[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING COACH MIKE BAEB

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Dold) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. DOLD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize New Trier High 
School wrestling coach Mike Baeb, who is leaving New Trier after 
helping lead the wrestling program for over 30 years.
  When he arrived at New Trier, he truly injected new life into the 
program, and I should know because I was a senior on the wrestling team 
when he came in as a coach. As a senior and the captain of the team, I 
often had to wrestle Coach Baeb; and I have to tell you, wrestling 
Coach Baeb was like wrestling a bear.
  Unfortunately, I only had 1 year of coaching from Mike, and I 
certainly could have benefited from many more. During his time as 
coach, Mike won 8 Central Suburban League Conference championships, 13 
IHSA Regional championships, and 7 State place winners.
  Coach Baeb has also been a leader, a friend, and a mentor to many 
students over the past 30 years, all of whom are better off having been 
under his leadership, and that includes myself.
  I offer my sincere thanks to Coach Baeb for his friendship and for 
his leadership. I wish him all the best in his future endeavors.

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