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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 257 

Congratulating the University of California at Los Angeles for becoming 

the first university to win 100 National Collegiate Athletic Association 

Division I team titles. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 26, 2007 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. BOXER) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the University of California at Los Angeles 

for becoming the first university to win 100 National 

Collegiate Athletic Association Division I team titles. 

Whereas, on May 13, 2007, the University of California at 

Los Angeles (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘Bruins’’) won its 100th National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) team title; 

Whereas the Bruins won 70 NCAA championships in men’s 

sports between 1950 and 2007 and 30 NCAA championships in women’s sports between 1982 and 2007; 

Whereas the Bruins won 60 NCAA championships in the 26 

years since the inauguration of women’s collegiate sports 

championships in 1981, including 30 NCAA women’s titles and 30 NCAA men’s titles; 


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Whereas 16 separate athletic programs, including 9 men’s 

programs and 7 women’s programs, won 1 or more 

NCAA team championships for the Bruins: 

(1) Men’s volleyball in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 

1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 

1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2006. 

(2) Men’s tennis in 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 

1960, 1961, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982, 

1984, and 2005. 

(3) Men’s basketball in 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 

1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, and 1995. 

(4) Softball in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 

1992, 1999, 2003, and 2004. 

(5) Men’s track and field in 1956, 1966, 1971, 

1973, 1978, 1972, 1987, and 1988. 

(6) Men’s water polo in 1969, 1971, 1972, 1995, 

1996, 1999, 2000, and 2004. 

(7) Women’s water polo in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 

and 2007. 

(8) Women’s gymnastics in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 

and 2004. 

(9) Men’s soccer in 1985, 1990, 1997, and 2002. 

(10) Women’s track and field in 1982, 1983, and 

2004. 

(11) Women’s volleyball in 1984, 1990, and 1991. 

(12) Women’s indoor track and field in 2000 and 

2001. 

(13) Women’s golf in 1991 and 2004. 

(14) Men’s gymnastics in 1984 and 1987. 

(15) Men’s golf in 1988. 

(16) Men’s swimming in 1982; 

Whereas, under the direction of head coach Al Scates, the 

Bruins won 19 NCAA team titles in the sport of men’s 


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volleyball between 1970 and 2006, tying the record for 

the most NCAA titles won by one coach in a single sport; 

Whereas, between 1964 and 1975, under the direction of 

head coach John Robert Wooden, the Bruins won 10 

NCAA team titles in the sport of men’s basketball, including an unprecedented seven straight titles between 

1967 and 1973; 

Whereas, on May 13, 2007, under the direction of head coach 

Adam Krikorian, the Bruins won their 5th Division I 

team title in 7 years in the sport of women’s water polo, 

and ended the 2007 season with an overall record of 28 

wins and 2 losses; 

Whereas Bruin student-athletes are excellent representatives 

of the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of California system, and the State of California; 

and 

Whereas the University of California at Los Angeles has 

demonstrated a strong tradition of academic excellence 

since the founding of the Univeristy in 1919 and a strong 

tradition of athletic excellence since winning its 1st 

NCAA team title in 1950, establishing the University of 

California at Los Angeles as a top university in the 

United States: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the University of California at 

3 Los Angeles women’s water polo team for winning 

4 the 2007 NCAA Division I Women’s Water Polo 

5 National Championship; 

6 (2) congratulates the University of California at 

7 Los Angeles for becoming the first university to win 


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1 100 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 

2 I team titles; and 

3 (3) commends the student-athletes, coaches, 

4 alumni, instructors, and staff of the University of 

5 California at Los Angeles for their contributions to 

6 the achievement of this distinguished milestone. 

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