SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 420
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 number
three ranked team in the nation in all four major polls, and the
athletes attained a number of other notable milestones; they
became the first team from Texas Christian University 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 eight individual records; and
WHEREAS, For the second year in a row, Texas Christian
University'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;
Texas Christian University 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 seven innings, while Aaron
Schultz and Bryan 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, Texas Christian University became the
first school since 1994 to win its College World Series 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 Texas Christian University
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 Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd
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 a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
the team as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.
Davis
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on March 2, 2011.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate