LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the 2012 Midlakes Cheerleading
Team upon the occasion of earning national titles at the ECA Nationals
Cheer and Dance Championships

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 2012 Midlakes Cheerleading Team competed at the ECA
Nationals Cheer and Dance Championships held at the College of William
and Mary's Kaplan Arena in Williamsburg, Virginia; and
WHEREAS, The Screaming Eagles of the Midlakes Cheerleading Team
captured two team titles and one group crown at the 2012 ECA Nationals
Cheer and Dance Championships, while three individual members topped
their respective divisions; and
WHEREAS, The 2012 Midlakes Cheerleading Team won the large varsity
mount show division and claimed first place in the varsity-level champi-
onships, which earned them national champion status; and
WHEREAS, Winning individual and group titles for the 2012 Midlakes
Cheerleading Team at the ECA Nationals Cheer and Dance Championships
were: Marie Fischer in the junior level individual division, Katie
Scoville in the non-tumbling senior level individual division and Lacy
Lapresi in the senior level tumbling division; the team of Destiny
Rodman, Katie Scoville, Taylor Allen, Bridgette Kelly and Melinda West-
brook won the senior stunt group division; and
WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by this team is due in great
part to the efforts of Coach Laura Hovey, a skilled and inspirational
mentor, respected for her 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 2012 Midlakes Cheerleading Team, from
the opening of the season to participation in the ECA Nationals Cheer
and Dance Championships, were an extraordinary combination of athletic
ability, of good sportsmanship, of honor and of scholarship, demonstrat-
ing 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 community; and
WHEREAS, Coach Laura Hovey 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 Laura Hovey and the 2012 Midlakes Cheerleading
Team's outstanding athletes have clearly made a contribution to the
spirit of excellence which is a tradition of their school; now, there-
fore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate the 2012 Midlakes Cheerleading Team, its members and Coach
Laura Hovey on their outstanding season and on earning national titles
at the ECA Nationals Cheer and Dance Championships; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the members of the 2012 Midlakes Cheerleading Team and Coach
Laura Hovey.