[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9087]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      TRIBUTE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING WOMENS BASKETBALL TEAM

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                           HON. BARBARA CUBIN

                               of wyoming

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 17, 2007

  Mrs. CUBIN. Madam Speaker, I am proud to rise today to offer my 
congratulations to the University of Wyoming womens basketball team. On 
March 31st, the team handily defeated the University of Wisconsin to 
win the Womens National Invitational Tournament for the first time in 
school history.
  As the Representative of the great State of Wyoming, it is my 
pleasure to join my fellow citizens as our state beams with pride for 
these 14 very accomplished young women and their coach, Joe Legerski.
  Madam Speaker, millions of people across America call themselves 
basketball players, but only the truly elite will ever have the 
satisfaction and delight of calling themselves national champions. 
Members of the Wyoming Cowgirl basketball team are now living the dream 
of every young girl who has ever laced up her high tops and joined her 
local hoops team.
  But the road to the WNIT Championship wasn't easy. In the semi-
finals, the Cowgirls were pitted against the defending WNIT champs, 
Kansas State University. In front of a boisterous home crowd, the 
Cowgirls won a triple-overtime thriller, earning a ticket to the first 
post-season championship game in the program's history.
  Three days later, over 15,000 fans arrived at Laramie's famous Arena-
Auditorium to watch the Cowgirls roll to a 72-56 victory over the 
Wisconsin Badgers. Their victory came in front of the largest-ever 
crowd of Cowgirl basketball fans, a testament to the State's 
overwhelming support and pride for these women.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in congratulating Amy Bolerjack, her 
sister Jodi Bolerjack, Mallory Cline, Elisabeth Dissen, Annie 
Gorenstein, Angiah Harris, Gemma Koehler, Megan McGuffey, Megan 
Mordecai, Justyna Podziemska, Dominique Sisk, Rebecca Vanderjagt, 
Aubrey Vandiver, and tournament MVP Hanna Zavecz.
  These Cowgirls have proven they know how to get 'er done. They are 
living a dream come true, and they will have memories to last a 
lifetime.

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