House Resolution 156

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2           BY  WISE, COHOON, SANDS, and HEATON
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the Southeastern Community College
  1  4    Men's Basketball Team on its national championship.
  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, winning back=to=
  1  9 back titles in 2003 and 2004; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, the Southeastern Community College
  1 11 BlackHawks convincingly won their four tournament
  1 12 games, outscoring their opponents by an average of
  1 13 over 18 points per game; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, the team's defensive play was stellar,
  1 15 holding its opponents to an average field goal
  1 16 percentage of only 31.1 percent; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, BlackHawk team member Kelvin Pena was
  1 18 named the Tournament's Most Valuable Player, and was
  1 19 joined by team members Ivan Almonte and Marvett
  1 20 McDonald on the All=Tournament Team; and
  1 21    WHEREAS, BlackHawk Coach Joe O'Brien was also named
  1 22 Coach of the Tournament; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 23    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  1 24 That the House of Representatives congratulates the
  1 25 Southeastern Community College Men's Basketball Team
  1 26 and their coach on winning the NJCAA Division I Men's
  1 27 Basketball National Championship and thanks them for
  1 28 the honor and recognition they have brought to
  1 29 Southeastern Community College and to the State of
  1 30 Iowa; and
  2  1    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an
  2  2 official copy of this Resolution be prepared for
  2  3 presentation to Coach Joe O'Brien and the Southeastern
  2  4 Community College Men's Basketball Team.
  2  5 LSB 6971HH 80
  2  6 rj/gg/14