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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY RAECKER, GRUNDBERG, MYERS, MASCHER, FALLON, KUHN,
1 3 QUIRK, GREIMANN, HATCH, SMITH, KREIMAN, JOCHUM, FALCK,
1 4 RICHARDSON, WITT, T. TAYLOR, REYNOLDS, DOTZLER, MERTZ,
1 5 STEVENS, FOEGE, PETERSEN, LENSING, WINCKLER, LARKIN,
1 6 WISE, BUKTA, O'BRIEN, COHOON, MAY, HUSER, OSTERHAUS,
1 7 JACOBS, TEIG, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, JOHNSON, ALONS,
1 8 DE BOEF, BOAL, METCALF, DIX, BROERS, GARMAN,
1 9 BODDICKER, CORMACK, EICHHORN, RAYHONS, HEATON,
1 10 BRUNKHORST, HANSEN, EDDIE, GIPP, TYRRELL, KLEMME,
1 11 KETTERING, DRAKE, REKOW, TYMESON, FINCH, ROBERTS,
1 12 DOLECHECK, HAHN, BAUDLER, WEIDMAN, BRAUNS, SHEY,
1 13 HUSEMAN, SIEVERS, HOFFMAN, JENKINS, BOGGESS, and ELGIN
1 14 A Resolution honoring the University of Iowa Women's
1 15 Basketball Team and Coach Lisa Bluder.
1 16 WHEREAS, the citizens of Iowa are greatly pleased
1 17 that the University of Iowa Hawkeyes Women's
1 18 Basketball Team finished its season with an overall
1 19 record of 21 wins and 10 losses, and captured its
1 20 second Big Ten Tournament Championship title with a
1 21 75-70 upset victory over No. 8 Purdue; and
1 22 WHEREAS, the Iowa Women's Basketball Team finished
1 23 the season ranked number 16 in the Associated Press
1 24 Poll; and
1 25 WHEREAS, the Iowa Women's Basketball Team received
1 26 the number four seed in the Midwest Region of the
1 27 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
1 28 Tournament, its thirteenth appearance in the NCAA, the
1 29 greatest number of appearances of any university in
1 30 the Big Ten; and
2 1 WHEREAS, the Iowa women were successful in the NCAA
2 2 first round, defeating the University of Oregon; and
2 3 WHEREAS, the fans actively supported the Iowa
2 4 Women's Basketball Team, with Iowa finishing the
2 5 season ranked number 14 in the nation in attendance;
2 6 and
2 7 WHEREAS, the Hawkeyes played competitively, set new
2 8 and tied old school records, and individual players
2 9 received several athletic awards, including Lindsey
2 10 Meder, who was named the Big Ten Player of the Year by
2 11 the Women's Basketball News Service, and was named to
2 12 the First-Team All-Big Ten Tournament Team, finishing
2 13 the season ranked first in the Big Ten in free throw
2 14 percentage; Cara Consuegra, who was voted the 2001 Big
2 15 Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player, named to the
2 16 Associated Press All-America Team as an Honorable
2 17 Mention, voted a First-Team All-Big Ten selection by
2 18 the coaches, named to the Women's Basketball Coaches
2 19 Association All-Star Challenge Team, and became Iowa's
2 20 all-time assists leader; and Randi Peterson, who was
2 21 selected by the media for a slot on the First-Team
2 22 All-Big Ten Tournament Team, voted to the All-Big Ten
2 23 Tournament Team, and finished the season ranked first
2 24 in the Big Ten in rebounding; and
2 25 WHEREAS, the Hawkeyes also earned respect for
2 26 academic excellence with a team cumulative grade point
2 27 average of 3.2, and individuals were recognized for
2 28 academic excellence by receiving academic awards, with
2 29 Lindsey Meder being the first-ever Iowa women's
2 30 basketball student-athlete named to the 2001 Verizon
3 1 First-Team Academic All-American Women's Basketball
3 2 Team, and the 2001 First-Team Verizon All-District
3 3 Team; and Cara Consuegra was voted to the 2001 Verizon
3 4 Academic All-District Team, named to the Academic All-
3 5 Big Ten Team, and awarded a scholarship from the
3 6 Women's Basketball Coaches Association; and
3 7 WHEREAS, Head Coach Lisa Bluder was named the
3 8 Women's Basketball Coaches Association District 6
3 9 Coach of the Year, the College Coach of the Year by
3 10 the Women's Basketball News Service, and was voted the
3 11 Big Ten Coach of the Year, and, along with the
3 12 coaching staff, encouraged, directed, and inspired the
3 13 team to great success; NOW THEREFORE,
3 14 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
3 15 That the House of Representatives congratulates the
3 16 University of Iowa Women's Basketball Team, Coach Lisa
3 17 Bluder, and the coaching staff, on their successful
3 18 season and thanks them for the honor and excitement
3 19 they brought to the State of Iowa.
3 20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, the
3 21 Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives shall
3 22 prepare a copy of this Resolution for presentation to
3 23 Coach Lisa Bluder and the University of Iowa Women's
3 24 Basketball Team.
3 25 LSB 3213HH 79
3 26 vl/gg/8
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