[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 771 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 771

 Honoring and recognizing the 40th anniversary of Cheyney University's 
    historic, momentous, and epic 1978 NCAA Division II Basketball 
                           Championship win.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2018

  Mr. Evans (for himself and Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
                           and the Workforce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Honoring and recognizing the 40th anniversary of Cheyney University's 
    historic, momentous, and epic 1978 NCAA Division II Basketball 
                           Championship win.

Whereas, since it was founded in 1837, Cheyney University has been a true 
        treasure in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
Whereas the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the proud home of Cheyney 
        University, the Nation's first historically Black college and university 
        (HBCU);
Whereas, on March 18, 2018, Cheyney University will celebrate the 40th 
        anniversary of its notable NCAA Division II Basketball Championship win;
Whereas the Cheyney State College Wolves basketball team made history in 1978 
        when they defeated the team from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 
        with a score of 47-40 in Springfield, Missouri, bringing home the 
        school's first national championship victory;
Whereas just as the victorious 2018 Super Bowl Champions Philadelphia Eagles 
        defied all the odds to prove that underdogs can and will be victorious, 
        so too did the number-4-ranked Cheyney State College Wolves by defeating 
        the number-1-ranked University of Wisconsin-Green Bay team in the 1978 
        NCAA Division II Basketball Championship game;
Whereas Coach John Chaney was the NCAA Division II Coach of the Year; and
Whereas we extend congratulations to the entire 1978 Cheyney Wolves team, which 
        included John Butts, Duane Coleman, All-American Milt Colston, 
        Tournament MVP Andrew Fields, Kenny Hinson, Jeffrey Hutcherson, Roger 
        Leysath, Gerald Mills, Charles Murphy, Gilbert Saunders, Arthur Stone, 
        and John Walter--under the leadership of legendary Naismith Hall of Fame 
        Coach John Chaney: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives proudly celebrates and 
recognizes Cheyney University on the 40th anniversary of their historic 
1978 NCAA Division II championship win.
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