[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4212]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  SENATE RESOLUTION 421--CONGRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 
   WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2016 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE 
                 ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION DIVISION I TITLE

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

                              S. Res. 421

       Whereas, on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, the University of 
     Connecticut Women's Basketball Team (in this preamble 
     referred to as ``UConn'') won the 2016 National Collegiate 
     Athletic Association (in this preamble referred to as the 
     ``NCAA'') Division I title with an 82-51 win over the 
     Syracuse Orange at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, 
     Indiana;
       Whereas this is UConn's fourth consecutive NCAA national 
     championship and 11th NCAA national championship overall;
       Whereas Breanna Stewart was awarded the Most Outstanding 
     Player of the Final Four for an unprecedented fourth time;
       Whereas UConn finished the 2015-2016 season with a record 
     of 38-0 and extended its winning streak to 75 games;
       Whereas UConn has won 122 of its last 123 games, with each 
     win coming by double digits; and
       Whereas Geno Auriemma passed John Wooden for the most 
     national championships won by any head coach in NCAA Division 
     I basketball history: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) commends the University of Connecticut Women's 
     Basketball Team for winning the 2016 National Collegiate 
     Athletic Association Division I title;
       (2) congratulates the fans, students, and faculty of the 
     University of Connecticut; and
       (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate 
     transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to--
       (A) the President of the University of Connecticut, Susan 
     Herbst; and
       (B) the Head Coach of the University of Connecticut Women's 
     Basketball Team, Luigi ``Geno'' Auriemma.

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