House Resolution 138 PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___ 1 2 BY RANTS 1 3 A Resolution honoring the Morningside College Women's 1 4 Basketball Team on their national championship. 1 5 WHEREAS, Morningside College of Sioux City used a 1 6 record setting three=point shooting display to win its 1 7 first=ever women's basketball national championship 1 8 when it defeated Cedarville University 87=74 in the 1 9 title game of the NAIA Division II National Tournament 1 10 in Sioux City's Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena; and 1 11 WHEREAS, the Morningside Mustangs made a national 1 12 tournament single=game record 17 three=point field 1 13 goals to erase the former record of 15 three=pointers 1 14 the Mustangs made in their opening round win; and 1 15 WHEREAS, Morningside shot a sizzling 48.6 percent 1 16 from beyond the three=point arc with 17 treys in 35 1 17 attempts; and 1 18 WHEREAS, Morningside had 47 three=point field goals 1 19 in its five national tournament games to also set a 1 20 record; and 1 21 WHEREAS, Megan Cloud led the way by bombing in 1 22 eight of 11 three=point shots to tie the national 1 23 tournament single=game record, finished with 34 points 1 24 to go along with six assists and six rebounds, and was 1 25 named the tournament's Most Valuable Player; and 1 26 WHEREAS, Megan Cloud was joined on the all= 1 27 tournament team by teammates Brittany Carper and Kate 1 28 Lokken; and 1 29 WHEREAS, Morningside finished its storybook season 1 30 with a 34=4 record to set a school record for 2 1 victories, while Cedarville bowed out at 35=3 and had 2 2 its 23=game winning streak snapped; and 2 3 WHEREAS, Coach Jamie Sale was named NAIA Division 2 4 II Coach of the Year; NOW THEREFORE, 2 5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 2 6 That the House of Representatives congratulates the 2 7 Morningside College Women's Basketball Team and their 2 8 coach on winning the NAIA Division II Women's 2 9 Basketball National Championship and thanks them for 2 10 the honor and recognition they have brought to 2 11 Morningside College and to the State of Iowa; and 2 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an 2 13 official copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2 14 presentation to Coach Jamie Sale and the Morningside 2 15 College Women's Basketball Team. 2 16 LSB 6943HH 80 2 17 rj/pj/5.1