LR 485

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                                 ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE
                                         SECOND SESSION
                        LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION 485
Introduced by Prokop, 27.
      WHEREAS, in its forty-first year of honoring the nation's best athletes,
Gatorade announced senior guard Uzziah Sanders of Lincoln Southwest High School
as the 2025-26 Gatorade Nebraska Boys Basketball Player of the Year; and
      WHEREAS, the Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one
winner in each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia that sanction
high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and
girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls
track and field, and also recognizes one National Player of the Year in each
sport; and
      WHEREAS,      this    award   recognizes    outstanding      athletic    excellence,      high
standards of academic achievement, exemplary character demonstrated on and off
the   field,      and    distinguishes   Uzziah    as   Nebraska's    best     high   school    boys
basketball player; and
      WHEREAS, Uzziah helped lead Lincoln Southwest to their first-ever Class A
state title and is Southwest's all-time leading scorer, averaging 23.6 points,
3.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 2.6 steals per game this season; and
      WHEREAS, the Legislature recognizes Uzziah's dedication to basketball,
academics, and achievements as a student-athlete in Nebraska.
      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONE HUNDRED NINTH
LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA, SECOND SESSION:
      1.   That    the     Legislature   congratulates    Uzziah     Sanders    for   earning    the
Gatorade Player of the Year Award.
      2. That copies of this resolution be sent to Uzziah Sanders and Lincoln
Southwest High School.
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