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ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION 356
Introduced by Bosn, 25.
WHEREAS, in its forty-first year of honoring the nation's best athletes,
Gatorade announced senior runner David Krier of Lincoln Pius X Catholic High
School as the 2025-26 Gatorade Nebraska Boys Cross Country Player of the Year;
and
WHEREAS, the Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one
winner in each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia that sanction
high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and
girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls
track and field, and also recognizes one National Player of the Year in each
sport; and
WHEREAS, this award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, high
standards of academic achievement, exemplary character demonstrated on and off
the field, and distinguishes David as Nebraska's best high school boys cross
country runner; and
WHEREAS, David was a three-time Nebraska Coaches Association's Boys Cross
Country All-State Team selection and the top Nebraskan finisher at the 2025
Nike Cross Regionals Heartland Championships in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and
WHEREAS, David helped Pius X win the 2025 Nebraska School Activities
Association's Class B Boys State Cross Country title with a time of 15:26.02
and is the first individual champion in Pius X's history; and
WHEREAS, David has volunteered locally with Pius X's campus ministry, the
school's leadership club, and personally donated his time as a peer tutor; and
WHEREAS, David has maintained a 3.97 GPA in the classroom and has signed a
written letter of athletic aid to run at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
beginning in the fall of 2026; and
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WHEREAS, the Legislature recognizes David's tenacious approach to cross
country, dedication to academics, and well-earned achievements as a student-
athlete in Nebraska.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONE HUNDRED NINTH
LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA, SECOND SESSION:
1. That the Legislature congratulates David Krier for earning the 2025-26
Gatorade Nebraska Boys Cross Country Player of the Year.
2. That copies of this resolution be sent to David Krier and Lincoln Pius
X Catholic High School.
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