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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Massey |
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| 8 | 8 | | SJR0008 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 000954 |
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| 10 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 12 | 12 | | A RESOLUTION to congratulate the University of Tennessee |
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| 13 | 13 | | Volunteers baseball team, 2024 NCAA Men's |
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| 14 | 14 | | College World Series champion. |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, it is fitting that the members of this General Assembly should honor and |
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| 17 | 17 | | commend those extraordinary athletic teams that, through their magnificent exploits, bring honor |
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| 18 | 18 | | to the State of Tennessee and serve as exceptional ambassadors of this State; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, the University of Tennessee (UT) Volunteers baseball team recently |
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| 20 | 20 | | completed one of the greatest seasons in the history of the university's baseball program, as the |
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| 21 | 21 | | team took home its first NCAA Men's College World Series championship in program history |
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| 22 | 22 | | and finished the season with a 60-13 record; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, the first No. 1 national seed to win the national title since 1999, the UT |
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| 24 | 24 | | Volunteers defeated Texas A&M University 6-5 on Monday, June 25, 2024, to win the 2024 |
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| 25 | 25 | | NCAA Men's College World Series, a testament to the dedication, perseverance, and work ethic |
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| 26 | 26 | | of the players, coaches, and staff of the UT Volunteers baseball program; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, the 2024 UT Volunteers baseball team is the first sixty-win Southeastern |
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| 28 | 28 | | Conference baseball team in history; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, the UT Volunteers baseball team set a National Collegiate Athletics |
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| 30 | 30 | | Association record with five players recording twenty or more homeruns during the 2024 |
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| 31 | 31 | | season; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, each member of the UT Volunteers coaching staff deserves recognition, |
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| 33 | 33 | | including Head Coach Tony Vitello, Associate Head Coach Josh Elander, Assistant Coach |
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| 34 | 34 | | Frank Anderson, Assistant Coach Richard Jackson, Director of Player Development Luke |
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| 35 | 35 | | Bonfield, and Student Assistant Coach Parker Serrano; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | - 2 - 000954 |
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| 40 | 40 | | WHEREAS, the members of the UT Volunteers baseball team epitomize all that is good |
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| 41 | 41 | | in today's student athletes, as they have achieved a premier level of success in competition |
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| 42 | 42 | | while exhibiting the highest degree of character in all aspects of life; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | WHEREAS, the outstanding 2024 team is composed of players Christian Moore, Ariel |
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| 44 | 44 | | Antigua, Alex Perry, Cannon Peebles, Bradke Lohry, Nate Snead, Dylan Dreiling, Hunter |
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| 45 | 45 | | Ensley, Cal Stark, Billy Amick, Ethan Payne, Reese Chapman, Charlie Taylor, JJ Garcia, Dalton |
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| 46 | 46 | | Bargo, Robin Villeneuve, AJ Causey, Andrew Behnke, Colby Backus, Kavares Tears, Dean |
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| 47 | 47 | | Curley, Blake Burke, Chris Stamos, Aaron Combs, Brady Robertson, Stone Lawless, Austin |
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| 48 | 48 | | Hunley, Drew Beam, AJ Russell, Derek Schaefer, Kirby Connell, Blake Grimmer, Dylan Loy, |
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| 49 | 49 | | Hunter High, Camden Bates, Luke Payne, Marcus Phillips, Brayden Sharp, and Zander |
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| 50 | 50 | | Sechrist; and |
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| 51 | 51 | | WHEREAS, the members of this General Assembly take great pride in honoring this |
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| 52 | 52 | | extraordinary group of young men who have indelibly written their names for all time into the |
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| 53 | 53 | | annals of the College World Series; now, therefore, |
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| 54 | 54 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH |
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| 55 | 55 | | GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF |
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| 56 | 56 | | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that we honor and congratulate Head Coach Tony Vitello |
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| 57 | 57 | | and the University of Tennessee Volunteers baseball team upon their 2024 NCAA Men's |
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| 58 | 58 | | College World Series championship and extend to them our best wishes for every future |
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| 59 | 59 | | success. |
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| 60 | 60 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared |
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| 61 | 61 | | for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to |
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| 62 | 62 | | the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear |
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| 63 | 63 | | without House or Senate designation. |
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