[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1238 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1238

    Congratulating the University of California, Los Angeles, men's 
   basketball team for its National Collegiate Athletic Association 
                        tournament performance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2008

 Ms. Richardson submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Congratulating the University of California, Los Angeles, men's 
   basketball team for its National Collegiate Athletic Association 
                        tournament performance.

Whereas on April 5, 2008, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) men's 
        basketball team played in the Final Four of the National Collegiate 
        Athletic Association (NCAA) men's basketball tournament for the 18th 
        time, more than any other school in history;
Whereas the 10 outstanding campuses and over 191,000 students in the University 
        of California system are proud of UCLA's success and achievement;
Whereas UCLA appeared in its 3rd straight Final Four, the first school to do so 
        since Michigan State University in 1999, 2000, and 2001;
Whereas UCLA teams have won 15 NCAA national championships during the tenure of 
        Daniel G. Guerrero, the current Director of Athletics at UCLA;
Whereas Josh Shipp, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook, 
        Darren Collison, Mustafa Abdul-Hamid, Alfred Aboya, James Keefe, Lorenzo 
        Mata-Real, Chance Stanback, Nikola Dragovic, Michael Roll, Joey Ellis, 
        and Matt Lee showed true dedication to their sport and played a 
        magnificent season;
Whereas Ben Howland is the first UCLA coach since John Wooden to lead UCLA to 3 
        straight Final Fours;
Whereas Ben Howland is one of just 3 coaches in college basketball history to 
        record 30 or more victories in 3 consecutive seasons;
Whereas UCLA's 35 victories this season are a school record;
Whereas Ben Howland is just the third coach in college basketball to take his 
        team to 3 straight Final Fours since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 
        1985; and
Whereas UCLA's strong athletic tradition is only matched by its excellent 
        academic achievements, which include 5 faculty and 4 student Nobel Prize 
        winners, 9 National Medal of Science winners, and 11 Fulbright American 
        Scholars since the year 2000: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) congratulates and commends the University of 
        California, Los Angeles, men's basketball team for playing in 
        the Final Four of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 
        (NCAA) men's basketball tournament for the 18th time;
            (2) recognizes the significant achievements of the players, 
        coaches, students, alumni, and support staff whose dedication 
        and hard work helped the University of California, Los Angeles, 
        men's basketball team compete in the NCAA men's basketball 
        tournament;
            (3) congratulates the University of California system for 
        its commitment to academic excellence and strong athletic 
        tradition;
            (4) commends the Pacific-10 athletic conference for its 
        dominating season where 8 of the 10 teams in the conference had 
        a winning season; and
            (5) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the House of 
        Representatives to transmit enrolled copies of this resolution 
        to the following individuals for display--
                    (A) Gene Block, Chancellor of University of 
                California, Los Angeles;
                    (B) Scott Waugh, Acting Executive Vice Chancellor 
                and Provost of University of California, Los Angeles;
                    (C) Daniel G. Guerrero, Athletics Director of 
                University of California, Los Angeles; and
                    (D) Ben Howland, Head Coach of the men's basketball 
                team.
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