Senate Resolution 153 - Introduced PAG LIN S.R. ________ H.R. ________ 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY HORN, DVORSKY, HOGG, LUNDBY, BOLKCOM, 1 3 SCHMITZ, RIELLY, HANCOCK, PUTNEY, and HAHN 1 4 A Resolution honoring Kirkwood Community College's 1 5 women's basketball team for winning the National 1 6 Junior College Athletic Association Division II 1 7 National Tournament. 1 8 WHEREAS, the Kirkwood Community College women's 1 9 basketball team, the Eagles, won its fourth National 1 10 Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National 1 11 Tournament and second in two years on March 22, 2008; 1 12 and 1 13 WHEREAS, led by head coach Kim Muhl who, in his 1 14 19th season as coach, was named the NJCAA Division II 1 15 Coach of the Year; and 1 16 WHEREAS, Eagles' player Lauren Thomas=Johnson was 1 17 named the tournament's most valuable player, and 1 18 Eagles' players Allie Lindemann and Breann Hill were 1 19 named to the all=tournament team; and 1 20 WHEREAS, in the national title game, the Kirkwood 1 21 Eagles posted a 78=53 win over the Kankakee Community 1 22 College Lady Cavaliers, for a season record of 31 wins 1 23 and six losses; and 1 24 WHEREAS, the extraordinary success of the Kirkwood 1 25 Community College Eagles women's basketball team of 1 26 2007=2008 is a source of pride of all Iowans; NOW 1 27 THEREFORE, 1 28 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate 1 29 congratulates the Kirkwood Community College Eagles 1 30 women's basketball team, head coach Muhl, and 2 1 assistant coaches Joe Hruska and Megan Ripperton on 2 2 their successful 2007=2008 basketball season and 2 3 wishes them continued success in all their future 2 4 endeavors. 2 5 LSB 6669SS 82 2 6 ak/nh/8.1