Full Text of HR0520 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize Jeneva Stevens and | 4 | | congratulate her on her many accomplishments; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jeneva Stevens is the 5th of 7 children born to | 6 | | Oliver McCall and Alethia; she and her family spent time living | 7 | | in the State of Virginia and the south suburbs of Chicago with | 8 | | her grandmother, Shirley Watson; she often missed out on family | 9 | | functions and afterschool activities in order to care for her | 10 | | grandmother when ill; in 2002, as her grandmother recovered, | 11 | | she began to participate in extracurricular activities such as | 12 | | track and field; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 2008, Jeneva Stevens graduated high school with | 14 | | the honors of being name Rookie of the Year in 2005 and twice
| 15 | | being named the Most Valuable Athlete; she participated in the | 16 | | high school state track meet in both Virginia and Illinois; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Jeneva Stevens received a full scholarship to | 18 | | Southern Illinois University in Carbondale; she graduated with | 19 | | a
degree in psychology in 2012 and accomplished spectacular | 20 | | things for the SIU track team; her
accomplishments include: 15x | 21 | | Missouri Valley Champion;
3x Missouri Valley Most Valuable | 22 | | Athlete; 3x Missouri Valley Most Outstanding Performer; 4x West |
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| 1 | | Regional Champion; 3x Most Outstanding Midwest Regional | 2 | | Athlete; 11x First Team All-American; 3x NCAA National | 3 | | Champion; finalist for the Track and Field Bowerman's Award; | 4 | | best 3 Event Throwing Combo in the World; best 2 Event Indoor | 5 | | Throwing Combo in the World; 5x World Championship Qualifier, | 6 | | which includes 2 Silver Medals on the Under 23 NACAC | 7 | | International
Team, a Gold Medal during the 2013 University | 8 | | Games, and top 10 finishes during the 2013 and
2014 World | 9 | | Championship Finals; a World Ranking of 6th place in the Hammer | 10 | | throw and 8th place in the shot put during
2014; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, In 2013 in Europe, Jeneva Stevens set the record | 12 | | for the farthest distance ever thrown by an American woman | 13 | | overseas in the
hammer throw; in Kazan, Russia, at the World | 14 | | University Games, she became the 1st American woman to medal in | 15 | | the hammer throw overseas, becoming the 2nd American to ever | 16 | | beat Russians on Russian soil; she placed 9th in the hammer | 17 | | throw at the World Championships in Moscow, Russia
and ranked | 18 | | No.1 in the hammer throw for women in the United States; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, In 2014, Jeneva Stevens ranked 6th in the world | 20 | | for women in the hammer throw and
8th in the world for women in | 21 | | the shot put
and she placed 8th at the Indoor World | 22 | | Championships held in Poland; therefore, be it
| 23 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| 1 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 2 | | recognize Jeneva Stevens and congratulate her on her many | 3 | | accomplishments; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the Jeneva Stevens as an expression of our esteem | 6 | | and respect.
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