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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
CONGRATULATING PAUL RIZZO ON BEING INDUCTED INTO THE RHODE ISLAND | |
BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Hull, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, J. Lombardi, Corvese, | |
Date Introduced: May 23, 2024 | |
Referred To: House read and passed | |
1 | WHEREAS, Head Coach Paul Rizzo excelled in his nineteen-year tenure from 1999 to |
2 | 2018 as the head coach of the North Providence Boys Basketball Team. During this period, |
3 | thanks to his coaching acumen and strong leadership skills, the Cougars made the playoffs fifteen |
4 | times, won six league titles, and Coach Rizzo led his team to victory in the Rhode Island Division |
5 | II Boys Basketball Championships in 2011, 2014 and 2015, with the 2014 and 2015 teams |
6 | incredibly finishing their seasons undefeated; and |
7 | WHEREAS, In recognition of his sterling credentials and enormous achievements, Head |
8 | Coach Paul Rizzo was named the Rhode Island Basketball Head Coaches Association Division 1- |
9 | A Coach of the Year in 2002, and the Division II Coach of the Year in 2005, 2011, and 2015. He |
10 | also received the Rhode Island Interscholastic League’s Coach of the Year Award in 2015; and |
11 | WHEREAS, Coach Rizzo was also the head coach of the North Providence High Softball |
12 | team from 1991 to 2004, leading his teams to state titles in 1991, 1993, and 2001, and four |
13 | additional trips to the Division-1 Finals. He has also served as the North Providence Boys |
14 | Baseball Team Head Coach since 1999; now, therefore be it |
15 | RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
16 | heartily congratulates North Providence Boys Basketball Head Coach Paul Rizzo on the high |
17 | honor of being inducted into the Rhode Island Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame; and |
18 | be it further |
19 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
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1 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution Coach Paul Rizzo. |
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