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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 493 Introduced in House (IH)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 493

    Congratulating the women's water polo team of the University of 
 California, Los Angeles, for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's 
Water Polo National Championship, and congratulating UCLA on its 100th 
 NCAA sports national title, making it the most accomplished athletic 
                        program in NCAA history.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2007

 Mr. Lewis of California submitted the following resolution; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION

 
    Congratulating the women's water polo team of the University of 
 California, Los Angeles, for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's 
Water Polo National Championship, and congratulating UCLA on its 100th 
 NCAA sports national title, making it the most accomplished athletic 
                        program in NCAA history.

Whereas on May 13, 2007, the women's water polo team of the University of 
        California, Los Angeles (UCLA), defeated Stanford 5-4 in the 
        championship game of the NCAA Division I Women's Water Polo National 
        Championship tournament;
Whereas the victory gave Head Coach Adam Krikorian and the Bruins women's water 
        polo team their third consecutive NCAA Championship and was the team's 
        fifth overall national title;
Whereas Kelly Rulon, a driver for the Bruins, was selected as the tournament's 
        Most Valuable Player;
Whereas UCLA women's water polo players Kelly Rulon, Emily Feher, Courtney 
        Mathewson, Jillian Kraus, and Kacy Kunkel were named to the NCAA All-
        Tournament First Team;
Whereas the UCLA women's water polo team finished the 2007 season with a record 
        of 28 wins and 2 losses, and now has a record of 90 wins and 6 losses 
        over the past 3 seasons;
Whereas the 2007 Women's Water Polo National Championship makes UCLA the first 
        school ever to win 100 NCAA sports national titles;
Whereas UCLA won its 100th NCAA title less than 58 years after the UCLA men's 
        tennis team won the school's first NCAA title in 1950;
Whereas 16 different men's and women's sports programs contributed to the 
        Bruins' 100 NCAA national championships, including--

    (1) men's basketball in 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 
1973, 1975, and 1995;

    (2) men's golf in 1988;

    (3) women's golf in 1991 and 2004;

    (4) men's gymnastics in 1984 and 1987;

    (5) women's gymnastics in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004;

    (6) men's soccer in 1985, 1990, 1997, and 2002;

    (7) women's softball in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 
2003, and 2004;

    (8) men's swimming in 1982;

    (9) men's tennis in 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1965, 
1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1984, and 2005;

    (10) men's track and field in 1956, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1987, 
and 1988;

    (11) women's track and field in 1982, 1983, 2000, 2001, and 2004;

    (12) men's volleyball in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 
1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2006;

    (13) women's volleyball in 1984, 1990, and 1991;

    (14) men's water polo in 1969, 1971, 1972, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, and 
2004; and

    (15) women's water polo in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007;

Whereas UCLA teams have won 14 NCAA national championships during the tenure of 
        Daniel G. Guerrero, the current Director of Athletics at UCLA; and
Whereas UCLA, under the leadership of Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams, continues 
        to establish itself as one of the top research universities as well as 
        top athletic programs in the Nation: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives--
            (1) congratulates the women's water polo team of the 
        University of California, Los Angeles, and Head Coach Adam 
        Krikorian for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Water 
        Polo National Championship;
            (2) congratulates UCLA on becoming the first school to win 
        100 NCAA sports national championship titles, making it the 
        most accomplished athletic program in NCAA history; and
            (3) recognizes the achievements of all the players, 
        coaches, students, alumni, and staff of UCLA who were 
        instrumental over the years in this prestigious achievement.
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