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2013 SESSION
13105232DWHEREAS, C. J. Woollum, a devoted and influential college athletics coach and athletic director in Newport News, died on February 6, 2013; and
WHEREAS, a native of Alexandria, C. J. Woollum graduated from Kentucky Wesleyan College and embarked on a career in college athletics; and
WHEREAS, C. J. Woollum served as a basketball coach at Marshall University before returning in 1984 to what is now known as Christopher Newport University (CNU), where he had gotten his start as a coach years before; and
WHEREAS, over the course of his 26-year career as head basketball coach at CNU, C. J. Woollum helped turn the school’s basketball team into a Division III national powerhouse; his teams won 502 games and 13 conference championships and made 17 NCAA tournament appearances; and
WHEREAS, as a mentor to his athletes, C. J. Woollum believed that the most important part of his job was helping them grow into responsible, successful, and productive adults; and
WHEREAS, serving as athletic director from 1987 to 2012, C. J. Woollum oversaw a great deal of growth at CNU; the school built several new athletic facilities in that time, including the Freeman Center, where the basketball court is named in C. J. Woollum’s honor; and
WHEREAS, after retiring in 2012, C. J. Woollum was named the athletic director emeritus and proudly continued to serve CNU by engaging alumni, helping with fundraising, and encouraging fan support; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of his incredible accomplishments, C. J. Woollum was inducted into the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame in October 2012; and
WHEREAS, C. J. Woollum’s inspirational legacy lives on in the thousands of athletes he helped achieve greatness on and off the basketball court and in the institutions he expanded and strengthened at CNU; and
WHEREAS, C. J. Woollum will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered by many family members and friends; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of C. J. Woollum, a dedicated coach, leader, mentor, and friend to countless college athletes; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of C. J. Woollum as an expression of the Senate of Virginia’s respect for his memory.