State of South Dakota
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EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2012
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292T0855
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HOUSE COMMEMORATION NO. 1063
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Introduced by: Representatives Feinstein, Deelstra, Hickey, and Tornow and Senators Cutler
and Peters
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A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Commending and honoring National Merit
Semifinalist Matt DeYoung of Sioux Falls Washington High School for his outstanding
academic achievements.
WHEREAS, the National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for
recognition and scholarships that began in 1955; and
WHEREAS, Matt DeYoung of Sioux Falls Washington High School has shown exemplary
patience, dedication, and excellence in academics; and
WHEREAS, all members of the Washington High School community helped facilitate and
cultivate the academic, mental, and emotional growth and development of the students; and
WHEREAS, Matt DeYoung received letters of commendation in recognition of his
outstanding academic promise; and
WHEREAS, Matt DeYoung has excelled academically by meeting high academic standards
and has been selected from one and one-half million other entrants to advance to semifinalist
status, whereby he joins an elite group representing the nation's best and brightest high school
students:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the Eighty-seventh Legislature of
the State of South Dakota, that the Legislature congratulates Matt DeYoung on the success of
his academic performance.