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IV 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 493 In the House of Representatives, U. S., March 11, 2008 RESOLUTION Congratulating the women’s water polo team of the University of California, Los Angeles, for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Women’s Water Polo National Championship, and congratulating UCLA on its 100th NCAA sports national title, making it the most accomplished athletic program in NCAA history.

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

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.

Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk.