Whereas, on May 13, 2007, the University of California at
Los Angeles (referred to in this preamble as the Bruins
) won its
100th National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) team title;
Whereas the Bruins won 70 NCAA championships in men’s
sports between 1950 and 2007 and 30 NCAA championships in women’s sports
between 1982 and 2007;
Whereas the Bruins won 60 NCAA championships in the 26
years since the inauguration of women’s collegiate sports championships in
1981, including 30 NCAA women’s titles and 30 NCAA men’s titles;
Whereas 16 separate athletic programs, including 9 men’s
programs and 7 women’s programs, won 1 or more NCAA team championships for the
Bruins:
(1)Men’s volleyball
in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987,
1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2006.
(2)Men’s tennis in
1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979,
1982, 1984, and 2005.
(3)Men’s basketball
in 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, and 1995.
(4)Softball in 1982,
1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, and 2004.
(5)Men’s track and
field in 1956, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1972, 1987, and 1988.
(6)Men’s water polo
in 1969, 1971, 1972, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, and 2004.
(7)Women’s water
polo in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007.
(8)Women’s
gymnastics in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004.
(9)Men’s soccer in
1985, 1990, 1997, and 2002.
(10)Women’s track
and field in 1982, 1983, and 2004.
(11)Women’s
volleyball in 1984, 1990, and 1991.
(12)Women’s indoor
track and field in 2000 and 2001.
(13)Women’s golf in
1991 and 2004.
(14)Men’s gymnastics
in 1984 and 1987.
(15)Men’s golf in
1988.
(16)Men’s swimming
in 1982;
Whereas, under the direction of head coach Al Scates, the
Bruins won 19 NCAA team titles in the sport of men's volleyball between 1970
and 2006, tying the record for the most NCAA titles won by one coach in a
single sport;
Whereas, between 1964 and 1975, under the direction of
head coach John Robert Wooden, the Bruins won 10 NCAA team titles in the sport
of men’s basketball, including an unprecedented seven straight titles between
1967 and 1973;
Whereas, on May 13, 2007, under the direction of head
coach Adam Krikorian, the Bruins won their 5th Division I team title in 7 years
in the sport of women's water polo, and ended the 2007 season with an overall
record of 28 wins and 2 losses;
Whereas Bruin student-athletes are excellent
representatives of the University of California at Los Angeles, the University
of California system, and the State of California; and
Whereas the University of California at Los Angeles has
demonstrated a strong tradition of academic excellence since the founding of
the Univeristy in 1919 and a strong tradition of athletic excellence since
winning its 1st NCAA team title in 1950, establishing the University of
California at Los Angeles as a top university in the United States: Now,
therefore, be it
That the Senate—
(1)congratulates the
University of California at Los Angeles women’s water polo team for winning the
2007 NCAA Division I Women’s Water Polo National Championship;
(2)congratulates the
University of California at Los Angeles for becoming the first university to
win 100 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I team titles;
and
(3)commends the
student-athletes, coaches, alumni, instructors, and staff of the University of
California at Los Angeles for their contributions to the achievement of this
distinguished milestone.