LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the Baldwin High School Girls'
Varsity Basketball Team upon the occasion of capturing the 2011 Long
Island 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 2010-2011 Baldwin High School Girls' Varsity Basketball
Team won their first Long Island championship with a 44-31 win over Deer
Park in the 2011 Class AA Championship/Southeast regional final at Hofs-
tra University; and
WHEREAS, The team finished the season with an outstanding 20-1 record;
and
WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by the 2010-2011 Baldwin High
School Girls' Varsity Basketball Team is due in great part to the
efforts of Head Coach Tom Catapano, Assistant Coach Anthony Bolden and
JV Coach Mike Butler; skilled and inspirational tutors, respected for
their ability to develop potential into excellence; and
WHEREAS, The overall record of the 2010-2011 Baldwin High School
Girls' Varsity Basketball Team was 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 2010-2011 Baldwin High School Girls'
Varsity Basketball Team, from the opening game of the season to captur-
ing the 2011 Long Island Class AA 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 2010-2011 Baldwin High
School Girls' Varsity Basketball Team members have proven themselves to
be an unbeatable combination of talents, reflecting favorably on their
school and their community; and
WHEREAS, Head Coach Tom Catapano, Assistant Coach Anthony Bolden and
JV Coach Mike Butler have done a superb job in guiding, molding and
inspiring the 2010-2011 Baldwin High School Girls' Varsity Basketball
Team members toward their goals; and
WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the values of teamwork, pride and
accomplishment, and Head Coach Tom Catapano, Assistant Coach Anthony
Bolden and JV Coach Mike Butler, and the 2010-2011 Baldwin High School
Girls' Varsity Basketball Team's 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 2010-2011 Baldwin High School Girls' Varsity Basketball
Team, its members: Ayanna Hudson, Amber Harrison, Alex Hampton, Omosefe
Oransaye, Ashley Sobel, Kiera Corbin, Tyra Harrison, Courtney Jackson,
Danielle Sheers, Mariah Butler, Ashley McAdams, Keri Seeger, Janae
DeGraff and Katie Greene; Head Coach Tom Catapano, Assistant Coach
Anthony Bolden and JV Coach Mike Butler; Athletic Director, Eduardo
Ramirez; Superintendent, Dr. James Mapes and Principal, Susan Knors; on
their outstanding season, overall team record and 2011 Long Island Cham-
pionship; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the members and coaching staff of the 2010-2011 Baldwin High
School Girls' Varsity Basketball Team and to the school's Athletic
Director, Superintendent and Principal.