House Resolution 142 - Introduced
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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY JACOBY, ABDUL-SAMAD, BAILEY, BAUDLER, BELL,
1 3 BERRY, BUKTA, CHAMBERS, COHOON, DANDEKAR, DAVITT,
1 4 DRAKE, FOEGE, FORD, FORRISTALL, FREVERT, GASKILL,
1 5 GAYMAN, GIPP, GRANZOW, GREINER, HEATON, HOFFMAN,
1 6 HUNTER, HUSEMAN, HUSER, JACOBS, JOCHUM, KELLEY,
1 7 KRESSIG, KUHN, LENSING, LUKAN, LYKAM, MASCHER,
1 8 MAY, H. MILLER, OLDSON, D. OLSON, PALMER, PETERSEN,
1 9 QUIRK, REASONER, REICHERT, ROBERTS, SCHUELLER,
1 10 SMITH, SODERBERG, STAED, SWAIM, D. TAYLOR,
1 11 TOMENGA, UPMEYER, WATTS, WENDT, WENTHE, WHITAKER,
1 12 WHITEAD, WINCKLER, WISE, and ZIRKELBACH
1 13 A Resolution honoring the University of Iowa Hawkeye
1 14 wrestling team and Coach Tom Brands for winning the
1 15 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association's
1 16 (NCAA) team championship.
1 17 WHEREAS, the 2008 NCAA championship is the 21st
1 18 national championship in the Hawkeye wrestling
1 19 program's storied history and the program's first
1 20 national championship since 2000; and
1 21 WHEREAS, the 2008 NCAA championship is Coach
1 22 Brands' first NCAA championship as head coach of the
1 23 Hawkeyes; and
1 24 WHEREAS, the Hawkeye wrestling team also posted a
1 25 21=1 overall record and ended the season with a
1 26 14=match winning streak; and
1 27 WHEREAS, the Hawkeye wrestling team finished the
1 28 Big Ten regular season undefeated and captured the
1 29 program's 32nd Big Ten Conference title; and
1 30 WHEREAS, seven Hawkeyes were named All=Americans,
2 1 including Charlie Falck of Strawberry Point, Iowa, in
2 2 the 125=pound weight class; Joe Slaton of Cedar
2 3 Rapids, Iowa, who was the runner=up in the 133=pound
2 4 weight class; Brent Metcalf of Davison, Michigan, in
2 5 the 149=pound weight class; Mark Perry of Stillwater,
2 6 Oklahoma, in the 165=pound weight class; Jay Borschel
2 7 of Marion, Iowa, in the 174=pound weight class;
2 8 Phillip Keddy of Vernal, Utah, in the 184=pound weight
2 9 class; and Matt Fields of Lowden, Iowa, in the
2 10 heavyweight class; and
2 11 WHEREAS, the Hawkeyes, for the first time since
2 12 1999, crowned two individual NCAA champions: Brent
2 13 Metcalf, who finished the season with a record of 35=1
2 14 and was also named the most outstanding wrestler at
2 15 both the Big Ten and NCAA championships, and Mark
2 16 Perry, who captured his second consecutive individual
2 17 NCAA title; and
2 18 WHEREAS, Brent Metcalf was also named the recipient
2 19 of the Dan Hodge Trophy as the nation's most dominant
2 20 wrestler; and
2 21 WHEREAS, the University of Iowa dominated the NCAA
2 22 championships by tallying 117.5 team points; and
2 23 WHEREAS, Coach Brands was named the 2008 Big Ten
2 24 Coach of the Year and the 2008 National Wrestling
2 25 Coaches Association Coach of the Year; and
2 26 WHEREAS, Coach Brands has, throughout his career,
2 27 projected a positive image for Iowa and his
2 28 student=athletes; NOW THEREFORE,
2 29 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 30 That the House of Representatives honors the
3 1 University of Iowa Hawkeye wrestling team and Coach
3 2 Brands for their 2008 NCAA wrestling championship and
3 3 the international honor and respect they have brought
3 4 to the State of Iowa; and
3 5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, the
3 6 Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives shall
3 7 prepare an official copy of this Resolution for
3 8 presentation to Coach Brands and the University of
3 9 Iowa Hawkeye wrestling team.
3 10 LSB 6636HH 82
3 11 md/nh/24.1