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<br /> BILL NO. 22-51
<br /> SPECIAL RESOLUTION NO.4985-22
<br /> A SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
<br /> OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,INDIANA HONORING SKYLAR DIGGINS-SMITH FOR HER
<br /> CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOUTH BEND'S LEGACY OF PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS BY
<br /> BEING THE FIRST CITY NATIVE SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE WNBA DRAFT
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<br /> Ofd Skylar Kierra Diggins was born in South Bend, Indiana on August 2, 1990; and
<br /> Skylar attended Washington High School where she was the third Lady Panther to score 500
<br /> points in a single season, doing so four times from 2006-2009, leading the Lady Panthers to the State title game
<br /> each year and the championship in 2007; and
<br /> Skylar finished her high school career with 2,790 points, and winning national honors including
<br /> the Naismith Prep Player of the Year,.Gatorade National Player of the Year, Gatorade Female Athlete of the
<br /> year and Miss Indiana Basketball; and
<br /> C)Xmai, Skylar's basketball career continued afthe University of Notre Dame where, before graduating in
<br /> 2013, she started all but two games in her final three years, giving up her starting position on February 23, 2011,
<br /> and February 26, 2011, for walk-on senior teammates starting for the first and only times in their careers on
<br /> Senior Day; and
<br /> OffIA124 during Skylar's years at Notre Dame, the Irish won.130 games, went to three Final Fours, and
<br /> two national championship games; and ,
<br /> Skylar completed her collegiate career playing in 150 games with school records in points
<br /> (2,357), steals, free throws made, free throws-attempted, games started, minutes played,.double-figure scoring
<br /> games, triple-doubles and winning the Nancy Lieberman Award as the nation's top point guard twice; and
<br /> 0/C..4 among the many highlights of Skylar's incredible collegiate career is being one of only six
<br /> college players (women and men) since 1999-2000 to compile 2,000 points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists and 300
<br /> steals;
<br /> G on April 15, 2013, Skylar was a WNBA lottery pick and selected in the first round, the fourth
<br /> overall pick, by the Tulsa Shock, the first South Bend native drafted in the first round by a WNBA team; and
<br /> • Skylar scored another first when, in 2020 she became the first South Bend native to win an
<br /> Olympic gold medal in basketball; and
<br /> Chi during her continuing WNBA career, Skylar has been a four-time WNBA All-Star, ranking in
<br /> the top-10 in scoring four times, assists four times, and steals, three times; and
<br /> • the South Bend Common Council thanks Skylar for her contributions to South Bend's legacy of
<br /> professional basketball players.
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<br /> Section I. The South Bend Common Council congratulates Skylar Diggins-Smith and her husband,
<br /> Daniel Smith on the recent announcement that they are expecting their second child, giving their son, Steven, a
<br /> sibling to look forward to.
<br /> Section II The South Bend Common Council honors Skylar Diggins-Smith for her many contributions to
<br /> girl's and women's basketball during her time at'Washington High School, the University of Notre Dame, and
<br /> in the WNBA.
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