[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 100 (Friday, June 29, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4776-S4777]
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SENATE RESOLUTION 517--CONGRATULATING THE NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS WOMEN'S 
    LACROSSE TEAM ON WINNING THE 2012 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC 
          ASSOCIATION DIVISION I WOMEN'S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP

  Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Kirk) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 517

       Whereas, on May 27, 2012, the Northwestern Wildcats Women's 
     Lacrosse Team (referred to in this preamble as the 
     ``Wildcats'') won the National Collegiate Athletic 
     Association Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship;
       Whereas the Wildcats defeated Syracuse University by a 
     score of 8-6 in the championship game, giving the Wildcats 
     their 7th victory over the last 8 NCAA Division I Women's 
     Lacrosse Championships;
       Whereas reigning National Player of the Year Shannon Smith 
     had 2 goals and 2 assists in the championship game;
       Whereas 2012 National Player of the Year Finalist Taylor 
     Thornton scored the game-winning goal;
       Whereas Northwestern University established their first 
     women's lacrosse team in 1982, playing in the NCAA tournament 
     5 times before the team was disbanded in 1992 due to budget 
     cuts;
       Whereas, in 2002, Northwestern University revived the 
     women's lacrosse team and hired former University of Maryland 
     player Kelly Amonte Hiller as head coach;
       Whereas, in 2005, the Wildcats went undefeated and won 
     their first NCAA title;
       Whereas, in 2007, the Wildcats joined the University of 
     Maryland as the only 2 teams to win 3 consecutive NCAA 
     titles;
       Whereas, during their 5-year championship run from 2005 to 
     2009, the Wildcats were undefeated at home and had a record 
     of 106 wins and 3 losses;
       Whereas the Wildcats won their 6th and 7th NCAA titles in 
     2011 and 2012;
       Whereas, in her final game for the Wildcats, Shannon Smith 
     was named Most Valuable Player at Championship Weekend for 
     the second straight year;
       Whereas, for seniors like Shannon Smith, the victory on May 
     27, 2012 was their third NCAA championship;
       Whereas, as head coach of the Wildcats, Kelly Amonte Hiller 
     has a record of 32 wins and only 2 losses in the NCAA 
     tournament;
       Whereas Kelly Amonte Hiller will be inducted into the 
     United States Lacrosse Hall of Fame for her performance as a 
     player at

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     the University of Maryland and is just one more title away 
     from tying her former coach, Cindy Timchal, for the most NCAA 
     championships;
       Whereas, as a college athlete, Kelly Amonte Hiller earned 
     All-American honors in both Women's Lacrosse and Soccer;
       Whereas, as a lacrosse player at the University of 
     Maryland, Kelly Amonte Hiller was a 4-time All-American and 
     the school's record holder for career goals (187), assists 
     (132), and points (319, which is 70 more points than the 
     second-place holder);
       Whereas, for nearly a decade, Kelly Amonte Hiller played 
     for the United States Women's National Team, leading the 
     United States to the International Federation of Women's 
     Lacrosse Associations World Cup titles in 1997 and 2001;
       Whereas Kelly Amonte Hiller was named to the Atlantic Coast 
     Conference 50th Anniversary Women's Lacrosse Team in 2002 and 
     to the NCAA Division I 25th Anniversary Women's Lacrosse Team 
     in 2006; and
       Whereas the State of Illinois celebrates the Wildcats's 
     seventh championship and commends the fans, players, and 
     coaches of all the teams that competed in the 2012 NCAA 
     Women's Lacrosse Division I Championship; Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) congratulates the Northwestern Wildcats Women's 
     Lacrosse Team (referred to in this resolution as the 
     ``Wildcats'') on winning the 2012 National Collegiate 
     Athletic Association Division I Women's Lacrosse 
     Championship; and
       (2) commends the Wildcats players and their fans, as well 
     as head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller, on winning their seventh 
     title in the last 8 years.

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