HR0547LRB099 12609 MST 36190 r


  
1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The Kankakee Community College (KCC) women's 
3softball team, the Cavaliers, has won its first national
title, 
4clinching the 2015 National Junior College Athletic 
5Association (NJCAA) Division II Softball National
Championship 
6with a 5-1 victory over East Central Community College of 
7Decatur, Mississippi; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, The Cavaliers finished their championship season 
9with an
exceptional record of 45 wins and only 6 losses; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, The Cavaliers softball team includes 7 freshmen: 
11Erin Walker of Tuscola; Ashley
Adermann of Wilmington; Brittany 
12Hay of Georgetown; Bailee Porter of Bourbonnais;
Lindsey Snyder 
13of Brighton; Andrea Beal of Elgin; and Kyleigh Payne of 
14Bourbonnais; and
 
15    WHEREAS, The Cavaliers team includes 8 sophomores: Meghan 
16Gill of Bourbonnais;
Kayla Snider of Silver Lake, Indiana; 
17Mackenzi Spittal of Bolingbrook; Monet Alexander of

18Plainfield; Stephanie Sanderson of Homer; Courtney Posing of 
19Manteno; Charlie Nolen of Lucerne, Indiana; and Brittany 
20Plimmer of Bloomingdale; and
 
21    WHEREAS, This year's championship for the Cavaliers is also 
 
 
HR0547- 2 -LRB099 12609 MST 36190 r

1the first championship
for Coach Dennis Clark; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Coach Clark was inducted into the NJCAA Softball 
3Hall of Fame in December of 2014; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, In his career, Coach Clark has amassed 1,176 
5victories with the Cavaliers; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Also coaching the Cavaliers to victory this year 
7were
Assistant Coaches Bill Wending, Jim Grimes, and Heather 
8Wilken; therefore, be it
  
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
10NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
11congratulate the ladies of the Kankakee Community College 
12Cavaliers Softball Team, Coach
Clark, and Assistant Coaches 
13Wending, Grimes, and Wilken on their exceptional season and 
14their
first NJCAA Division II Championship; and be it further
  
 
15    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
16presented to the Kankakee Community
College Cavaliers softball 
17players and coaches as a token of our esteem.