SR303: SR303 Brookwood High School Girls Swim and Dive Team; congratulate

This resolution is a ceremonial measure from the Georgia Senate honoring the Brookwood High School girls swim and dive team for capturing its second consecutive state title in the 2025 GHSA Class 6A State Swimming and Diving Championship. The text recounts the team's decisive 427-269 win over runner-up Harrison and highlights standout swimmers, including Nicole Amike, who won individual state titles in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events and swam on the winning 200-yard freestyle relay team with Sophie Hamilton, Hailey Dopson, and Amelia Moore, and Hailey Dopson, who also won the 100-yard backstroke. The resolution formally congratulates the team and directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare a copy for distribution to the team. It does not change any Georgia law.

• Formally congratulates the Brookwood High School girls swim and dive team for winning the 2025 GHSA Class 6A State Swimming and Diving Championship.
• States the team defeated runner-up Harrison by a score of 427-269 to win its second consecutive state title.
• Names individual achievements, including Nicole Amike's wins in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle and Hailey Dopson's win in the 100-yard backstroke.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the team.

The resolution directly names and honors the Brookwood High School girls swim and dive team and specific swimmers, including Nicole Amike, Sophie Hamilton, Hailey Dopson, and Amelia Moore, as well as Brookwood High School itself.

This is a symbolic honor with no legal or funding effect. It provides the team with an official Senate record of recognition for their championship season, which the Secretary of the Senate will distribute to them as a keepsake.

• The whereas clauses describe the team's second consecutive state title and 427-269 win over Harrison in the 2025 GHSA Class 6A championship.
• The resolution credits Nicole Amike with individual titles in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle and a role on the winning 200-yard freestyle relay.
• It credits Hailey Dopson with an individual state title in the 100-yard backstroke.
• The resolving clause formally extends the Senate's congratulations and best wishes for the team's continued success.
• A final clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a copy available for distribution to the team.

1. 2025-02-28Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
2. 2025-02-27Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Nikki Merritt (D, SD-009)Primary sponsor
• Nabilah Islam Parkes (D, SD-007)
• Tonya Anderson (D, SD-043)
• Randal Mangham (D, SD-055)
• Shawn Still (R, SD-048)
• Clint Dixon (R, SD-045)
• Sheikh Rahman (D, SD-005)
• Bill Cowsert (R, SD-046)

• high school sports
• swimming and diving
• Gwinnett County schools
• legislative honors