LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the North Rockland High School
Softball Team and Coach Michelle Shaw upon the occasion of capturing the
2009 Section I Class AA Championship

WHEREAS, Excellence and success in competitive sports can be achieved
only through strenuous practice, team play and team spirit, nurtured by
dedicated coaching and strategic planning; and
WHEREAS, Athletic competition enhances the moral and physical develop-
ment of the young people of this State, preparing them for the future by
instilling in them the value of teamwork, encouraging a standard of
healthy living, imparting a desire for success and developing a sense of
fair play and competition; and
WHEREAS, The North Rockland High School Softball Team are the 2009
Section I Class AA Champions after defeating Ursuline High School, 2-0;
and
WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by this team is due in great
part to the efforts of Coach Michelle Shaw and her team of outstanding
assistant coaches, skilled and inspirational tutors, respected for their
ability to develop potential into excellence; and
WHEREAS, The team's overall record is outstanding, and the team
members were loyally and enthusiastically supported by family, fans,
friends and the community at large; and
WHEREAS, The hallmarks of the North Rockland High School Softball
Team, from the opening game of the season to participation in the Cham-
pionship, were a sisterhood of athletic ability, of good sportsmanship,
of honor and of scholarship, demonstrating that these team players are
second to none; and
WHEREAS, Athletically and academically, the team members have proven
themselves to be an unbeatable combination of talents, reflecting favor-
ably on North Rockland High school; and
WHEREAS, Coach Michelle Shaw and her dedicated staff has done a superb
job in guiding, molding and inspiring the team members toward their
goals; and
WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the values of teamwork, pride and
accomplishment, and Coach Michelle Shaw and the outstanding athletes on
the North Rockland High School Softball Team have clearly made a
contribution to the spirit of excellence which is a tradition of their
school; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate the North Rockland High School Softball Team; its members:
Amanda Babcock, Kerry Brechbiel, Heather Hansen, Katherine Torres,
Samantha Welsh, Tiffany Alliano, Krystn Benson, Emily Carey, Melanie
Crover, Caitlyn Reilly, Olivia Rivera, Taylor Corretjer, Brianna Rivera,
Destiney Jones, Amanda Bender, Vittoria Adams, Michelle Hoppe; Assistant
Coaches: Mary Brechbiel, Jackie DiNuzzo, Tom Schweitzer and Andrea
Martorelli; and Coach Michelle Shaw on their outstanding season and
overall team record; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the North Rockland High School Softball Team and to Coach
Michelle Shaw.