1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE CONCURRENT
3 RESOLUTION 1016 By: Hilbert, Talley, Ranson,
4 Burns, and Bashore of the
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6 Dugger and Hall of the
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10 AS INTRODUCED
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11 A Concurrent Resolution recognizing Oklahoma State
12 University Coach John Smith's accomplishments and
12 work in collegiate wrestling.
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14 WHEREAS, in 1992, John Smith became the head wrestling coach at
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15 Oklahoma State University (OSU) where OSU produced five NCAA team
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16 championships, 33 NCAA individual championships, 490 dual wins, 153
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17 All-America honors, 23 team conference championships, 132 individual
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18 conference championships and two Hodge Trophy winners; and
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19 WHEREAS, Coach Smith's accomplishments place him among the top
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20 coaches in the history of the sport; and
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21 WHEREAS, Coach Smith's 490-73-6 career dual record gives him the
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22 most wins in school history and the third-most wins in the history
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23 of Division I wrestling; and
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 1 WHEREAS, Coach Smith's numbers for All-Americans, conference
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2 championships, and individual conference champions are the most at
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3 OSU by a wide margin and are believed to be the most in NCAA
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4 wrestling history; and
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5 WHEREAS, Coach Smith also coached at the world level, coaching
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6 Team USA at the Olympics in 2000 and 2012, at the World
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7 Championships in 1998, 2009, 2010, and 2011, at the World Cup in
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8 1997, and coaching the USA Women's Cadet World Team in 2018; and
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9 WHEREAS, prior to taking over as Oklahoma State head coach,
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10 Coach Smith put together a wrestling career that squarely places him
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11 in the conversation for the greatest American wrestler ever; and
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12 WHEREAS, Coach Smith won six consecutive world championships as
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13 a competitor from 1987 to 1992, including gold medals at the 1988
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14 Olympic Games in Seoul, gold medals at the 1992 Olympic Games in
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15 Barcelona, two gold medals in two attempts at the Pan American
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16 Games, two gold medals in two attempts at the Goodwill Games, and
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17 two NCAA individual championships for Oklahoma State; and
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18 WHEREAS, Coach Smith's Cowboy wrestling career also included
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19 three All-America honors, three conference championships, the NWCA
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20 Collegiate Wrestler of the Year award, and more than 150 career wins
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21 to rank as the most in program history; and
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22 WHEREAS, Smith is a Distinguished Member of the National
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23 Wrestling Hall of Fame, a two-time selection as the National
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 1 Wrestling Coaches Association coach of the year, and a 15-time
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2 selection as conference coach of the year; and
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3 WHEREAS, Coach Smith was also the first wrestler to be inducted
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4 into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame and is a member of the Oklahoma
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5 Sports Hall of Fame.
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6 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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7 OF THE 2ND SESSION OF THE 59TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE, THE SENATE
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8 CONCURRING THEREIN:
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9 THAT the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the Oklahoma
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10 State Senate join in recognizing the many accomplishments of Coach
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11 John Smith and his impact on wrestling, and to extend sincere
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12 appreciation for his work and dedication.
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