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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 307 

Congratulating the Mississippi State University baseball team on winning 

the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I baseball 

championship. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 20, 2021 

Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the Mississippi State University baseball team 

on winning the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I baseball championship. 

Whereas, on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, the Mississippi 

State University baseball team won the 2021 National 

Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘NCAA’’) College World Series at TD 

Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska; 

Whereas, by defeating Vanderbilt University 9-0, the Mississippi State University baseball team became the first 

team in Mississippi State University history to win an 

NCAA National Championship, wrapping it in maroon 

and white; 


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Whereas the Mississippi State University baseball team has 

appeared in 3 consecutive NCAA College World Series, 

totaling 12 appearances in school history; 

Whereas on June 20, 2021, the Mississippi State University 

baseball team recorded 21 strikeouts, which set an NCAA 

College World Series single-game team record; 

Whereas Will Bednar was named the 2021 NCAA College 

World Series Most Outstanding Player; 

Whereas catcher Logan Tanner, first baseman Luke Hancock, shortstop Lane Forsythe, outfielders Tanner Allen 

and Rowdey Jordan, and pitcher Will Bednar were 

named to the 2021 NCAA College World Series All-Tournament Team; 

Whereas Tanner Allen was named the 2021 Southeastern 

Conference Player of the Year and the 2021 American 

Baseball Coaches and Rawlings Sporting Goods National 

Player of Year; 

Whereas Head Coach Chris Lemonis was named the 2021 

National Coach of the Year by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper; 

Whereas Chris Lemonis is the first Division I head coach to 

reach the NCAA College World Series in his first 2 seasons as head coach of a program in the Super Regional 

era and just the fifth all-time in NCAA history; 

Whereas Dudy Noble Field at Polk-DeMent Stadium on the 

campus of Mississippi State University holds the NCAA 

Division I baseball on-campus attendance record and regularly attracts record crowds; 

Whereas the Mississippi State University baseball team under 

the leadership of Head Coach Chris Lemonis displayed 


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outstanding dedication, teamwork, and sportsmanship 

throughout the 2020–2021 season; and 

Whereas the Mississippi State University baseball team has 

brought great pride and honor— 

(1) to Mississippi State University; 

(2) to loyal fans of Mississippi State University; and 

(3) to the entire State of Mississippi: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the Mississippi State Univer3 sity baseball team, including the athletes, coaching 

4 staff, administration, faculty, students, and alumni, 

5 on winning the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic 

6 Association Division I baseball championship; 

7 (2) recognizes Mississippi State University for 

8 its excellence as an institution of higher education; 

9 and 

10 (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of 

11 the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolu12 tion to— 

13 (A) the President of Mississippi State Uni14 versity, Dr. Mark Keenum; 

15 (B) the Athletic Director of Mississippi 

16 State University, John Cohen; and 

17 (C) the Head Coach of the Mississippi 

18 State University baseball team, Chris Lemonis. 

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