[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 168 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 168

  Congratulating the University of Wisconsin women's hockey team for 
 winning the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I 
                    Women's Ice Hockey Championship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 24, 2007

    Mr. Feingold (for himself and Mr. Kohl) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Congratulating the University of Wisconsin women's hockey team for 
 winning the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I 
                    Women's Ice Hockey Championship.

Whereas, on March 18, 2007, in Lake Placid, New York, by defeating the 
        University of Minnesota-Duluth by a score of 4-1 in the championship 
        game and defeating St. Lawrence University by a score of 4-0 in the 
        semifinals, the University of Wisconsin women's hockey team (referred to 
        in this preamble as the ``Badgers'') won the women's Frozen Four 
        championship, earning their second consecutive National Collegiate 
        Athletic Association (NCAA) title;
Whereas Sara Bauer scored a goal and tallied 2 assists, Erika Lawler scored a 
        goal and tallied an assist, Jinelle Zaugg scored a goal, Jasmine Giles 
        scored a goal, Meghan Duggan contributed an assist, Meaghan Mikkelson 
        contributed an assist, and Jessie Vetter stopped 17 shots in the final 
        game to earn her 20th win of the season;
Whereas every player on the University of Wisconsin women's hockey team (Sara 
        Bauer, Rachel Bible, Christine Dufour, Meghan Duggan, Maria Evans, 
        Jasmine Giles, Kayla Hagen, Tia Hanson, Angie Keseley, Heidi Kletzien, 
        Emily Kranz, Erika Lawler, Alycia Matthews, Alannah McCready, Meaghan 
        Mikkelson, Phoebe Monteleone, Emily Morris, Mikka Nordby, Kyla Sanders, 
        Bobbi-Jo Slusar, Ally Strickler, Jessie Vetter, Kristen Witting, and 
        Jinelle Zaugg) contributed to the success of the team;
Whereas Sara Bauer was named to the RBK/American Hockey Coaches Association All-
        American First Team, and was a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial 
        Award for national player of the year, the United States College Hockey 
        Online's (USCHO) Player of the Year for the second straight season, and 
        the WCHA Player of the Year and WCHA Scoring Champion, and earned a spot 
        on the All-USCHO First Team and the All-Western Collegiate Hockey 
        Association (WCHA) First Team;
Whereas Bobbi-Jo Slusar was named to the RBK All-American Second team, the All-
        USCHO First Team, and the All-WCHA Second Team, and was named USCHO 
        Defensive Player of the Year;
Whereas Meaghan Mikkelson was named to the All-USCHO First Team and the All-WCHA 
        First Team, and was named the WCHA Defensive Player of the Year;
Whereas Jessie Vetter was named to the RBK All-American First Team, All-USCHO 
        Second Team, and All-WCHA First Team;
Whereas Meghan Duggan was named to the All-USCHO Rookie Team and named WCHA 
        Rookie of the Year, Christine Dufour was named to the All-WCHA Third 
        Team and was WCHA Goaltending Champion, and Erika Lawler was named to 
        the All-WCHA Third Team;
Whereas Coach Mark Johnson, who won an NCAA championship as member of the 
        University of Wisconsin men's hockey team in 1977, was a member of the 
        gold-medal winning 1980 United States Olympic hockey team, and is one of 
        the few people who have won a national championship as both a player and 
        coach, was named the WCHA Coach of the Year;
Whereas the Badgers are the first University of Wisconsin program to repeat as 
        NCAA champions since the University of Wisconsin women's cross country 
        team won the title in both 1984 and 1985; and
Whereas the Badgers ended the season on a 26-game undefeated streak, finishing 
        with a record of 36-1-4, while outscoring opponents 166-36, and the 
        Badgers broke or tied 6 NCAA single-season team records: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) congratulates the University of Wisconsin women's 
        hockey team, the coaching staff, including Head Coach Mark 
        Johnson and Assistant Coaches Tracey Cornell and Daniel Koch, 
        Program Assistant Sharon Eley, Director of Women's Hockey 
        Operations Paul Hickman, Athletic Trainer Jennifer Pepoy, 
        Volunteer Coach Jeff Sanger, and Athletic Director Barry 
        Alvarez, and Chancellor John D. Wiley on an outstanding 
        championship season; and
            (2) respectfully requests the Secretary of the Senate to 
        transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the Chancellor 
        of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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