[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 19 (Monday, January 31, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S413]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          TRIBUTE TO AYOKA LEE

 Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize a truly 
incredible, and historic performance on the basketball court from K-
State's own, Ayoka Lee.
  Ayoka is the starting center for the Kansas State Women's Basketball 
Team and recently set the NCAA all-time record on January 23 in 
Bramlage Coliseum for most points in a single game, scoring an 
astounding 61 points against the 14th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners. To put 
into perspective just how extraordinary this is, the entire Oklahoma 
roster only scored 65 points against the Wildcats in that game. There 
is not much more I enjoy than seeing my alma mater win, so this record 
performance truly brings immense pride to myself and every other K-
State alumni.
  It is also no surprise that Ayoka was able to achieve this, given her 
resume. She came to Manhattan as a top 50 national recruit out of high 
school, then went on to be Big 12 freshman of the year, and First Team 
All Big-12 her freshman and sophomore year. Not to mention, she has 
also been on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll four times. Now in 
her junior year, Ayoka will surely be First-Team All Big-12 again and 
is even in the Wooden Award Top-25 Watch List. If this 61-point 
performance doesn't earn her the Wooden award, it has at least won her 
a spot in every K-Stater's heart, and we are all thrilled to hear about 
her plans to come back and play in her final year of NCAA eligibility 
as she completes her master's degree in the Little Apple.
  I ask my colleagues now to join me in recognizing this outstanding 
achievement by Ayoka Lee. She has made the K-State community proud, and 
we are all rooting for her to succeed in her career and can't wait to 
see her and the team bring home a national championship. ``Go 
Cats!''

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