Senate
Resolution
110
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Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
110
BY
KRAAYENBRINK
A
Resolution
recognizing
and
congratulating
Iowa
State
1
University
(ISU)
wrestler
David
Carr
for
his
storied
2
collegiate
wrestling
career.
3
WHEREAS,
David
Carr
entered
the
2024
National
4
Collegiate
Athletic
Association
(NCAA)
Division
I
5
wrestling
championship
tournament
as
the
fourth
seed
6
in
the
165-pound
weight
class,
and
secured
victories
7
against
the
fifth,
second,
and
top
seeded
wrestlers
8
on
his
was
to
earning
his
second
NCAA
individual
9
title;
and
10
WHEREAS,
the
championship
match
pitted
him
against
11
an
opponent
from
the
top
team
in
the
nation,
Carr
12
relied
on
his
experience,
strength,
and
tactics
to
13
strike
early
for
key
points
in
the
first
five
seconds
14
of
the
match
before
making
a
third-period
comeback
and
15
securing
the
decisive
point
via
riding
time,
becoming
16
the
17th
Cyclone
wrestler
to
win
multiple
national
17
championships;
and
18
WHEREAS,
having
never
finished
lower
than
19
third
place
(2022)
on
the
final
podium
at
the
NCAA
20
championship,
David
bookended
a
runner-up
finish
(2023)
21
by
skipping
off
the
mat
as
a
two-time
national
champion
22
(2021
at
157
pounds
and
2024
at
165
pounds);
and
23
WHEREAS,
the
Canton,
Ohio,
native
ranked
fourth
in
24
Cyclone
wrestling
career
winning
percentage
(.960),
25
posted
a
120-5
record,
became
a
five-time
conference
26
finalist
and
four-time
conference
champion,
is
one
of
27
only
four
Cyclones
to
win
four
individual
conference
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titles,
and
became
the
first
five-time
All-American
in
1
program
history;
and
2
WHEREAS,
fulfilling
a
goal
he
had
for
the
Cyclone
3
team,
along
with
his
head
coach
and
Big
12
Coach
of
4
the
Year,
Kevin
Dresser,
Carr
lead
the
resurgence
5
of
Cyclone
wrestling,
helping
the
Cyclones
win
a
6
Big
12
conference
championship
team
title
and
earn
a
7
fourth-place
team
finish
at
the
NCAA
championship;
and
8
WHEREAS,
Nate,
Carr’s
father
and
three-time
national
9
champion
at
ISU
from
1981
to
1983,
and
David
are
one
10
of
only
four
father-son
duos
to
each
win
multiple
NCAA
11
Division
I
national
titles,
with
David’s
most
recent
12
being
the
71st
in
Cyclone
history;
and
13
WHEREAS,
off
the
mat,
David
also
excelled
in
the
14
classroom,
ending
his
career
as
a
four-time
National
15
Wrestling
Coaches
Association
Scholar
All-American,
16
a
four-time
Academic
All-Big
12
team
member,
and
a
17
College
Sports
Communicator
Academic
All-American
18
(2023);
NOW
THEREFORE,
19
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
20
congratulates
and
honors
David
Carr
for
his
outstanding
21
wrestling
accomplishments,
culminating
in
the
2024
NCAA
22
wrestling
championship
title
at
165
pounds;
and
23
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
upon
passage,
the
24
Secretary
of
the
Senate
shall
transmit
a
copy
of
25
this
resolution
to
David
Carr;
ISU
wrestling
head
26
coach,
Kevin
Dresser;
ISU
director
of
athletics,
Jamie
27
Pollard;
and
ISU
president,
Wendy
Wintersteen.
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