H.R.ANo.A2002
RESOLUTION
1 WHEREAS, University of Texas sports fans bade farewell to a
2 renowned college baseball coach with the passing of August Edmun
3 Garrido Jr. on March 15, 2018, at the age of 79; and
4 WHEREAS, Augie Garrido was born in Vallejo, California, on
5 February 6, 1939; a member of the Fresno State University baseball
6 team, he was named all-conference and competed in the 1959 College
7 World Series; following graduation in 1961, he signed with the
8 Cleveland Indians and played six seasons in the minor leagues; and
9 WHEREAS, After launching his coaching career in 1966 at
10 Sierra High School in Tollhouse, California, Mr.AGarrido rose to
11 the college ranks when he became head coach at San Francisco State
12 University in 1969, and he took charge of the Cal Poly program the
13 following year; named head coach at California State University,
14 Fullerton, in 1973, he produced three College World Series
15 champions in 21 total years with the Titans, and he also won two Big
16 10 Conference titles at the University of Illinois; and
17 WHEREAS, Coach Garrido brought his distinctive coaching
18 style to The University of Texas at Austin in 1997; under his
19 guidance, the Longhorns broke a six-year drought with a berth in the
20 2000 College World Series and went on to make seven additional CWS
21 appearances and to claim two national championships; UT also won
22 seven Big 12 Conference titles during his tenure, and when he
23 retired in 2016, he was college baseball ’s all-time winningest
24 coach with 1,975 victories; and
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1 WHEREAS, Credited with the development of 15 Major League
2 Baseball first-round draft picks, Coach Garrido also mentored four
3 National Players of the Year and 53 All-Americans over the course of
4 his legendary career; moreover, he was a six-time National Coach of
5 the Year and was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of
6 Fame and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame; and
7 WHEREAS, Widely considered one of the greatest college
8 baseball coaches of all time, Augie Garrido was beloved for his wit,
9 wisdom, and unique psychological approach to the game, and his
10 myriad achievements will continue to be remembered and admired for
11 many years to come; now, therefore, be it
12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
13 Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of August Edmun Garrido
14 Jr. and extend heartfelt sympathy to all those who mourn his
15 passing; and, be it further
16 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
17 prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
18 Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Augie
19 Garrido.
Raymond
2 H.R.ANo.A2002 AAA Bonnen of Brazoria Guerra Noble Allen Guillen Oliverson Allison Gutierrez Ortega Anchia Harless Pacheco Anderson Harris Paddie Ashby Hefner Parker Bailes Hernandez Patterson Beckley Herrero Paul Bell of Kaufman Hinojosa Perez Bell of Montgomery Holland Phelan Bernal Howard Price Biedermann Huberty Ramos Blanco Hunter Raney Bohac Israel Raymond Bonnen of Galveston E. Johnson of Dallas Reynolds Bowers J. Johnson of Dallas Rodriguez Buckley Johnson of Harris Romero, Jr. Bucy Kacal Rose Burns King of Hemphill Rosenthal Burrows King of Parker Sanford Button King of Uvalde Schaefer Cain Klick Shaheen Calanni Krause Sheffield Canales Kuempel Sherman, Sr. Capriglione Lambert Shine Clardy Landgraf Smith Cole Lang Smithee Coleman Larson Springer Collier Leach Stephenson Cortez Leman Stickland Craddick Longoria Stucky Cyrier Lopez Swanson Darby Lozano Talarico Davis of Dallas Lucio III Thierry Davis of Harris Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Dean Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Deshotel Metcalf Tinderholt Dominguez Meyer Toth Dutton Meza Turner of Dallas Farrar Middleton Turner of Tarrant Fierro Miller VanDeaver Flynn Minjarez Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morales White Geren Morrison Wilson Gervin-Hawkins Mu•oz, Jr. Wray Goldman Murphy Wu Gonz˜lez of Dallas Murr Zedler Gonz˜lez of El Paso Neave Zerwas Goodwin Nev˜rez Zwiener
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Speaker of the HouseAAAAA
I certify that H.R. No. 2002 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on May 24, 2019.
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Chief Clerk of the HouseAAA
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