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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 659 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 659

     Commending the University of South Carolina Gamecocks women's 
  basketball team for winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletics 
         Association Women's Basketball National Championship.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 20 (legislative day, April 19), 2024

Mr. Graham (for himself and Mr. Scott of South Carolina) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION

 
     Commending the University of South Carolina Gamecocks women's 
  basketball team for winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletics 
         Association Women's Basketball National Championship.

Whereas, on Sunday, April 7, 2024, the University of South Carolina women's 
        basketball team (referred to in this preamble as the ``Gamecocks'') won 
        the National Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in this 
        preamble as the ``NCAA'') 2024 Women's Basketball National Championship 
        (referred to in this preamble as the ``championship game'') by defeating 
        the University of Iowa by a score of 87 to 75 in Cleveland, Ohio;
Whereas the Gamecocks led at halftime, 49-46, and never relinquished that lead 
        for the remainder of the game;
Whereas the victory by the Gamecocks in the championship game--

    (1) made the Gamecocks 1 of 10 NCAA women's basketball teams to 
complete an undefeated season;

    (2) marked the second time in 3 years that the Gamecocks won the 
National Championship; and

    (3) earned the highest television ratings for a National Championship 
Game in the history of college women's basketball and the highest of any 
college basketball game, men's or women's, for the 2023-2024 season;

Whereas the head coach of the Gamecocks, Dawn Staley, was named the 2024 Werner 
        Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year;
Whereas the Gamecocks displayed outstanding dedication, teamwork, and 
        sportsmanship throughout the 2023-2024 collegiate women's basketball 
        season in achieving the highest honor in women's college basketball and 
        earning a record of 38 wins and 0 losses; and
Whereas the Gamecocks have brought pride and honor to the State of South 
        Carolina: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends the University of South Carolina Gamecocks for 
        winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association 
        Women's Basketball National Championship;
            (2) recognizes the on-court and off-court achievements of 
        the players, coaches, and staff of the University of South 
        Carolina's women's basketball team; and
            (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate 
        transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to--
                    (A) the President of the University of South 
                Carolina, Michael D. Amiridis;
                    (B) the Head Coach of the University of South 
                Carolina women's basketball team, Dawn Staley; and
                    (C) the Athletics Director of the University of 
                South Carolina, Ray Tanner.
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