[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 46 (Friday, March 29, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         THE PRIDE OF KENTUCKY

  (Mr. WARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WARD. Mr. Speaker, I stand before this body today to share my 
pride in Kentucky basketball. This past Saturday night, Sullivan 
College in my hometown of Louisville, won the National Junior College 
Athletic Association national championship basketball tournament in 
Hutchinson, KS--the first Kentucky team to win this championship since 
1969. Sullivan defeated Allegheny College of Maryland by a score of 104 
to 98 in overtime. All of us in Louisville are very proud of this team 
and their head coach, Gary Shourds, and president, A.R. Sullivan.
  This has been a phenomenal year for Kentucky basketball. You know we 
are very proud of our basketball in Kentucky with the University of 
Louisville and the University of Kentucky both in the NCAA Division I 
tournament. This weekend UK, my alma mater, goes for the NCAA national 
championship in New Jersey. In addition, Georgetown College of 
Georgetown, finished second in the NAIA national tournament and 
Northern Kentucky University finished second in the NCAA Division II 
national chamsonship.
  I also share with pride that Coach Gary Shourds of Sullivan College 
has been selected as the National Junior College Coach of the Year and 
will receive his championship award at the National Basketball Coach's 
Association luncheon this Sunday in New York City.
  So I raise this declaration to all present that Kentucky is still the 
grandest State for basketball in all of these United States.

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