[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H5926-H5927]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             COACH RON POLK

  (Mr. PICKERING asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PICKERING. Madam Speaker, I rise today to take notice of a very 
special man, Coach Ron Polk. He served as the head baseball coach at 
Mississippi State University for 20 years, where he led his Bulldogs to 
the college world series five times.
  Coach Polk has compiled an incredible record at Mississippi State 
with a record 888 wins. Last February, he became only the 16th coach in 
college baseball history to reach the 1,000 win pinnacle.
  He has been selected as the National Coach of the Year on two 
separate occasions and coached the U.S. Olympic

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baseball team three times. Coach Polk has taught and coached 18 all-
Americans and 98 players who have gone on to the ranks of professional 
baseball.
  In addition, tonight he is serving as the honorary coach of the 
Republican congressional baseball team. We hope to have one more 
victory for his record tonight. He arrived last night just in time for 
the budget deal to be reached, and we hope that that is a good omen 
that, as he comes to town, we do good things in Congress for the 
American people and hopefully we will win one for him tonight.
  It is with great honor that I recognize his achievements. The king of 
college baseball, he has served Mississippi State and college baseball 
with great distinction.

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