[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11001]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




HONORING COACH TIM MARZUOLA'S ELECTION INTO THE NATIONAL WRESTLING HALL 
                                OF FAME

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 20, 2004

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a legend in 
high school wrestling in Texas, Coach Tim Marzuola of Highland Park 
High School. Coach Marzuola has been elected as a member of the 2004 
induction class for the National Wrestling Hall of Fame located in 
Stillwater, Oklahoma. I am proud to represent Highland Park in 
Congress, and I have four graduates of Highland Park High School that 
serve in my Dallas and Washington, D.C offices. My Washington office 
Chief of Staff wrestled for Coach Marzuola back when he was at Highland 
Park High School.
  In 1999, Highland Park's wrestling team was nationally ranked and 
Coach Marzuola was a national high school coach of the year award-
winner. The Scots won state titles in 1999, 2000, and 2003 and placed 
second in 2002 and 2004. Coach Marzuola has guided the Scots since 
1982, and last year he was named as a coach for the tremendously 
successful Team Texas program. He was inducted into Texas Hall of Honor 
in 1994. I am very proud that he is being recognized nationally for 
over twenty years of diligent service to wrestling in Highland Park.
  Coach Marzuola's commitment to his team on and off of the mats is 
exceptional, as he has set a standard for excellence within his sport. 
Coach Tim Marzuola has provided his athletes with exceptional 
leadership and inspiration, emphasizing to each student the necessary 
traits of individual responsibility, accountability, and working as a 
team to accomplish a common goal.
  I thank Coach Marzuola for his tireless efforts and service to the 
greater Highland Park community. In addition to his duties as the Head 
Wresting Coach, he also is a superb Economics and United States History 
teacher inside the classroom. I wish him and the Highland Park 
wrestling program all the best for continued success and achievement.

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