House Resolution 136 - Introduced

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                                    H.R. ________ S.R. ________


  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                        BY  FOEGE
  1  3 A Resolution honoring Wartburg College's wrestling team
  1  4    for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association
  1  5    Division III Wrestling Championship.
  1  6    WHEREAS, the Wartburg College wrestling team, the
  1  7 Knights, has won its sixth National Collegiate
  1  8 Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III wrestling
  1  9 title; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, led by Head Coach Jim Miller, the Knights
  1 11 won the championship on March 8, 2008, with 147
  1 12 points, clearing the rest of the field by 47 points;
  1 13 and
  1 14    WHEREAS, the Knights also added three more
  1 15 individual title winners to the all=time total:
  1 16 junior Jacob Naig of Emmetsburg, junior Aaron
  1 17 Wernimont of Pocahontas, and junior Romeo Djoumessi of
  1 18 Waverly each won individual national titles, pushing
  1 19 the program total to 27; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, the Knights' nine All=American team
  1 21 members are a Wartburg tradition == in each of the
  1 22 last six national championships, Wartburg has earned
  1 23 at least five All=American honors, for a grand program
  1 24 total of 140; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, two team members, Jacob Naig and senior
  1 26 T.J. Miller of Cedar Falls, picked up their third
  1 27 All=American awards; three Knights, Romeo Djoumessi,
  1 28 senior Jacob Helvey of Mitchellville, and Aaron
  1 29 Wernimont, all recorded their second All=American
  1 30 award; while senior Robert Struthers of Emmetsburg,
  2  1 sophomore Matt Kelly of Dubuque, and junior Justin
  2  2 Hanson of Humboldt each earned his first All=American
  2  3 award; and
  2  4    WHEREAS, the Knights also had three runners=up in
  2  5 Jacob Helvey, T.J. Miller, and senior Brian Borchers
  2  6 of Holstein; and
  2  7    WHEREAS, in addition to their athletic prowess, the
  2  8 Knights also placed in the top 10 of the 2007=2008
  2  9 National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III
  2 10 Scholar Team Top 25 and had six individuals earn
  2 11 Scholar All=American awards; and
  2 12    WHEREAS, those team members who were awarded
  2 13 Scholar All=American honors were Aaron Wernimont,
  2 14 Brian Borchers for the second time, junior Craig
  2 15 Kreman of Tipton, sophomore Chris Sandy of Spirit
  2 16 Lake, and sophomore Dustin Jaeger of Manchester; and
  2 17    WHEREAS, the extraordinary success of the Wartburg
  2 18 College Knights wrestling team of 2007=2008 is a
  2 19 source of pride for all Iowans; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 20    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 21 That the House of Representatives congratulates the
  2 22 Wartburg College Knights wrestling team and Coach
  2 23 Miller on the success of their 2007=2008 wrestling
  2 24 season and wishes them continued success in all their
  2 25 future endeavors.
  2 26 LSB 6611HH 82
  2 27 jr/nh/14