[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9842-9843]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   SENATE RESOLUTION 168--CONGRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN 
 WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2007 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC 
         ASSOCIATION DIVISION I WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP

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

                              S. Res. 168

       Whereas, on March 18, 2007, in Lake Placid, New York, by 
     defeating the University of Minnesota-Duluth by a score of 4-
     1 in the championship game and defeating St. Lawrence 
     University by a score of 4-0 in the semifinals, the 
     University of Wisconsin women's hockey team (referred to in 
     this preamble as the ``Badgers'') won the women's Frozen Four 
     championship, earning their second consecutive National 
     Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) title;
       Whereas Sara Bauer scored a goal and tallied 2 assists, 
     Erika Lawler scored a goal and tallied an assist, Jinelle 
     Zaugg scored a goal, Jasmine Giles scored a goal, Meghan 
     Duggan contributed an assist, Meaghan Mikkelson contributed 
     an assist, and Jessie Vetter stopped 17 shots in the final 
     game to earn her 20th win of the season;

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       Whereas every player on the University of Wisconsin women's 
     hockey team (Sara Bauer, Rachel Bible, Christine Dufour, 
     Meghan Duggan, Maria Evans, Jasmine Giles, Kayla Hagen, Tia 
     Hanson, Angie Keseley, Heidi Kletzien, Emily Kranz, Erika 
     Lawler, Alycia Matthews, Alannah McCready, Meaghan Mikkelson, 
     Phoebe Monteleone, Emily Morris, Mikka Nordby, Kyla Sanders, 
     Bobbi-Jo Slusar, Ally Strickler, Jessie Vetter, Kristen 
     Witting, and Jinelle Zaugg) contributed to the success of the 
     team;
       Whereas Sara Bauer was named to the RBK/American Hockey 
     Coaches Association All-American First Team, and was a 
     finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award for national 
     player of the year, the United States College Hockey Online's 
     (USCHO) Player of the Year for the second straight season, 
     and the WCHA Player of the Year and WCHA Scoring Champion, 
     and earned a spot on the All-USCHO First Team and the All-
     Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) First Team;
       Whereas Bobbi-Jo Slusar was named to the RBK All-American 
     Second team, the All-USCHO First Team, and the All-WCHA 
     Second Team, and was named USCHO Defensive Player of the 
     Year;
       Whereas Meaghan Mikkelson was named to the All-USCHO First 
     Team and the All-WCHA First Team, and was named the WCHA 
     Defensive Player of the Year;
       Whereas Jessie Vetter was named to the RBK All-American 
     First Team, All-USCHO Second Team, and All-WCHA First Team;
       Whereas Meghan Duggan was named to the All-USCHO Rookie 
     Team and named WCHA Rookie of the Year, Christine Dufour was 
     named to the All-WCHA Third Team and was WCHA Goaltending 
     Champion, and Erika Lawler was named to the All-WCHA Third 
     Team;
       Whereas Coach Mark Johnson, who won an NCAA championship as 
     member of the University of Wisconsin men's hockey team in 
     1977, was a member of the gold-medal winning 1980 United 
     States Olympic hockey team, and is one of the few people who 
     have won a national championship as both a player and coach, 
     was named the WCHA Coach of the Year;
       Whereas the Badgers are the first University of Wisconsin 
     program to repeat as NCAA champions since the University of 
     Wisconsin women's cross country team won the title in both 
     1984 and 1985; and
       Whereas the Badgers ended the season on a 26-game 
     undefeated streak, finishing with a record of 36-1-4, while 
     outscoring opponents 166-36, and the Badgers broke or tied 6 
     NCAA single-season team records: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) congratulates the University of Wisconsin women's 
     hockey team, the coaching staff, including Head Coach Mark 
     Johnson and Assistant Coaches Tracey Cornell and Daniel Koch, 
     Program Assistant Sharon Eley, Director of Women's Hockey 
     Operations Paul Hickman, Athletic Trainer Jennifer Pepoy, 
     Volunteer Coach Jeff Sanger, and Athletic Director Barry 
     Alvarez, and Chancellor John D. Wiley on an outstanding 
     championship season; and
       (2) respectfully requests the Secretary of the Senate to 
     transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the 
     Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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