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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY DENNIS, JENKINS, SHOULTZ, and BERRY
1 3 A Resolution congratulating the University of Northern
1 4 Iowa Panthers Women's Volleyball Team.
1 5 WHEREAS, the University of Northern Iowa Panthers
1 6 Women's Volleyball Team was the 2002 Missouri Valley
1 7 regular season champion, their fifth consecutive
1 8 season title, with an overall record of 34-3, a top-
1 9 ten ranking in the final Division I Coaches poll, and
1 10 a number 1 regional seed and number 4 seed overall in
1 11 the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
1 12 Division I Championship Tournament; and
1 13 WHEREAS, the University of Northern Iowa Panthers
1 14 Women's Volleyball Team was also champion of the 2002
1 15 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, George Mason
1 16 Tournament, Minnesota Diet Coke Classic Tournament,
1 17 and Southeastern Conference Challenge Tournament and
1 18 advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Division I
1 19 Tournament; and
1 20 WHEREAS, the Panthers defeated five top 20 rated
1 21 teams, including number 3 Florida, number 7 University
1 22 of California at Los Angeles, number 8 Pepperdine,
1 23 number 20 Minnesota, and number 20 Missouri; and
1 24 WHEREAS, Panther Coach Bobbi Petersen, herself a
1 25 star player on the Panthers team during her student
1 26 years, was named Central Region Coach of the Year in
1 27 2001 and 2002 and 2002 National Coach of the Year in
1 28 her second full season as head coach; and
1 29 WHEREAS, various Panther players received athletic
1 30 honors, with one player selected as the Missouri
2 1 Valley Conference Player of the Year and as an All-
2 2 American Third Team player, three players selected as
2 3 All-Region First Team Players, five players selected
2 4 as Missouri Valley Conference First or Second Team
2 5 Players, three players selected as Missouri Valley
2 6 Conference Scholar-Athletes First Team Players, one
2 7 player selected to CoSIDA/Verizon Academic District
2 8 and All-American Teams, one player selected to the
2 9 Missouri Valley Conference All-Newcomer Team, three
2 10 players selected to the Missouri Valley Conference
2 11 All-Tournament Team including one player selected as
2 12 most valuable player, and one player invited to join
2 13 with the United States of America Volleyball Women's
2 14 National Training Team in spring 2003; NOW THEREFORE,
2 15 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 16 That the House of Representatives congratulates the
2 17 University of Northern Iowa Panthers Women's
2 18 Volleyball Team, Head Coach Bobbi Petersen, and the
2 19 coaching staff on their successful season, thanks them
2 20 for the honor and excitement they brought to the State
2 21 of Iowa, and wishes them the very best in the future;
2 22 and
2 23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, the
2 24 Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives shall
2 25 prepare a copy of this Resolution for presentation to
2 26 Coach Bobbi Petersen and the University of Northern
2 27 Iowa Panthers Women's Volleyball Team.
2 28 LSB 2309HH 80
2 29 jp/pj/5.2
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