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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Melynn Hunt is retiring from the Lubbock Independent |
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School District in 2013, drawing to a close a notable career in |
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public education and athletics that has spanned nearly four |
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decades; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of Texas Tech University, Ms. Hunt has |
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spent 19 years with Lubbock ISD, and she has also worked for several |
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other Texas school districts as a coach, teacher, and |
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administrator; she enjoyed great success in leading girls' |
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basketball teams, coaching at Lubbock Cooper, Plainview, and Hale |
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Center and holding the posts of girls' athletic director, |
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basketball coach, and track coach for the Jacksboro and Haskell |
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school districts; she guided the Monterey High basketball team |
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while employed with Lubbock ISD in the 1990s, and she also coached |
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at Smylie Wilson Middle School; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Hunt's overall record stands at 527 wins and 203 |
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losses during 25 years as a basketball coach, and her teams reached |
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the state tournament on four different occasions; she was named |
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district coach of the year seven times and garnered additional |
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coaching honors from newspapers in Fort Worth, Abilene, and |
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Lubbock; highly respected by her peers, she was the Texas director |
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of the National Federation of Interscholastic Coaches Association |
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and held the offices of president and regional director for the |
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Texas Girls Coaches Association; in 2009, she was inducted into the |
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TGCA Hall of Fame; and |
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WHEREAS, This experienced educator concluded her coaching |
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career in 2001, when she was appointed as assistant athletic |
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director for Lubbock ISD; during her impressive tenure in that |
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role, her responsibilities have included overseeing a range of |
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different sports at the high school and middle school levels, and |
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she also distinguished herself when asked to step into the role of |
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interim athletic director; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of nearly four decades, Melynn Hunt |
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has contributed to the growth of women's athletics while helping |
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numerous young Texans prepare themselves for the challenges and |
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opportunities of the future, and her professional achievements will |
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continue to serve as a positive example for her fellow educators for |
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many years to come; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Melynn Hunt on her retirement as |
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assistant athletic director for the Lubbock Independent School |
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District and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Hunt as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |