Honor Baldwinsville Soccer Champions

Senate Resolution No. 3103 BY: Senator DEFRANCISCO CONGRATULATING the Baldwinsville Girls Varsity Soccer Team upon the occasion of capturing the NYSPHSAA Class AA Championship WHEREAS, Excellence and success in competitive team sports can be achieved only through rigorous training, mental and physical discipline, teamwork and a dedicated coaching staff; and WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize those young individuals within our community, who by achieving outstanding success in athletic competitions, have inspired and brought great pride to their school district and community; 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, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to congratulate the Baldwinsville Girls Varsity Soccer Team upon the occasion of capturing the NYSPHSAA Class AA Championship; and WHEREAS, Before advancing to the state finals, the Baldwinsville Girls Varsity Soccer Team won the Section III Championship on October

28, 2017, at SUNY Cortland with a 3-0 win over Liverpool; and WHEREAS, On November 12, 2017, at Cortland High School, the Baldwinsville Girls Varsity Soccer Team faced off against Massapequa High School, taking home the NYSPHSAA Class AA Championship with a 2-0 victory; the nail-biting win secured the Baldwinsville Girls Varsity Soccer Team's first Class AA State Championship title; and WHEREAS, The Baldwinsville Girls Varsity Soccer Team previously won the Class A state title in 2002; and WHEREAS, Athletically and academically, the outstanding players of the Baldwinsville Girls Varsity Soccer Team proved to be a terrific combination of talent, posting a spectacular overall season record of

19-2; and WHEREAS, No team can succeed without talent throughout its entire roster, as is the case with the Baldwinsville Girls Varsity Soccer Team of Leslie Brooks, Carolyn Brussel, Leah Burrer, Madeline Bush, Kelsey Delola, Peyton Doyle, Michelle Eubank, Trystan Foglia, Jaedyn Frink, Claudia Fuller, Gillian Gipe, Alexis Huff, Hannah Johnson, Kaitlin Kelly, Laura Kick, Graisa Madden, Gwenyth Madden, Hannah Mimas, Fallon Morris, Simone Neivel, Katherine Pascale, Gabrielle Piontkowski, and Meaghan Wilson; and WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by the Baldwinsville Girls Varsity Soccer Team is due in great part to the efforts of Head Coach Kathy Morse and Assistant Coach Lisa Deil who are skilled and inspirational mentors, respected for their ability to develop potential into excellence; and WHEREAS, Coaches Kathy Morse and Lisa Deil did a superb job in guiding, molding and inspiring the members of the Baldwinsville Girls Varsity Soccer Team toward their goals; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to congratulate the Baldwinsville Girls Varsity Soccer Team upon the occasion of capturing the NYSPHSAA Class AA Championship; and be it further RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to the aforementioned players and coaches of the Baldwinsville Girls Varsity Soccer Team.