[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11738-11739]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRATULATING THE ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S SOFTBALL TEAM

  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Senate now proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 586, which was 
submitted earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 586) congratulating the Arizona State 
     University Women's Softball Team for winning the 2008 
     National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Softball 
     Championship.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, today I am pleased to join with Senator 
McCain in support of this resolution to highlight the athletic 
achievements of a tremendous group of young women. On June 3, the 
Arizona State University women's softball team won the 2008 National 
Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Softball Championship by 
defeating Texas A&M University 5 to 0. This is the first softball 
championship title for ASU, and the second consecutive year that a 
university in Arizona has brought home the NCAA Softball Championship.
  The Sun Devils won the championship in an impressive fashion with 
considerable efforts by all. ASU beat its opponent by an 11 to 0 
margin, the largest margin of victory in a championship game. Pitcher 
Katie Burkhart allowed only four hits during the game, struck out 13 
batters and was recognized as the Most Valuable Player. Mindy Cowles 
and Kaitlin Cochran both hit homeruns for the Sun Devils. Jackie 
Vasquez, Jessica Mapes, Mandy Urfer, Rhiannon Baca, Krista Donnenwirth, 
Lesley Rogers, and Caylyn Carlson all contributed to the final score. 
Other Sun Devils making important contributions include Katie Crabb, 
Megan Elliott, Dani Rae Lougheed, Brittney Matta, Kristen Miller, 
Ashley Muenz, Amanda Nesbitt, Brooke Neuman, Michelle Nulliner, Sarah 
Rice, Colleen Robbins, Jessie Ware, and Renee Welty.
  Coach Clint Myers led the Sun Devils to a season record of 66 wins 
and 5 losses and a perfect 10 and 0 mark in the postseason. Coach Myers 
joined ASU three years ago and has turned the ASU women's softball 
program into a PAC-l0 Conference powerhouse.
  I salute the Sun Devils and congratulate them on a hard-earned 
national championship. All Arizonans, even die-hard UofA Wildcats like 
me, are proud of the team's outstanding achievement and wish the team 
success in the years to come.
  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to 
reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 586) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 586

       Whereas, on June 3, 2008, the Arizona State University 
     women's softball team (in this preamble referred to as the 
     ``ASU Sun Devils'') won the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic 
     Association Women's College World Series Softball 
     Championship by defeating the women's softball team of Texas 
     A & M University by a score of 11 to 0;
       Whereas that victory marks the first championship title for 
     the ASU Sun Devils;
       Whereas the ASU Sun Devils now hold the Women's College 
     World Series record for the largest margin of victory in a 
     championship game;
       Whereas the ASU Sun Devils beat opponents by a combined 
     score of 24 to 2 in 5 Women's College World Series wins and 
     completed the season with 66 wins and 5 losses and a perfect 
     10 and 0 mark in the postseason; and
       Whereas ASU Sun Devils pitcher Katie Burkhart finished with 
     5 wins and 53 strikeouts in the Women's College World Series 
     and earned Most Valuable Player honors: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) congratulates the Arizona State University women's 
     softball team for winning the 2008 National Collegiate 
     Athletic Association Division I Women's Softball 
     Championship; and

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       (2) recognizes the players, coaches, and support staff who 
     were instrumental in that achievement.

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