SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 71
(By Senators Hunter and Kessler)
Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 46-40-0.25
(10562) located in Grafton, Taylor County, the "Floyd 'Scotty'
Hamilton: First WVU All American Basketball Player Memorial
Bridge".
Whereas, The Late Floyd "Scotty" Hamilton led the last seeded
West Virginia Mountaineers Basketball Team to victory in the last
seconds of the 1942 NIT national championship tournament; and
Whereas, The Mountaineers finished 19-4 that season in large
part due to the 5'11" Hamilton averaging 8.7 points per game; and
Whereas, Scotty Hamilton was born in Grafton, Taylor County,
in 1921, and was an all state player for Grafton High School; and
Whereas, Scotty Hamilton, lived most of his life as a citizen
of West Virginia in Grafton, and honorable served his country in
the United States Navy when he fought in World War II; and
Whereas, Floyd "Scotty" Hamilton influenced many young
athletes when he was a basketball coach at Washington and Lee and
as athletic director at Marietta (Ohio) High School; and
Whereas, Scotty Hamilton is a member of the West Virginia
Sports Hall of Fame; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 46-40-0.25 (10562) located in Grafton, Taylor County,
the "Floyd 'Scotty' Hamilton: First WVU All American Basketball
Player Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby
requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge
as the "Floyd 'Scotty' Hamilton: First WVU All American Basketball
Player Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of
Transportation, the Mayor and City Council of the City of Grafton,
West Virginia, David A. Smith, President of the Grafton High School
Athletic Boosters, the Athletic Director at West Virginia
University and the surviving members of Floyd "Scotty" Hamilton's
family.