A house RESOLUTION

 

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR BILL DAMUDE, HEAD WRESTLING COACH AT John Paul II Catholic School IN RIDGELAND, FOR A REMARKABLE CAREER COACHING WRESTLING AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM UPON HIS INDUCTION INTO THE SOUTH CAROLINA CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL WRESTLING HALL OF FAME.

 

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that Coach Bill Damude will be inducted into the South Carolina Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame on April 2, 2023; and

 

Whereas, prior to beginning his career as a wrestling coach, he was a high school wrestling official in Ohio from 1980 to 1983; and

 

Whereas, in 1983, Coach Damude served as an assistant wrestling coach at Battery Creek High School and started a wrestling club at Robert Smalls Middle School; and

 

Whereas, he served as the head wrestling coach at Beaufort High School from 1984 to 1995 and again from 1999 to 2015.  Since then, he has been the head wrestling coach at John Paul II Catholic School; and

 

Whereas, Coach Damude has coached sixty-two state qualifiers, thirty-nine state placers, ten state champions, and three high school All-Americans; and

 

Whereas, he was named Region Coach of the Year in 1987, 1989,  and 1992, and he was named Man of the Year for South Carolina in 1991 by Amateur Wrestling News.  In 1992, he was named South Carolina Coach of the Year, and in 1993 and in 2011, he served as the All-Star coach for the South Squad; and

 

Whereas, Coach Damude has received numerous accolades during his coaching career, but his most outstanding accomplishment is the exceptional impact he has had on young people in the Palmetto State; and

 

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are grateful for his distinguished career spanning more than forty years and look forward to following his continued achievements in the years ahead.  Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

 

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor Bill Damude, head wrestling coach at John Paul II Catholic School in Ridgeland, for a remarkable career coaching wrestling and congratulate him upon his induction into the 2023 South Carolina Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

 

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Coach Bill Damude.

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