HR 1688: First Preparatory Christian Academy boys basketball team; winning the 2026 GIAA Class A Boys State Basketball Championship; commend

This resolution is a formal statement from the Georgia House of Representatives honoring the First Preparatory Christian Academy boys basketball team in Hinesville. The team won the 2026 GIAA Class A Boys State Basketball Championship, marking a back-to-back state title. The resolution praises the school's mission of combining academics, athletics, and Christian character development, and credits Head Coach Shane Smith and Headmaster Leah Gumatatao for the team's success. The resolution does not change any Georgia law. It formally congratulates the team, recognizes the coaching staff, players, students, and families involved, and directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send a copy of the resolution to the school as a keepsake of the honor.

• Formally congratulates the First Preparatory Christian Academy boys basketball team for winning the 2026 GIAA Class A Boys State Basketball Championship.
• Recognizes Head Coach Shane Smith, Headmaster Leah Gumatatao, coaching staff, players, students, and families for their role in the achievement.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and send a copy of the resolution to the school.
• Does not create, amend, or repeal any Georgia statute or appropriate any state funding.

The resolution directly names First Preparatory Christian Academy in Hinesville, its boys basketball team, Head Coach Shane Smith, Headmaster Leah Gumatatao, and the students and families connected to the school and its athletic program.

The resolution carries no legal or financial effect but serves as an official, public recognition from the Georgia House of Representatives of a private school team's athletic achievement, giving the school and community a formal record of the honor.

• The resolution's whereas clauses describe First Preparatory Christian Academy, its roughly 300 students, and its athletic program's six core values.
• The first resolving clause congratulates the team for winning the 2026 GIAA Class A Boys State Basketball Championship.
• The second resolving clause recognizes Head Coach Shane Smith, Headmaster Leah Gumatatao, coaching staff, players, students, and families.
• The final resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to send a copy of the resolution to the school.

1. 2026-03-12House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2026-03-12House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-12House Hopper (House)

• Al Williams (D, HD-168)Primary sponsor
• Buddy DeLoach (R, HD-167)

• high school sports
• Hinesville Georgia
• basketball championship
• private Christian schools