[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 106 (Monday, June 24, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S4454]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING CHIPOLA COLLEGE LADY INDIANS

 Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I recognize the Chipola College Lady 
Indians softball team, winners of the National Junior College Athletic 
Association Division I National Championship.
  The Lady Indians are comprised of talented young women in Marianna, 
FL and finished their season scoring a total of 69 runs and a 52-5-1 
record, leading them to the team's third overall NJCAA championship 
title.
  In the national championship game, they played against Angelina 
College from Lufkin, TX, and trailed by two runs after the first 
inning. Beginning in the second inning, the Lady Indians scored five 
runs, with Mikayla Lewin and Haley Sandridge both hitting homeruns. In 
the third inning, the team scored five more runs on six hits from Thais 
Uyeme, Sydney Mclain, Candela Figueroa, and Haley Sandridge, who all 
had RBIs in the inning.
  The Lady Indians led Angelina College 10-2 entering the fourth 
inning. The scored remained the same until the sixth inning, when Eila 
Infante and Mikayla Lewin scored two more runs for the team. In the 
seventh and final inning, the Lady Indians scored seven more runs from 
Yoshi Omori, Tammie Lijbers, Sandridge, Infante, Jadia Jones, and Ally 
Clegg. At the bottom of the seventh, Amy Woodham recorded the first two 
outs against Angelina College before Brianna Bailey entered the game 
and recorded the final strikeout of the championship game. Chipola won 
with a final score of 19-2.
  I extend my best wishes to head softball coach Belinda Hendrix, 
associate head softball coach Jimmy Hendrix, assistant softball coach 
Kelly Brookins, Brianna Bailey, Tyra Brown, Payton Clark, Ally Clegg, 
Candela Figeroa, Lauren Finch, Eila Infante, Jadia Jones, Madison Kent, 
Mikayla Lewin, Tammie Lijbers Christine Marsland, Sydney Mclain, Yoshie 
Omori, Naomi Parker, Haley Sandridge, Morgan Scala, Taylor Scala, Amy 
Woodham, Thais Uyema, and the Lady Indians softball team on this 
impressive accomplishment. I look forward to hearing of their continued 
success in the years to come.

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