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City of South Bend
Common Council
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October 18, 2022
South Bend Common Council
4th Floor, County-City Building
South Bend, IN 46601
Filed in Clerk 's Office
OCT 18 2022
DAWN M. JONES
CITY CLERK , SOU TH BEND, IN
Re: A SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA HONORING JACKIE
BATTEAST FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOUTH BEND'S
LEGACY OF PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS BY BEING
THE FIRST CITY NATIVE DRAFTED BY THE WNBA
Dear Council Members:
I have submitted special resolutions congratulating two young men from South
Bend who were chosen in the first round of the NBA draft. In doing so, I
realized that I was remiss in not similarly recognizing the first two women
from South Bend chosen in the WNBA draft, Jackie Batteast and Skylar
Diggins-Smith. I am submitting two special resolutions to remedy this
oversight.
Please file this special resolution and include it on the agenda for the Council
meeting on October 24, 2022, under "Special Business".
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely yours ,
Sharon McBride, President,
South Bend Common Council
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BILL NO. 22-52
OCT 1 H zoa
SPECIAL RESOLUTION NO. 4986-22
DAW~'M. JO\JES
A SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON ti ei[RK. sr"J~f' BEND, IN
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA HONORING JACKIE BATTEAST FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS
TO SOUTH BEND'S LEGACY OF PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS BY BEING THE FIRST CITY
NATIVE DRAFTED BY THE WNBA
~ Jacqueline (Jackie) Batteast was born in South Bend, Indiana on March 16, 1982; and
~ Jackie attended Washington High School where she was the second Lady Panther to score 500
points in a single season in 2001 and finished her high school career with 1,635 points; and
~ Jackie's basketball career continued at the University of Notre Dame where, before graduating in
2005 , she started a school record 97 consecutive games and scored 1,874 career points; and
~ among the many highlights of Jackie's incredible collegiate career was an NCAA tournament
game on March 23 , 2004, against Middle Tennessee State, where she scored 27 points in 28 minutes, making 13
of 17 shots, combined with 12 rebounds , to put the Irish in the Sweet 16; and
~ Jackie was named a finalist for the prestigious Naismith award, honoring the most outstanding
women's basketball player, in 2004 ; and
~ on April 16 , 2005, Jackie was selected in the second round of the Women's National Basketball
Association by the Minnesota Lynx, the first South Bend native drafted by a WNBA team ; and
~ Jackie was a part of the 2006 WNBA championship team as a member of Detroit Shock; and
~ after Jackie 's professional playing days were over, she returned to her hometown, spent time as
an assistant coach for the Washington High School Lady Panthers and continues to contribute to the South Bend
community to this day; and
~ the South Bend Common Council thanks Jackie for her contributions to South Bend's legacy of
professional basketball players.
Section I. The South Bend Common Council honors Jackie Batteast for her many contributions to girl's
and women's basketball during her time at Washington High School , the University of Notre Dame, and in the
WNBA.
Section II. The Common Council thanks Jackie for returning to her hometown and continuing to be a
role model for all South Bend basketball players.
Section III. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Common
Council and approval by the Mayor.
Approved this 24th day of October 2022
Sharon McBride, President
South Bend Common Council
Sheila Niezgodski, 6th District Council
Member
Canneth Lee, 1st District Council Member
Karen L. White, At Large Council Member
Henry Davis, Jr., 2nd District Council Member
Lori K. Hamann, At Large Council Member
Troy Warner, 4th District Council Member
Rachel Tomas Morgan, At Large Council
Member
Eli Wax, 5th District Council Member