[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 53 (Monday, May 4, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S4214]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO THE CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY LADY TIGERS: 1998 MID-SOUTH 
               CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS

 Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I rise today to celebrate the 
remarkable season recently completed by the Lady Tigers of 
Campbellsville University, located in the town of Campbellsville, 
Kentucky. While many are more familiar with the Kentucky basketball 
dynasties built in places like Louisville and Lexington, Campbellsville 
has a pretty impressive run of its own going.
  Nationally ranked all year, the Lady Tigers completed their regular 
season with a record of 21-7. Winning both the Mid-South Conference 
Regular Season and Tournament titles earned Campbellsville an automatic 
bid to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) 
championship tournament in Jackson, Tennessee. This is the ninth 
consecutive season that Campbellsville has qualified for the national 
tournament.
  The Lady Tigers opened the NAIA national tournament by defeating Big 
State Conference Tournament Champion LeTourneau University 95-56 in the 
first round and then defeated Oklahoma City University in the Second 
Round by a score of 69-51. The Lady Tigers were finally stopped in the 
quarterfinals by four-time defending National Champion, Southern 
Nazarene University of Oklahoma, in a heartbreaker, 72-67.
  Throughout the season, the Lady Tigers were led by Mid South 
Conference Player of the Year Shannon Wathen, and All-Conference 
teammates Julie Jeffries and Farrah Sullivan. Together, this senior 
triumvirate combined to average over thirty nine-points and fifteen 
rebounds per game. Post-season honors were also bestowed on Coach Donna 
Wise, who has led Campbellsville to nine consecutive national 
tournament births and ranks second in wins among active NAIA coaches 
with 475.
  Mr. President, Coach Wise has built a national powerhouse women's 
basketball program in Campbellsville, a small town in Central Kentucky. 
I hope my colleagues will join me in offering congratulations to Coach 
Wise, her players, and everyone associated with the Campbellsville Lady 
Tigers on another great season.

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