House Resolution 109 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2    BY  KRESSIG, SHOULTZ, JENKINS, BERRY, PETTENGILL,
  1  3    DAVITT, HUTTER, GASKILL, JACOBY, WHITAKER, BELL,
  1  4       WINCKLER, SHOMSHOR, MAY, MILLER, PETERSEN,
  1  5      LUKAN, SODERBERG, TJEPKES, MURPHY, and OLDSON
  1  6 A Resolution honoring the University of Northern Iowa
  1  7    Football Team.
  1  8    WHEREAS, in 2005 the University of Northern Iowa
  1  9 Football Team, led by Coach Mark Farley, achieved an
  1 10 11=4 record and won the Gateway Football Conference
  1 11 Title; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, the Panthers have made 12 trips to
  1 13 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1=AA
  1 14 playoff games and six trips to the semifinal games;
  1 15 and
  1 16    WHEREAS, the Panthers football team in 2005
  1 17 advanced to the National Collegiate Athletic
  1 18 Association Division 1=AA championship game, played at
  1 19 Max Finley Stadium and Davenport Field in Chattanooga,
  1 20 Tennessee, before a record 20,236 fans; and
  1 21    WHEREAS, in a hard=fought championship game the
  1 22 Panthers football team was at last defeated by the
  1 23 Appalachian State University Mountaineers Football
  1 24 Team; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, as a result of their performance five
  1 26 players were named to Don Hansen's Football Gazette
  1 27 All=region Team and Coach Mark Farley was named the
  1 28 Northwest Region Coach of the Year; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 29    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  1 30 That the House of Representatives congratulates the
  2  1 members of the University of Northern Iowa Panthers
  2  2 Football Team and Coach Mark Farley for a great season
  2  3 of football and thanks them for the honor and
  2  4 recognition they have brought to the University of
  2  5 Northern Iowa and to the State of Iowa; and
  2  6    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an
  2  7 official copy of this Resolution be prepared for
  2  8 presentation to Coach Farley and the members of the
  2  9 University of Northern Iowa Panthers Football Team.
  2 10 LSB 5723HH 81
  2 11 jr:rj/gg/14.3