Full Text of HR0890 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Illinois | 4 | | Wesleyan Women's basketball team on winning the NCAA Division | 5 | | III National Championship; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Illinois Wesleyan beat third-ranked George Fox | 7 | | University, 57-48, on March 17, 2012 at Hope College; the | 8 | | Titans, who had more losses entering the Final Four than the | 9 | | other 3 teams combined, won the tournament through their | 10 | | defense and the scoring of tournament MVP Olivia Lett; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Both teams shot 32% as Illinois Wesleyan beat | 12 | | George Fox in the national tournament for the second | 13 | | consecutive time; the Titans won a national quarterfinal | 14 | | matchup last season to reach their first Final Four; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Illinois Wesleyan (28-5) overcame a 48-43 deficit | 16 | | with 3 minutes, 46 seconds remaining; the Titans took the lead | 17 | | on a Melissa Gardner 3-pointer with 1:06 to go; Melissa set a | 18 | | Titans' single-season record for 3-pointers this year; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Olivia
Lett, who netted a game-high 22 points, | 20 | | scored the final 6 points by making all of her free-throw | 21 | | attempts; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Coach of the Titans is Mia Smith; the | 2 | | Assistant Coaches are Andrea Travelstead, Melanie Ward, Chad | 3 | | Cusac, and Tasha Gaston-Bell; the Titans are Brittany | 4 | | Hasselbring, Kasey Reaber, Melissa Gardner, Lexi Baltes, | 5 | | Colleen McMahon, Abbey White, Whitney Scurlock, Taylor Reaber, | 6 | | Michelle Bilek, Olivia Lett, Katy Seibring, Amy Burton, Karen | 7 | | Solari, Annie Brown, and Shelby Jackson; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Head Coach Mia Smith was named the 2012 Schelde | 9 | | North America/Women's DIII News "Coach of the Year"; she led | 10 | | the Titans to a 28-5 overall record and the 2012 Division III | 11 | | national championship; in her 14th season at Illinois Wesleyan, | 12 | | she has an overall record of 282-108 and is 145-51 in the | 13 | | College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (.725) with 6 | 14 | | league championships and 7 NCAA Division III appearances; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Her 2011 team finished fourth in the nation; she | 16 | | has coached 5 All-Americans, including 2012 D3hoops.com | 17 | | "Player of the Year" Olivia Lett, 35 all-conference selections | 18 | | and 4 CCIW "Most Outstanding Players"; she has been the CCIW | 19 | | "Coach of the Year" 4 times, regional coach of the year 3 | 20 | | times, and Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Division | 21 | | III "Coach of the Year" 3 times;
therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| 1 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 | | we congratulate the Illinois Weslyan University Titans and | 3 | | Coach Mia Smith and wish them continued success in the future; | 4 | | and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the Titans and to Coach Mia Smith as a symbol of | 7 | | our respect and esteem.
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