[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 463 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 463

Congratulating Vivian Stringer on winning 800 games in women's college 
                              basketball.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 28, 2008

Mr. Menendez submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Congratulating Vivian Stringer on winning 800 games in women's college 
                              basketball.

Whereas Vivian Stringer has coached women's college basketball for 36 seasons;
Whereas Vivian Stringer has coached the Rutgers University women's college 
        basketball team for the past 13 seasons;
Whereas Vivian Stringer is the first coach in men's or women's college 
        basketball to lead 3 different schools to the Final Four;
Whereas Vivian Stringer was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 
        2001;
Whereas Vivian Stringer was named by Sports Illustrated as one of the 101 Most 
        Influential Minorities in Sports in 2003;
Whereas Vivian Stringer was a recipient of the Black Coaches Association's 
        Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004;
Whereas Vivian Stringer helped lead Team USA to a gold medal as an assistant 
        coach for the United States Olympic women's basketball team in the 2004 
        Olympic Games in Athens, Greece;
Whereas Vivian Stringer was inducted into the New Jersey Sports Hall of Fame and 
        the Sport in Society Hall of Fame in 2005;
Whereas Vivian Stringer has made significant contributions in advancing the 
        popularity of and esteem for women's college basketball;
Whereas Vivian Stringer has been a role model for countless young women not only 
        in the United States, but all over the world;
Whereas Vivian Stringer is only the third women's college basketball coach to 
        win 800 games, joining only 5 men's coaches who reached the same 
        milestone; and
Whereas Vivian Stringer broke the record for African-American coaches in either 
        men's or women's college basketball by becoming the first to win 800 
        games: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate honors Vivian Stringer for the 
significant accomplishment of winning 800 games in women's college 
basketball and sends its sincere congratulations for this historic 
accomplishment.
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