House Resolution 48 PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ____ 1 2 BY DIX and FOEGE 1 3 A Resolution congratulating the 2002=2003 Wartburg 1 4 College Wrestling Team. 1 5 WHEREAS, Iowans are justifiably proud of the 1 6 Wartburg College Knights Wrestling Team of 2002=2003 1 7 for winning its third NCAA Division III National 1 8 Championship in the last seven years; and 1 9 WHEREAS, the Wartburg College Knights Wrestling 1 10 Team of 2002=2003 earned its third NCAA Division III 1 11 Championship with a record=setting score by ten All= 1 12 American team members; and 1 13 WHEREAS, the Wartburg College Knights Wrestling 1 14 Team of 2002=2003 set three NCAA Division III 1 15 Championship records and tied a fourth record in 1 16 achieving the championship; and 1 17 WHEREAS, three Wartburg College Knights, senior 1 18 Heath Ropp of Kalona, senior Wil Kelly of Dubuque, and 1 19 senior LeRoy Gardner III of Golden Valley, Minnesota, 1 20 won individual national crowns; and 1 21 WHEREAS, head coach Jim Miller was named the 2003 1 22 NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year; and 1 23 WHEREAS, the Wartburg College Knights Wrestling 1 24 Team of 2002=2003 won its eleventh straight Iowa 1 25 Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wrestling 1 26 Championship; and 1 27 WHEREAS, head coach Jim Miller was named the 2003 1 28 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the 1 29 Year for the seventh time; and 1 30 WHEREAS, Wartburg College Knight junior Bart 2 1 Mehlert, of La Porte City, was named Dick Walker 2 2 Outstanding Wrestler at the Iowa Intercollegiate 2 3 Athletic Conference wrestling meet; and 2 4 WHEREAS, Bart Mehlert is the tenth Wartburg College 2 5 wrestler to win the Dick Walker Outstanding Wrestler 2 6 award, which is named after Wartburg College's former 2 7 head coach; and 2 8 WHEREAS, the Wartburg College Knights Wrestling 2 9 Team was ranked number one in the nation for the 2 10 entire wrestling season with a 22 and 1 overall dual 2 11 record; and 2 12 WHEREAS, the extraordinary success of the Wartburg 2 13 College Knights Wrestling Team of 2002=2003 is a 2 14 source of pride for all Iowans; NOW THEREFORE, 2 15 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 2 16 That the House of Representatives congratulates the 2 17 Wartburg College Knights Wrestling Team of 2002=2003 2 18 and Coach Miller on the success of their 2002=2003 2 19 wrestling season and wishes them continued success in 2 20 all their future endeavors. 2 21 LSB 3398HH 80 2 22 av/cl/14