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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 514 

Commending the University of Southern California Trojan men’s tennis team 

for its victory in the 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association 

(NCAA) Men’s Tennis Championship. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 4, 2009 

Ms. WATSON (for herself, Mr. CAMPBELL, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. SHERMAN, Mrs. 

TAUSCHER, Mrs. HALVORSON, Mr. COHEN, Mr. THOMPSON of California, 

Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. RICHARDSON, 

Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, 

Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Mr. REYES, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. MANZULLO, and Mr. 

GALLEGLY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Commending the University of Southern California Trojan 

men’s tennis team for its victory in the 2009 National 

Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s Tennis 

Championship. 

Whereas the University of Southern California (USC) Trojan 

men’s tennis team has achieved many accomplishments 

during the 2009 season; 

Whereas USC finished second in the Pacific-10 Conference 

with an overall record of 25–5, tying the mark for the 

most wins in a season since 1991; 


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Whereas, on May 19, 2009, the No. 8 seed in the tournament, USC won the NCAA Championship with a 4–1 

victory over the No. 3 seed Ohio State; 

Whereas the USC men’s tennis team has now won its 17th 

men’s tennis team championship, which ties for the most 

such titles in the Nation; 

Whereas USC’s previous NCAA men’s tennis team championship came in 2002, when the tournament also was held 

in College Station, Texas; 

Whereas, as a whole, USC has won its 110th national championship as a university, including a national best 75 

men’s NCAA team titles; 

Whereas USC registered 7 wins over top-10 teams in 2009, 

with 3 of those victories coming in the NCAA Tournament; 

Whereas the 2009 NCAA Championship is the first for USC 

head coach Peter Smith, who had earned his 400th career victory in the Trojans’ quarterfinal upset over 

undefeated top seed Virginia; 

Whereas USC junior Robert Farah was named the NCAA 

Championship Tournament Most Valuable Player; 

Whereas other All-Team Tournament Team honors went to 

Robert Farah at No. 1 singles and freshman Daniel 

Nguyen at No. 6 singles, as well as Farah and Steve 

Johnson at No. 1 doubles and Matt Kecki and Jaak 

Poldma at No. 3 doubles; and 

Whereas under the leadership of USC’s 10th president, Steven B. Sample, USC has established itself as a worldclass research university, known for its leadership in the 

fields of communication, media, public diplomacy, the 

sciences, and the arts: Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) commends the University of Southern Cali3 fornia (USC) Trojan men’s tennis team and USC 

4 President Steven B. Sample for USC’s victory in the 

5 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association 

6 (NCAA) Men’s Tennis Championship; 

7 (2) applauds Coach Peter Smith for his winning 

8 his first NCAA Championship as USC’s head coach; 

9 and 

10 (3) recognizes the achievements of the players, 

11 coaches, students, alumni, and staff who were in12 strumental in helping the University of Southern 

13 California win the 2009 NCAA Men’s Tennis Cham14 pionship. 

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