[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6033]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 103--COMMENDING THE LADY BEARS OF BAYLOR UNIVERSITY 
FOR WINNING THE 2005 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION DIVISION 
                   I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

  Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 103

       Whereas the Baylor University women's basketball team won 
     its first national championship by defeating Michigan State, 
     84 to 62, the second largest margin of victory in the history 
     of women's basketball championship games;
       Whereas the Lady Bears finished the 2004-2005 season with a 
     record of 33 wins and 3 losses, including winning their final 
     20 consecutive games;
       Whereas Coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson brought the Lady Bears 
     to their first national championship and became the first 
     woman to have been both a head coach and a player on a 
     national championship team;
       Whereas Coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson took the Lady Bears from 
     the bottom of the Big 12 standings in 2000 to a national 
     championship in 5 years;
       Whereas All-American Sophia Young, who averaged 22 points 
     in the tournament, reached double figures in all 36 games in 
     the 2004-2005 season, with 17 double-doubles, and had 26 
     points in the final game to be the high scorer in the 
     championship game;
       Whereas All-American Steffanie Blackmon scored 22 points 
     and had 7 rebounds to lead the Lady Bears to the 
     championship;
       Whereas Emily Niemann made key 3-point shots to boost the 
     Lady Bears to victory in an exciting final game;
       Whereas the entire team should be commended for their work 
     together;
       Whereas Baylor University has demonstrated its excellence 
     in both athletics and academics, and has significantly 
     advanced the sport of women's basketball by demonstrating 
     hard work and sportsmanship; and
       Whereas the Baylor University Lady Bears are the pride of 
     Waco and the rest of the great State of Texas: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate commends the Lady Bears of Baylor 
     University for--
       (1) winning the 2005 National Collegiate Athletic 
     Association Division I Women's Basketball Championship; and
       (2) completing the 2004-2005 women's basketball season with 
     a record of 33 wins and 3 losses.

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