Full Text of HR0464 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the University of | 4 | | Illinois at Chicago men's baseball team, the Flames, on winning | 5 | | the 2017 Horizon League Tournament and securing a bid to the | 6 | | NCAA Tournament; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, This was the fifth
time in program history that | 8 | | the Flames won the Horizon League Tournament; the victory | 9 | | marked the 39th of the season, matching the program
record | 10 | | previously achieved in both 2002 and 2003; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Flames have earned the conference's automatic | 12 | | bid into the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2008; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, David Cronin was named the Most Valuable Player of | 14 | | the Horizon League Championship; he was joined on the | 15 | | All-Tournament Team by fellow teammates Reid Birlingmair, Cody | 16 | | Bohanek, Jake
Dahlberg, and Mickey McDonald; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The Flames lowered their staff ERA to 2.57 on the | 18 | | season, second in the
nation behind Oregon State; the Flames | 19 | | boasted the top fielding-percentage defense in the NCAA | 20 | | entering the championship game and did not commit a defensive | 21 | | miscue in three Horizon League Championship games; the Flames |
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| 1 | | batted .303 in the tournament; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Flames are coached by Head Coach Mike Dee, | 3 | | Assistant Head Coach Sean McDermott, Assistant Coach John | 4 | | Flood, and Assistant Coach Brian Harris; they are supported by | 5 | | Bill Seiple, Denny Wills, Nick Zostautas, Darren Kent, Dr. | 6 | | Wendy Borlabi, and Rachel Webb; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Flames are David Cronin, Brandon Gibis, Josh | 8 | | Gere, Thomas Norton, Riley Hebert, Scott Ota, Matt Bottcher, | 9 | | Garrett Myers, Jack Andersen, Jake Dahlberg, Joey Fredrickson, | 10 | | Mickey McDonald, Reid Birlingmair, Mitchell Schulewitz, Austin | 11 | | Smith, Noah Masa, Fred Gosbeth, Ricardo Ramirez, Rob Calabrese, | 12 | | Alex Padilla, Bowen Ogata, Alex Dee, Chris Macahon, Connor | 13 | | Ryan, Jacob Key, Wyatt Trautwein, Cody Bohanek, Sam Ballard, | 14 | | Derrick Patrick, Danny Riley, Ryan Campbell, Joshua Figueroa, | 15 | | Jordan Krueger, and Charlie Cerny; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 | | congratulate the University of Illinois at Chicago men's | 19 | | baseball team, the Flames, on winning the 2017 Horizon League | 20 | | Tournament and securing a bid to the NCAA Tournament; and be it | 21 | | further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the Flames as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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