[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 42 (Wednesday, April 5, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S3159]
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     CONGRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAM

  The resolution (S. Res. 429) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 429

       Whereas on March 26, 2006, the University of Wisconsin 
     Badgers won the women's Frozen Four in Minneapolis, 
     Minnesota, with a victory over the 2-time defending champion 
     University of Minnesota Golden Gophers by 3 to 0 in the 
     championship game after having defeated St. Lawrence 
     University by 1 to 0 in the semifinals;
       Whereas Jinelle Zaugg of Eagle River, Wisconsin, scored 2 
     goals, Grace Hutchison of Winnetka, Illinois, scored a goal, 
     and Jessie Vetter of Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, had 31 saves 
     in the championship game, and recorded the first shut-out in 
     the history of the women's Frozen Four championship games;
       Whereas every player on the University of Wisconsin women's 
     hockey team (Sara Bauer, Rachel Bible, Nikki Burish, Sharon 
     Cole, Vicki Davis, Christine Dufour, Kayla Hagen, Tia Hanson, 
     Meghan Horras, Grace Hutchins, Cyndy Kenyon, Angie Keseley, 
     Heidi Kletzien, Erika Lawler, Alycia Matthews, Meaghan 
     Mikkelson, Phoebe Monteleone, Emily Morris, Mikka Nordby, 
     Bobbi-Jo Slusar, Jessie Vetter, Kristen Witting, and Jinelle 
     Zaugg) contributed to the success of this team;
       Whereas Sara Bauer and Bobbi-Jo Slusar were named to the 
     All-Western Collegiate Hockey Association (known as ``WCHA'') 
     First Team, Sharon Cole, Meaghan Mikkelson, and Meghan Horras 
     were named to the All-WCHA Second Team, Bobbi-Jo Slusar was 
     named the WCHA Defensive Player of the Year, and Sara Bauer 
     was named the WCHA Player of the Year;
       Whereas Coach Mark Johnson, who won a National Collegiate 
     Athletic Association National (known as ``NCAA'') 
     championship as a member of the University of Wisconsin men's 
     1977 championship team, was a star on the 1980 United States 
     Olympic hockey team, which produced what is known as the 
     ``Miracle on Ice'', and is one of the few people who have won 
     a national championship as both a player and coach, and was 
     named the WCHA Coach of the Year;
       Whereas Sara Bauer and Bobbi-Jo Slusar were named first 
     team All-Americans, and Sara Bauer won the Patty Kazmaier 
     Award, as the Nation's top player;
       Whereas Jessie Vetter won the 2006 NCAA Tournament's Most 
     Outstanding Player award and was joined on the All-Tournament 
     Team by Jinelle Zaugg and Bobbi-Jo Slusar;
       Whereas the victory in the women's Frozen Four is the 
     University of Wisconsin's first varsity women's hockey 
     national championship, and the university's first women's 
     team national championship since 1984; and
       Whereas this victory ended a terrific season in which the 
     University of Wisconsin women's hockey team outscored their 
     opponents 155-51 and had a record of 34-4-1: Now, therefore, 
     be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) congratulates the University of Wisconsin women's 
     hockey team, the coaching staff, including Head Coach Mark 
     Johnson, Athletic Director Barry Alvarez, and Chancellor John 
     D. Wiley on an outstanding championship season; and
       (2) respectfully requests the Clerk of the Senate to 
     transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the 
     Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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