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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to honor and congratulate Tyra Buss
4for her academic and athletic accomplishments while enrolled at
5Mt. Carmel High School in Mt. Carmel; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Kelly and Tim Buss welcomed Tyra's birth in Mt.
7Carmel on April 25, 1996; on this day, Kelly was scheduled to
8coach a track and field meet for the Mt. Carmel High School
9team, but instead gave birth to her only daughter, who would go
10on to become the school's most decorated student-athlete; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Tyra Buss led the Lady Aces to back-to-back wins
12in 2011 and 2012 at the Robinson Invitational and was named to
13the 1st Team All-Tournament team both years; and
 
14    WHEREAS, In 2012, Tyra Buss gained recognition for becoming
15the fastest Illinois High School athlete ever to reach the
162,000 career point mark; and
 
17    WHEREAS, In 2013, Tyra Buss became the first player in
18Illinois High School History to score 3,000 career points in
19their junior season; she led the 2012-13 Lady Aces to become
20the first basketball team in Mt. Carmel High School history to
21go undefeated during the regular season, and became the

 

 

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1all-time State of Illinois career leading free throw shooter;
2and
 
3    WHEREAS, On February 14, 2013, Tyra Buss set the new
4national mark for most points in a season by a girls'
5basketball player, scoring 1,285 points during the 2012-2013
6season; and
 
7    WHEREAS, On February 20, 2013, for the third time in 3
8years, Tyra Buss was listed as the only member of the
9Associated Press' 2A All-State Basketball Team to be chosen
10unanimously; and
 
11    WHEREAS, On February 28, 2013, Tyra Buss was named to the
12First Team All-State by the Illinois Basketball Coaches
13Association for the third straight year; and
 
14    WHEREAS, On March 25, 2013, the Chicago Tribune, in
15conjunction with the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association,
16chose Tyra Buss as the 2013 Illinois Ms. Basketball; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Tyra Buss averaged 38.9 points, 6.1 steals, 3.2
18assists, and 3.5 rebounds per game for the 32-1 Aces during her
19junior year; and
 
20    WHEREAS, During her junior year of high school, Tyra Buss

 

 

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1dedicated herself to being her best both on and off the court;
2she currently maintains a perfect 5.0 GPA at Mt. Carmel High
3School; therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
6we congratulate Tyra Buss on her athletic and academic
7accomplishments; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
9presented to Tyra Buss and Mt. Carmel High School as a symbol
10of our respect and esteem.