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BILL NO. 22-49 <br />SPECIAL RESOLUTION NO. 4983-22 L <br />CITYCL <br />A SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA CONGRATULATING BLAKE WESLEY, ONE OF SOUTH <br />BEND'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION'S 2022 FIRST ROUND DRAFT SELECTIONS <br />~ Blake Carrington Wesley was born in South Bend, Indiana on March 16 , 2003 ; and <br />~ Blake's parents, Derrick and Leslie Wesley, grew up in the South Bend area, and are products of <br />the South Bend Community School Corporation; and <br />~ sports are in Blake's blood, his father was an outstanding basketball player at Riley High School, <br />going on to play for Ball State University and his mother played basketball , ran track and was a cheerleader for <br />LaSalle High School; and <br />~ Blake is also a product of the South Bend School Corporation, having also graduated from James <br />Whitcomb Riley High School in 2021 ; and <br />~ Blake's career with the Wildcats included 1,496 points, an average of27. l points a game; and <br />~ after an outstanding high school career where he was named to the Indiana All-Star team as a <br />senior while leading the Wildcats to the 4A sectional title, Blake chose to stay in his hometown and play college <br />basketball for the University of Notre Dame; and <br />~ in his year playing for the Irish, Blake led the team in scoring, averaging 14.4 points a game <br />while also averaging 3.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.3 steals; and <br />~ Blake's career with the Irish included the game winning basket over perennial powerhouse <br />Kentucky; and <br />~ Blake elected to take his talents to the National Basketball Association where, on June 23 , 2022 , <br />Blake became the first player from the South Bend public school system to be selected in the first round of the <br />NBA draft; and <br />~ the South Bend Common Council , along with all other South Bend basketball fans , wish to send <br />Blake off to San Antonio with best wishes for a long and storied career in the NBA . <br />Section I. The South Bend Common Council thanks Derrick and Leslie Wesley for choosing to return to <br />South Bend to raise their family.