[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 44 (Monday, March 22, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN HONOR OF MS. JACQUELIN PITTS

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                         HON. MICHAEL N. CASTLE

                              of delaware

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 22, 2010

  Mr. CASTLE. Madam Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise 
today to pay tribute to Jacquelin Pitts, an exemplary woman who is to 
be inducted into the Hall of Fame of Delaware Women. Jackie is truly 
deserving of this high distinction for the profound impact she has made 
not only here in Delaware, but around the world, as well.
  Jacquelin Pitts is a gifted athlete, devoted educator, and invaluable 
leader in the Delaware community. She has advanced the sport of women's 
lacrosse around the world, providing advocacy and coaching in North 
America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, developing it in Japan and the 
former Czechoslovakia, as well as introducing the sport to Cuba. Here 
in the First State, she helped co-found the Delaware Women's Lacrosse 
Association, the Delaware High School Girls All-Star Game, and lacrosse 
and field hockey camps for high school students, serving 13,000 girls 
over 25 years.
  Jackie's positive influence on young people extends beyond the field 
and into the classrooms and hearts of those she has coached, taught and 
worked with over the years. Now in her 51st year as a math teacher at 
Sanford School, she was also chairwoman of the Math Department for 25 
years. She was selected for a U.S. Presidential Scholar's Teacher 
Recognition Award in 2000, and was once chosen to serve on an advisory 
committee to the U.S. Department of Education.
  Jackie has made an indelible impact on the sport of lacrosse for 
girls and women locally and worldwide as a player, coach and ambassador 
with lacrosse associations in Delaware, around the United States and 
internationally. She continues to contribute to our State as a teacher, 
community leader and role model. I commend her for her outstanding 
service to the State of Delaware, and wish her all the best as she 
accepts the well-merited honor of being inducted into the Hall of Fame 
of Delaware Women.

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