[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1267 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1267

  Congratulating the Mount Olive College Trojans for winning the 2008 
  National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Men's Baseball 
                         National Championship.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2008

  Mr. Jones of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Butterfield, and Mr. 
 Hayes) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Congratulating the Mount Olive College Trojans for winning the 2008 
  National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Men's Baseball 
                         National Championship.

Whereas the Mount Olive College Trojans of Mount Olive, North Carolina, defeated 
        the Ouachita Baptist University Tigers of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, 6 to 2, 
        on May 31, 2008, to become the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic 
        Association (NCAA) Division II Men's Baseball National Champions;
Whereas pitcher Casey Hodges of Mount Olive College reaped the win for the 
        Trojans, giving up just 2 runs on 7 hits in his 8 innings, and striking 
        out 6 batters;
Whereas Mount Olive College went 4-0 in the tournament, and finished the 2007-
        2008 season with a record of 58-6;
Whereas this was the Trojan's first national championship in any sport;
Whereas Mount Olive Head Coach Carl Lancaster summed up the victory, saying, 
        ``This is a dream come true[;] We are extremely excited to bring this to 
        Mount Olive'';
Whereas Mount Olive College carries on the continuing tradition of North 
        Carolina schools winning NCAA championships;
Whereas Mount Olive College was founded in 1951, and in 2001 celebrated its 50th 
        anniversary; and
Whereas Mount Olive College serves 700 traditional students at the Mount Olive 
        location and 3,800 working adults throughout North Carolina, in 
        Goldsboro, New Bern, Research Triangle Park, Washington, and Wilmington: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives congratulates the Mount 
Olive College Trojans for winning the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic 
Association Division II Men's Baseball National Championship.
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