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2022 SESSION


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 348
Commending Jason Pryor.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 7, 2022
Agreed to by the Senate, March 9, 2022

 

WHEREAS, Jason Pryor, a youth athletics coach and basketball shooting trainer, matched a Guinness World Record for the most three-point shots in a minute with a single ball in 2021; and

WHEREAS, Jason Pryor grew up in a military family and began playing basketball while living in Germany, where his father was stationed at the time; and

WHEREAS, Jason Pryor graduated from Longwood University, where he became one of the top three-point shooters in school history after his standout 2001–2002 season; and

WHEREAS, Jason Pryor played professional basketball in Europe, then returned to the Commonwealth and became a youth coach and trainer; he currently serves as the junior varsity basketball coach at Tabb High School in Yorktown and is the founder of the Mr. Basketball Skills Training program; and

WHEREAS, in January 2021, Jason Pryor accomplished his world record at the Yorktown YMCA, scoring 12 three-point shots in one minute using the same ball; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Jason Pryor for matching a world record for most basketball three-pointers in one minute with one ball in the Guinness World Records; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Jason Pryor as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for his exceptional achievements and service to young people in Yorktown.