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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  would like to recognize Kent Williams of Mt.
 4    Vernon, for his many successes in his basketball career; and

 5        WHEREAS, Kent Williams attended Mt. Vernon Township  High
 6    School  where  he starred on the basketball team; some of his
 7    high  school  basketball  accomplishments  are:  he  is   the
 8    school's  all-time leading scorer with 2,183 points and holds
 9    the single game record for the  Coca  Cola  Shootout  in  St.
10    Louis  with  48  points;  for  three  years  he was named the
11    Southern Illinois Player of the Year, and  he  was  named  to
12    the All State Team for two years; he was also the runnerup in
13    Illinois for "Mr. Basketball"; and

14        WHEREAS,  Throughout  his  Southern  Illinois  University
15    Saluki  Basketball  career he has started every game for four
16    years; he was named Newcomer of the Year and Freshman of  the
17    Year  by the Missouri Valley Conference; during his sophomore
18    year, he was Second Team All Conference  and  in  his  junior
19    year  made  First  Team  All  Conference; in addition, he was
20    named Missouri Valley Conference Scholar and Athlete  of  the
21    Year; he is the second all-time scorer at SIU; and

22        WHEREAS, Kent Williams will graduate in May with a degree
23    in   Marketing   and  his  long-term  goal  is  to  pursue  a
24    professional basketball career; and

25        WHEREAS,  The  date  of  February  22,  2003   has   been
26    designated  as  Kent  Williams/Mt.  Vernon  Day  at  the  SIU
27    Salukis'  game to be held on that day; the game will be aired
28    by ESPN and many citizens from  Mt.  Vernon  and  surrounding
29    communities  will attend in support of the Salukis as well as
30    Kent Williams; therefore, be it

31        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 
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 1    NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 2    we congratulate Kent Williams on his many successes and  wish
 3    him well in all of his future endeavors; and be it further

 4        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 5    presented to Kent Williams with our regards.