SR530: SR530 BEST Academy Boys Basketball Team; congratulate

This resolution is a ceremonial honor from the Georgia Senate rather than a change to state law. It recognizes the BEST Academy boys basketball team for capturing the 2024-2025 GHSA (Georgia High School Association) Class A Division I Boys State Basketball Championship, the team's first-ever state title. The resolution praises the team's coaches, managers, athletic trainer, and named players for their performance during the season. It directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare copies of the resolution for distribution to the team's staff members, formalizing the congratulations in an official document.

• Formally congratulates the BEST Academy boys basketball team for winning the 2024-2025 GHSA Class A Division I Boys State Basketball Championship.
• Names the team's coaches, managers, athletic trainer, and players in the official Senate record.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to produce copies of the resolution for distribution to the team's staff members.
• Extends best wishes from the Senate for the team's continued success, with no funding or legal changes attached.

The BEST Academy boys basketball team, including its players, coaches Brian Weeden, Mario Lemons Sr., Damian Goodwin, and Jessica Johnson, its managers, and its athletic trainer, all of whom are named and honored in the resolution.

The resolution carries no legal or financial effect; it is a formal, symbolic recognition. For the team and school community, it provides an official record of the Senate's acknowledgment of their state championship achievement.

• The whereas clauses describe the team's season, its first-ever state championship, and credit the coaching staff, managers, and athletic trainer by name.
• Lists the players on the championship roster by name and jersey number.
• The resolved clause has the Senate officially congratulate the team and wish it continued success.
• A further resolved clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to the team's staff members.

1. 2025-04-02Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
2. 2025-03-31Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Jason Esteves (D, SD-035)Primary sponsor
• RaShaun Kemp (D, SD-038)
• Nan Orrock (D, SD-036)

• high school sports
• basketball championship
• BEST Academy
• legislative recognition