[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2624]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TO PROCLAIM AMERICA'S COLLEGE

  (Mr. COMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to announce that America has a 
new baseball team, and that baseball team is the Murray State Racers 
located in Murray, Kentucky.
  Murray State is a real-life Cinderella story. Murray State was the 
number four seed after winning the Missouri Valley Conference. They 
played in the Oxford Regional where, of course, Ole Miss is, and they 
beat Ole Miss twice and Georgia Tech once to advance to the Super 
Regional. Then Murray State did what every blue-blooded Kentucky 
Wildcat fan could only dream of, they beat Duke. They didn't just beat 
Duke on their home field once, they beat Duke twice to advance to Omaha 
to the College World Series.
  This is a historic achievement for a small school. Murray State 
defied the odds in the era of NIL and big contracts and players getting 
paid. This is a group of baseball players that want to play ball. They 
play hard every game. They weren't highly recruited, and they win.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Coach Skirka and the Murray State Racers 
and the entire Murray, Kentucky, community.

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