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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 678 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Howell |
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| 8 | 8 | | HJR0678 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 007695 |
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| 12 | 12 | | A RESOLUTION to honor Jason Reuter on being named the |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2024-2025 MaxPreps National Coach of the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Year. |
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| 15 | 15 | | |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, it is fitting that the members of this General Assembly should pay tribute to |
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| 17 | 17 | | an excellent coach who has received a prestigious national honor for leading his team to |
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| 18 | 18 | | unprecedented success in athletic competition; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Jason Reuter, Head Coach of the Bradley Central High School girls' |
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| 20 | 20 | | basketball team, has been named the 2024-2025 MaxPreps National Coach of the Year, a most |
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| 21 | 21 | | befitting honor that recognizes his essential contributions to the Bearettes' incredibly successful |
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| 22 | 22 | | season; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, this year, Coach Reuter led Bradley Central to the school's third |
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| 24 | 24 | | consecutive TSSAA Division I, Class 4A state championship, thus completing a three-peat with |
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| 25 | 25 | | a star-laden team that may be the best he has ever coached; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, the 2025 championship marks the fourth state title overall that the Bearettes |
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| 27 | 27 | | have won under Coach Reuter's inspiring leadership, having previously claimed the Gold Ball |
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| 28 | 28 | | trophy in 2024, 2023, and 2019; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Coach Reuter is now 456-45 in fifteen seasons at the helm, with a program- |
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| 30 | 30 | | best 91 percent winning percentage; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, in compiling a near-perfect 35-1 record in 2024-2025, Coach Reuter and the |
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| 32 | 32 | | Bearettes became the winningest program in state history; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, Coach Reuter's Bearettes were ranked fourth nationally in the final |
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| 34 | 34 | | MaxPreps Top 25, and they proudly represented Bradley Central as one of only three public |
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| 35 | 35 | | school teams to finish in the Top 10 of the national rankings; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | WHEREAS, Coach Reuter was fortunate to coach a veteran-laden team with six of the |
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| 41 | 41 | | eight seniors signed to play college basketball, including Harmonie Ware, TaTianna Stovall, |
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| 42 | 42 | | Avary Brewer, Malia Wilcox, Alliyah Osborn, and Love Howard, while standout junior Kimora |
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| 43 | 43 | | Fields earned MaxPreps Tennessee Player of the Year honors and was named Class 4A Miss |
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| 44 | 44 | | Basketball; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | WHEREAS, Coach Reuter has praised not only his players for their selfless play, but |
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| 46 | 46 | | lauded the contributions of his assistant coaches, Adam Belford, Amy Tinsley, and Keith |
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| 47 | 47 | | Freeman, each of whom helped keep the team's expectations high; and |
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| 48 | 48 | | WHEREAS, his many professional accomplishments aside, Jason Reuter is most |
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| 49 | 49 | | grateful for the love and companionship of his wife, Melissa; and |
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| 50 | 50 | | WHEREAS, Jason Reuter has distinguished himself as a great basketball coach, |
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| 51 | 51 | | tactician, and motivator of young women, and he should be appropriately recognized on this |
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| 52 | 52 | | special occasion; now, therefore, |
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| 53 | 53 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED |
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| 54 | 54 | | FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE |
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| 55 | 55 | | CONCURRING, that we honor and congratulate Jason Reuter of Bradley Central High School |
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| 56 | 56 | | on being named the 2024-2025 MaxPreps National Coach of the Year, recognize his thirty-one- |
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| 57 | 57 | | year coaching career, and extend to him our best wishes for much continued success on the |
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| 58 | 58 | | court and in life. |
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| 59 | 59 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared |
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| 60 | 60 | | for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to |
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| 61 | 61 | | the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear |
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| 62 | 62 | | without House or Senate designation. |
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