[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 93 (Thursday, June 11, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E877-E878]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT OF FAYE PERKINS

                                 ______
                                 

                             HON. RON KIND

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 11, 2015

  Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in honor of the coaching career 
of Faye Perkins, UW-River Falls Falcon softball coach. After 22 
seasons, Coach Perkins retired at the end of the 2015 spring season.
   During her tenure at UW-River Falls, Coach Perkins received numerous 
awards and accolades. She won more games than any other head coach in 
the history of UW-River Falls. Under her leadership, the UW-River Falls 
Falcons won Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) 
Championships in 1993, 1994 and a Playoff Championship in 1993, 1994 
and 2012. The 2012 team had a school record 34 wins and finished just 
one win away from reaching the NCAA Division III final eight 
Championship series. She was named the WIAC Coach of the Year in 1996 
and had over 500 total career wins.
   Faye was raised in Cresco, Iowa. She is a proponent of Title IX and 
has spoken on the benefits she experienced from this landmark 
legislation. While in high school, she petitioned

[[Page E878]]

to have a girls' basketball team for the first time. She went to Iowa 
State University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Physical 
Education and a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology. While in 
college, she earned nine athletic letters as a member of the softball, 
basketball and track & field programs. In 2004, Faye was inducted into 
the Iowa State University Athletic Hall of Fame. She completed her 
Ph.D. in Health Education from the University of Utah.
   While she is proud of the records established by the UW-River Falls 
Softball program, she is most proud of working with the students. 
Dedicated, passionate and supportive are just three of many adjectives 
used to describe Coach Perkins. In addition to coaching, Faye Perkins 
was the interim dean from 2007-2011 for the UW-River Falls College of 
Education and Professional Studies.
   She has a passion not only for coaching and teaching, but also of 
traveling. Faye, her husband Joe, and their sons, Paul and Bobby, have 
enjoyed traveling the world. She has had the opportunity to teach in 
China and Scotland. She will continue teaching at UW-River Falls where 
she will remain the chair of the Health and Human Performance 
Department.

                          ____________________