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[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 429 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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.

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                   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

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                               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 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 All-WCHA 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;
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
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) congratulates the University of Wisconsin women's 
        hockey team, the coaching staff, including Head Coach Mark 
        Johnson, Athletic Director Barry Alvarez, and Chancellor John 
        D. Wiley on an outstanding championship season; and
            (2) respectfully requests the Clerk of the Senate to 
        transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the Chancellor 
        of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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