H.Res.493 - Congratulating the women's water polo team of the University of California, Los Angeles, for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Water Polo National Championship, and congratulating UCLA on its 100th NCAA sports national title, making it the most accomplished athletic program in NCAA history.110th Congress (2007-2008)
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Shown Here: Engrossed in House (03/11/2008)
H. Res. 493
In the House of Representatives, U.
S.,
March 11, 2008.
Whereas on May 13, 2007, the women’s water polo team of
the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), defeated Stanford 5–4 in the
championship game of the NCAA Division I Women’s Water Polo National
Championship tournament;
Whereas the victory gave Head Coach Adam Krikorian and the
Bruins women’s water polo team their third consecutive NCAA Championship and
was the team’s fifth overall national title;
Whereas Kelly Rulon, a driver for the Bruins, was selected
as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player;
Whereas UCLA women’s water polo players Kelly Rulon, Emily
Feher, Courtney Mathewson, Jillian Kraus, and Kacy Kunkel were named to the
NCAA All-Tournament First Team;
Whereas the UCLA women’s water polo team finished the 2007
season with a record of 28 wins and 2 losses, and now has a record of 90 wins
and 6 losses over the past 3 seasons;
Whereas the 2007 Women’s Water Polo National Championship
makes UCLA the first school ever to win 100 NCAA sports national titles;
Whereas UCLA won its 100th NCAA title less than 58 years
after the UCLA men’s tennis team won the school’s first NCAA title in
1950;
Whereas 16 different men’s and women’s sports programs
contributed to the Bruins’ 100 NCAA national championships, including—
(1) men’s basketball
in 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, and 1995;
(2) men’s golf in
1988;
(3) women’s golf in
1991 and 2004;
(4) men’s gymnastics
in 1984 and 1987;
(5) women’s gymnastics
in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004;
(6) men’s soccer in
1985, 1990, 1997, and 2002;
(7) women’s softball
in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, and 2004;
(15) men’s water polo
in 1969, 1971, 1972, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, and 2004; and
(16) women’s water
polo in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007;
Whereas UCLA teams have won 14 NCAA national championships
during the tenure of Daniel G. Guerrero, the current Director of Athletics at
UCLA; and
Whereas UCLA, under the leadership of Chancellor Gene
Block, continues to establish itself as one of the top research universities as
well as top athletic programs in the Nation: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) congratulates the
women’s water polo team of the University of California, Los Angeles, and Head
Coach Adam Krikorian for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Women’s Water Polo
National Championship;
(2) congratulates UCLA
on becoming the first school to win 100 NCAA sports national championship
titles, making it the most accomplished athletic program in NCAA history;
and
(3) recognizes the
achievements of all the players, coaches, students, alumni, and staff of UCLA
who were instrumental over the years in this prestigious achievement.