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92_HR0594 LRB9211169RHrh 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 3 Representatives are pleased to recognize outstanding teams in 4 the State of Illinois; and 5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that the Lady 6 Saints of Shawnee Community College finished fourth in the 7 nation in the NJCAA Division II Women's National Softball 8 Tournament; and 9 WHEREAS, The Lady Saints accomplished this challenge by 10 first capturing the Region 24 Softball Title with a 11 championship victory over Lewis and Clark College by the 12 score of 11-3; they then went on to the National Junior 13 College Athletic Association interstate playoffs in which 14 they defeated River Forest in a double header series by the 15 scores of 4-2 and 5-0; with a record of 39-24, the Lady 16 Saints moved on to their second consecutive appearance at the 17 National Junior College Athletic Association in Phoenix, 18 Arizona; and 19 WHEREAS, The Lady Saints defeated Macomb College in the 20 first game of the NJCAA Division II Women's National Softball 21 Tournament by the score of 5-0; they suffered a set back in 22 their loss to Kankakee by the score of 13-1 but regrouped in 23 a win over Mississippi Gulf Coast by the score of 6-5; the 24 Lady Saints were later defeated by Phoenix College by the 25 score of 5-0 and thereby, ended their outstanding season with 26 a record of 49 wins and 29 losses; and 27 WHEREAS, The members of the Lady Saints are Becca 28 Grisham, Kelley Miller, Monique Thompson, Toni Johnson, Kara 29 Forthman, Michelle Lunsford, Sara Waters, Miranda Miller, 30 Abbey Bormann, Erin Cunningham, Elizabeth Smith, Amanda 31 Jones, Crystal Barz, Kirsten Stringer, Krissy Eudy, Erica 32 McDonald, Stephanie Genisio, Raegan Anderson, Stephanie -2- LRB9211169RHrh 1 Eastman, Erin Hoffman, Gretchin Enrick, and Andrea Blondi; 2 the coach is Warren Koch; the assistant coaches are Michelle 3 Bradley and Ambeus Bradley; and 4 WHEREAS, Although their season may of ended early, the 5 Lady Saints displayed outstanding sportmanship and dedication 6 not only for their coach, but also to Shawnee Community 7 College, their fans, and the Ullin community; therefore, be 8 it 9 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 10 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 11 we congratulate the Shawnee Community College Lady Saints 12 softball team on their outstanding season this year; and be 13 it further 14 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 15 presented to Coach Warren Koch and each member of the Shawnee 16 Community College Women's softball team as an expression of 17 our esteem.