H.Res.511 - Congratulating the men's volleyball team of the University of California, Irvine, for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Volleyball National Championship.110th Congress (2007-2008)
House - 07/30/2007 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
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H. Res. 511
In the House of Representatives, U.
S.,
July 30, 2007.
Whereas the men’s volleyball team of the University of
California, Irvine (UC Irvine), known as the Anteaters, achieved many historic
accomplishments during the 2006–2007 season;
Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team won the
school’s first ever National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I
Men’s Volleyball National Championship;
Whereas Matt Webber, a senior on the UC Irvine men’s
volleyball team, was selected as the tournament’s most valuable player with 22
kills in the championship match;
Whereas UC Irvine men’s volleyball players Brian Thornton,
Jayson Jablonsky, and David Smith were named to the All-Tournament Team;
Whereas UC Irvine men’s volleyball coach John Speraw is
only the third coach in history to win a NCAA volleyball championship as both a
player and as a head coach;
Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team finished with
29 victories, the most victories in school history;
Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team finished with
the most wins in the Nation for the 2006–2007 season;
Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team won the 2007
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men’s Volleyball title;
Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team had four
players selected to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)
All-America Team, the most by any team in the Nation;
Whereas middle blocker David Smith earned first-team
accolades on the AVCA All-America Team;
Whereas Matt Webber, Jayson Jablonsky, and Brian Thornton
earned second-team accolades on the AVCA All-America Team;
Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team started the
season as the preseason favorite in the CSTV/AVCA Division I Men’s Coaches Top
15 Poll;
Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team finished first
in the CSTV/AVCA Division I Men’s Coaches Top 15 Poll, released May 7,
2007;
Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team accomplished
these feats while playing a difficult schedule in the Mountain Pacific Sports
Federation;
Whereas the title is UC Irvine’s first Division I title
since 1989; and
Whereas UC Irvine, under the leadership of Chancellor
Michael V. Drake, M.D., has continued to establish itself as a world-class
research university, and as one of the top universities in the Nation: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) congratulates the men’s volleyball team of
the University of California, Irvine, and its Chancellor, Michael V. Drake,
M.D., for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Men’s Volleyball National
Championship; and
(2) recognizes the
achievements of the players, coaches, students, alumni, and staff who were
instrumental in helping the University of California, Irvine, win the national
title.