SM 6 — NAME ROSWELL BYPASS FOR NANCY LOPEZ

SENATEA MEMORIAL 6REQUESTING 57THTHE LEGISLATURE-DEPARTMENT STATE OF NEWMEXICOTRANSPORTATION -TO SECONDCONSIDER SESSION,NAMING 2026THE INTRODUCEDROSWELL BYBYPASS CandyIN SpenceHONOR EzzellOF andNANCY JamesLOPEZ. G.

Townsend5 andWHEREAS, RexNancy WilsonLopez andis Patan Booneinternationally andrenowned Peteprofessional Camposgolfer 7and 9one Aof MEMORIALthe REQUESTINGcity THEof DEPARTMENTRoswell's OFmost TRANSPORTATIONdistinguished TOnatives; CONSIDER NAMING THE ROSWELL BYPASS IN HONOR OF NANCY LOPEZ.

14and WHEREAS, Nancy Lopez iswas anborn internationallyin renownedTorrance, professionalCalifornia, golferin 1957 and onegrew ofup in the city of Roswell'sRoswell, mostwhere distinguishedshe natives;learned to golf on local courses and graduated from Goddard high school;

and e t 17 WHEREAS, Nancyin Lopez1969, wasat bornthe inage Torrance,of California,twelve, inNancy wLopez lwon nthe dfirst 18of andthree grewconsecutive upNew inMexico thewomen's cityamateur oftitles Roswell,and wherewent sheon learned to =win =three 19consecutive aUnited lStates golfgirls' onjunior/western localwomen's coursestitles andin graduated1972, from1973 Goddardand high1974; school;

i a e r 20 and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, in 1969,1974 atand the1975, age of twelve, Nancy Lopez woncompeted das ran eamateur 22in the first of three consecutive New Mexico women's amateur c e s k 23 titles and went on to win three consecutive United States e a n b 24 girls' junior/western women's titlesopen; in 1972, 1973 and 1974;

u [ and .233132.1 WHEREAS, in 1974 and 1975, Nancy Lopez competed as an amateur in the United States women's open;

and SM 6 Page 1 WHEREAS, in 1978, during her first full season on the ladies professional golf association tour, Nancy Lopez won nine tournaments, including five consecutive tournaments, was named rookie of the year, player of the year and the associated press female athlete of the year and appeared on the cover of the July 1978 issue of Sports Illustrated;

and WHEREAS, Nancy Lopez went on to dominate the sport and e t 17 become one of the most iconic figures in women's professional w l n d 18 golf, winning forty-eight ladies professional golf association = = 19 a l tournaments and being named player of the year three more times i a e r 20 in 1979, 1985 and 1988;

and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, Nancy Lopez was inducted into the world golf hall d r e 22 of fame in 1987, the ladies professional golf association hall c e s k 23 of fame in 1989 and the New Mexico sports hall of fame in 2000;

e a n b 24 and u [ WHEREAS, throughout her career, Nancy Lopez proudly .233132.1 - 2 - represented the city of Roswell on a global stage, crediting her hometown roots for her success;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE SM 6 Page 2 STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the department of transportation be requested to consider naming the United States highway 285 bypass in honor of Nancy Lopez;

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