[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 223 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 223

Commending and congratulating the Trinity College men's basketball team 
for winning the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 
              III Men's Basketball National Championship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 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 Trinity College men's basketball team 
for winning the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 
              III Men's Basketball National Championship.

Whereas, on Saturday, March 22, 2025, the Trinity College men's basketball team 
        (referred to in this preamble as the ``Trinity College Bantams'') won 
        the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in this 
        preamble as the ``NCAA'') Division III Men's Basketball National 
        Championship (referred to in this preamble as the ``National 
        Championship''), defeating the New York University Violets by a score of 
        64 to 60, at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, 
        Indiana;
Whereas the 2025 NCAA National Championship win is the first in the history of 
        the Trinity College Bantams;
Whereas the Trinity College Bantams finished the 2024-2025 season with a record 
        of 30 wins and 3 losses, tying a program record for wins;
Whereas, during the 2024-2025 season, the Trinity College Bantams won the New 
        England Small College Athletic Conference title for the second straight 
        year;
Whereas the head coach of the Trinity college Bantams, James Cosgrove, was named 
        the 2025 National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III Coach 
        of the Year; and
Whereas, in addition to outstanding athletics, Trinity College is a premier 
        academic institution that--

    (1) was founded in 1823;

    (2) in the 2024-2025 school year, enrolled 2,235 students from 48 
States and 82 countries; and

    (3) has faculty and alumni that have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, 
the MacArthur award, and many other recognitions for exemplary academic and 
cultural contributions: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends the Trinity College men's basketball team for 
        winning the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association 
        Division III Men's Basketball National Championship;
            (2) congratulates the fans, students, and faculty of 
        Trinity College; and
            (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate 
        transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to--
                    (A) the President of Trinity College, Joanne 
                Berger-Sweeney; and
                    (B) the head coach of the Trinity College men's 
                basketball team, James Cosgrove.
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