House Resolution 157

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2           BY  WISE, COHOON, SANDS, and HEATON
  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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  1 That the House of Representatives congratulates Coach
  2  2 Joe O'Brien for his unrivaled success as the coach of
  2  3 the Southeastern Community College Men's Basketball
  2  4 Team these past eight years and thanks him for his
  2  5 dedication and for the honor and recognition he has
  2  6 brought to Southeastern Community College and to the
  2  7 State of Iowa; and
  2  8    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an
  2  9 official copy of this Resolution be prepared for
  2 10 presentation to Coach Joe O'Brien.
  2 11 LSB 6972HH 80
  2 12 rj/gg/14