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CITY OF PALO ALTO OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
June 1, 2021
The Honorable City Council
Palo Alto, California
Proclamation Honoring Gunn High School Titans Football Team
ATTACHMENTS:
• Attachment A: Proclamation Honoring Gunn High School Football Team (DOCX)
Department Head: Beth Minor, City Clerk
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Proclamation
__________________________
Tom DuBois
Mayor
HONORING GUNN HIGH SCHOOL TITANS
FOOTBALL TEAM
WHEREAS, the Gunn High School football team showed incredible character, bravery and leadership during a
pandemic by adhering to Covid-19’s ever-changing rules and procedures; being the first team on Gunn’s campus to
condition in pods; and
WHEREAS, the team demonstrated civic responsibility and leadership by taking active roles in demonstrations to
bring attention to the value of Black Lives in the United States; wearing decals in support of the “Stop Asian Hate”
campaign; promoting social justice causes in interviews with the San Jose Mercury News; and
WHEREAS, the team prepared for the 2021 Spring season over a fifteen-month period where conditioning workouts
and practices were virtual for extended periods of time; Gunn’s football team finished the season with a 5-0 record, the
first undefeated record for a Gunn Titans Football Team since 1971; and
WHEREAS, the team finished the season with the following leaders in statistics: Richard Jackson IV finished 1st in
the Central Coast Section (CCS) in rushing yards with 854 yards; James Lambert finished 5th in CCS with 641 yards;
the Titans finished both 1st in California with 2,326 rushing yards. Gunn finished 1st in CCS in points scored (49.8
points per game); Richard Jackson IV scored 96 points (15 TDs) 4th in the state and 1st in CCS. This year’s postseason
honorees include: Coaches’ Award, Winston Qui, Lineman of the Year; All Bay Area Honorable Mention Eskinder
Erlan, Iron Man Award Neil Hanson, Friendship Award Griffin Willard, Most Inspirational Evan Cole, Defensive
Player of the Year Filippi Montes, Offensive Player of the Year and Honorable Mention All-Bay Area James Lambert,
Special Teams Player of the Year Joakim Bonnet, and Most Outstanding Player, 2nd team All-Area Richard Jackson
IV.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Tom DuBois, Mayor of the City of Palo Alto on behalf of the entire City Council do
hereby recognize and send up a big cheer for the 2020-2021 Gunn Football Team and applaud them for their activism,
discipline, extraordinary perseverance that has brought honor to their team, their school and to our community.
PRESENTED TO: Evan Cole, Griffin Willard, Kevin Green, Richard Jackson, Emrey Cohen, James Lambert, Cory
Hallada, Eskinder Erlan, Neil Hanson, Ayush Nagrani, Eric Wang, Winston Qui, Denzel Davis, Evan Wiederhold,
Eugene Kim, Bradley Phan, Noah Panousis, Fillipi Montes, Jonah Easton, Mick Dobrov, Arjun Raja, David Hafoka,
Ilan Kim, Nico Kapoor, and Sione Fisiiahi.
PRESENTED: June 1, 2021