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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 429 

Congratulating the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team for winning 

the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Hockey 

Championship. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 5, 2006 

Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mr. KOHL) submitted the following resolution; 

which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey 

team for winning the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic 

Association Division I Hockey Championship. 

Whereas on March 26, 2006, the University of Wisconsin 

Badgers won the women’s Frozen Four in Minneapolis, 

Minnesota, with a victory over the 2-time defending 

champion University of Minnesota Golden Gophers by 3 

to 0 in the championship game after having defeated St. 

Lawrence University by 1 to 0 in the semifinals; 

Whereas Jinelle Zaugg of Eagle River, Wisconsin, scored 2 

goals, Grace Hutchison of Winnetka, Illinois, scored a 

goal, and Jessie Vetter of Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, had 

31 saves in the championship game, and recorded the 


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first shut-out in the history of the women’s Frozen Four 

championship games; 

Whereas every player on the University of Wisconsin women’s 

hockey team (Sara Bauer, Rachel Bible, Nikki Burish, 

Sharon Cole, Vicki Davis, Christine Dufour, Kayla 

Hagen, Tia Hanson, Meghan Horras, Grace Hutchins, 

Cyndy Kenyon, Angie Keseley, Heidi Kletzien, Erika 

Lawler, Alycia Matthews, Meaghan Mikkelson, Phoebe 

Monteleone, Emily Morris, Mikka Nordby, Bobbi-Jo 

Slusar, Jessie Vetter, Kristen Witting, and Jinelle 

Zaugg) contributed to the success of this team; 

Whereas Sara Bauer and Bobbi-Jo Slusar were named to the 

All-Western Collegiate Hockey Association (known as 

‘‘WCHA’’) First Team, Sharon Cole, Meaghan 

Mikkelson, and Meghan Horras were named to the AllWCHA Second Team, Bobbi-Jo Slusar was named the 

WCHA Defensive Player of the Year, and Sara Bauer 

was named the WCHA Player of the Year; 

Whereas Coach Mark Johnson, who won a National Collegiate Athletic Association National (known as ‘‘NCAA’’) 

championship as a member of the University of Wisconsin men’s 1977 championship team, was a star on the 

1980 United States Olympic hockey team, which produced what is known as the ‘‘Miracle on Ice’’, and is one 

of the few people who have won a national championship 

as both a player and coach, and was named the WCHA 

Coach of the Year; 

Whereas Sara Bauer and Bobbi-Jo Slusar were named first 

team All-Americans, and Sara Bauer won the Patty 

Kazmaier Award, as the Nation’s top player; 


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Whereas Jessie Vetter won the 2006 NCAA Tournament’s 

Most Outstanding Player award and was joined on the 

All-Tournament Team by Jinelle Zaugg and Bobbi-Jo 

Slusar; 

Whereas the victory in the women’s Frozen Four is the University of Wisconsin’s first varsity women’s hockey national championship, and the university’s first women’s 

team national championship since 1984; and 

Whereas this victory ended a terrific season in which the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team outscored 

their opponents 155–51 and had a record of 34–4–1: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the University of Wisconsin 

3 women’s hockey team, the coaching staff, including 

4 Head Coach Mark Johnson, Athletic Director Barry 

5 Alvarez, and Chancellor John D. Wiley on an out6 standing championship season; and 

7 (2) respectfully requests the Clerk of the Senate 

8 to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the 

9 Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

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