HJR79 Summary

• Commends Zeke Gossett of Cropwell, Alabama, for winning the 2011 Overall Youth Championship of the Alabama State Bass Angler Sportsman Society with a three-fish limit weighing 6.24 pounds at Lake Wheeler in Decatur.

• Recognizes his achievement of five major youth tournament victories in four years and awards at state, regional, and national levels.

• Notes his 2010 selection as Alabama Sports Festival Athlete of the Year from 4,000 contestants and his September 2011 Sports Illustrated "Faces in the Crowd" profile.

• Honors his academic achievements as a straight-A student and Beta Club member at Pell City High School, along with his church involvement.

• House adopted the resolution on February 16, 2012, and Senate adopted it on February 28, 2012.