[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 119 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 119

 Commending the University of Georgia gymnastics team for winning the 
                    2009 NCAA national championship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 2009

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Commending the University of Georgia gymnastics team for winning the 
                    2009 NCAA national championship.

Whereas in 2009, the University of Georgia gymnastics team, the ``Gym Dogs'', 
        won its 10th National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) women's 
        gymnastics championship;
Whereas the University of Georgia gymnastics program has won 16 Southeastern 
        Conference (SEC) championships;
Whereas the University of Georgia gymnastics program has produced 7 Honda Award 
        winners, with Courtney Kupets under consideration as a finalist for the 
        2009 award;
Whereas the 2009 national title is the Gym Dogs' 5th consecutive national 
        championship;
Whereas the University of Georgia gymnastics team is the most successful 
        gymnastics program in the Nation;
Whereas the Gym Dogs have made 26 consecutive appearances in the NCAA gymnastics 
        championships;
Whereas the 2009 Gym Dogs's overall record was an amazing 32-1;
Whereas the 2009 Gym Dogs also achieved the highest team GPA at the University 
        of Georgia, 3.36;
Whereas the gymnastics team's coach, Suzanne Yoculan, will retire as the most 
        successful collegiate gymnastics coach in NCAA history; and
Whereas Coach Suzanne Yoculan has, in 19 of her 26 years as head coach at the 
        University of Georgia, taken her squad to an SEC title, an NCAA title, 
        or both: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends the University of Georgia gymnastics team for 
        winning the 2009 NCAA women's national championship;
            (2) recognizes that the Gym Dogs have won more national 
        championships than any other gymnastics program in the Nation; 
        and
            (3) congratulates Suzanne Yoculan for a spectacular career 
        as the University of Georgia's gymnastics coach.
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