III 111th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 378 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 17, 2009 Mrs. Hagan (for herself and Mr. Burr) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Congratulating the University of North Carolina Tar Heels for winning the 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association Women's Soccer National Championship.

Whereas on December 6, 2009, the University of North Carolina defeated Stanford University by a score of 1–0 to win the 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Women's Soccer National Championship; Whereas the Tar Heels finished the regular season third in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) with a conference record of 7–3–0 and an overall record of 14–3–1; Whereas the University of North Carolina’s Whitney Engen was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year; Whereas the University of North Carolina’s Whitney Engen, Ashlyn Harris, and Tobin Heath were named to the 2009 All-ACC first team; Whereas the University of North Carolina’s Ali Hawkins and Jessica McDonald were named to the 2009 All-ACC second team; Whereas the third-seeded Tar Heels won the 2009 ACC Women's Soccer Championship with a 3–0 victory over Florida State University, winning the 20th ACC Tournament Championship in the school's history; Whereas the University of North Carolina’s Casey Nogueira was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2009 ACC Championship; Whereas the University of North Carolina’s Casey Nogueira, Ashlyn Harris, Kristi Eveland, Whitney Engen, and Tobin Heath were each named to the 2009 ACC Women's Soccer All-Tournament Team; Whereas Stanford University entered the National Championship game with an undefeated 25–0 record; Whereas the University of North Carolina’s Jessica McDonald scored the decisive goal in the third minute of the National Championship game on an assist from Casey Nogueira and Tobin Heath; Whereas the Tar Heels withstood a furious second-half Stanford rally, with the University of North Carolina’s goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris providing a key save to preserve the Tar Heels’ victory; Whereas Casey Nogueira was named the Most Valuable Player on Offense in the NCAA Women's College Cup for the second successive year; Whereas Whitney Engen was named the Most Valuable Player on Defense in the NCAA Women's College Cup; Whereas the University of North Carolina’s Tobin Heath and Whitney Engen were named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-America first team; Whereas the University of North Carolina's 9 seniors completed their collegiate careers as the winningest senior class in the country, having won 3 National Championships and 4 ACC Tournament Championships with a combined overall record of 94–9–4; Whereas the University of North Carolina’s NCAA Tournament record stands at 106–7–1, and the University has won 93.4 percent of its NCAA Tournament competitions; Whereas the University of North Carolina has participated in 23 of 28 NCAA Tournament Championship games played to date; and Whereas the University of North Carolina has won 20 of the 28 NCAA Women’s Soccer National Championships: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1)congratulates the University of North Carolina for winning the 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association Women's Soccer National Championship; (2)recognizes the achievement of the players, coaches, students, and staff of the University of North Carolina, whose perseverance and dedication to excellence helped propel the women's soccer team to win the championship; and (3)respectfully requests the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to— (A)the chancellor of the University of North Carolina, H. Holden Thorp; (B)the athletic director of the University of North Carolina, Dick Baddour; and (C)the head coach of the University of North Carolina women's soccer team, Anson Dorrance.