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HJ0040eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  

 


 
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 40

 
2    WHEREAS, Evan Marcel Turner is an American professional
3basketball player, currently playing for the Boston Celtics of
4the National Basketball Association (NBA); and
 
5    WHEREAS, Evan Turner was drafted 2nd overall by the
6Philadelphia 76ers in the 2010 NBA draft and played for them
7until he was traded to the Indiana Pacers in February of 2014;
8and
 
9    WHEREAS, Evan Turner was born on October 27, 1988; he
10attended St. Joseph High School in Westchester, and by his
11senior season, he was one of the top high school basketball
12players at his position in the nation; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Evan Turner, as a true freshman, helped lead the
14Buckeyes to the 2008 National Invitation Tournament
15championship; the following year, he was the Big Ten Conference
16scoring champion for the 2008-09 season and was a first-team
172009 All-Big Ten selection; he was also an honorable mention
18All-American and was selected as a member of the 2009 All-Big
19Ten Conference Tournament team and he became one of 5 Big Ten
20players to have been among the top 10 in the conference in
21average points, rebounds, and assists in the same season; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Evan Turner was a first-team 2010 NCAA Men's
2Basketball All-American and the 2010 National Player of the
3Year; he was also a 2-time Big Ten Conference scoring champion
4and the 2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the
5Year; he was twice the only player named as a unanimous
6first-team selection by both the coaches and the media to the
7All-Big Ten team (2008-09, 2009-10); by finishing first in
8scoring and second in both rebounds and assists in the
9conference in the 2009-10 season, he was the first men's
10basketball player to finish in the top 2 in each of these
11categories and the first to finish in the top 5 in each
12category in the same season; he is the conference record-holder
13for most career and single-season Conference Player of the Week
14awards; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Evan Turner plays the point guard, shooting guard,
16and small forward positions; therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
19SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate West Cermak Road
20between South Pulaski Road and South Laramie Avenue in Berwyn
21as the "Evan Turner Street"; and be it further
 
22    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
23is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with

 

 

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1State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
2giving notice of the name "Evan Turner Street"; and be it
3further
 
4    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
5delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of
6Transportation and Evan Turner.