[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 310 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 310

 Honoring the life of Coach Kay Yow in remembrance of her passing, and 
 recognizing her dedication to the sport of basketball, her commitment 
  to women and women's health, and her contributions to the State of 
                            North Carolina.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 31, 2009

Mr. Shuler (for himself, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Coble, Mr. Etheridge, Ms. 
Foxx, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kissell, Mr. McHenry, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Miller of 
North Carolina, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Price of North Carolina, and Mr. Watt) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                         on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Honoring the life of Coach Kay Yow in remembrance of her passing, and 
 recognizing her dedication to the sport of basketball, her commitment 
  to women and women's health, and her contributions to the State of 
                            North Carolina.

Whereas in 1975, Coach Kay Yow was hired at North Carolina State University as 
        the head coach of women's basketball, women's softball, and women's 
        volleyball, as well as the coordinator of women's sports;
Whereas, from 1975 to 2009, Coach Yow was head coach of the women's basketball 
        team at North Carolina State University;
Whereas Coach Yow was a female leader amidst a mostly male coaching staff;
Whereas Coach Yow found immediate success as she completed her first season as 
        head coach of the women's basketball team with a 19-7 record, and took 
        her team to the Women's National Invitation Tournament;
Whereas Coach Yow coached some of the Nation's most well-known players, 
        including WNBA All-Stars Andrea Stinson, Chasity Melvin (North Carolina 
        State University's all-time leading scorer), Genia Beasley, and current 
        assistant coach, Trena Trice-Hill;
Whereas Coach Yow served as an assistant coach of the United States women's 
        basketball team on 4 gold medal-winning teams, including the 1984 
        Olympic team, the 1979 World University Games team, the 1983 Pan 
        American Games team, and the 1984 R. Williams Jones Cup team;
Whereas Coach Yow served as head coach of the United States women's basketball 
        team on 4 gold medal-winning teams, including the 1988 Olympic team, the 
        1981 World University Games team, the 1986 Goodwill Games team, and the 
        1986 World Championship Games team;
Whereas Coach Yow was also a part of the 1983 World Championship United States 
        women's basketball team that earned a silver medal;
Whereas Coach Yow was the first coach to win 2 Olympic Gold Medals since women's 
        basketball was added as an Olympic sport in 1976;
Whereas Coach Yow is 1 of 6 Division I women's head basketball coaches to 
        achieve 700 career victories, and is 1 of 8 Olympic coaches chosen to 
        lead the United States women's basketball team in the pursuit of an 
        Olympic Gold Medal;
Whereas in April 2008, Coach Yow received the Mildred ``Babe'' Zaharias 
        Didrikson Courage Award from the United States Sports Academy, 
        recognizing her achievements in the face of serious personal challenges;
Whereas Coach Yow missed 16 games during the North Carolina State University 
        women's basketball team's 2007 season to receive treatment for cancer 
        that was diagnosed in 1987;
Whereas upon her return as head coach of the team in 2007, she led the North 
        Carolina State women's basketball team on an inspirational run to the 
        Atlantic Coast Conference Championship game and to the Sweet 16 in the 
        National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament;
Whereas Coach Yow had a winning coaching career even as she faced a 22-year 
        battle with breast cancer;
Whereas following her diagnosis, Coach Yow became an inspirational leader in the 
        fight against cancer, and a strong advocate for raising awareness of 
        breast cancer and expanding scientific research into cures for women's 
        cancers;
Whereas the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), of which Coach Yow 
        was a past president and founding member, launched the Kay Yow/WBCA 
        Cancer fund on December 3, 2007, to become part of finding an answer in 
        the fight against women's cancers through raising money for scientific 
        research, assisting the underserved, and unifying people for a common 
        cause;
Whereas Coach Yow's battle with breast cancer has brought awareness of the 
        disease to women across North Carolina and throughout the Nation;
Whereas, on January 24, 2009, cancer took the life of Coach Yow; and
Whereas throughout her life, Coach Yow sacrificed to continuously be a mentor 
        and friend to her players and to help them to achieve their personal 
        best: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors the life of 
Coach Kay Yow in remembrance of her passing, and recognizes her 
dedication to the sport of basketball, her commitment to women and 
women's health, and her contributions to the State of North Carolina.
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