Full Text of HR0958 98th 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 Rock Valley | 4 | | College men's basketball team, the Golden Eagles, on winning | 5 | | the 2014 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) | 6 | | national championship; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Golden Eagles were nationally ranked for much | 8 | | of the season and claimed their first ever championship with | 9 | | wins over Nassau Community College (NY), Brookdale Community | 10 | | College (NJ), and Caldwell College (NC); and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The 2013-2014 season saw the Golden Eagles compile | 12 | | a record of 30 wins and 5 losses, the most wins in the men's | 13 | | basketball program's history; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Head Coach Craig Doty, in his first season as the | 15 | | men's head basketball coach at Rock Valley College in | 16 | | 2012-2013, led his team to its first appearance in the NJCAA | 17 | | tournament in over a decade and only 2nd over all, achieving a | 18 | | 7th place finish; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, The Golden Eagles are DeSean Miller, LT Davis, | 20 | | Frank Cimino, Tairhe Turner, Darius Brown, Jared Mayes, | 21 | | DeOntray Austin, Keenan Franklin, Brandt Voiles, Jack |
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| 1 | | Harrison, Sam Harrison, and Ben Grygiel; the assistant coaches | 2 | | are Evan Lavery and Steve Goers; the trainer is Shannon Jones; | 3 | | and the managers are Christian Hoeger and Jon Akins; therefore, | 4 | | be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we congratulate the Rock Valley College men's basketball team, | 8 | | the Golden Eagles, on winning the 2014 National Junior College | 9 | | Athletic Association national championship; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the Rock Valley College Golden Eagles as an | 12 | | expression of our esteem and respect.
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