House Resolution 141 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 141 BY BALTIMORE , DEYOE , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , and HEDDENS A Resolution to honor the Iowa State University’s 1 women’s volleyball team. 2 WHEREAS, Iowa State University Women’s Volleyball 3 Team began play in the 1973 season, mostly at regional 4 tournaments and invitationals; and 5 WHEREAS, the Cyclones began Big 8 volleyball 6 conference play in 1982, and had a program-best second 7 place finish in 1995, the final year of the Big 8 8 conference; and 9 WHEREAS, in that year the Cyclones also made their 10 first appearance in the NCAA tournament; and 11 WHEREAS, since 2005, under head coach Christy 12 Johnson-Lynch, the volleyball program has progressed 13 at a fast pace, compiling after seven seasons a 150-73 14 record under her leadership; and 15 WHEREAS, the Cyclones have earned a spot in the 16 postseason NCAA tournament every year since 2006, 17 culminating in a program-best four-seed in 2011, and 18 have advanced to the Sweet 16 in four of the last 19 five seasons, making it to the Elite Eight twice; NOW 20 THEREFORE, 21 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That 22 the House of Representatives congratulates the athletes 23 of the Iowa State University Women’s Volleyball 24 Team, and their coach Christy Johnson-Lynch for their 25 remarkable skill, zeal, and determination in taking the 26 Iowa State University women’s volleyball program to a 27 national preeminent level. 28 -1- LSB 6122YH (2) 84 jr/rj 1/ 1