2013-2014 Bill 5156: University of South Carolina Women's Equestrian Team - South Carolina

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 120th Session, 2013-2014 3 4 H. 5156 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Limehouse, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, 10 Bannister, Barfield, Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Branham, Brannon, G.A. Brown, 11 R.L. Brown, Burns, Chumley, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, H.A. Crawford, K.R. Crawford, 12 Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Edge, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Funderburk, 13 Gagnon, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hardwick, Harrell, Hart, 14 Hayes, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, 15 Kennedy, King, Knight, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, M.S. McLeod, 16 W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, Neal, Newton, 17 Norman, Norrell, R.L. Ott, Owens, Parks, Patrick, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, Rivers, 18 RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sabb, Sandifer, Sellers, Simrill, Skelton, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, 19 J.E. Smith, J.R. Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Toole, 20 Vick, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Wood 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24049dg14.docx 22 Companion/Similar bill(s): 5155 23 24 Introduced in the House on April 29, 2014 25 Adopted by the House on April 29, 2014 26 27 Summary: University of South Carolina Women's Equestrian Team 28 29 30 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 31 32 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 33 4/29/2014 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 95) 34 35 36 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 37 38 4/29/2014 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE UNIVERSITY OF 12 SOUTH CAROLINA WOMEN’S EQUESTRIAN TEAM, 13 COACHES, AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR AN 14 OUTSTANDING SEASON, AND TO CONGRATULATE 15 THEM FOR WINNING THE 2014 SOUTHEASTERN 16 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. 17 18 Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased 19 to learn that the members of the University of South Carolina 20 women’s equestrian team won the 2014 Southeastern Conference 21 (SEC) championship on Saturday, March 29, 2014, at One Wood 22 Farm in Blythewood; and 23 24 Whereas, to the delight of their fans, the number-one ranked Lady 25 Gamecock equestrian team trotted to victory in a tiebreaker against 26 the number-two ranked rivals from the University of Georgia; and 27 28 Whereas, the final overall score from the championship meet was 29 1010, which sent the event into the tiebreaker, and the Lady 30 Gamecocks prevailed 4,040.254,036.75; and 31 32 Whereas, in their best regular season in team history, the USC 33 equestrian team posted 112 overall and 42 in conference 34 competition and also set a program record with thirteen dual meet 35 victories; and 36 37 Whereas, the equestrian team became the University of South 38 Carolina’s first team to win two consecutive SEC championships; 39 and 40 41 Whereas, when the Lady Gamecocks competed in Waco, Texas, at 42 the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA)

[5156] 2 1 championship on April 19, 2014, they placed second in the nation 2 in a tiebreaker; and 3 4 Whereas, in her seventeenth season as head coach at USC, Boo 5 Major was named the SEC Coach of the Year for the second year 6 in a row; and 7 8 Whereas, in a sport that demands precision, grace, and training, 9 Coach Boo Major and her skilled coaching staff capitalized on 10 their own equestrian ability and training to build a championship 11 team and teach these riders lessons that will prove invaluable 12 through life both on and off the field of competition; and 13 14 Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives appreciates 15 the pride and recognition that the members of the University of 16 South Carolina equestrian team have brought to their university 17 and to the Palmetto State and look to hear of their continued 18 accomplishments in the days ahead. Now, therefore, 19 20 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 21 22 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 23 by this resolution, recognize and honor the University of South 24 Carolina women’s equestrian team, coaches, and university 25 officials for an outstanding season, and congratulate them for 26 winning the 2014 Southeastern Conference Championship title. 27 28 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 29 Coach Boo Major. 30 XX 31

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