1 State of Arkansas
2 94th General Assembly
3 Fiscal Session, 2024 SR 35
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5 By: Senator Dees
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7 SENATE RESOLUTION
8 TO RECOGNIZE THE JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S
9 BASKETBALL GOLDEN EAGLES AS THE 2024 SOONER ATHLETIC
10 CONFERENCE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS.
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14 TO RECOGNIZE THE JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY
15 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GOLDEN EAGLES AS THE
16 2024 SOONER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WOMEN'S
17 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS.
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20 WHEREAS, for the first time in history, the John Brown University
21 Golden Eagles Women's basketball team earned the 2024 Sooner Athletic
22 Conference Basketball Championship after defeating the Langston University
23 Lady Lions 53-42 on March 5, 2024, at the Sid Richardson Center in Fort
24 Worth, Texas; and
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26 WHEREAS, the victory of the John Brown University Golden Eagles women's
27 basketball team in the conference championship game was its twenty-sixth
28 consecutive win; and
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30 WHEREAS, the John Brown University Golden Eagles women's basketball
31 team finished the season with an overall record of 28-3; and
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33 WHEREAS, Tarrah Stephens was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player,
34 scoring a game-high twenty-six (26) points and making eleven (11) rebounds;
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1 WHEREAS, the John Brown University Golden Eagles women's basketball
2 team was led by Head Coach Jeff Soderquist; and
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4 WHEREAS, the victory of the John Brown University Golden Eagles women's
5 basketball team in the conference championship game is owed to its hard work
6 and dedication and the leadership of Head Coach Jeff Soderquist,
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8 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
9 STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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11 THAT the Senate recognize the John Brown University Golden Eagles
12 women's basketball team as the 2024 Sooner Athletic Conference Basketball
13 Champions.
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15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be
16 provided to Head Coach Jeff Soderquist by the Secretary of the Senate.
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