Full Text of HR0349 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate DeWayne Peevy on being | 4 | | named DePaul University's new Athletic Director on August 24, | 5 | | 2020; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, DeWayne Peevy, an admired and respected leader in | 7 | | collegiate athletics, is the first African American to hold | 8 | | this position; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, DeWayne Peevy has extensive experience in all | 10 | | areas of collegiate athletics, with a special focus on men's | 11 | | basketball; in his 12 years at Kentucky starting in August | 12 | | 2008, which includes the last seven years as the Deputy | 13 | | Director of Athletics, he played a prominent role with key | 14 | | fundraising efforts, strategic planning, and media relations; | 15 | | he served as the liaison to the Southeastern Conference and | 16 | | SEC network offices and oversaw Kentucky men's basketball; | 17 | | additionally, he directly supervised the chief financial | 18 | | officer, the chief revenue office, and executive associate | 19 | | athletics directors for internal and external operations; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, DeWayne Peevy led the creation of the CBS Sports | 21 | | Classic, which started in 2014 and recently signed a | 22 | | three-year extension through 2022; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, DeWayne Peevy's 23-year career in collegiate | 2 | | athletics began in media relations; he served as the sports | 3 | | information director for his alma mater, University of | 4 | | Montevallo in Alabama, for three years before becoming the | 5 | | media relations director for the Southeastern Conference | 6 | | Office; he also served on the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball | 7 | | Final Four Media Coordination Committee through the 2013 NCAA | 8 | | Championship; he also spent time as the sports information | 9 | | director representative on the board of the U.S. Basketball | 10 | | Writers Association; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, DeWayne Peevy is a native of Birmingham, Alabama; | 12 | | he received his bachelor's degree in business administration | 13 | | in accounting from the University of Montevallo and earned his | 14 | | master's degree at the University of Kentucky/University of | 15 | | Louisville Executive MBA program in May 2021; he and his wife, | 16 | | Allison, have two children, Kaitlyn and Braden; therefore, be | 17 | | it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 19 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate DeWayne Peevy on being named DePaul | 21 | | University's new Athletic Director, and we wish him many | 22 | | successful years; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to DeWayne Peevy as a symbol of our respect and | 3 | | esteem.
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