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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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CONGRATULATING THE 2011-2012 RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE ANCHORWOMEN | |
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BASKETBALL TEAM ON THEIR FIRST PLACE FINISH IN THE REGULAR SEASON | |
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AND LITTLE EAST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT | |
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Introduced By: Senators Crowley, Goodwin, Paiva Weed, Metts, and Moura | |
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Date Introduced: April 10, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
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WHEREAS, Finishing the regular 2011-2012 season with an impressive 25-4 overall |
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record and a 13-1 first place win in the Little East Conference, the Rhode Island College |
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Anchorwomen’s Basketball Team enjoyed the most successful campaign in the school’s history; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, This season’s Anchorwomen blazed new records in the number of wins |
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(25), winning percentage (.862), and number of Little East wins (13), as well as captured the |
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program’s first-ever Little East Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championships; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In addition, Rhode Island College’s Anchorwomen participated in the |
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NCAA Tournament for only the third time and hosted the tournament for the first time in the |
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college’s history; and |
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WHEREAS, In his fourth season with the Anchorwomen, Head Coach Marcus Reilly |
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honed in on rebuilding the team, a strategy that paid off. He had previously led the Community |
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College of Rhode Island to two straight Elite Eight appearances before joining Rhode Island |
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College for the 2008-09 basketball season; and |
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WHEREAS, Rounding out Coach Reilly’s successful coaching staff is Anchorwomen |
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Associate Head Coach, Claudia DeFaria, and Assistant Coach, Colleen Smith. Claudia was |
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previously a member of the Community College of Rhode Island staff and has worked with |
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Coach Reilly for the past nine seasons. Colleen is in her first season with the Anchorwomen. She |
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had played at WestConn and was an assistant coach at East Lyme High School and is a head |
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coach and an assistant in the CT Storm AAU program; and |
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WHEREAS, Utilizing talent, great coaching, and commitment, the Rhode Island College |
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Anchorwomen became the top team in the highly respected Little East and one of the top teams to |
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watch in the country. They have earned our applause and recognition; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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hereby congratulates the players and coaches of the Rhode Island College Anchorwomen |
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Basketball Team on their regular season and tournament Championships; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Marcus R. Reilly, Head Coach of the Rhode |
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Island College Anchorwomen Basketball Team. |
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