Senate Resolution 31 PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___ 1 2 BY REDFERN and DOTZLER 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 SENATE, That the Senate 2 16 congratulates the University of Northern Iowa Panthers 2 17 Women's Volleyball Team, Head Coach Bobbi Petersen, 2 18 and the coaching staff on their successful season, 2 19 thanks them for the honor and excitement they brought 2 20 to the State of Iowa, and wishes them the very best in 2 21 the future; and 2 22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, the 2 23 President of the Senate shall prepare a copy of this 2 24 Resolution for presentation to Coach Bobbi Petersen 2 25 and the University of Northern Iowa Panthers Women's 2 26 Volleyball Team. 2 27 LSB 2309SS 80 2 28 jp/pj/5.1