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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Mother McAuley High School's Nancy Pedersen |
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| stepped down as Head Volleyball Coach in November 2004 after |
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| leading the Mighty Macs to yet another Class AA state title; |
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| she will retain her job as the school's Athletic Director; and
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| WHEREAS, Since taking over as coach in 1983, Nancy |
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| Pedersen's winning volleyball legacy at McAuley includes 19 |
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| conference titles, 22 regional titles, and nine state |
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| championships; she also holds numerous Illinois coaching |
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| records, has compiled an outstanding career record of 789-110, |
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| and was named the NFICA National Coach of the Year in 1998; she |
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| was recently named co-Prep Volleyball Coach of the Year by |
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| PrepVolleyball.com, the first Illinois coach to win the award |
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| since its inception in 2000, and she was also named the Daily |
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| Southtown Coach of the Year this season; and
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| WHEREAS, Also among her innumerable accomplishments, she |
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| coached boys club volleyball; was named Volleyball Coach of the |
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| Year fourteen times and Softball Coach of the Year one time; |
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| was inducted into the Chicagoland Hall of Fame in 2004; |
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| procured a $40,000 grant for soccer field renovations and |
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| served as the project administrator; and was the Tennis |
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| Conference Tournament Chairperson twelve times; and
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| WHEREAS, Nancy leaves behind a legacy of greatness, caring, |
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| decency, spirit of fair play, and class; she has been a friend, |
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| a teacher,
and a mentor who taught her players the enduring |
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| value of
determination, preparation, responsibility, and |
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| discipline; and
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| WHEREAS, There are many former McAuley players who are now |
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| coaching, and people will see what Nancy Pedersen has brought |
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| to the game of high school volleyball for years to come; |
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| therefore, be it
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