[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 197 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 197

  Commending and congratulating the University of Connecticut women's 
   basketball team for winning the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic 
    Association Division I Women's Basketball National Championship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 1, 2025

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Commending and congratulating the University of Connecticut women's 
   basketball team for winning the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic 
    Association Division I Women's Basketball National Championship.

Whereas, on Sunday, April 6, 2025, the University of Connecticut's women's 
        basketball team (referred to in this preamble as the ``UConn Huskies'') 
        won the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in 
        this preamble as ``NCAA'') Division I Women's Basketball National 
        Championship (referred to in this preamble as the ``National 
        Championship''), defeating the University of South Carolina Gamecocks 
        with a score of 82 to 59, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida;
Whereas this is twelfth National Championship title for the UConn Huskies, the 
        most for any school in the history of NCAA Division I men's or women's 
        basketball;
Whereas, during the 2025 NCAA National Championship tournament, the UConn 
        Huskies defeated 3 number 1-seeded teams by an average of 23 points;
Whereas Geno Auriemma, the UConn Huskies head coach, alongside Chris Dailey, the 
        UConn Huskies associate head coach, won their twelfth National 
        Championship title, the most in the history of NCAA Division I men's or 
        women's basketball;
Whereas Azzi Fudd was named the Final Four's ``Most Outstanding Player'', 
        scoring 24 points in the championship game;
Whereas Paige Bueckers passed Maya Moore for the most career NCAA tournament 
        points by a UConn player with 477;
Whereas Sarah Strong set a record for points by a freshman in a single NCAA 
        tournament with 114; and
Whereas the University of Connecticut has won a total of 18 national 
        championships between its basketball programs, with 12 in women's 
        basketball and 6 in men's basketball: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends the University of Connecticut women's 
        basketball team for winning the 2025 National Collegiate 
        Athletic Association Division I Women's Basketball National 
        Championship;
            (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, 
                Radenka Maric;
                    (B) the head coach of the University of Connecticut 
                women's basketball team, Geno Auriemma; and
                    (C) the associate head coach of the University of 
                Connecticut women's basketball team, Chris Dailey.
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