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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 156 

Commending the achievements of the Rutgers University women’s basketball 

team and applauding the character and integrity of the players as student-athletes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 18, 2007 

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. OBAMA) 

submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Commending the achievements of the Rutgers University 

women’s basketball team and applauding the character 

and integrity of the players as student-athletes. 

Whereas under head coach C. Vivian Stringer the Rutgers 

University women’s basketball team (referred to in this 

preamble as the ‘‘Lady Knights’’) finished an extraordinary 2006–2007 season with a 27–9 record; 

Whereas, after losing 4 of their first 6 games, the Lady 

Knights refused to give up and spent their winter break 

in the gym honing their skills and working to become a 

better team for the rest the season; 

Whereas, on March 6, 2007, the Lady Knights upset the topseeded University of Connecticut team for their first-ever 

Big East Championship title; 


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Whereas the young women of the Lady Knights displayed 

great talent in their run to the Final Four of the women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 

tournament; 

Whereas 5 freshmen played an integral role in the team’s 

march to the championship game; 

Whereas the Lady Knights showed enormous composure with 

tournament wins against teams playing in their home 

States; 

Whereas, through hard work and determination, the young 

team fought through improbable odds to reach the NCAA 

title game; 

Whereas the team was just the third number 4 seed in history to reach the championship; 

Whereas the Lady Knights made school history as the first 

athletic team from Rutgers University to play for any national championship; 

Whereas, during the 3 weeks of the tournament, the Lady 

Knights brought excitement to the NCAA tournament 

and captured the hearts of basketball fans throughout 

New Jersey and across the Nation; 

Whereas Rutgers students, alumni, faculty, and staff, along 

with countless New Jerseyans are immensely proud of 

what the Lady Knights accomplished during the season; 

Whereas the members of the team are excellent representatives of Rutgers University and of the State of New Jersey; 

Whereas the young women of the Lady Knights are outstanding individuals who are striving to reach lifetime 

goals both on and off the basketball court; 


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Whereas the Lady Knights epitomize the term ‘‘student-athlete’’ with a combined B+ grade point average; 

Whereas by excelling in academics, music, and community 

service, Katie Adams, Matee Ajavon, Essence Carson, 

Dee Dee Jernigan, Rashidat Junaid, Myia McCurdy, 

Epiphanny Prince, Judith Brittany Ray, Kia Vaughn, 

and Heather Zurich are great role models for young 

women across the Nation; and 

Whereas the Lady Knights embody integrity, leadership, and 

class: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) commends the amazing performance of Rut3 gers University women’s basketball team in the Na4 tional Collegiate Athletic Association tournament; 

5 and 

6 (2) expresses its admiration for the achieve7 ments and character of this team of remarkable 

8 young women. 

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