2015-2016 Bill 4737: Spartanburg Day School Varsity Volleyball Team - South Carolina Legislature

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 H. 4737 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Tallon, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bamberg, 10 Bannister, Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowers, Bradley, Brannon, G.A. Brown, R.L. Brown, Burns, 11 Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, Collins, Corley, H.A. Crawford, Crosby, 12 Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, 13 Gagnon, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, 14 Henegan, Herbkersman, Hicks, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, 15 Johnson, Jordan, Kennedy, King, Kirby, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, 16 McEachern, McKnight, M.S. McLeod, W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, 17 Nanney, Neal, Newton, Norman, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, 18 Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, 19 Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Taylor, Thayer, Tinkler, Toole, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, 20 White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Yow 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24541zw16.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on January 26, 2016 24 Adopted by the House on January 26, 2016 25 26 Summary: Spartanburg Day School Varsity Volleyball Team 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 1/26/2016 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 15) 33 34 View the latest legislative information at the website 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 1/26/2016 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE SPARTANBURG DAY 12 SCHOOL VARSITY VOLLEYBALL TEAM, COACHES, AND 13 SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR AN OUTSTANDING SEASON 14 AND TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR WINNING THE 15 SOUTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL 16 ASSOCIATION 2015 CLASS AA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 17 TITLE. 18 19 Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased 20 to learn that the members of the Spartanburg Day School 21 volleyball team of Spartanburg County took first place at the South 22 Carolina Independent School Association (SCISA) state 23 competition held on Tuesday, October 27, 2015; and 24 25 Whereas, with fans biting their nails to the finish, the Spartanburg 26 Day School Lady Griffins captured their firstever state title by 27 defeating the Lady Warriors of Spartanburg Christian Academy in 28 a five-set match; and 29 30 Whereas, after falling to the Lady Warriors 1625 in the first set, 31 the Lady Griffins battled neck and neck in the second set with 32 Spartanburg Christian until the score was tied at 16; then 33 Spartanburg Day pulled away and finished the second set 2520. 34 With few errors, the Lady Griffins dominated the third set, 35 winning it decisively by a 2516 margin; and 36 37 Whereas, in the fourth set both teams battled over the early points 38 until the Lady Warriors pulled away 1510, but with six 39 unanswered points, Spartanburg Day took the lead 1615. The 40 Warrior team took advantage of some Griffin errors and battled to 41 the front 2418. Although the Lady Griffins fought point for point,

[4737] 2 1 Spartanburg Christian won the set 2523. The teams stood at 22; 2 and 3 4 Whereas, in set five, Spartanburg Day pulled forward with an 85 5 lead, but the Lady Warriors responded by grinding out a 109 lead. 6 After some long volleys and major plays for both teams, the Lady 7 Griffins took a 1413 lead with an ace from Kaylee Owens, 8 followed by a gamestomping kill by Allie Lockman in the center 9 of the court to finish the winning set 1513. 10 11 Whereas, sophomore setter Kathleen Babb led the winning effort 12 with thirtyeight assists, thirtyone digs, and five kills. Middle 13 hitters Kaylee Owens and Allie Lockman led the Griffin offense 14 with eighteen and eleven kills, respectively, while senior rightside 15 Ashley Tracy added six. Senior Libby Davenport led the defense 16 with twentysix kills, and Sara McCown nearly tied with 17 twentyfive, and Julia Cooper added twentyone. Lauren Oakes led 18 the charge for the Lady Griffins on the service line and also added 19 ten digs, three kills, and two blocks. Kathleen Babb and Kaylee 20 Owens were named to the All-State team; and 21 22 Whereas, in a sport that demands strength, agility, and speed, the 23 Lady Griffins posted a season record of 268, with Head Coach 24 Mandy Johnson and her skilled coaching staff using their own 25 athletic ability and training to forge this championship team and 26 teach these athletes lessons that will prove invaluable through life 27 both on and off the court; and 28 29 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 30 Representatives are grateful for the satisfaction and recognition 31 that the Spartanburg Day School volleyball players have brought 32 to their school and their community and look to hear of their 33 continued accomplishments in the days ahead. Now, therefore, 34 35 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 36 37 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 38 by this resolution, recognize and honor the Spartanburg Day 39 School volleyball team, coaches, and school officials for an 40 outstanding season and congratulate them for winning the 2015 41 South Carolina Independent School Association Class AA State 42 Championship title. 43

[4737] 3 1 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 2 Principal Jack MacMullan and Coach Mandy Johnson. 3 XX 4

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