2004 SESSION

INTRODUCED REPRINT

049004228 INTRODUCED 1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 464 2 Offered March 5, 2004 3 Commending the Virginia Union University men©s team. 4 ±±±±±±±±±± Patrons±±Baskerville, Hall, Jones, D.C., Marrs, Miles and O©Bannon 5 ±±±±±±±±±± 6 WHEREAS, the Virginia Union University men©s basketball team won the 2004 Central 7 Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) men©s basketball championship; and 8 WHEREAS, the victory by the was their 25th of the season and qualified 9 them for the NCAA Division II basketball tournament; and 10 WHEREAS, by defeating North Carolina Central University by a score of 80±±72 in the title game, 11 the Panthers claimed their 18th Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship and their 11th 12 during the 26-year tenure of Head Coach Dave Robbins; and 13 WHEREAS, Virginia Union qualified for the championship game by defeating traditional rival 14 Virginia State University, 81±±59, in the tournament semifinal game; and 15 WHEREAS, the Virginia Union Panthers were led by Darius Hargrove, the Most Valuable Player of 16 the tournament, Ralph Brown, the Most Valuable Player of the title game, and All-Tournament 17 teammate Luqman Jaaber; and 18 WHEREAS, Coach Dave Robbins© Panthers, playing with intensity, teamwork, and perseverance, 19 overcame a halftime deficit, a height disadvantage, and a hostile crowd in Raleigh, North Carolina, to 20 capture the conference championship; and 21 WHEREAS, a perennial power in the NCAA Division II rankings, the Virginia Union University

22 Panthers have written another chapter in the gleaming history of Virginia Union basketball; now, HJ464 23 therefore, be it 24 RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby 25 commend and congratulate the Panthers of Virginia Union University on their Central Intercollegiate 26 Athletic Association men©s basketball championship; and, be it 27 RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution 28 for presentation to Head Coach Dave Robbins in honor of the exceptional performance of the Virginia 29 Union University men©s basketball team. 0:59 3/25/10