State of Vermont
House of Representatives
Montpelier, Vermont
Concurrent House Resolution
H.C.R. 250
House concurrent resolution congratulating Taylor Coppenrath on winning his second consecutive
Kevin Roberson America East Men’s Basketball Player of the Year Award
Offered by: Representatives Larocque of Barnet, Adams of Hartland, Allaire of Rutland City,
Allard of St. Albans Town, Amidon of Charlotte, Anderson of Woodstock, Aswad of Burlington,
Atkins of Winooski, Audette of South Burlington, Bailey of Hyde Park, Baker of West Rutland,
Bartlett of Dover, Bohi of Hartford, Bolduc of Barton, Bostic of St. Johnsbury, Botzow of Pownal,
Branagan of Georgia, Brennan of Colchester, Brooks of Montpelier, Brown of Walden, Carey of
Chester, Chen of Mendon, Clark of St. Johnsbury, Clark of Vergennes, Connell of Warren, Corcoran
of Bennington, Crawford of Burke, Cross of Winooski, Crowley of West Rutland, Dakin of
Colchester, Darrow of Dummerston, Deen of Westminster, DePoy of Rutland City, Donaghy of
Poultney, Donahue of Northfield, Donovan of Burlington, Dostis of Waterbury, Duffy of Rutland City,
Dunsmore of Georgia, Edwards of Brattleboro, Emmons of Springfield, Endres of Milton, Errecart of
Shelburne, Fallar of Tinmouth, Fisher of Lincoln, Flory of Pittsford, Freed of Dorset, French of
Randolph, Gervais of Enosburg, Grad of Moretown, Gray of Barre Town, Haas of Rutland City, Hall
of Newport City, Head of South Burlington, Heath of Westford, Helm of Castleton, Hingtgen of
Burlington, Houston of Ferrisburgh, Howrigan of Fairfield, Hube of Londonderry, Hudson of Lyndon,
Hummel of Underhill, Hunt of Essex, Jewett of Ripton, Johnson of South Hero, Johnson of Canaan,
Kainen of Hartford, Keenan of St. Albans City, Kennedy of Chelsea, Kenyon of Bradford, Keogh of
Burlington, Ketchum of Bethel, Kilmartin of Newport City, Kirker of Essex, Kiss of Burlington,
Kitzmiller of Montpelier, Klein of East Montpelier, Koch of Barre Town, Krawczyk, A. of
Bennington, Krawczyk, J. of Bennington, Larrabee of Danville, Larson of Burlington, LaVoie of
Swanton, Lippert of Hinesburg, Livingston of Manchester, Maier of Middlebury, Marek of Newfane,
Marron of Stowe, Martin of Springfield, Masland of Thetford, Mazur of South Burlington, McAllister
of Highgate, McCullough of Williston, McLaughlin of Royalton, Metzger of Milton, Milkey of
Brattleboro, Miller of Shaftsbury, Miller of Elmore, Molloy of Arlington, Monti of Barre City,
Morrissey of Bennington, Myers of Essex, Nease of Johnson, Nitka of Ludlow, Nuovo of Middlebury,
Obuchowski of Rockingham, O’Donnell of Vernon, Otterman of Topsham, Parent of St. Albans City,
Partridge of Windham, Peaslee of Guildhall, Perry of Richford, Peterson of Williston, Pillsbury of
Brattleboro, Pugh of South Burlington, Reese of Pomfret, Robinson of Richmond, Rodgers of Glover,
Rogers of Castleton, Rusten of Halifax, Schiavone of Shelburne, Seibert of Norwich, Severance of
Colchester, Shand of Weathersfield, Sharpe of Bristol, Shaw of Derby, Sheltra of Derby, Shouldice of
Calais, Smith of New Haven, Smith of Morristown, Starr of Troy, Sunderland of Rutland Town,
Sweaney of Windsor, Sweeney of Colchester, Sweetser of Essex, Symington of Jericho, Towne of
Berlin, Tracy of Burlington, Trombley of Grand Isle, Valliere of Barre City, Vincent of Waterbury,
Waite of Pawlet, Webster of Randolph, Westman of Cambridge, Winters of Swanton, Winters of
Williamstown, Wood of Brandon, Wright of Burlington, Young of Orwell and Zuckerman of
Burlington
Offered by: Senators Canns, Mayo, Ayer, Bartlett, Bloomer, Campbell, Collins, Condos,
Cummings, Doyle, Dunne, Gander, Gossens, Greenwood, Illuzzi, Kittell, Leddy, Lyons, MacDonald,
Maynard, Mazza, Miller, Mullin, Munt, Scott, Sears, Shepard, Snelling, Welch and White
www.leg.state.vt.us
Whereas, during West Barnet native and University of Vermont (UVM) junior Taylor Coppenrath’s
first two seasons as a men’s basketball Catamount, his impressive statistics prompted the America East
Conference (AEC) to award him its most coveted forms of recognition, namely rookie of the year
honors in 2002 along with a slot on the second all-conference team, and, in 2003, the Kevin Roberson
America East Men’s Basketball Player of the Year Award and the lead spot on the first all-conference
team, and
Whereas, topping these laudable accomplishments seems nearly impossible as only twice in the
AEC’s quarter century of men’s basketball competition had an AEC school’s team member been
selected player of the year for two consecutive seasons, and
Whereas, not one to believe the odds disfavored his repeating last season’s accomplishments,
Taylor Coppenrath proved to everyone that he is a basketball player of historic stature, and
Whereas, this season, he was the nation’s fifth leading collegiate basketball scorer, the AEC’s
leading per-game scorer at 23.8 points which is the third best in UVM hoop history, possessor of the
conference’s highest field goal success rate at 51.4 percent, and ranked fourth in rebounds averaging
7.2 per game, and
Whereas, Taylor Coppenrath’s 1,610 career points as of the 2003-2004 regular season’s conclusion
is already the fourth best, and his single-season 524 point tally ranks ninth, in the annals of Catamount
basketball, and
Whereas, the first indication that his 2003-2004 season of consistently fine basketball play might
once again grab top conference honors occurred when he repeated as the lead player on the AEC’s allconference first team, and
Whereas, his efforts were duly rewarded when for the second consecutive season, Taylor
Coppenrath was named winner of the Kevin Roberson America East Men’s Basketball Player of the
Year Award, and
Whereas, this accomplishment is especially noteworthy because even though he was sidelined for
the last five games of the regular season on account of a wrist injury, Taylor Coppenrath was
nonetheless judged the conference’s top men’s basketball player for the 2003-2004 season, and
Whereas, he rebounded rapidly from his injury, and in the America East championship game
against the University of Maine, which the Catamounts won 72-53, Taylor scored an amazing 43
points, an America East tournament single basketball game scoring record, now therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:
That the General Assembly is pleased to congratulate Taylor Coppenrath on winning the Kevin
Roberson America East Men’s Basketball Player of the Year Award for the second consecutive season
and for establishing a new America East tournament single basketball game scoring record, and be it
further
Resolved: That the Secretary of State be directed to send a copy of this resolution to Taylor
Coppenrath in care of the University of Vermont’s Department of Athletics.
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Walter E. Freed
Speaker of the House
Attested to:
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Brian E. Dubie
President of the Senate
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Donald G. Milne
Clerk, House of Representatives
Date:_______________________
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