[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 130 (Tuesday, September 15, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2273]
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                       TRIBUTE TO JOHN MANGANARO

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                           HON. ADRIAN SMITH

                              of nebraska

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 15, 2009

  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate 
Mr. John Manganaro upon his retirement after 17 years serving as head 
baseball coach at Wayne State College.
  Manganaro came to Wayne State as an assistant in 1990 and took the 
helm in 1993, inheriting a sport with less than one scholarship and a 
$12,000 budget. He built Wayne State into one of the top programs in 
NCAA Division II, winning the last six Northern Sun Conference regular 
season titles while guiding the Wildcats to six straight NCAA 
tournament appearances.
  Manganaro tallied a 506-309-1 record and was 198-54 in Northern Sun 
Conference games. Manganaro is a four-time Northern Sun Conference 
Coach of Year award recipient and led Wayne State to five Northern Sun 
Conference Tournament titles. Manganaro produced All Americans in six 
of the last seven seasons and had two players selected in the Major 
League Baseball Draft over the past three seasons.
  In July of this year, the Omaha World Herald selected John Manganaro 
as the 2009 Midlands College Coach of the Year for men's sports. This 
was a fitting award for a coach that built a baseball program from 
scratch and turned it into the 12th winningest team this decade in NCAA 
Division II baseball.
  Many of my constituents have been members of his teams through the 
years and they have all benefited from the experience. He is a credit 
to his sport, his college, and all of Nebraska.
  I wish John Manganaro, his wife Janice, and their six children and 
two grandchildren all the best in their future endeavors.

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