SR269: SR269 University of Georgia Women's Tennis Team; congratulate

This resolution is a ceremonial statement from the Georgia Senate rather than a law that changes anyone's rights or duties. It praises the University of Georgia women's tennis team for winning the 2025 ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) National Team Indoor Championship, describing key moments from the deciding matches, including wins by Guillermina Grant, Anastasiia Lopata, Dasha Vidmanova, Mell Reasco, Sofia Rojas, and Aysegul Mert, and crediting Head Coach Drake Bernstein. The resolution formally congratulates the team and wishes them continued success. It also directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the team, which is a common closing step for these commemorative measures.

• Formally congratulates the University of Georgia women's tennis team for winning the 2025 ITA National Team Indoor Championship.
• Recounts specific match results from the championship, naming individual players and their scores in doubles and singles play.
• Credits Head Coach Drake Bernstein for leading the team to the title.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the team.

The resolution directly names the University of Georgia women's tennis team, its individual players, and Head Coach Drake Bernstein. It also involves the Secretary of the Senate, who must prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to the team.

This is a symbolic honor with no legal or financial effect on Georgians. It formally recognizes the team's championship in the official record of the Georgia Senate and provides the team with a keepsake copy of that recognition.

• The whereas clauses describe the team's season, individual match results, and Dasha Vidmanova's historic championship trifecta in team, singles, and doubles play.
• The resolved clause formally congratulates the team and wishes it continued success.
• A further resolved clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a copy available for distribution to the team.

1. 2025-02-27Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
2. 2025-02-26Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Matt Brass (R, SD-006)Primary sponsor
• Bo Hatchett (R, SD-050)
• RaShaun Kemp (D, SD-038)
• Freddie Sims (D, SD-012)
• Nikki Merritt (D, SD-009)
• Sonya Halpern (D, SD-039)
• Kim Jackson (D, SD-041)
• Shawn Still (R, SD-048)
• Timothy Bearden (R, SD-030)
• Ricky Williams (R, SD-025)
• Randy Robertson (R, SD-029)
• Donzella James (D, SD-028)
• Brian Strickland (R, SD-042)
• Frank Ginn (R, SD-047)
• Chuck Payne (R, SD-054)
• Chuck Hufstetler (R, SD-052)
• Larry Walker (R, SD-020)
• Blake Tillery (R, SD-019)
• Kay Kirkpatrick (R, SD-032)
• Russ Goodman (R, SD-008)
• Clint Dixon (R, SD-045)
• Bill Cowsert (R, SD-046)

• University of Georgia
• college tennis
• Georgia Senate resolution
• sports recognition