House Resolution 44

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2         BY  DENNIS, JENKINS, SHOULTZ, and BERRY
  1  3 A Resolution congratulating the University of Northern
  1  4    Iowa Panthers Women's Volleyball Team.
  1  5    WHEREAS, the University of Northern Iowa Panthers
  1  6 Women's Volleyball Team was the 2002 Missouri Valley
  1  7 regular season champion, their fifth consecutive
  1  8 season title, with an overall record of 34=3, a top=
  1  9 ten ranking in the final Division I Coaches poll, and
  1 10 a number 1 regional seed and number 4 seed overall in
  1 11 the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
  1 12 Division I Championship Tournament; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, the University of Northern Iowa Panthers
  1 14 Women's Volleyball Team was also champion of the 2002
  1 15 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, George Mason
  1 16 Tournament, Minnesota Diet Coke Classic Tournament,
  1 17 and Southeastern Conference Challenge Tournament and
  1 18 advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Division I
  1 19 Tournament; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, the Panthers defeated five top 20 rated
  1 21 teams, including number 3 Florida, number 7 University
  1 22 of California at Los Angeles, number 8 Pepperdine,
  1 23 number 20 Minnesota, and number 20 Missouri; and
  1 24    WHEREAS, Panther Coach Bobbi Petersen, herself a
  1 25 star player on the Panthers team during her student
  1 26 years, was named Central Region Coach of the Year in
  1 27 2001 and 2002 and 2002 National Coach of the Year in
  1 28 her second full season as head coach; and
  1 29    WHEREAS, various Panther players received athletic
  1 30 honors, with one player selected as the Missouri
  2  1 Valley Conference Player of the Year and as an All=
  2  2 American Third Team player, three players selected as
  2  3 All=Region First Team Players, five players selected
  2  4 as Missouri Valley Conference First or Second Team
  2  5 Players, three players selected as Missouri Valley
  2  6 Conference Scholar=Athletes First Team Players, one
  2  7 player selected to CoSIDA/Verizon Academic District
  2  8 and All=American Teams, one player selected to the
  2  9 Missouri Valley Conference All=Newcomer Team, three
  2 10 players selected to the Missouri Valley Conference
  2 11 All=Tournament Team including one player selected as
  2 12 most valuable player, and one player invited to join
  2 13 with the United States of America Volleyball Women's
  2 14 National Training Team in spring 2003; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 15    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 16 That the House of Representatives congratulates the
  2 17 University of Northern Iowa Panthers Women's
  2 18 Volleyball Team, Head Coach Bobbi Petersen, and the
  2 19 coaching staff on their successful season, thanks them
  2 20 for the honor and excitement they brought to the State
  2 21 of Iowa, and wishes them the very best in the future;
  2 22 and
  2 23    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, the
  2 24 Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives shall
  2 25 prepare a copy of this Resolution for presentation to
  2 26 Coach Bobbi Petersen and the University of Northern
  2 27 Iowa Panthers Women's Volleyball Team.
  2 28 LSB 2309HH 80
  2 29 jp/pj/5.2