Full Text of HR1092 94th General Assembly
HR1092 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Wesleyan men's basketball team | 3 |
| finished third in the NCAA Division III men's basketball | 4 |
| tournament with a 71-68 win over Amherst (Massachusetts) on | 5 |
| Saturday, March 18 in Salem, Virginia; and
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| WHEREAS, The Titans' season ended with a 25-7 record and | 7 |
| its fourth appearance in the Final Four in the past eleven | 8 |
| years that included a national championship in 1997 and third | 9 |
| place finishes coming in 1996, 2001, and 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, ESPN Sports featured the amazing Illinois | 11 |
| Wesleyan University team on a recent edition of the popular | 12 |
| show "Outside the Lines" as it examined the team's quest for a | 13 |
| national championship during March Madness; and
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| WHEREAS, Senior Keelan Amelianovich led the Titans to | 15 |
| victory with 21 points and eight rebounds, while junior Zach | 16 |
| Freeman scored 19 with seven boards; senior guard Jason Fisher | 17 |
| had his season-high with 16 points; the Titans never trailed in | 18 |
| the game, leading by as many as 16 in the first half and | 19 |
| holding off Amherst (28-4) after they closed to within one | 20 |
| point with 51 seconds left; and
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| WHEREAS, Head coach Scott Trost has led the Illinois | 22 |
| Wesleyan Titans to back-to-back conference championships, | 23 |
| thereby establishing Illinois Wesleyan as a powerhouse of the | 24 |
| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW); and
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| WHEREAS, The following student-athletes led the Titans to | 26 |
| their second consecutive conference championship and third | 27 |
| place in the NCAA Division III Men's basketball tournament: | 28 |
| Andrew Gilmore, Matt Arnold, Mike Harrigan, Mike McGraw, Jason | 29 |
| Fisher, Adam Dauksas, Darius Gant, Andrew Freeman, Zach | 30 |
| Freeman, Keelan Amelianovich, Chris Jones, Steve Schweer, Cory |
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| Jones, Tyler Smith, and Steve Manus; this team was led by head | 2 |
| coach Scott Trost and assistant coaches Dennis Martel, David | 3 |
| Steinbrueck, and Chad Hutson; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, During the 2006 season, seniors Adam Dauksas and | 5 |
| Keelan Amelianovich were named first team All-Americans by | 6 |
| D3Hoops.com; Amelianovich was recognized as the ESPN The | 7 |
| Magazine Academic All-American of the Year, and Zach Freeman | 8 |
| was chosen for the second team of the NCAA Division III | 9 |
| All-Midwest Region squads selected by D3hoops.com; Dauksas | 10 |
| became IWU's all-time assist leader this year and is scoring | 11 |
| 14.3 points per game; Amelianovich is averaging 18.2 points and | 12 |
| 4.3 rebounds and has connected on a school-record 90 3-point | 13 |
| field goals for the Titans; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 |
| the 2006 Illinois Wesleyan University Titans be recognized and | 17 |
| applauded for their accomplishments during the 2006 season, for | 18 |
| their talent and teamwork displayed on the court, and for the | 19 |
| outstanding coaching staff that led the team to back-to-back | 20 |
| conference championships and a third-place finish in the NCAA | 21 |
| Division III men's basketball tournament; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 23 |
| presented to IWU President Richard Wilson and the entire | 24 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University men's basketball team and | 25 |
| coaching staff.
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