LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the Shaker High School Girls
Basketball Team and Coach Emily Caschera upon the occasion of capturing
the Section II 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 Shaker High School Girls Basketball Team are the Section
II Class AA Champions; on Saturday, March 5, 2011, at Hudson Valley
Community College, the Lady Bison defeated Colonie by a score of 59-52,
giving Shaker its first sectional title since the 1981-1982 season; and
WHEREAS, In addition, the Shaker High School Girls Basketball Team was
honored by its school's athletic department as one of eight winter
sports teams which qualified for the New York State Scholar Athlete Team
Award; the Lady Bison received an honorary pin from the New York State
Public High School Athletic Association for acquiring an academic team
average of 91.549; and
WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by this team is due in great
part to the efforts of Coach Emily Caschera, a skilled and inspirational
tutor, respected for her ability to develop potential into excellence;
and
WHEREAS, The team's overall record of 20-3 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 Shaker High School Girls Basketball
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 their school; and
WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the values of teamwork, pride and
accomplishment, and Coach Emily Caschera and the outstanding athletes on
the Shaker High School Girls Basketball 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 Shaker High School Girls Basketball Team, and Coach
Emily Caschera 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 Shaker High School Girls Basketball Team and to Coach
Emily Caschera.