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House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: April 9, 2024 11:33 AM
From: Representative Donna Bullock and Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, Rep. Danilo Burgos, Rep. Danielle Friel Otten, Rep. G. Roni Green
To: All House members
Subject: Honoring Dawn Staley, Head Coach, University of South Carolina, Women’s Basketball Team National Champions
 
Dawn Staley currently serves as the Head Coach of the University of South Carolina, Women’s Basketball Team. On Sunday, April 7, 2024, Dawn led the team to their third National Championship title. The number one ranked Gamecocks finished the season undefeated with a perfect record of 38-0. Dawn was named National Coach of the Year for the fifth time.

Dawn is a phenomenal coach, a talented player, and a North Philadelphia native. She is no stranger to achievement in the game of basketball. Dawn is a graduate of Dobbins Tech High School, where she was named, “USA Today’s National High School Player of the Year,” as a senior. The girls’ gymnasium is named in her honor. Dawn is a graduate of the University of Virgina, where was a two-time Naismith Award Winner. Dawn made history as the first former Naismith Player of the Year to earn the Naismith Coach of the Year award. Dawn served as the former Head Coach of the Temple University, Women’s Basketball Team, for eight seasons. Dawn was named as one of the WNBA’s top 15, one of the most influential players in league history. Dawn is an Olympic Gold Medalist as both a player and a Coach. “Dawn Staley Lane,” is located on Diamond Street, between 23rd and 25th Streets.

Please join us in sponsoring this resolution to honor, Pennsylvania native, Dawn Staley, on leading the University of South Carolina Women’s Basketball Team to an undefeated season, winning the 2024 National Championship.