Senate Resolution 22 - Introduced SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 22 BY BOULTON A Resolution recognizing and congratulating the 1 Grand View University Vikings wrestling team on 2 winning the National Association of Intercollegiate 3 Athletics Wrestling National Championship for the 4 eighth consecutive year. 5 WHEREAS, on March 2, 2019, the Grand View Vikings 6 wrestling team won the National Association of 7 Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Wrestling National 8 Championship for an unprecedented eighth consecutive 9 team title; and 10 WHEREAS, the Grand View Vikings wrestling team 11 is only the second team in all of college wrestling 12 history to win eight consecutive national titles; and 13 WHEREAS, the Grand View Vikings wrestling team 14 finished with a total score of 219 team points, which 15 was 134 points ahead of the team in second place; and 16 WHEREAS, this is the second highest team scoring 17 record, ranking only behind the 2017 Grand View Vikings 18 wrestling team’s performance; and 19 WHEREAS, two Grand View Vikings wrestlers were 20 crowned national champions: John Wenger at 149 pounds 21 (his second title) and Evan Hansen at 197 pounds (his 22 third title); and 23 WHEREAS, all 12 Grand View Vikings wrestlers 24 garnered All-American honors and finished sixth or 25 better on the podium; and 26 WHEREAS, Lawton Benna became only the fourth Grand 27 View Vikings wrestler in its program’s history to 28 -1- LSB 2793SS (1) 88 mo/rn 1/ 2

S.R. 22 become a four-time All-American; and 1 WHEREAS, the Grand View Vikings wrestling team led 2 the NAIA in scholar-athletes for the second year in a 3 row; and 4 WHEREAS, coach Nick Mitchell was named the 2019 NAIA 5 National Coach of the Year, collecting his fifth such 6 honor as the Grand View Vikings wrestling team head 7 coach; NOW THEREFORE, 8 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate 9 recognizes and congratulates the Grand View Vikings 10 wrestling team on its outstanding achievements in 11 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics 12 wrestling by winning the National Championship for the 13 eighth consecutive year; and 14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this 15 Resolution be sent to Grand View Vikings wrestling team 16 head coach Nick Mitchell and Grand View University 17 President Kent Henning. 18 -2- LSB 2793SS (1) 88 mo/rn 2/ 2