IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1183 

Commending the University of South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball 

team for winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletics Association 

Women’s Basketball National Championship. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 30, 2024 

Mr. FRY (for himself, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 

TIMMONS, Mr. NORMAN, Ms. MACE, and Mr. CLYBURN) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 

and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Commending the University of South Carolina Gamecocks 

women’s basketball team for winning the 2024 National 

Collegiate Athletics Association Women’s Basketball National Championship. 

Whereas, on Sunday, April 7, 2024, the University of South 

Carolina women’s basketball team (referred to in this 

preamble as the ‘‘Gamecocks’’) won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in this preamble as 

the ‘‘NCAA’’) 2024 Women’s Basketball National Championship (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘championship game’’) by defeating the University of Iowa by a 

score of 87 to 75 in Cleveland, Ohio; 


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Whereas the Gamecocks led at halftime, 49–46, and never relinquished that lead for the remainder of the game; 

Whereas the victory by the Gamecocks in the championship 

game— 

(1) made the Gamecocks 1 of 10 NCAA women’s 

basketball teams to complete an undefeated season; 

(2) marked the second time in 3 years that the 

Gamecocks won the National Championship; and 

(3) earned the highest television ratings for a National Championship Game in the history of college women’s basketball and the highest of any college basketball 

game, men’s or women’s, for the 2023–2024 season; 

Whereas the head coach of the Gamecocks, Dawn Staley, was 

named the 2024 Werner Ladder Naismith Coach of the 

Year; 

Whereas the Gamecocks displayed outstanding dedication, 

teamwork, and sportsmanship throughout the 2023–2024 

collegiate women’s basketball season in achieving the 

highest honor in women’s college basketball and earning 

a record of 38 wins and 0 losses; and 

Whereas the Gamecocks have brought pride and honor to the 

State of South Carolina: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) commends the University of South Carolina 

3 Gamecocks for winning the 2024 National Collegiate 

4 Athletic Association Women’s Basketball National 

5 Championship; 

6 (2) recognizes the on-court and off-court 

7 achievements of the players, coaches, and staff of 


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1 the University of South Carolina’s women’s basket2 ball team; and 

3 (3) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the 

4 House of Representatives transmit an enrolled copy 

5 of this resolution to— 

6 (A) the President of the University of 

7 South Carolina, Michael D. Amiridis; 

8 (B) the Head Coach of the University of 

9 South Carolina women’s basketball team, Dawn 

10 Staley; and 

11 (C) the Athletics Director of the University 

12 of South Carolina, Ray Tanner. 

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