MS SC651

Commends the New Albany High School "Lady Bulldogs" basketball team and Head Coach John Stroud for winning the MHSAA Class 4A State Championship on March 4, 2011, defeating Lawrence County 71-61 at the Mississippi Coliseum

Recognizes the team's first state title since 2002 and their No. 1 Super 10 State Ranking throughout the season, finishing with only losses to out-of-state teams

Honors game MVP Jazmine Spears (sophomore) who scored 23 points and 16 rebounds, and senior guard Kebrina Lucas who contributed a career-high 25 points in the championship game

Notes the team's 87-win record over three years and 10-game winning streak to close the season, with only one loss to a Mississippi team in the past two years

Directs the resolution be presented to Coach Stroud and the school principal, forwarded to the Union County Board of Education, and made available to the press