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2017 SESSION


SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 154
Commending Stefanie Fee.
 
Agreed to by the Senate, February 22, 2017
 

WHEREAS, Stefanie Fee of Virginia Beach proudly represented the United States and the Commonwealth at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 as a member of the women’s field hockey team; and

WHEREAS, a native of Virginia Beach, Stefanie Fee began playing field hockey in 2002 and was a standout, three-sport athlete at Frank W. Cox High School, where she was named the 2007 All-Tidewater Player of the Year and the 2008 Virginian-Pilot Female Athlete of the Year; and

WHEREAS, Stefanie Fee attended Duke University, where she started in every game for all four seasons of her college career, earning All-Atlantic Coast Conference, All-American, and National Academic All-American Honors and the Female Athlete of the Year award; the university’s Stefanie Fee Duke True Award was named in her honor; and

WHEREAS, Stefanie Fee currently plays for Beach Premier Field Hockey in Virginia Beach and joined the United States national field hockey team in 2012; and

WHEREAS, Stefanie Fee has previously earned international gold medals at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, the 2014 Champions Challenge in Glasgow, and the 2013 World League Round 2 in Rio de Janeiro; and

WHEREAS, during the 2016 Olympic Games, Stefanie Fee’s stalwart performance on defense helped the women’s field hockey team advance to the quarterfinals and finish in fifth place overall; and

WHEREAS, throughout her field hockey career and during the Olympic Games in particular, Stefanie Fee has enjoyed the support of her family, friends, coaches, and the members of the Virginia Beach community; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That Stefanie Fee hereby be commended for representing the United States and the Commonwealth on the women’s field hockey team at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Stefanie Fee as an expression of the Senate of Virginia’s admiration for her outstanding achievements as a member of Team USA.