1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 122nd Session, 2017-2018 3 4 H. 4023 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Hiott, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Arrington, Atkinson, Atwater, Bales, 10 Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bedingfield, Bennett, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bowers, Bradley, Brown, 11 Burns, Caskey, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cogswell, Cole, Collins, Crawford, 12 Crosby, Daning, Davis, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrest, 13 Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, 14 Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hill, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Johnson, Jordan, King, 15 Kirby, Knight, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, Magnuson, Martin, McCoy, McCravy, McEachern, 16 McKnight, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, B. Newton, W. Newton, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, 17 Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, M. Rivers, S. Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sandifer, 18 Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, Sottile, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, 19 Thigpen, Toole, Weeks, West, Wheeler, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Yow 20 Document Path: l:\council\bills\rt\17112dg17.docx 21 22 Introduced in the House on March 22, 2017 23 Adopted by the House on March 22, 2017 24 25 Summary: Stan D. Butler 26 27 28 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 29 30 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 31 3/22/2017 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 52) 32 33 View the latest legislative information at the website 34 35 36 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 37 38 3/22/2017 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR STAN D. BUTLER FOR 12 EARNING THE LAUDABLE TITLE OF 2017 REGION 1AAAA 13 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR. 14 15 Whereas, the members of the House of Representatives of South 16 Carolina find it appropriate to pause in their deliberations to 17 congratulate Stan Butler for being granted the title of 2017 Region 18 1AAAA Athletic Director of the Year by the SC Athletic 19 Administrators Association, a wellearned accomplishment; and 20 21 Whereas, Stan began his coaching career in 1991 at Northwestern 22 High School in Rock Hill while he was a graduate student at 23 Winthrop University. He coached baseball and football and helped 24 lead the 1992 team to the Big 16 Football Championship; and 25 26 Whereas, in 1993, Stan commenced teaching at South Middle 27 School in Lancaster, where he remained until 2000. During his 28 tenure there, he coached football and served as the athletic 29 director. Additionally, he served as the assistant baseball coach at 30 Lancaster High School; and 31 32 Whereas, upon leaving South Middle School, he has taught and 33 coached at Pickens High School in Pickens, where he works 34 molding young minds to this day. During his time at Pickens High, 35 he has coached football, baseball, and girls’ golf; and 36 37 Whereas, his baseball teams won the region championship in 2005, 38 2006, and 2007. The 2014 girls’ golf team won region in 2014 and 39 an upper state qualifying tournament in the same year. In 2005, 40 2006, and 2007, he was named Region 1AAA Baseball Coach of 41 the Year, and in 2014, he received the honor of being declared the 42 Region 1AAA Girls’ Golf Coach of the Year; and

[4023] 2 1 2 Whereas, after serving for two years as an assistant athletic 3 director at Pickens High School, in 2014 he was named the athletic 4 director. In 2016, he was honored with the title of Region 1AAA 5 Athletic Director of the Year. Receiving consecutive honors of this 6 caliber shows the quality and dedication Stan gives to his work 7 each and every day; and 8 9 Whereas, being nominated for the award of 2017 Region 1AAAA 10 Athletic Director of the Year by his fellow athletic directors 11 illustrates Stan’s commitment to the students of Pickens High 12 School and the Pickens community as a whole. Leading by 13 example, with a heart of humility and a sense of fairness, Stan 14 evokes respect from his studentathletes; and 15 16 Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is honored 17 to be able to recognize a son of the Palmetto State that so 18 embodies the qualities of service and selflessness. Now, therefore, 19 20 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 21 22 That the members of the House of Representatives, by this 23 resolution, recognize and honor Stan D. Butler for earning the 24 laudable title of 2017 Region 1AAAA Athletic Director of the 25 Year. 26 27 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 28 Stan D. Butler. 29 XX 30

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