South Carolina General Assembly

120th Session, 2013-2014

H. 5371

STATUS INFORMATION

House Resolution

Sponsors: Reps. Gagnon, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bannister, Barfield, Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Branham, Brannon, G.A.Brown, R.L.Brown, Burns, Chumley, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, H.A.Crawford, K.R.Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Edge, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Funderburk, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hardwick, Harrell, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Kennedy, King, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, M.S.McLeod, W.J.McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C.Moss, V.S.Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, Neal, Newton, Norman, Norrell, R.L.Ott, Owens, Parks, Patrick, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sabb, Sandifer, Sellers, Simrill, Skelton, G.M.Smith, G.R.Smith, J.E.Smith, J.R.Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Toole, Vick, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Wood

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Introduced in the House on June 5, 2014

Adopted by the House on June 5, 2014

Summary: DeAndre Hurley

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number

6/5/2014 House Introduced and adopted (House Journalpage11)

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

6/5/2014

A HOUSE RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR DEANDRÉ HURLEY FOR HIS OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL TRACK RECORD AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM FOR WINNING THE CLASS AA SOUTH CAROLINA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TRACK TITLE IN THE ONE HUNDRED TEN METER HURDLES.

Whereas, the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina is pleased to learn that DeAndré Hurley of the Abbeville High School track team took top honors at the 2014 state competition in the one hundred ten meter hurdles; and

Whereas, as early as his freshman year at Abbeville High, DeAndré Hurley placed third in the state meet in the four hundred meter hurdles and was named the team’s Most Improved Player; and

Whereas, a threesport athlete, he was a member of the varsity football team when Abbeville captured the 2011 Class AA State Championship in the fall of his sophomore year, and he also received the varsity basketball team’s Sportsmanship Award; and

Whereas, in the spring of his sophomore year, DeAndré Hurley garnered the 2012 state trophy in the four hundred meter hurdles, took a thirdplace finish at state in the one hundred ten meter hurdles, and was named his team’s Most Valuable Player; and

Whereas, he was a starting corner back for the football team his junior year when the Abbeville Panthers were the runners up in the 2012 state championship; and

Whereas, in numerous meets during the course of his junior and senior years, he continued to excel by capturing first place in multiple events while accomplishing many season and personal bests; and

Whereas, in 2013 and 2014, he was named the track Regional Player of the Year. Three times he was named his school’s Most Valuable Runner of the Year, and he holds school records in the one and two hundred meters and the one hundred ten meter hurdles and was the first individual track state champion in Abbeville High School’s history; and

Whereas, excelling in academics as well as athletics, DeAndré Hurley is an A/B Honor Roll student and a National Honor Roll Society student and has received 2014 scholarships from Operation Impact, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Betty Jo McGagha, and Piedmont AbbevilleGreenwood African Methodist Episcopal Church; and

Whereas, throughout high school, he has been a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and he volunteers with the Upward Bound Program at the Greenwood Senior Center and has served as a counselor for Abbeville High’s basketball camp; and

Whereas, he has been employed as a crew member at the Abbeville KFCTaco Bell since June 2013, and he is a devoted member of St. Peter African Methodist Episcopal Church, serving as the chairperson for the Youth Joy Night and a youth leader for the Young PeopleChurch School and for the youth services; and

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives appreciates the pride and recognition that DeAndré Hurley has brought to his school and his community, and the members look to hear of his continued accomplishments in the days ahead. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, recognize and honor DeAndré Hurley for his outstanding high school track record and congratulate him for winning the Class AA South Carolina State Championship track title in the one hundred ten meter hurdles.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to DeAndré Hurley.

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