House Resolution 143 - Introduced PAG LIN H.R. ________ S.R. ________ 1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY MASCHER, ABDUL-SAMAD, ALONS, ANDERSON, 1 3 ARNOLD, BAILEY, BAUDLER, BELL, BERRY, BUKTA, 1 4 CLUTE, COHOON, DANDEKAR, DAVITT, DE BOEF, DEYOE, 1 5 DOLECHECK, DRAKE, FOEGE, FORD, FORRISTALL, 1 6 FREVERT, GASKILL, GAYMAN, GIPP, GRANZOW, 1 7 GRASSLEY, GREINER, HEATON, HEDDENS, HOFFMAN, 1 8 HORBACH, HUNTER, HUSER, JACOBS, JACOBY, JOCHUM, 1 9 KAUFMANN, KELLEY, KRESSIG, KUHN, LENSING, LUKAN, 1 10 LYKAM, MAY, McCARTHY, MERTZ, H. MILLER, 1 11 L. MILLER, MURPHY, OLDSON, D. OLSON, R. OLSON, 1 12 S. OLSON, T. OLSON, PALMER, PAULSEN, PETERSEN, 1 13 PETTENGILL, QUIRK, RAECKER, RANTS, RASMUSSEN, 1 14 RAYHONS, REASONER, REICHERT, ROBERTS, SANDS, 1 15 SCHICKEL, SCHUELLER, SHOMSHOR, SMITH, SODERBERG, 1 16 STAED, STRUYK, SWAIM, D. TAYLOR, T. TAYLOR, THOMAS, 1 17 TJEPKES, TOMENGA, UPMEYER, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, 1 18 VAN FOSSEN, WATTS, WENDT, WENTHE, WESSEL-KROESCHELL, 1 19 WHITAKER, WHITEAD, WIENCEK, WINCKLER, 1 20 WINDSCHITL, WISE, WORTHAN, and ZIRKELBACH 1 21 A Resolution honoring Lisa Bluder, Head Coach of the 1 22 University of Iowa's Women's Basketball Team and 2008 1 23 Big Ten Coach of the Year. 1 24 WHEREAS, Lisa Bluder is an Iowa native and a 1 25 graduate of Linn=Mar High School in Marion and of the 1 26 University of Northern Iowa, where she earned a 1 27 bachelor's degree in marketing in 1983; and 1 28 WHEREAS, Coach Bluder was named Missouri Valley 1 29 Coach of the Year three times, in 1995, 1997, and 1 30 1998, while coaching the women's basketball team at 2 1 Drake University; and 2 2 WHEREAS, Lisa Bluder is one of the most respected 2 3 and admired coaches in women's collegiate basketball, 2 4 with an overall record of 504=239 (.679) and 148=97 2 5 (.605) in eight seasons at the University of Iowa; and 2 6 WHEREAS, in her first season with the Black and 2 7 Gold, Ms. Bluder transformed a struggling program into 2 8 a 21=game winner, leading her Hawkeyes to tie for 2 9 second place in the Big Ten and win the Big Ten 2 10 Tournament title in 2001; and 2 11 WHEREAS, Virginia and USA Basketball Head Coach 2 12 Debbie Ryan chose Bluder as an assistant coach to help 2 13 guide Team USA at the 2001 World University Games in 2 14 Beijing, China; and 2 15 WHEREAS, Team USA marched into the gold medal game 2 16 against host team China and won 87=69 and finished the 2 17 2001 World University Games with a 7=1 mark; and 2 18 WHEREAS, Coach Bluder has guided Iowa to five 2 19 upper=division finishes in the Big Ten Conference, 2 20 including winning a share of the league title with 2 21 Ohio State in 2008, and her teams have ranked in the 2 22 top five in Big Ten scoring and assists all eight 2 23 seasons; and 2 24 WHEREAS, student athletes who have played under 2 25 Lisa Bluder have a 100 percent job placement rate 2 26 following their collegiate careers; and 2 27 WHEREAS, all of Coach Bluder's recruited student 2 28 athletes have earned their degrees and three former 2 29 players have become coaches == Randi Peterson as head 2 30 coach at Coe College and Cara Consuegra and Jennie 3 1 Lillis as assistant coaches at Marquette University; 3 2 and 3 3 WHEREAS, Coach Bluder won career game number 500 on 3 4 February 10, 2008, at Penn State, becoming the 35th 3 5 Division I coach to accomplish the feat; and 3 6 WHEREAS, Lisa Bluder is the second most winning 3 7 women's basketball coach at Iowa, behind the 3 8 exceptional Women's Basketball Hall of Fame member C. 3 9 Vivian Stringer; and 3 10 WHEREAS, the 2008 Big Ten Coach of the Year honor 3 11 is Coach Bluder's second at Iowa, the first coming in 3 12 2001, and it is her fifth Big Ten Coach of the Year 3 13 honor overall; NOW THEREFORE, 3 14 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 3 15 That the House of Representatives congratulates Head 3 16 Coach Lisa Bluder for being named 2008 Big Ten Coach 3 17 of the Year and leading the Hawkeyes to another 3 18 successful season, thanks Coach Bluder for bringing 3 19 honor to the University of Iowa and the State of Iowa, 3 20 and wishes Coach Bluder the very best in all her 3 21 future endeavors; and 3 22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an 3 23 official copy of this Resolution be prepared for 3 24 presentation to University of Iowa Women's Basketball 3 25 Head Coach Lisa Bluder. 3 26 LSB 6615HH 82 3 27 kh/rj/14