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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of
3 the State of Illinois wish to congratulate the University of
4 Illinois Men's Tennis Team on winning the Singles, Doubles,
5 and Team NCAA Championship Titles; and
6 WHEREAS, The undefeated Illinois Men's Tennis Team beat
7 Vanderbilt 4 to 3 to win the team NCAA title; the U of I's
8 Amer Delic claimed the school's first ever national title in
9 singles; Illini team members Brian Wilson and Rajeev Ram won
10 the second NCAA doubles title in Illinois history; and
11 WHEREAS, This is the 18th time a team has captured all
12 three titles since the NCAA team championship competition was
13 established in 1946; it is only the fourth time that one team
14 has won all three titles since 1977, when the current
15 dual-match format was adopted to determine the team
16 championship; this is the first time ever that a team has won
17 all three championship titles with one player winning the
18 singles championship and two others winning the doubles
19 tournament; and
20 WHEREAS, The head coach of the Fighting Illini Tennis
21 Team is Craig Tiley; Bruce Berque is the Associate Head
22 Coach; and
23 WHEREAS, The team members of the Men's Tennis
24 Fighting Illini are Michael Calkins, Pramod Dabir, Ryler
25 DeHeart, Amer Delic, Alex Hobson, Chris Martin, Conner
26 Murnighan, Rajeev Ram, Phil Stolt, Brian Wilson, and Evan
27 Zeder; therefore, be it
28 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
29 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
30 we congratulate the team members and coaches of the Fighting
31 Illini Men's Tennis Team on winning the triple crown of the
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1 NCAA Tennis Championships; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
3 presented to each of the coaches and members of the Fighting
4 Illini Tennis Team as a token of our respect and esteem and
5 with our best wishes for future success.