House Resolution 35 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 35 BY HEDDENS , DEYOE , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , BACON , KELLEY , BEARINGER , ANDERSON , STAED , HANSON , MASCHER , WOLFE , HUNTER , STUTSMAN , BERRY , BENNETT , COHOON , GASKILL , SMITH , PRICHARD , RUFF , OURTH , KEARNS , FINKENAUER , DUNKEL , McCONKEY , MEYER , FORBES , LENSING , WINCKLER , GAINES , BROWN-POWERS , KRESSIG , OLDSON , DAWSON , DOLECHECK , WATTS , HEIN , SODERBERG , WORTHAN , BALTIMORE , HAGENOW , HIGHFILL , PETTENGILL , FISHER , GRASSLEY , BYRNES , PAUSTIAN , SEXTON , LANDON , FRY , KOESTER , SHEETS , SALMON , BAXTER , L. MILLER , BRANHAGEN , HEATON , CARLSON , HOLT , SIECK , JACOBY , FORRISTALL , BEST , VANDER LINDEN , GUSTAFSON , RIZER , HANUSA , WILLS , JONES , and KAUFMANN A Resolution recognizing and congratulating Kyven 1 Gadson on his outstanding achievements in college 2 wrestling and as a student-athlete at Iowa State 3 University. 4 WHEREAS, Kyven Gadson pinned his opponent in the 5 championship finals to win the 2015 National Collegiate 6 Athletic Association (NCAA) wrestling championship at 7 197 pounds; and 8 WHEREAS, Gadson recorded bonus point victories in 9 four of his five matches on the way to becoming the 10 69th Iowa State Cyclone wrestler in program history to 11 win an NCAA championship; and 12 WHEREAS, among his many athletic accomplishments, 13 Gadson registered a 30-1 record during his senior 14 year at Iowa State, became the 45th Cyclone wrestler 15 in program history to win All-America accolades three 16 -1- LSB 2645HH (6) 86 rn/nh 1/ 2

H.R. 35 or more times, and won Big 12 wrestling championships 1 three times; and 2 WHEREAS, Gadson also earned First-team Academic 3 All-Big 12 honors as a junior and senior, was chair 4 of the 2014-2015 Big 12 Student-Athlete Advisory 5 Committee, was chosen to participate in a national 6 forum sponsored by the Big 12 Conference at the 7 Washington, D.C. Press Club in April 2015, and has 8 already earned his undergraduate degree in Child, 9 Adult, and Family Services and is enrolled in graduate 10 school at Iowa State; NOW THEREFORE, 11 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 12 That the House of Representatives recognizes and 13 congratulates Kyven Gadson on his outstanding 14 achievements in college wrestling and as a 15 student-athlete at Iowa State University. 16 -2- LSB 2645HH (6) 86 rn/nh 2/ 2