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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 326 

Congratulating the 2013 Southern New Hampshire University men’s soccer 

team on winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 

II Men’s Soccer Championship. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 20, 2013 

Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Ms. AYOTTE) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the 2013 Southern New Hampshire University men’s soccer team on winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Men’s Soccer 

Championship. 

Whereas, on December 7, 2013, the Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) men’s soccer team, known as 

the Penmen, won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II national championship in 

Evans, Georgia, becoming the second men’s soccer team 

in the history of SNHU to win a national title; 

Whereas, with their victory over the Carson-Newman University Eagles, the Penman capped off a 23-game unbeaten 

streak as they ended their season with 22 wins, 1 loss, 


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and 1 draw, tying the SNHU men’s soccer program’s 

record for most wins in a season; 

Whereas the State of New Hampshire and the City of Manchester are immensely proud of the SNHU men’s soccer 

team, and recognize the teamwork and dedication required to win a national championship; 

Whereas the student-athletes of SNHU demonstrate the same 

dedication to their studies as they do to athletics, having 

previously received the USA Today NCAA Foundation 

Academic Achievement Award in recognition of the high 

graduation rate of SNHU student-athletes; 

Whereas the SNHU men’s soccer team was honored in 2013 

with the Northeast-10 Team Academic Excellence Award 

for having the highest team grade point average in the 

Northeast-10 Conference for men’s soccer, and SNHU 

sophomore Brad Campion received the Elite 89 award for 

the highest cumulative grade point average at the 2013 

NCAA Division II Men’s Soccer Championship; 

Whereas SNHU men’s soccer head coach Marc Hubbard, a 

native of Durham, New Hampshire, has led the Penmen 

to NCAA tournament berths in each of his 6 seasons as 

a coach, in addition to 2 Northeast-10 regular season 

and tournament titles, and has twice been honored as the 

Northeast-10 Coach of the Year; 

Whereas assistant coaches Josh Taylor, Rich Weinrebe, Dave 

Williams, and Phil Tuttle leveraged their years of experience playing and coaching the game of soccer to support 

Coach Hubbard and the team; 

Whereas the 2013 Southern New Hampshire University 

men’s soccer team is comprised of— 

(1) 1 graduate student: Callum Williams; 


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(2) 4 seniors: Dom DiMaggio, Christian Rodriguez, 

Pierre Omanga, and Brian Francolini; 

(3) 9 juniors: Yannick Kabala, Joe Mahr, Mohamed 

Toufik, Danillo Andrade, Kenny Doublette, Kyle Logan, 

Miguel Carneiro, Keegan Campbell, and Chris Pereira; 

(4) 7 sophomores: Myles Groenloh, Jonathan 

Lupinelli, Brad Campion, Ryan Simpson, Sebastian 

Stezewski, Julian Omeally, and Dominic Samuel; and 

(5) 5 freshmen: Andrew Pesci, Ryan Reynolds, Nate 

Fournier, Curtis Pereira, and Eddie Legg; 

Whereas 4 members of the 2013 SNHU men’s soccer team 

hail from the State of New Hampshire; and 

Whereas the SNHU men’s soccer team should be recognized 

for both its athletic and scholastic accomplishments: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the Southern New Hampshire 

3 University men’s soccer team on winning the Na4 tional Collegiate Athletic Association Division II 

5 Men’s Soccer Championship; 

6 (2) recognizes the positive environment of scho7 lastic and athletic achievement fostered at Southern 

8 New Hampshire University; and 

9 (3) requests the Secretary of the Senate to 

10 transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution for ap11 propriate display to— 

12 (A) Southern New Hampshire University; 


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1 (B) Paul J. LeBlanc, the president of 

2 Southern New Hampshire University; and 

3 (C) Marc Hubbard, the head coach of the 

4 Southern New Hampshire University men’s soc5 cer team. 

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