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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Southern Illinois
4University Carbondale Flying Salukis on winning the 2014
5National Intercollegiate Flying Association Championship; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is fortunate to have many
7outstanding collegiate students and programs that earn
8national recognition, but none have achieved as much
9distinction as the Flying Salukis; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The Flying Salukis are the current defending
11National Intercollegiate Flying Association champions and the
12winner of 9 national titles in the history of the university's
13aviation department; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The National Intercollegiate Flying Association
15Championship is determined during a competition involving both
16ground and flight events among 27 collegiate teams from across
17the nation; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Leading the 2014 championship team were Jacob
19Schwarz, Dane Fearneyhough, Prescott Dean, John Behnke, Robert
20Hutchinson, Sean Gipe, George Nimmer, Kyle Hayes, Kevin
21Grandberry, Michael Maughan, Joshua Sager, Aaron Applebee,

 

 

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1Jonathan Dowell, Emily Frasca, and Davin Miles; and
 
2    WHEREAS, The Flying Salukis are skillfully coached by
3Nathan Lincoln, Kim Carter, Michael LeFevre, James
4Libuszowski, and Samuel Oas; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
7join the many friends and fans of the Southern Illinois
8University Carbondale Flying Salukis in congratulating them
9for winning the 2014 National Intercollegiate Flying
10Association Championship and we wish them continued success and
11a repeat championship in 2015; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13presented to the Flying Salukis as an expression of our esteem
14and respect.