Title: UNF Men's Basketball Team

Summary: Commends UNF men's basketball team for winning the 2015 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball championship.

Full Text:
WHEREAS, the 2014-2015 UNF men's basketball team has successfully embodied both athletic and academic excellence by maintaining a team grade point average of 3.037, which is higher than the average of the entire undergraduate student body, while delivering the most exciting season of play on the basketball court in the university's history, and WHEREAS, the team has consistently achieved and maintained athletic excellence through hard work, determination, unselfish play, and a team-first attitude, and WHEREAS, inspired by Head Coach Matthew Driscoll; his coaching staff of Bobby Kennen, Byron Taylor, Stephen Perkins and Frank Young; and UNF Athletic Director Lee "Coach" Moon, the UNF Ospreys, including Jalen Nesbitt, Karlos Odum, Beau Beech, Chase Driscoll, Devin Wilson, Osborn Blount, Trent Mackey, Aaron Bodager, Dallas Moore, Ismaila Dauda, Nick Malonga, Demarcus Daniels, Romelo Banks, and Chris Davenport, came together to form a championship-caliber team, and WHEREAS, on March 8, 2015, the UNF Ospreys won the Division I Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball championship, the first in the history of the program, and with a record of-11, the team received an automatic bid to the National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball tournament, solidifying the best season in school history, and WHEREAS, the team is supported by a spirited pep band, talented cheerleaders, and a popular, animated mascot lovingly known as Ozzie, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Florida: That the University of North Florida men's basketball team is commended for winning the 2015 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball championship and for its historic representation of Florida in the Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball tournament. BE IT FURT HER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be presented to UNF President John Delaney; Head Coach Matthew Driscoll; the coaching staff of Bobby Kennen, Byron Taylor, Stephen Perkins and Frank Young; UNF Athletic Director Lee "Coach" Moon; and each member of the UNF Ospreys men's basketball team as a tangible token of the sentiments expressed herein.