Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HR 72 - Zeier, Eric; commend

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HR 72                                              LC 9 8006






                             A RESOLUTION

  1- 1  Commending Eric Zeier; and for other purposes.

  1- 2  WHEREAS, Eric Zeier is a student athlete in the truest sense
  1- 3  of the phrase; and

  1- 4  WHEREAS, Eric Zeier came to Cobb County and Marietta High
  1- 5  School to lead the Blue Devils' football team as their
  1- 6  quarterback; and

  1- 7  WHEREAS, he completed 136 of 231 passes for 2,484 yards and
  1- 8  28 touchdowns as a senior at Marietta, and he was named High
  1- 9  School Athlete of the Year by the Georgia Sports Hall of
  1-10  Fame in 1990; and

  1-11  WHEREAS, he chose the University of Georgia over hundreds of
  1-12  other colleges and universities as the place at which to
  1-13  pursue his collegiate academic and athletic careers and
  1-14  entered the university in 1991 under the joint-enrollment
  1-15  program for outstanding high school students; and

  1-16  WHEREAS, during his four-year athletic career as a
  1-17  University of Georgia Bulldog, he completed 838 passes for
  1-18  11,153 career passing yards and 67 touchdowns and was
  1-19  responsible for 10,841 total offense yards gained; and

  1-20  WHEREAS, Eric Zeier leads the Southeastern Conference in
  1-21  passing yards gained in a career, in number of total offense
  1-22  yards gained in a career, in number of pass completions in a
  1-23  career, and in percentage of passes completed in a single
  1-24  season and has the third highest rank in the history of
  1-25  Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association
  1-26  in passing yards gained in a career; and

  1-27  WHEREAS, Eric Zeier led the Bulldogs to impressive
  1-28  postseason bowl game victories over Arkansas in the
  1-29  Independence Bowl and Ohio State in the Citrus Bowl; and

  1-30  WHEREAS, he has continually exhibited great leadership and
  1-31  strength in the face of adversity, including leading the
  1-32  Bulldogs to halt Auburn's 1993-94 unbeaten, untied stretch;
  1-33  and





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                                                   LC 9 8006

  2- 1  WHEREAS, Eric Zeier achieved success in scholastics as well
  2- 2  as athletics at the University of Georgia and was named to
  2- 3  the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

  2- 4  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
  2- 5  REPRESENTATIVES that Eric Zeier is commended for his
  2- 6  personal achievements and great contributions to the
  2- 7  University of Georgia and the people of this state.

  2- 8  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of
  2- 9  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an
  2-10  appropriate copy of this resolution to Eric Zeier.


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