Honor Society, and is a 18
member of the Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Committee (DEI); now, therefore be it 19
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RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby thanks Veronica 1
Dawson for dedicating so much of her free time to host a clinic for youngsters at the Winters 2
Elementary School in Pawtucket. We furthermore wish her continued success in all her future 3
endeavors; and be it further 4
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to 5
transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Ms. Veronica Dawson. 6
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