[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2037]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 303--COMMENDING THE CARROLL COLLEGE FIGHTING SAINTS 
      FOOTBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2003 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 
  INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS (NAIA) NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

  Mr. BURNS (for himself and Mr. Baucus) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 303

       Whereas the Carroll College Fighting Saints football team 
     won the 2003 NAIA national championship game and its second 
     straight national championship by defeating the Northwestern 
     Oklahoma State University Rangers by a score of 41 to 28 at 
     the Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee, on December 
     20, 2003;
       Whereas the Fighting Saints won 15 straight games, going 
     undefeated in the 2003 regular season to win the Frontier 
     Conference Championship and progressing through 4 rounds of 
     playoffs;
       Whereas head coach Mike Van Diest led the Fighting Saints 
     to their second straight championship in his fifth season as 
     head coach and was 1 of 5 coaches to receive the American 
     Football Coaches Association Coach of the Year award;
       Whereas Fighting Saints quarterback Tyler Emmert was named 
     NAIA Player of the Year and offensive MVP for the 
     championship game;
       Whereas wide receiver Mark Gallik was named NAIA 
     Football.net Offensive Player of the Year;
       Whereas both Emmert and Gallik were named to the NAIA First 
     Team All-American;
       Whereas 2 players were named to the NAIA Second Team All-
     American--Spencer Schmitz and Marcus Atkinson--and 4 players 
     received NAIA Honorable Mention All-American honors--Regan 
     Mack, Rhett Crites, Nate Chiovaro, and Brett Bermingham;
       Whereas 7 Fighting Saints were named as NAIA All-America 
     Scholar Athletes--Kyle Baker, D.J. Dearcorn, Tyler Emmert, 
     Kevin McCutcheon, Matt Peterson, A.J. Porrini, and Zach 
     Zawacki; and
       Whereas the Carroll College community, including the 
     Carroll College Athletic Department, students, 
     administration, board of trustees, faculty, and alumni, the 
     city of Helena, and the entire State of Montana, are to be 
     congratulated for their continuous support of the Carroll 
     College football team: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) commends the Carroll College Fighting Saints football 
     team for winning the 2003 NAIA national championship;
       (2) recognizes the achievements of all the players, 
     coaches, support staff, and fans who were instrumental in 
     helping Carroll College during the 2003 season; and
       (3) directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy 
     of this resolution to the president of Carroll College.

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