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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Lamesa High School volleyball co-head coaches Patty |
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| 6 | 7 | | and Tippy Browning are retiring at the end of the 2014-2015 school |
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| 7 | 8 | | year, drawing to a close the remarkable careers of this unique |
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| 8 | 9 | | coaching duo; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Born five minutes apart on July 31, 1945, identical |
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| 10 | 11 | | twins Patty and Tippy Browning were both All-District basketball |
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| 11 | 12 | | players at Vega High School before graduating together from Abilene |
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| 12 | 13 | | Christian University; the sisters joined the faculty at Lamesa High |
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| 13 | 14 | | School in 1968 and were subsequently named co-head coaches of the |
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| 14 | 15 | | Golden Tornadoes volleyball team; and |
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| 15 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Over the ensuing 47 seasons, these talented coaches |
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| 16 | 17 | | deftly balanced the responsibilities of mentoring their players |
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| 17 | 18 | | while leading the program to new heights of achievement; deeply |
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| 18 | 19 | | committed to their athletes, they logged more than 300,000 miles in |
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| 19 | 20 | | buses to compete in games and tournaments all across the Lone Star |
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| 20 | 21 | | State while building Lamesa into a formidable volleyball |
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| 21 | 22 | | competitor; and |
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| 22 | 23 | | WHEREAS, The Golden Tornadoes averaged an impressive 20 wins |
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| 23 | 24 | | per season with the Brownings at the helm, and the team consistently |
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| 24 | 25 | | qualified for the state playoffs, with 33 total trips to the |
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| 25 | 26 | | postseason; under the sisters' direction, Lamesa earned four berths |
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| 26 | 27 | | in the state tournament, reached the pinnacle of success by |
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| 27 | 28 | | capturing the 4A state championship in 1986, and finished as state |
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| 28 | 29 | | runner-up in 1998; another highlight came in 2012, when the coaches |
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| 29 | 30 | | captured their 900th career win in a triumph over Van Horn High |
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| 30 | 31 | | School; moreover, their final tally of 937 victories counts them |
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| 31 | 32 | | among the all-time winningest volleyball coaches in the country; |
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| 32 | 33 | | and |
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| 33 | 34 | | WHEREAS, Throughout their stellar tenure at Lamesa High |
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| 34 | 35 | | School, Patty and Tippy Browning have distinguished themselves as |
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| 35 | 36 | | gifted coaches and skilled leaders whose guidance has benefited |
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| 36 | 37 | | hundreds of young women, and they are indeed deserving of special |
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| 37 | 38 | | recognition for their myriad accomplishments; now, therefore, be it |
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| 38 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 39 | 40 | | Legislature hereby honor Patty and Tippy Browning on the occasion |
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| 40 | 41 | | of their retirement as co-head coaches of the Lamesa High School |
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| 41 | 42 | | volleyball team and extend to them sincere best wishes for |
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| 42 | 43 | | continued happiness; and, be it further |
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| 43 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 44 | 45 | | prepared for Patty and Tippy Browning as an expression of high |
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| 45 | 46 | | regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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