2001-2002 Bill 4216: James Island Christian School Lions Boys Soccer Team, Coach Mike Walters

1 BIL: 4216 2 TYP: Concurrent Resolution CR 3 INB: House 4 IND: 20010530 5 PSP: Scarborough 6 SPO: Scarborough 7 DDN: l:\council\bills\nbd\11841ac01.doc 8 DPB: 20010531 9 SUB: James Island Christian School Lions Boys Soccer Team, Coach Mike 10 Walters, Resolutions 11 12 13 14 HST: 15 16 Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved 17 ______18 House 20010531 Received from Senate 19 Senate 20010531 Introduced, adopted, returned 20 with concurrence 21 House 20010530 Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate 22 23 24 Versions of This Bill 25 26 27 28 29 TXT: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO CONGRATULATE THE JAMES ISLAND CHRISTIAN 12 SCHOOL LIONS BOYS SOCCER TEAM ON THEIR 8-1 13 VICTORY OVER BYRNES ACADEMY TO CAPTURE THE 14 SOUTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ATHLETIC 15 ASSOCIATION CLASS A-AA STATE SOCCER 16 CHAMPIONSHIP AND TO COMMEND THEM FOR AN 17 OUTSTANDING SEASON. 18 19 Whereas, the James Island Christian School Lions defeated Byrnes 20 Academy by a seven goal margin to capture the South Carolina 21 Independent Schools Athletic Association State Boys Soccer 22 Championship; and 23 24 Whereas, in the beginning of the second half of play, the Lions 25 were leading 3-0 and were relentless in their charge against 26 Byrnes, scoring five more goals while allowing only one opposing 27 goal in the sixty-second minute of the game for a final victory of 28 8-1; and 29 30 Whereas, after learning a tough lesson in their season opener on a 31 last minute penalty kick, the Lions played out the season with 32 extraordinary effort and dogged determination to end with an 33 impressive 14-2 record in the Lion’s first season at the Class A- 34 AA level; and 35 36 Whereas, the Lions were led to victory under the outstanding 37 leadership and talented coaching of Coach Mike Walters whose 38 commitment and dedication have served the Lions well but have 39 also brought him personal recognition for being twice named 40 Coach of the Year; and 41

1 [4216] 1 1 Whereas, the championship Lions Soccer Team is composed of 2 Anna Bowman, Mark Bowman, Joseph Clarey, B. J. Crosby, B. J. 3 Edmonds, Chris Hostetler, David Hostetler, Matt Kauffmann, Zach 4 Lindsay, Nikki Marthai, Gideon Nagy, David Southwick, Jamie 5 Southwick, Chad Sumner, and Kenny Wagner; and 6 7 Whereas, individual accolades for being selected as all conference 8 players go to Mark Bowman, David Hostetler, Gideon Nagy, Chad 9 Sumner, and David Southwick, who was also selected as the “Most 10 Valuable Player”; and 11 12 Whereas, the success of the Lions Soccer team has been aided by 13 the unfailing support of the players’ families and friends and the 14 continuing support and encouragement of Nancy Southwick, 15 Athletic Director, Dr. Terry King, Headmaster, and Mrs. Karey S. 16 Sumner, Principal; and 17 18 Whereas, this Class A-AA State Championship has brought great 19 pride to James Island Christian School and to the James Island 20 community, and the General Assembly is pleased to have this 21 opportunity to recognize this group of fine young men, Coach 22 Walters, and the staff and administration of James Island Christian 23 School. Now, therefore, 24 25 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 26 concurring: 27 28 That the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution, 29 congratulate the James Island Christian School Lions Boys Soccer 30 Team on their 8-1 victory over Byrnes Academy to capture the 31 South Carolina Independent School Athletic Association class 32 A-AA State Soccer Championship and commend them for an 33 outstanding season. 34 35 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 36 the James Island Boys Soccer team, their Coach Mike Walters, and 37 the school staff and administrators. 38 ----XX----

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