Senate Resolution 129 - Introduced
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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY DVORSKY, BOLKCOM, and SCHMITZ
1 3 A Resolution honoring the University of Iowa Hawkeye
1 4 wrestling team and Coach Tom Brands for winning the
1 5 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association's
1 6 (NCAA) team championship.
1 7 WHEREAS, the 2008 NCAA championship is the 21st
1 8 national championship in the Hawkeye wrestling
1 9 program's storied history and the program's first
1 10 national championship since 2000; and
1 11 WHEREAS, the 2008 NCAA championship is Coach
1 12 Brands' first NCAA championship as head coach of the
1 13 Hawkeyes; and
1 14 WHEREAS, the Hawkeye wrestling team also posted a
1 15 21=1 overall record and ended the season with a
1 16 14=match winning streak; and
1 17 WHEREAS, the Hawkeye wrestling team finished the
1 18 Big Ten regular season undefeated and captured the
1 19 program's 32nd Big Ten Conference title; and
1 20 WHEREAS, seven Hawkeyes were named All=Americans,
1 21 including Charlie Falck of Strawberry Point, Iowa, in
1 22 the 125=pound weight class; Joe Slaton of Cedar
1 23 Rapids, Iowa, who was the runner=up in the 133=pound
1 24 weight class; Brent Metcalf of Davison, Michigan, in
1 25 the 149=pound weight class; Mark Perry of Stillwater,
1 26 Oklahoma, in the 165=pound weight class; Jay Borschel
1 27 of Marion, Iowa, in the 174=pound weight class;
1 28 Phillip Keddy of Vernal, Utah, in the 184=pound weight
1 29 class; and Matt Fields of Lowden, Iowa, in the
1 30 heavyweight class; and
2 1 WHEREAS, the Hawkeyes, for the first time since
2 2 1999, crowned two individual NCAA champions: Brent
2 3 Metcalf, who finished the season with a record of 35=1
2 4 and was also named the most outstanding wrestler at
2 5 both the Big Ten and NCAA championships, and Mark
2 6 Perry, who captured his second consecutive individual
2 7 NCAA title; and
2 8 WHEREAS, Brent Metcalf was also named the recipient
2 9 of the Dan Hodge Trophy as the nation's most dominant
2 10 wrestler; and
2 11 WHEREAS, the University of Iowa dominated the NCAA
2 12 championships by tallying 117.5 team points; and
2 13 WHEREAS, Coach Brands was named the 2008 Big Ten
2 14 Coach of the Year and the 2008 National Wrestling
2 15 Coaches Association Coach of the Year; and
2 16 WHEREAS, Coach Brands has, throughout his career,
2 17 projected a positive image for Iowa and his
2 18 student=athletes; NOW THEREFORE,
2 19 BE IT RESOLVED BY SENATE, That the Senate honors
2 20 the University of Iowa Hawkeye wrestling team and
2 21 Coach Brands for their 2008 NCAA wrestling
2 22 championship and the international honor and respect
2 23 they have brought to the State of Iowa; and
2 24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, the
2 25 Secretary of the Senate shall prepare an official copy
2 26 of this Resolution for presentation to Coach Brands
2 27 and the University of Iowa Hawkeye wrestling team.
2 28 LSB 6636SS 82
2 29 md/nh/24.1