LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the Garden City Field Hockey Team
and Coach Diane Chapman upon the occasion of winning the 2009 Long
Island Class B 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 Garden City Field Hockey Team are the 2009 Long Island
Class B Champions; and
WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by this team is due in great
part to the efforts of Coach Diane Chapman 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 Garden City Field Hockey Team, from the
opening game of the season to participation in the Championship, 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 their school; and
WHEREAS, Coach Diane Chapman and her dedicated staff have 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 Diane Chapman and these outstanding athletes
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 Garden City Field Hockey Team; its members: Head
Varsity Coach: Diane Chapman, Assistant Coach: Lauren LiCalzi, Junior
Varsity Coaches: Jess Metkiff, Jackie Fiore; Alexandra Bruno, Katie
McCarthy, Linda Attanasio, Tara Mahon, Katie Harrington, Christine
Codignotto, Victoria Piscopo, Kerry Hosford, Molly Galvin, Charlotte
Boliver, Mariah Pewarski, Gabrielle Giannone, Caroline Confort, Kathe-
rine Sullivan, Mikaela Rix, Eleni Andromidas, Lauren Engelke, Catherine
Dickinson, Erin Mullins, Gabrielle Garcia, Katie D'Antonio, Elizabeth
Furman, Catherine McTiernan, Jenna Fuchs, Gabrielle Nesi, Kathryn Risi,
Kathryn Montgomery, Caroline Tarzian, Laura Fanning, and Kaitlyn
Williams 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 Garden City Field Hockey Team and to Coach Diane Chapman.