[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 33 (Thursday, February 28, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S1387]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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 SENATE RESOLUTION 463--CONGRATULATING VIVIAN STRINGER ON WINNING 800 
                  GAMES IN WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

  Mr. MENENDEZ submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 463

       Whereas Vivian Stringer has coached women's college 
     basketball for 36 seasons;
       Whereas Vivian Stringer has coached the Rutgers University 
     women's college basketball team for the past 13 seasons;
       Whereas Vivian Stringer is the first coach in men's or 
     women's college basketball to lead 3 different schools to the 
     Final Four;
       Whereas Vivian Stringer was inducted into the Women's 
     Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001;
       Whereas Vivian Stringer was named by Sports Illustrated as 
     one of the 101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports in 2003;
       Whereas Vivian Stringer was a recipient of the Black 
     Coaches Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004;
       Whereas Vivian Stringer helped lead Team USA to a gold 
     medal as an assistant coach for the United States Olympic 
     women's basketball team in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, 
     Greece;
       Whereas Vivian Stringer was inducted into the New Jersey 
     Sports Hall of Fame and the Sport in Society Hall of Fame in 
     2005;
       Whereas Vivian Stringer has made significant contributions 
     in advancing the popularity of and esteem for women's college 
     basketball;
       Whereas Vivian Stringer has been a role model for countless 
     young women not only in the United States, but all over the 
     world;
       Whereas Vivian Stringer is only the third women's college 
     basketball coach to win 800 games, joining only 5 men's 
     coaches who reached the same milestone; and
       Whereas Vivian Stringer broke the record for African-
     American coaches in either men's or women's college 
     basketball by becoming the first to win 800 games: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate honors Vivian Stringer for the 
     significant accomplishment of winning 800 games in women's 
     college basketball and sends its sincere congratulations for 
     this historic accomplishment.

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