III 110th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 463 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 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

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.