House Resolution 37

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2         BY  LENSING, FOEGE, MASCHER, and MYERS
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the University of Iowa Football
  1  4    Team and Coach Kirk Ferentz.
  1  5    WHEREAS, the citizens of Iowa are justifiably proud
  1  6 that the University of Iowa Hawkeyes Football Team
  1  7 finished its regular season as cochampions of the Big
  1  8 Ten Conference and participated in the Orange Bowl of
  1  9 the Bowl Championship Series; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, the Iowa Football Team finished its season
  1 11 with a record of 11 wins and two losses and a perfect
  1 12 eight wins and zero losses in the Big Ten Conference;
  1 13 and
  1 14    WHEREAS, the Iowa Football Team placed a school=
  1 15 record 11 different players on the two First Team All=
  1 16 Big Ten Conference squads, placed five players on the
  1 17 Associated Press All=American Team, was the highest
  1 18 scoring team in the Big Ten Conference, and finished
  1 19 the season ranked eighth nationally; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, Coach Kirk Ferentz was named the 2002=2003
  1 21 Associated Press Coach of the Year and the Big Ten
  1 22 Conference Coach of the Year, and Ron Aiken was named
  1 23 NCAA Division I Assistant Football Coach of the Year;
  1 24 and
  1 25    WHEREAS, senior quarterback Brad Banks was named
  1 26 the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, the
  1 27 Associated Press National College Football Player of
  1 28 the Year, and finished second in the voting for the
  1 29 Heisman Trophy, and Dallas Clark was winner of the
  1 30 2002 John Mackey Award as the nation's top tight end,
  2  1 and Nate Kaeding was winner of the 2002 Lou Groza
  2  2 Award as the nation's top placekicker, and Eric
  2  3 Steinbach was named the Big Ten Offensive Lineman of
  2  4 the Year; and
  2  5    WHEREAS, it having been made known to the House of
  2  6 Representatives that the University of Iowa's Football
  2  7 Team deserves recognition for all of its
  2  8 accomplishments during the 2002=2003 season; NOW
  2  9 THEREFORE,
  2 10    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 11 That the House of Representatives congratulates the
  2 12 University of Iowa Football Team, Coach Kirk Ferentz,
  2 13 and the coaching staff, on their successful season and
  2 14 thanks them for the honor and recognition they have
  2 15 brought to the University of Iowa and to the State of
  2 16 Iowa; and
  2 17    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, the
  2 18 Chief Clerk of the House shall prepare an official
  2 19 copy of this Resolution for presentation to Coach Kirk
  2 20 Ferentz and the University of Iowa Football Team.
  2 21 LSB 2903HH 80
  2 22 kk/sh/8