--- title: SR 522. Brown Jr., Wendell; congratulate collection: bills id: 2025-2026/sr522 cite_as: SR 522, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr522 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr522.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr522/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71928 date: 2025-04-02 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-08-28 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. 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Brown Jr., Wendell; congratulate ## Text 25 LC 112 3591 Senate Resolution 522 By: Senators Esteves of the 35th, Kemp of the 38th and Orrock of the 36th A RESOLUTION Congratulating Wendell Brown Jr. for winning the 2024-2025 GHSA Class A Division I1 Boys State Basketball Championship; and for other purposes.2 WHEREAS, the BEST Academy boys basketball team has established and maintained a3 proud tradition of excellence with equal emphases on character and academics; and4 WHEREAS, excellent play, superior teamwork, and extraordinary resilience made this team5 a spectacular one to observe throughout the season, and as a fitting finale to its remarkable6 2025 campaign, the team captured its first-ever state championship; and7 WHEREAS, the phenomenal performance of the team is a clear indication of the outstanding8 athletic ability, dedication, hard work, and unity of purpose and spirit of each member of the9 team; its superb offensive and defensive talents; and the astut e direction of coaches Brian10 Weeden, Mario Lemons Sr., Damian Goodwin, and Jessica Johnson; and11 WHEREAS, the team was further supported throughout the season b y Managers ZaMya12 Wallace and Taylor Roach'e as well as Athletic Trainer Lance Hibbert-Parrish; and13 S. R. 522 - 1 - 25 LC 112 3591 WHEREAS, this all-star team included Xion Evans #1, Jacob Mickell #4, Nicholas Dozier14 #10, Alexander Barrett #11, Mario Lemons Jr. #14, Joshua Mickell #15, Wendell Brown Jr.15 #21, and Curtis Martin #25; and16 WHEREAS, as this magnificent team earned its well-deserved reputation for excellence by17 performing with courage and precision over months of training a nd competition, it is18 abundantly proper to call them champions.19 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body20 congratulate Wendell Brown Jr. for winning the 2024-2025 GHSA Class A Division I Boys21 State Basketball Championship and extend best wishes for continued success.22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed23 to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Wendell Brown24 Jr.25 S. R. 522 - 2 - ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia Senate resolution formally congratulates Wendell Brown Jr. of the BEST Academy boys basketball team for winning the 2024-2025 GHSA Class A Division I state basketball championship. ### Plain-language summary This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia Senate, not a change to state law. It recognizes Wendell Brown Jr., a player on the BEST Academy boys basketball team, for the team's 2024-2025 GHSA Class A Division I state championship win. The resolution praises the team's coaches, managers, athletic trainer, and roster, and formally congratulates Brown Jr. on behalf of the Senate. It directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to him as a keepsake of the honor. ### What it does - Formally congratulates Wendell Brown Jr. on behalf of the Georgia Senate for winning the 2024-2025 GHSA Class A Division I state basketball championship. - Extends the Senate's best wishes to Brown Jr. for continued success. - Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to Wendell Brown Jr. - Names and recognizes the BEST Academy team's coaches, managers, athletic trainer, and full roster in the resolution's text. ### Who it affects The resolution directly names and honors Wendell Brown Jr., a member of the BEST Academy boys basketball team, along with his teammates, coaches, managers, and athletic trainer, and involves the Secretary of the Senate in distributing the document. ### Why it matters The resolution carries no legal or financial effect; it is a symbolic honor. For Brown Jr. and his teammates, it provides official state recognition of their championship season, commemorated in an official Senate document. ### Key provisions - The whereas clauses describe the BEST Academy team's 2024-2025 season and its first-ever state championship win. - The resolution names coaches Brian Weeden, Mario Lemons Sr., Damian Goodwin, and Jessica Johnson, and lists all team members including Wendell Brown Jr. #21. - The first resolving clause has the Senate congratulate Wendell Brown Jr. specifically and wish him continued success. - The second resolving clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a copy available for distribution to Brown Jr. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-04-02) - Last action: Senate Read and Adopted (2025-04-02) - Sponsors: Jason Esteves, RaShaun Kemp, Nan Orrock - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71928 > The history, votes, and amendments (94 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr522.md?full=1