HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommendation Skylar Diggins - Being selected the Nation's No 1 Point Guard in the 2009 ClassRESOLUTION
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Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
October 27, Zo 08
Attest:
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
October 28, 20 08
City Clerk
President of Common Council
Approved and signed by me October 2 8 , 20 0 8
City Clerk
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
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hn oorde, City Clerk
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Steph n J. L ce, Mayor
Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, Attorney