Commendation Skylar Diggins - Being selected the Nation's No 1 Point Guard in the 2009 Class

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RESOLUTION NO. 3~ ~ 2-~~ A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, PUBLICLY COMMENDING SKLYAR DIGGINS OF WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR HER MANY ACADEMIC TALENTS AND FOR BEING SELECTED THE NATION'S NO. 1 POINT GUARD IN THE 2009 CLASS ~~1~,~~, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, is proud to recognize the Skylar Diggins, a senior at Washington High School, who has a 3.87 GPA; is a member of the National Honor Society; is ranked in the top ten (10) in her high school class; and volunteers with youth groups at the Martin Luther King Recreation Center; and "~~, the Common Council recognizes the Skylar Diggins is ranked No. 1 in the nation in the 2009 class by ESPN HoopGuriz, and as a point guard for the South Bend Washington Lady Panthers Basketball Team is known as "one of the most savvy players on the court...and an incredible competitor..."; and "mod, Skylar Diggins stands 5' 9" and "...being left handed really gives defenses fits", & as a proficient 3-point shooter has excellent range a few feet behind the arc, along with her pull-up jumper. Skylar. was named to the AP All-State Girls Basketball Team for the 2007-2008 season; as a sophomore in 2006 played in the City Securities Hall of Fame Classic & was named to the AAU National All-American Team; and "~h, Skylar Diggins was named the "Burger King Outstanding Student Athlete of the Week" in February of this year; was named the 2008 Gatorade Indiana Girls Basketball Player of the Year which recognizes "outstanding athletic excellence as well as academic achievement and exemplary character" with Skylar leading the Lady Panthers to a 23-3 record and led the team to their 3`d state title championship game this past basketball season, where she averaged astate-best 29.5 points per game; and ~~., Skylar Diggins was selected to be a member of the 2008 USA Basketball's Women's U18 National Team, a 12-member squad chosen after three days of trials at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, and competed in the FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Women in July in Buenos, Aires; and was also selected as a Parade 1St-team and USA Today 3`d team All-American this year. P/l~ou, eT~~ ~ ~~~~ by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: Section I. On behalf of all of the citizens of the City of South Bend, Indiana, the Common Council hereby publicly commends and congratulates Slcylar Diggins, a Washington High School Senior for the many honors which she has earned in the classroom and on the basketball court, and as her former Coach Marilyn Coddens stated, Skylar is "so versatile, with an inside and outside game. She is so knowledgeable and unselfish...and offthe court she is a teacher's dream". Section II The Common Council wishes Skylar Diggins continued success as an outstanding academic student, as a gifted team leader of the South Bend Washington Lady Panthers Basketball Team this season, and wishes her and her family the very best as she is recruited by almost every major collegiate program in the nation. Section III . This Resolution shall be in full force and e ~~~ hn oorde, City Clerk uncil c~j~l tom. Z? d°'~ ~2~, ,2008 Steph n J. L ce, Mayor Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, Attorney