LRB-2715/1
CMH:ahe&cdc
2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
May 6, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives Macco,
Crowley, Kitchens, Mursau,
Petryk, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Steffen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt,
Vorpagel and Vruwink, cosponsored by Senators Cowles,
Jacque, Smith and
Wirch. Referred to Committee on Rules.
AJR34,1,3
1Relating to: commending Tony Bennett of the University of Virginia men's
2basketball team for winning the 2019 NCAA Division 1 National
3Championship.
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Whereas, Anthony “Tony” Guy Bennett has served as the University of
5Virginia's men's basketball team head coach since 2009; and
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Whereas, he was born in Clintonville, Wisconsin, attended Green Bay's Preble
7High School, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, the latter
8two of which are located in the 88th Assembly District; and
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Whereas, while he was a student at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, he
10played on the men's basketball team from 1989-92 and received the 1992 Frances
11Pomeroy Naismith Award and the 1992 GTE Academic All-American of the Year
12award; and
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Whereas, he was selected in the 1992 National Basketball Association draft to
14play for the Charlotte Hornets, where he played for three years; and
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1Whereas, he served on the coaching staff on teams in New Zealand and
2Australia and at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and served as the head coach
3at Washington State University before moving to the University of Virginia, where
4he has served for the last decade; now, therefore, be it
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5Resolved by the
assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
6State Legislature hereby commends Tony Bennett of the University of Virginia men's
7basketball team for winning the 2019 NCAA Division 1 National Championship.
