House Resolution 22 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 22 BY JACOBY , KAUFMANN , LENSING , NIELSEN , MOORE , HITE , MASCHER , GERHOLD , GUSTAFSON , KONFRST , WHEELER , HANUSA , CARLSON , BRECKENRIDGE , KACENA , THOMPSON , and GAINES A Resolution congratulating and honoring University 1 of Iowa wrestler Spencer Lee for his outstanding 2 wrestling accomplishments, including a second 3 consecutive National Collegiate Athletic Association 4 wrestling championship title at the 125 pound 5 weight-class. 6 WHEREAS, on March 23, 2019, University of Iowa 7 wrestler Spencer Lee won the National Collegiate 8 Athletic Association (NCAA) wrestling championship 9 title at 125 pounds for the second consecutive 10 year; and 11 WHEREAS, Lee’s 2019 national championship title win 12 is the 84th NCAA individual title win in University of 13 Iowa wrestling program history; and 14 WHEREAS, Lee is the 23rd multi-NCAA championship 15 title winner in University of Iowa wrestling program 16 history; and 17 WHEREAS, Lee received a number of awards and honors 18 during his sophomore wrestling season at the University 19 of Iowa, including earning All-American honors for the 20 second consecutive year, being named to the academic 21 All-Big Ten team, remaining undefeated in Big Ten dual 22 matches, placing second at the 2019 Big Ten Wrestling 23 Championship tournament, and placing second at the 2019 24 Midlands Championship tournament; and 25 -1- LSB 2809HH (7) 88 mo/rn 1/ 2
H.R. 22 WHEREAS, Lee finished his sophomore wrestling season 1 with a 23-3 record, scoring bonus points in 18 of his 2 23 wins, and winning the University of Iowa wrestling 3 program’s 2019 Mike Howard Most Valuable Wrestler 4 Award; and 5 WHEREAS, during his freshman year, Lee won the 6 2018 NCAA wrestling championship title at 125 pounds, 7 defeating his opponent 5-1, and becoming the University 8 of Iowa’s first true freshman national champion since 9 1993; and 10 WHEREAS, Lee’s 2018 championship title win was the 11 culmination of an incredible comeback season at Iowa 12 with a 22-2 overall record, having started the season 13 recovering from knee surgery and competing for the 14 first time in December 2017; and 15 WHEREAS, for his 2018 wrestling campaign, Lee was 16 named the 2018 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, the winner 17 of the Iowa wrestling program’s 2018 Mike Howard Most 18 Valuable Wrestler Award, and the winner of Amateur 19 Wrestling News’ 2018 Hammer Award; NOW THEREFORE, 20 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That 21 the House of Representatives congratulates and honors 22 Spencer Lee’s outstanding wrestling accomplishments, 23 including a second consecutive National Collegiate 24 Athletic Association wrestling championship title win 25 at the 125 pound weight-class. 26 -2- LSB 2809HH (7) 88 mo/rn 2/ 2