Assembly Resolution No. 512

BY: M. of A. McMahon

CONGRATULATING the 2018-2019 University at Buffalo
Women's Basketball Team upon the occasion of
capturing the Mid-American Conference Championship,
and advancing to the second round of the NCAA
Women's Basketball National Tournament

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
development 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, This Legislative Body is justly proud to congratulate the
2018-2019 University at Buffalo Women's Basketball Team upon the
occasion of capturing the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship on
Saturday, March 16, 2019, and advancing to the second round of the NCAA
Women's Basketball National Tournament; and

WHEREAS, The fourth-seed University at Buffalo Women's Bulls
Basketball Team achieved their second MAC title with a decisive 77-61
victory over second-seed Ohio University in the championship game at
Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena; and

WHEREAS, Following their official selection for the 2019 NCAA
Tournament, the University at Buffalo Bulls entered the first round as
the 10th seed, and upset the seventh-seeded Rutgers Scarlet Knights with
a dramatic 82-71 win on Friday, March 22, 2019; and

WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by this team is due in great
part to the efforts of Coach Felisha Legette-Jack and her expert
coaching staff, skilled and inspirational tutors respected for their
ability to turn potential into excellence; and

WHEREAS, The 2018-2019 University at Buffalo Women's Basketball Team
have proven themselves to be an outstanding collection of talents,
reflecting favorably on their school; and

WHEREAS, Coach Felisha Legette-Jack 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 Felisha Legette-Jack 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 University at Buffalo Women's Basketball Team; its
members: Summer Hemphill, Finess Dickson, Aireal Dickson, Zena Elias,
Hanna Hall, Theresa Onwuka, Courtney Wilkins, Autumn Jones, Oceane

Kounkou, Ayoleka Sodade, Keowa Walters, Cierra Dillard, Adebola Adeyeye,
Marissa Hamilton, Brittany Morrison and Alexis Adams; and Coach Felisha
Legette-Jack upon the occasion of capturing the Mid-American Conference
Championship, and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Women's
Basketball National Tournament; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to the University at Buffalo Women's Basketball Team, and
Coach Felisha Legette-Jack.