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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 511 

Congratulating the men’s volleyball team of the University of California, 

Irvine, for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Men’s Volleyball National 

Championship. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 22, 2007 

Mr. CAMPBELL of California (for himself, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. ISSA, Mr. 

HERGER, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, 

Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mrs. BONO, Mr. 

MCKEON, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. NUNES, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. RADANOVICH, 

Mr. GALLEGLY, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, and Mr. LANTOS) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the men’s volleyball team of the University 

of California, Irvine, for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Men’s Volleyball National Championship. 

Whereas the men’s volleyball team of the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine), known as the Anteaters, 

achieved many historic accomplishments during the 

2006–2007 season; 

Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team won the 

school’s first ever National Collegiate Athletic Association 


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•HRES 511 IH 

(NCAA) Division I Men’s Volleyball National Championship; 

Whereas Matt Webber, a senior on the UC Irvine men’s 

volleyball team, was selected as the tournament’s most 

valuable player with 22 kills in the championship match; 

Whereas UC Irvine men’s volleyball players Brian Thornton, 

Jayson Jablonsky, and David Smith were named to the 

All-Tournament Team; 

Whereas UC Irvine men’s volleyball coach John Speraw is 

only the third coach in history to win a NCAA volleyball 

championship as both a player and as a head coach; 

Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team finished with 29 

victories, the most victories in school history; 

Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team finished with 

the most wins in the Nation for the 2006–2007 season; 

Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team won the 2007 

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men’s Volleyball 

title; 

Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team had four players selected to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America Team, the most by any team in 

the Nation; 

Whereas middle blocker David Smith earned first-team accolades on the AVCA All-America Team; 

Whereas Matt Webber, Jayson Jablonsky, and Brian Thornton earned second-team accolades on the AVCA AllAmerica Team; 

Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team started the season as the preseason favorite in the CSTV/AVCA Division I Men’s Coaches Top 15 Poll; 


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•HRES 511 IH 

Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team finished first in 

the CSTV/AVCA Division I Men’s Coaches Top 15 Poll, 

released May 7, 2007; 

Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team accomplished 

these feats while playing a difficult schedule in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation; 

Whereas the title is UC Irvine’s first Division I title since 

1989; and 

Whereas UC Irvine, under the leadership of Chancellor Michael V. Drake, M.D., has continued to establish itself as 

a world-class research university, and as one of the top 

universities in the Nation: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) congratulates the men’s volleyball team of 

3 the University of California, Irvine, and its Chan4 cellor, Michael V. Drake, M.D., for winning the 

5 2007 NCAA Division I Men’s Volleyball National 

6 Championship; and 

7 (2) recognizes the achievements of the players, 

8 coaches, students, alumni, and staff who were in9 strumental in helping the University of California, 

10 Irvine, win the national title. 

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