[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 15554-15555]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO COACH MIKE CAMERON

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                          HON. JOHN A. BOEHNER

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 12, 2007

  Mr. BOEHNER. Madam Speaker, in Ohio and elsewhere this week, 
thousands of Americans are saluting the contributions of a great 
coaching legend. Mike Cameron, the longtime baseball coach at Moeller 
High School in Cincinnati, OH, has announced his retirement after 39 
seasons--bringing to a close what the Cincinnati Enquirer has aptly 
described as ``one of the greatest high school coaching careers in Ohio 
history.''
  Coach Cameron compiled a record of 767-303 during his career as coach 
of the Moeller Crusader baseball team, a record that includes four 
state championships. His retirement announcement came just weeks after 
he reached a key milestone in his decorated coaching career: on April 
30, 2007, Coach Cameron became the ``All-time Winningest'' Division I 
baseball coach in Ohio history with a win against LaSalle High School 
at the new Crosley Field in Blue Ash, OH.
  The numbers tell a great story, but not the whole story. As a member 
of the Moeller High School Class of 1968--one of our school's first 
graduating classes--I've known Mike for decades. Before he became the 
baseball coach at Moeller, Mike was an assistant football coach under 
another Moeller legend, Gerry Faust, where he coached me during my 
junior and senior years. We also knew each other through our neighbors 
and our mutual interest in community service.
  Since my graduation nearly 40 years ago, I've watched Moeller build a 
proud national reputation for all-around excellence in Catholic 
education, and Mike has always been a big part of it. The Moeller 
tradition emphasizes students' growth in all areas--academic growth, 
athletic and extra-curricular growth, and spiritual growth. There are 
few members of the Moeller family who have done as much as Mike Cameron 
has over the years to help Moeller establish and cultivate this proud 
tradition.
  If you talk to Mike's players, it's clear he's been a positive force 
in the lives of countless young people in the Greater Cincinnati area. 
But his legacy at Moeller is not limited to the baseball diamond. 
During his decades at Moeller, Coach Cameron earned the gratitude and 
respect of thousands of students he didn't coach, as well as that of 
countless Moeller parents and faculty members. Coach Cameron also has 
the admiration of many Americans, from local fans of Moeller baseball 
to parents who have taken their children to watch one of the multiple 
players he helped to reach the big leagues.
  On behalf of the United States Congress, I salute my friend, Coach 
Mike Cameron, on a long and distinguished career that is a source of 
pride for the entire Moeller family and the people of Southwest Ohio.

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