LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the Onondaga Community College
Women's Basketball Team and Coach Mike Wheeler on a successful season
and being runner-up in the 2010 NJCAA National 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, teamwork, and competition; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and pay
tribute to those young people within the State of New York who, achiev-
ing outstanding success in athletic competition, have inspired and
brought pride to their high schools; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to congratulate the
Onondaga Community College Women's Basketball Team and Head Coach Mike
Wheeler on an undefeated regular season, a Mid-State Athletic Conference
Championship, an NJCAA Region III Championship, and finishing runner-up
in the 2010 NJCAA National Championship; and
WHEREAS, The Onondaga Community College Women's Basketball Team
completed an undefeated regular season and won 36 straight games to
reach the 2010 NJCAA Championship game; and
WHEREAS, To bring home a conference and regional title, as did the
2010 OCC Lazers, is a remarkable achievement; the Lazers won the 2010
Mid-State Athletic Conference Championship with a commanding 93-68
victory over Cayuga Community College; and
WHEREAS, The Lazers continued their success through the 2010 NJCAA
Region III Championship Tournament, winning the title 83-51, with anoth-
er dominating performance over Cayuga Community College; and
WHEREAS, Although the Lazers suffered a heartbreaking loss in the
NJCAA Championship, they have much more to be proud of, including
conference and regional titles, and a final record of 36-1; OCC proved
itself to be one of the most successful women's basketball teams in all
of New York and across the country; and
WHEREAS, No team, no matter how gifted one or a handful of its members
may be, can succeed without outstanding talent throughout its entire
roster; such was the case for the 2010 OCC Lazers whose players
included: Imani Brown, Molly Byrne, Brittany Cohen, Caryn Crary, Jen
Collis, Nicole Dwyer, Megan Maycumber, Jenna Rossi, Cara Scalisi,
Christina Scalisi, Lauren Scalisi, Alecia Shaffer, Savannah Sicilio,
Jessica Stagnita, and Kayla Trail; and
WHEREAS, The success of the OCC Women's Basketball Team is due in
great part to the efforts of Head Coach Mike Wheeler and his outstanding
Assistant Coaches Katie Kelly and Meghan Mannion; the team was also
assisted by the never-ending encouragement and support of friends, fami-
ly and the community; and
WHEREAS, The 2010 Lazers shared noteworthy attributes off the field as
well as in competition; individually and collectively, they constantly
exhibited good sportsmanship and scholarship, thereby demonstrating to
themselves and to others that they have an enviable combination of
talent and character which reflects favorably upon their school and
their community; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate the Onondaga Community College Women's Basketball Team and

Head Coach Mike Wheeler on their successful season and being runner-up
in the 2010 NJCAA National Championship; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the members of the 2010 OCC Women's Basketball Team and its
coaches.