[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 26, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H650-H651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              TRIBUTE TO TIM DUNCAN OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands [Ms. Christian-Green] is recognized 
for 5 minutes.

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  Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with great pride to 
recognize and pay tribute to a superb athlete and a wonderful Virgin 
Islander: Tim Duncan of Wake Forest University.
  Timmy, as he is better known by his friends back home, has been a 
star center for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons since 1993 and is 
currently one of the 12 players in the running to be named the 1997 
College Basketball Player of the Year.
  Last night, at the end of the Demon Deacons' last home game and at 
Tim's last home game as a student at Wake Forest, the university and 
the Winston-Salem community paid tribute to this outstanding student-
athlete by making him only the eighth player to have his jersey, No. 
21, retired.
  I had the privilege of attending last night's ceremony to personally 
extend congratulations to Timmy and to his family on behalf of his 
thousands of friends back home in the Virgin Islands and Virgin 
Islanders across the country who could not be there to congratulate him 
in person.
  Mr. Speaker, entering this month, Timmy had played in 114 consecutive 
games at Wake Forest. He holds the distinction of participating in more 
winning games as a Demon Deacon than any other player in Wake Forest 
history.
  The premier player in America for 1996-97, according to leading 
college basketball experts, Timmy will complete his career at Wake 
Forest as the NCAA all-time leader in blocked shots. He has blocked at 
least one shot in all of his first 114 games at Wake Forest.
  Mr. Speaker, it goes without saying how especially proud the people 
of the Virgin Islands are of their native son, Tim Duncan. I ask my 
colleagues to please join me in congratulating this wonderful student-
athlete as well as his family, who were with him last night as we 
witnessed him receiving his honor in front of thousands of cheering 
Wake Forest University fans. Tim's family who were with him last night 
are his proud father, William Duncan, his older sister Cheryl, and her 
husband Rick Lowery and their children Sheynne, Kristin and Delysia; 
his youngest sister Tricia and older brother Scott.
  A heartfelt congratulations to Timmy and his family and best of luck 
to Wake Forest as they prepare for the ACC and NCAA tournaments.
  Go Deacons.
  Mr. Speaker, that concludes my remarks this afternoon.

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