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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY FRAISE and COURTNEY
1 3 A Resolution honoring Southeastern Community College
1 4 Men's Basketball Coach Joe O'Brien.
1 5 WHEREAS, the Southeastern Community College Men's
1 6 Basketball Team recently won its third National Junior
1 7 College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I
1 8 national championship in five years, with Coach Joe
1 9 O'Brien being named Coach of the Tournament for the
1 10 third time; and
1 11 WHEREAS, Coach O'Brien has announced his
1 12 resignation after leading the Southeastern Community
1 13 College BlackHawks in his eight years as coach to a
1 14 231-64 record and a 76.9 winning percentage; and
1 15 WHEREAS, Coach O'Brien is only the third coach in
1 16 junior college history to win three national
1 17 championships; and
1 18 WHEREAS, Coach O'Brien attributes his success as a
1 19 junior college basketball coach to the pursuit of
1 20 multiple goals which include building his players'
1 21 skills and confidence to play at a higher level,
1 22 motivating them to work very hard on and off the
1 23 basketball court, specifically assisting them to
1 24 succeed academically, recruiting new players each year
1 25 to fill the everchanging junior college roster of
1 26 players, and raising the funds and securing the
1 27 support of fans necessary to make the men's basketball
1 28 program at Southeastern Community College viable each
1 29 year; NOW THEREFORE,
1 30 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
2 1 congratulates Coach Joe O'Brien for his unrivaled
2 2 success as the coach of the Southeastern Community
2 3 College Men's Basketball Team these past eight years
2 4 and thanks him for his dedication and for the honor
2 5 and recognition he has brought to Southeastern
2 6 Community College and to the State of Iowa; and
2 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an
2 8 official copy of this Resolution be prepared for
2 9 presentation to Coach Joe O'Brien.
2 10 LSB 6972SS 80
2 11 rj/gg/14
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