[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 493 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                        March 11, 2008.
Whereas on May 13, 2007, the women's water polo team of the University of 
        California, Los Angeles (UCLA), defeated Stanford 5-4 in the 
        championship game of the NCAA Division I Women's Water Polo National 
        Championship tournament;
Whereas the victory gave Head Coach Adam Krikorian and the Bruins women's water 
        polo team their third consecutive NCAA Championship and was the team's 
        fifth overall national title;
Whereas Kelly Rulon, a driver for the Bruins, was selected as the tournament's 
        Most Valuable Player;
Whereas UCLA women's water polo players Kelly Rulon, Emily Feher, Courtney 
        Mathewson, Jillian Kraus, and Kacy Kunkel were named to the NCAA All-
        Tournament First Team;
Whereas the UCLA women's water polo team finished the 2007 season with a record 
        of 28 wins and 2 losses, and now has a record of 90 wins and 6 losses 
        over the past 3 seasons;
Whereas the 2007 Women's Water Polo National Championship makes UCLA the first 
        school ever to win 100 NCAA sports national titles;
Whereas UCLA won its 100th NCAA title less than 58 years after the UCLA men's 
        tennis team won the school's first NCAA title in 1950;
Whereas 16 different men's and women's sports programs contributed to the 
        Bruins' 100 NCAA national championships, including--

    (1) men's basketball in 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 
1973, 1975, and 1995;

    (2) men's golf in 1988;

    (3) women's golf in 1991 and 2004;

    (4) men's gymnastics in 1984 and 1987;

    (5) women's gymnastics in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004;

    (6) men's soccer in 1985, 1990, 1997, and 2002;

    (7) women's softball in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 
2003, and 2004;

    (8) men's swimming in 1982;

    (9) men's tennis in 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1965, 
1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1984, and 2005;

    (10) men's track and field in 1956, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1987, 
and 1988;

    (11) women's outdoor track and field in 1982, 1983, and 2004;

    (12) women's indoor track and field in 2000 and 2001;

    (13) men's volleyball in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 
1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2006;

    (14) women's volleyball in 1984, 1990, and 1991;

    (15) men's water polo in 1969, 1971, 1972, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, and 
2004; and

    (16) women's water polo in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007;

Whereas UCLA teams have won 14 NCAA national championships during the tenure of 
        Daniel G. Guerrero, the current Director of Athletics at UCLA; and
Whereas UCLA, under the leadership of Chancellor Gene Block, continues to 
        establish itself as one of the top research universities as well as top 
        athletic programs in the Nation: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) congratulates the women's water polo team of the University of 
        California, Los Angeles, and Head Coach Adam Krikorian for winning the 
        2007 NCAA Division I Women's Water Polo National Championship;
            (2) congratulates UCLA on becoming the first school to win 100 NCAA 
        sports national championship titles, making it the most accomplished 
        athletic program in NCAA history; and
            (3) recognizes the achievements of all the players, coaches, 
        students, alumni, and staff of UCLA who were instrumental over the years 
        in this prestigious achievement.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.