Full Text of HR1291 93rd General Assembly
HR1291 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, This year, Coach Harry Statham entered his 39th | 3 |
| year as the men's basketball coach and athletic director at his | 4 |
| alma mater, McKendree College; and
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| WHEREAS, Last year, the Bearcat men's basketball team had | 6 |
| another 20-win season, with a record of 24 wins and 10 losses, | 7 |
| and advanced to the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National | 8 |
| Championship for the fifth consecutive year; and
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| WHEREAS, Coach Statham began this season as the active wins | 10 |
| leader at the four-year college level; during his first 38 | 11 |
| years, he amassed 871 victories, placing him third on the | 12 |
| all-time list; only Dean Smith with 879 wins and Adolph Rupp | 13 |
| with 876 wins were ahead of Statham; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2002-03, Coach Statham led the Bearcats to | 15 |
| perhaps the most memorable season in school history; McKendree | 16 |
| compiled a record of 34 wins and 4 losses, with no losses in | 17 |
| American Midwest Conference (AMC) play for the first time; at | 18 |
| the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship, | 19 |
| McKendree posted three victories on its way to a berth in the | 20 |
| NAIA Fab Four for the first time in team history; and
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| WHEREAS, On November 15, 2003, in Lebanon, by guiding the | 22 |
| Bearcats to an 88-87 victory against Mountain State University, | 23 |
| Coach Statham became the NAIA's all-time leader in career | 24 |
| victories with 817 wins; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to the on-the-court milestones, Coach | 26 |
| Statham was recognized as the 2001-02 NAIA Men's Basketball | 27 |
| Coach of the Year; he is also an 11-time recipient of the | 28 |
| NAIA-Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Men's Basketball | 29 |
| Coach of the Year; in 1987 he was inducted into the IBCA-NAIA | 30 |
| Hall of Fame, and in 1998, he was inducted into the NAIA Hall |
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| of Fame; and
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| WHEREAS, Under Coach Statham's leadership, the Bearcats | 3 |
| have appeared in post-season play 33 times in 38 years; | 4 |
| McKendree has reached the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball | 5 |
| National Championship 10 times over the last 16 years; in each | 6 |
| of the last 15 seasons, McKendree has recorded at least 20 | 7 |
| wins; the Bearcats have averaged 27 wins a year in that span; | 8 |
| McKendree ranks sixth among all NAIA schools in winning | 9 |
| percentage over the last decade and is in the top 15 over the | 10 |
| last five seasons; in all, McKendree has notched 20 or more | 11 |
| wins 29 times under his tutelage; and
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| WHEREAS, Coach Statham began his coaching career while an | 13 |
| undergraduate at McKendree College, by guiding the boy's | 14 |
| basketball team at O'Fallon Junior High School while taking | 15 |
| college courses at night; he was a graduate assistant for the | 16 |
| men's basketball and track teams at the University of Illinois | 17 |
| at Champaign while completing requirements for a master's of | 18 |
| science degree in physical education; he coached at the high | 19 |
| school level prior to returning to McKendree College, where he | 20 |
| also served as the Bearcats' baseball coach for two seasons; | 21 |
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| WHEREAS, On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, in a match with | 23 |
| Maryville University, Coach Statham achieved his 880th win, | 24 |
| moving him into first place on the all-time victories list | 25 |
| among coaches at a four-year college or university; therefore, | 26 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 28 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 29 |
| congratulate Coach Harry Statham on his 880th win as head | 30 |
| basketball coach at McKendree College, making him the | 31 |
| winningest basketball coach at a four-year college or | 32 |
| university; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Coach Statham as a token of our respect and esteem | 3 |
| and with best wishes for his continued success.
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