[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9388]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE LADY CARDS

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, on another subject and admittedly a 
lighter note, I rise today to pay tribute to a group of young women 
from the University of Louisville who reached an amazing milestone this 
week. The U of L Lady Cards made basketball history with their first 
NCAA Final Four trip.
  The Lady Cards, coached by Jeff Walz and led by All-American Angel 
McCoughtry and senior forward Candyce Bingham, are heading to St. Louis 
this weekend to play in the women's NCAA Final Four.
  Today, I wanted to recognize this history-making team. The Lady Cards 
had an amazing season, and it is not over yet. On Sunday, they will 
face Oklahoma, with the winner advancing to the final game on Tuesday.
  This has been a fun team to watch this season. Their style of play 
will inspire future generations of Lady Cardinals. I am sure there are 
a lot of young athletes in Kentucky who look up to the home team and 
will be cheering them on to victory this weekend.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record 
the names of the players and coaches.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

           University of Louisville Women's Basketball Roster

       Gwen Rucker, Becky Burke, Candyce Bingham, Janae Howard, 
     Tiera Stephen, Mary Jackson, Laura Terry, Monique Reid, Angel 
     McCoughtry, Chauntise Wright, Keshia Hines, and Deseree Boyd.

          University of Louisville Women's Basketball Coaches

       Head Coach Jeff Walz, Assistant Coaches Stephanie Norman, 
     Michelle Clark-Heard and Bethann Shapiro Ord and Director of 
     Basketball Operations, Becky Bonner.

  Mr. McCONNELL. I yield the floor.

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