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IV 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 511 In the House of Representatives, U. S., July 30, 2007 RESOLUTION Congratulating the men’s volleyball team of the University of California, Irvine, for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Men’s Volleyball National Championship.

Whereas the men’s volleyball team of the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine), known as the Anteaters, achieved many historic accomplishments during the 2006–2007 season; Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team won the school’s first ever National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Men’s Volleyball National Championship; Whereas Matt Webber, a senior on the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team, was selected as the tournament’s most valuable player with 22 kills in the championship match; Whereas UC Irvine men’s volleyball players Brian Thornton, Jayson Jablonsky, and David Smith were named to the All-Tournament Team; Whereas UC Irvine men’s volleyball coach John Speraw is only the third coach in history to win a NCAA volleyball championship as both a player and as a head coach; Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team finished with 29 victories, the most victories in school history; Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team finished with the most wins in the Nation for the 2006–2007 season; Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team won the 2007 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men’s Volleyball title; Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team had four players selected to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America Team, the most by any team in the Nation; Whereas middle blocker David Smith earned first-team accolades on the AVCA All-America Team; Whereas Matt Webber, Jayson Jablonsky, and Brian Thornton earned second-team accolades on the AVCA All-America Team; Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team started the season as the preseason favorite in the CSTV/AVCA Division I Men’s Coaches Top 15 Poll; Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team finished first in the CSTV/AVCA Division I Men’s Coaches Top 15 Poll, released May 7, 2007; Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team accomplished these feats while playing a difficult schedule in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation; Whereas the title is UC Irvine’s first Division I title since 1989; and Whereas UC Irvine, under the leadership of Chancellor Michael V. Drake, M.D., has continued to establish itself as a world-class research university, and as one of the top universities in the Nation: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1)congratulates the men’s volleyball team of the University of California, Irvine, and its Chancellor, Michael V. Drake, M.D., for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Men’s Volleyball National Championship; and (2)recognizes the achievements of the players, coaches, students, alumni, and staff who were instrumental in helping the University of California, Irvine, win the national title.

Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk.