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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate longtime Woodstock | ||||||
| 4 | resident and former Marian Central Catholic High School | ||||||
| 5 | Athletic Director, Hans Rokus, on his
induction into the | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame for his | ||||||
| 7 | work as a coach and as a
broadcaster; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Hans Rokus was born in Wehrden, Germany and came | ||||||
| 9 | to Rockford in 1953; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Hans Rokus attended St. Thomas High School in | ||||||
| 11 | Rockford from 1959 to 1962, where he played
basketball and | ||||||
| 12 | holds the distinction of having scored the last two points for | ||||||
| 13 | the school's boys basketball
team before the school closed in | ||||||
| 14 | 1963; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Hans Rokus attended Rockford Boylan High School | ||||||
| 16 | for his senior year, where he continued to play basketball
as a | ||||||
| 17 | varsity player; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, While attending Northern Illinois University, | ||||||
| 19 | Hans Rokus coached two eighth grade basketball teams - St. Mary | ||||||
| 20 | School in
DeKalb and St. Patrick School in Rockford; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, After graduating from college, Hans Rokus was | ||||||
| 2 | hired by Marian Central Catholic High School in
Woodstock to | ||||||
| 3 | coach and to teach social studies and religion; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, Hans Rokus served as the head coach for the boys | ||||||
| 5 | sophomore basketball team and as the assistant
boys varsity | ||||||
| 6 | basketball coach at Marian Central Catholic High School for 10 | ||||||
| 7 | years before taking over as
the boys varsity head coach and | ||||||
| 8 | athletic director in 1977; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Hans Rokus coached until 1985 and retired as | ||||||
| 10 | athletic director in 1992; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, The broadcasting career of Hans Rokus began in the | ||||||
| 12 | late 1960s with WIVS out of Crystal Lake with a
Saturday | ||||||
| 13 | morning show and basketball color commentary; he discontinued | ||||||
| 14 | with broadcasting during his
busiest coaching years and | ||||||
| 15 | ultimately returned to broadcasting in the 1980s with WMCW in | ||||||
| 16 | Harvard,
where he covered basketball and football games; he | ||||||
| 17 | continues as a broadcast volunteer today at
WHIW-LP in Harvard; | ||||||
| 18 | and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Hans Rokus also serves as a Deacon and as the head | ||||||
| 20 | of the Baptismal Ministry at Saint Mary
Catholic Church in | ||||||
| 21 | Woodstock; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held | ||||||
| 2 | on May 6, 2017 at Redbird Arena in
Normal; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 4 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 5 | congratulate Hans Rokus on his coaching and broadcasting career | ||||||
| 6 | and applaud his selection for the Illinois Basketball Coaches | ||||||
| 7 | Association Hall of Fame; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to Hans Rokus as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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