House Resolution 37 PAG LIN 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