Session 2000
Effective: March 31, 2000
SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1837
A Resolution congratulating and commending the Shawnee Heights High School boys basketball team and Coach Craig Cox for winning the 2000 Class 5A State Basketball Championship.
� � � WHEREAS,� The Shawnee Heights High School boys basketball team won the
2000 Kansas State High School Activities Association Class 5A State Basketball
Championship at the Kansas Expocentre, Topeka, on March 11, 2000; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Shawnee Heights won the state championship with a thrilling 48-47
victory over the number 1 seed, Kansas City-Schlagle High School, in the state cham-
pionship game. To get to the championship game, Shawnee Heights, seeded number
7, defeated the number 2 seed, Bishop Miege, and the number 6 seed, Hays, which
was previously undefeated; and

� � � WHEREAS,� The Shawnee Heights High School "Thunderbirds" basketball team
finished the season with an 18-7 record; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Coach Cox was named by the Topeka Capital Journal as the All-State
Coach of the Year, C.T. Bryant and Jesse Schmidt were named to the All-Class 5A
Second Team, and Gary Woodland was selected as All-Class 5A Honorable Mention;
and

� � � WHEREAS,� The five starters were C.T. Bryant, Gary Woodland, Dustin Denton,
Ryan Finan and Jesse Schmidt; the other team members were Charlie Devlin, Sean
Hubbard, Lance Collins, Chris Dow, Erik Torrez, Nathan Burney, Craig Emme,
DeWayne Garrett and Rusty Kroenke; and the coaches were Craig Cox, head coach,
and Bob Wells and Tony Turner; and

� � � WHEREAS,� The members of this outstanding basketball team have received
statewide recognition for their fine sportsmanship and athletic abilities; and

� � � WHEREAS,� The success of this team is due to its excellent teamwork, strong
competitive spirit and determination to win plus the enthusiastic support of the
school's administrators, the faculty, the students, the players' parents and many area
citizens: Now, therefore,

� � � Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas:�That the Shawnee Heights
High School boys basketball team and Coach Cox be congratulated and commended
for winning the 2000 Kansas State High School Activities Association Class 5A State
Basketball Championship; and

� � � Be it further resolved:�That the Secretary of the Senate be directed to send five
enrolled copies of this resolution to Warren W. Watson, Principal, Shawnee Heights
Senior High School, Tecumseh, Kansas 66542-9795.

Senate Resolution No. 1837 was sponsored by Senator Anthony Hensley.