[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 718 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 718

     A resolution commending and congratulating the University of 
California, Los Angeles Bruins women's basketball team for winning the 
   2026 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women's 
                   Basketball National Championship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 30, 2026

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     A resolution commending and congratulating the University of 
California, Los Angeles Bruins women's basketball team for winning the 
   2026 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women's 
                   Basketball National Championship.

Whereas, on Sunday, April 5, 2026, the University of California, Los Angeles 
        (referred to in this preamble as ``UCLA'') Bruins' women's basketball 
        team (referred to in this preamble as the ``UCLA Bruins'' or the 
        ``Bruins'') won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (referred 
        to in this preamble as the ``NCAA'') Division I Women's Basketball 
        National Championship (referred to in this preamble as the ``National 
        Championship'') by defeating the University of South Carolina Gamecocks 
        79-51 at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Arizona;
Whereas this is the UCLA Bruins' first NCAA National Championship title in 
        women's basketball and second women's basketball national championship 
        title in program history;
Whereas the Bruins' win against South Carolina secured UCLA's 126<INF>th</INF> 
        NCAA team national championship, the second most of any program in the 
        NCAA;
Whereas Head Coach Cori Close, in her 15th season leading the team and 18th 
        season on the coaching staff at UCLA, led the Bruins to a 37-1 record, 
        going undefeated in Big Ten conference play and winning both the Big Ten 
        regular season title and the Big Ten tournament title;
Whereas 6 seniors--Lauren Betts, Gabriela Jaquez, Kiki Rice, Angela Dugalic, 
        Gianna Kneepkens, and Charlisse Leger-Walker--scored every point for the 
        Bruins during the National Championship game;
Whereas Betts, who finished the National Championship game with 14 points and 11 
        rebounds, was named the NCAA Tournament's ``Most Outstanding Player''; 
        and
Whereas the UCLA Bruins demonstrated incredible fortitude, dedication, teamwork, 
        and sportsmanship throughout the season: Now, therefore be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends the UCLA Bruins' women's basketball team for 
        winning the 2026 National Collegiate Athletic Association 
        Division I Women's Basketball National Championship;
            (2) congratulates the players, coaches, staff, and managers 
        of the UCLA Bruins' women's basketball team for their historic 
        achievement; and
            (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate 
        transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to--
                    (A) UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk;
                    (B) UCLA Bruins' Women's Basketball Head Coach Cori 
                Close; and
                    (C) UCLA Athletic Director Martin Jarmond.
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