H. Res. 493 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

March 11, 2008. 

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; 
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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 outdoor track and field in 1982, 1983, 

and 2004; 

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

2001; 

(13) men’s volleyball in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 

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

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

(14) women’s volleyball in 1984, 1990, and 1991; 

(15) men’s water polo in 1969, 1971, 1972, 1995, 

1996, 1999, 2000, and 2004; and 
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(16) 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 Chancellor Gene 

Block, 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. 

Attest: 

Clerk.