82R11127 JBA-D
By: Geren H.R. No. 670
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, During 2010, the Texas Christian University
baseball team earned national recognition and had the most
successful season in the program's history; and
WHEREAS, The Horned Frogs finished the year as the No.
3-ranked team in the nation in all four major polls, and the
athletes attained a number of other notable milestones; they became
the first TCU team to qualify for the College World Series and the
first to win 50 games, and the squad's impressive total of 54
victories was the second-highest ever compiled by a National
Collegiate Athletic Association Division I school; and
WHEREAS, Head coach Jim Schlossnagle was named Coach of the
Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, while
Bryan Holaday was named an all-American and also received the
prestigious Johnny Bench Award, given to college baseball's top
catcher; the Horned Frogs hit .334 as a team and belted 101 home
runs, and they set 16 team and 8 individual records; and
WHEREAS, For the second year in a row, TCU's excellent
regular season record earned the team the right to host the regional
playoffs; they beat Lamar University 16-3 and then bested the
University of Arizona by a score of 11-5; in the final game, Steven
Maxwell pitched a 9-0 shutout against Baylor University, putting
the Horned Frogs into the super regional; and
WHEREAS, For that round of the playoffs, the Frogs traveled
to Austin to play The University of Texas Longhorns; TCU won the
first game 3-1 behind the pitching of Matt Purke but lost the second
to set up a dramatic tiebreaker showdown; Kyle Winkler got the
starting assignment and did not allow a run for over 7 innings,
while Aaron Schultz and Mr. Holaday hit home runs to key the 4-1
victory that earned the team a trip to Omaha, Nebraska, to play in
the College World Series; and
WHEREAS, In Omaha, TCU became the first school since 1994 to
win its CWS debut, when it beat Florida State, 8-1; the Horned Frogs
went all the way to the semifinals, making their inaugural series a
memorable one; and
WHEREAS, A total of 300 colleges begin every baseball season
with a chance to get to the College World Series, but in the end only
eight of them qualify; hard work and an enduring commitment to
excellence earned the TCU baseball team one of those eight berths in
2010, and these skilled athletes may take justifiable pride in this
accomplishment; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate the Texas Christian University
baseball team on its outstanding 2010 season and extend to the
players, coaches, and staff sincere best wishes for continued
success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.