Full Text of HR0307 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate New Trier High School | 4 | | Head Coach Mike Napoleon on becoming the Illinois High School | 5 | | Association's (IHSA) winningest baseball coach; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mike Napoleon set the IHSA record for victories | 7 | | by a baseball coach, 951, when his Trevians beat Glenbrook | 8 | | North High School 5 to 0 on April 27, 2023; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Mike Napoleon has been a head coach for 38 years, | 10 | | the last 27 with New Trier, and is affectionately known as | 11 | | "Coach Naps"; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Mike Napoleon has a record of 697-247-3 at New | 13 | | Trier with 14 Central Suburban League titles, 19 regional | 14 | | titles, and 10 supersectional titles; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Mike Napoleon feels fortunate for having had his | 16 | | assistant coaches with him for 20 years; his varsity staff | 17 | | includes Pete Drevline, Scott Klipowicz, and former Chicago | 18 | | Cubs star Kerry Wood; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Mike Napoleon was a three-sport athlete at St. | 20 | | Patrick High School; after graduating from the University of |
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| 1 | | Illinois in 1982, he was a varsity assistant at Quigley South | 2 | | High School before being hired as head coach at Notre Dame High | 3 | | School in Niles in 1984; after five seasons at Providence | 4 | | Catholic High School in New Lenox, he joined New Trier in the | 5 | | fall of 1996; he's also been an assistant football coach | 6 | | throughout his tenure at Providence and New Trier; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Mike Napoleon and his wife of 39 years, Melanie, | 8 | | have two sons, Dusty and Dylan, who are assistant baseball | 9 | | coaches at Northwestern University and Western Kentucky | 10 | | University; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we congratulate New Trier High School Head Coach Mike Napoleon | 14 | | on becoming the Illinois High School Association's winningest | 15 | | baseball coach; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Mike Napoleon as a symbol of our respect and | 18 | | esteem.
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