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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING THE WINNERS OF THE EIGHTH ANNUAL

HOBEY BAKER HIGH SCHOOL CHARACTER PROGRAM AWARD

     

     

     Introduced By: Senators DaPonte, Metts, Sosnowski, Felag, and Algiere

     Date Introduced: March 20, 2013

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Interscholastic Hockey Coaches Association, in

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conjunction with the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation, has awarded one high school

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senior from each of the state’s forty-three participating high schools with the annual Hobey Baker

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High School Character Program Award; and

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     WHEREAS, Hobey Baker was the ultimate athlete. He was the captain of both the

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Hockey and Football teams at Princeton University in 1910. He was inducted into the College,

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the Canadian, and the American Halls of Fame. He served his country with valor and distinction

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during World War I as a fighter pilot, but shortly before returning home at the war's end, he was

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killed in a plane crash in France. He was the embodiment of true sportsmanship and is a symbol

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of the perfect hero; and

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     WHEREAS, This prestigious award, given in his honor, acknowledges the student-

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athletes who have demonstrated exemplary spirit, character, and sportsmanship on their teams, at

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their schools, and in their communities; and 

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     WHEREAS, Each of this year’s forty-three award winners are remarkable young men

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and women who have demonstrated that they are eminently worthy of this prestigious

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achievement and our recognition; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby recognizes the winners of the 2012-2013 Hobey Baker High School Character Program

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Award. We congratulate them for exhibiting superior character and exemplary sportsmanship

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during the past hockey season, and we encourage all of this year’s winners to continue to be the

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kind of determined and dedicated young men and women that America truly needs; and be it

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further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Joe and Jack Judge, Rhode Island State Co-

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Directors, Hobey Baker High School Character Program Award.

     

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