Political Quotes

“As we continue with the celebration of Women's History Month, I am reminded of the fact that it takes great teachers to make great schools. I rise today to recognize one of the great female coaches of girl basketball of all time, Coach Dorothy Gaters. Coach Gaters coaches the Lady Commandoes, a Marshall High School girls basketball team on the West Side of Chicago, located in the Seventh Congressional District. Dorothy Gaters graduated from Marshall High School in 1964, and went on to attend DePaul University, where she graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in 1968. She received her Master's Degree from Governor State University and began teaching at Marshall High School in 1969. Coach Gaters has not rewritten but has simply written the record book when it comes to girls' basketball in the State of Illinois. Coach Gaters has been coaching in the Chicago Public League at Marshall High School since 1976. During this time, she has won six State titles, three State runner-ups, three third places, and three fourth places in State tournaments. She currently holds eight State records: 17 tournament appearances, 15 AA tournaments, nine title game appearances, 13 class AA consecutive tournament appearances, and three consecutive title game appearances, to name a few. In 22 years, Coach Gaters has a record of 619 wins. No other coach in Illinois has even 500 victories in girls' basketball.”