House Resolution 16 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                      BY  REASONER
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the men's soccer team from
  1  4    Graceland University for winning the Forty=eighth
  1  5    Annual Men's Soccer Championship.
  1  6    WHEREAS, the 2006 National Association of
  1  7 Intercollegiate Athletics held the Forty=eighth Annual
  1  8 Men's Soccer Championship in Daytona Beach, Florida;
  1  9 and
  1 10    WHEREAS, at that competition the Graceland
  1 11 University men's soccer team, the Yellow Jackets,
  1 12 captured its first National Association of
  1 13 Intercollegiate Athletics Men's Soccer National title,
  1 14 besting the Azusa Pacific Cougars in a
  1 15 down=to=the=wire soccer match which went to 20 kick
  1 16 shooters after a scoreless draw; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, in that shootout both teams got five shots
  1 18 and all 10 shots were made, with Graceland's Nick Gay
  1 19 providing the winning goal; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, with that win the Yellow Jackets finish
  1 21 the season with 17 wins, four losses, and three ties;
  1 22 and
  1 23    WHEREAS, following that victory three Yellow
  1 24 Jackets were selected to the All=Tournament Team:
  1 25 midfielder Kevin Souter, defenseman Bret Loving, and
  1 26 goalkeeper Isaac Unruh; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, Bret Loving also received the BRINE=NAIA
  1 28 Champion of Character Award as well as being named the
  1 29 outstanding defensive player, and Isaac Unruh was
  1 30 named the tournament's most valuable player; and
  2  1    WHEREAS, both Bret Loving and Nick Gay were named
  2  2 All=American Scholar Athletes; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  3    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  4 That the House of Representatives honors the Graceland
  2  5 University Yellow Jackets for capturing their first
  2  6 title in the 2006 National Association of
  2  7 Intercollegiate Athletics Men's Soccer Championship.
  2  8 LSB 1193HH 82
  2  9 jr:nh/cf/24