House Resolution 13 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 13 BY MASCHER A Resolution recognizing and congratulating the 1 University of Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team 2 on the 2020-2021 college basketball season and 3 for qualifying for the 2021 National Collegiate 4 Athletic Association Division 1 women’s basketball 5 tournament. 6 WHEREAS, the University of Iowa Hawkeyes women’s 7 basketball team finished sixth in the 2020-2021 Big 8 10 Conference regular-season standings, appeared in 9 the Big 10 Conference championship game, and received 10 an invitation to compete in the National Collegiate 11 Athletic Association Division 1 women’s basketball 12 tournament, earning a No. 5 seed in the River Walk 13 region; and 14 WHEREAS, the team shared the conference lead with 15 nine players selected as Winter Academic All-Big 10 16 honorees; and 17 WHEREAS, the team finished the Big 10 Conference 18 regular season with the Freshman of the Year, Women’s 19 College Basketball Coaches Association Co-Freshman of 20 the Year, and Dawn Staley Award recipient as the best 21 all-around guard Caitlin Clark who led the nation in 22 scoring and three-pointers made per game; and 23 WHEREAS, the team included two first team All-Big 10 24 players, Caitlin Clark and Monika Czinaro; and 25 WHEREAS, the team earned two victories in the 26 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 27 1 women’s basketball tournament, including over 28 -1- LSB 2802YH (3) 89 th/rn 1/ 2
H.R. 13 Central Michigan and Kentucky, leading up to a highly 1 anticipated matchup with the University of Connecticut 2 in the Sweet 16; NOW THEREFORE, 3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That 4 the House of Representatives congratulates Coach Lisa 5 Bluder and all the members of the University of Iowa 6 women’s basketball team for the outstanding 2020-2021 7 college basketball season and for representing the 8 state as one of the top teams in the country by 9 competing in the Sweet 16 of the National Collegiate 10 Athletic Association Division 1 women’s basketball 11 tournament. 12 -2- LSB 2802YH (3) 89 th/rn 2/ 2