[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 96 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 96

  Congratulating the Morningside College women's basketball team for 
  winning the 2009 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics 
                    (NAIA) Division II championship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 31, 2009

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Congratulating the Morningside College women's basketball team for 
  winning the 2009 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics 
                    (NAIA) Division II championship.

Whereas on March 17, 2009, at the Tyson Event Center in Sioux City, Iowa, the 
        Morningside College Mustangs won the national title game for the NAIA 
        Division II women's basketball with a 68-63 win over the Hastings 
        College Broncos;
Whereas Morningside College Mustangs captured the Great Plains Athletic 
        Conference (GPAC) championship title with an 18-0 record;
Whereas Morningside College women's basketball Head Coach Jamie Sale was named 
        NAIA Division II Coach of the Year;
Whereas 7 members of the Morningside College women's basketball team were named 
        2009 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes for maintaining a minimum GPA of 
        3.50 and having at least a junior academic status: Cara Anderson, Autumn 
        Bartel, Emily Christen, Sarah Culp, Mackenzi Mendlik, Roni Miller, and 
        Brittany Williamson;
Whereas Autumn Bartel, a senior guard for Morningside College, was named Most 
        Valuable Player of the NAIA Division II tournament;
Whereas Dani Gass, a senior guard for Morningside College, was named NAIA 
        Division II Player of the Year;
Whereas the Morningside College women's basketball team was the unanimous number 
        1 vote in the final NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 
        Poll, receiving 312 points and all 12 first place votes; and
Whereas the Mustangs finished the 2009 season with an undefeated record of 38-0, 
        and was only the second team in NAIA Division II history to do so: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) congratulates the Morningside College Mustangs for 
        winning the NAIA Division II national championship; and
            (2) recognizes the achievements of the players, coaches, 
        and staff whose hard work and dedication helped the Morningside 
        College Mustangs win the championship.
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