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[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 151 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 151

 Commending the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats on their 
     National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II national 
                        championship victories.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 3, 2017

  Mr. Blunt (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION

 
 Commending the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats on their 
     National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II national 
                        championship victories.

Whereas, on December 17, 2016, the Northwest Missouri State University football 
        team defeated the University of North Alabama by a score of 29 to 3 in 
        the National Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in this 
        preamble as the ``NCAA'') Division II national championship game in 
        Kansas City, Kansas;
Whereas the victory was the sixth Division II national championship for 
        Northwest Missouri State University since 1996 and the fourth since 
        2006;
Whereas the Bearcats have won 55 games and lost 2 games over the past 4 seasons, 
        with 30 straight victories over the last 2 years;
Whereas former head coach Adam Dorrel is 1 of just 3 head coaches in Division II 
        football to win 3 national titles, and athletic director Mel Tjeerdsma 
        has the distinction of being 1 of the other coaches to accomplish that 
        feat;
Whereas, on March 25, 2017, the Northwest Missouri State men's basketball team 
        defeated Fairmont State University in the NCAA Division II national 
        championship, a first in the history of the Bearcats basketball program;
Whereas the Bearcats men's basketball team finished the 2016-2017 season with a 
        29-1 record, earning coach Ben McCollum his third Mid-America 
        Intercollegiate Athletics Association Coach of the Year award;
Whereas Bearcat guard, Justin Pitts, was named--

    (1) Division II Player of the Year by the National Association of 
Basketball Coaches; and

    (2) Division II Bulletin Player of the Year; and

Whereas Northwest Missouri State University became the first Division II school 
        to win championships for football and men's basketball in the same 
        academic year: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends Northwest Missouri State University for their 
        Division II national championship victories in football and 
        men's basketball;
            (2) recognizes the athletic prowess, hard work, and 
        dedication exhibited by the players, coaches, support staff, 
        and student body of Northwest Missouri State University; and
            (3) congratulates the city of Maryville, Missouri, and 
        Bearcat fans and alumni around the world.
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