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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 567 

Congratulating the University of California, Irvine’s men’s volleyball team 

for winning the 2009 national championship. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 19, 2009 

Mr. CAMPBELL (for himself, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of 

California, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. CALVERT, Ms. WATSON, and Mr. ROYCE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the University of California, Irvine’s men’s 

volleyball team for winning the 2009 national championship. 

Whereas the men’s volleyball team of the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine), known as the Anteaters, 

achieved many historic accomplishments during the 

2008–2009 season; 

Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team won their second National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Men’s Volleyball National Championship; 

Whereas UC Irvine is home to one of the five programs to 

have won more than one NCAA man’s volleyball Championship title; 


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Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team finished the 

year 27–5 overall; 

Whereas Ryan Ammerman, was named the tournament’s 

most outstanding player with 12 blocks, six kills, and 55 

assists in the championship match; 

Whereas Taylor ‘‘Bones’’ Wilson led the Anteaters with 21 

kills followed by Carson Clark with 15 kills; 

Whereas Ammerman, Wilson, and Clark were all named to 

the NCAA All-Tournament team; 

Whereas the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team had four players selected to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America Team; 

Whereas senior setter Ryan Ammerman garnered first-team 

honors on the AVCA All-America Team; 

Whereas Jordan DuFault, Kevin Wynne, and Carson Clark 

earned second-team accolades on the AVCA All-America 

Team; 

Whereas the senior class of Ryan Ammerman, Brent Asuka, 

Nick Spittle, Jon Steller, and Taylor Wilson have become 

the most successful graduating class in school history, 

with a 101–30 record in their four years winning two 

NCAA Championship titles; 

Whereas senior All-American Jon Steller was named UC 

Irvine’s Lauds & Laurels Outstanding Athlete; 

Whereas sophomore outside hitter Jordan DuFault earned 

second team All-American honors and was ranked nationally in four categories, including kills, digs, hitting percentage, and blocks; 


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Whereas the Anteaters captured the Mountain Pacific Sports 

Federation (MPSF) regular season title with a 19–3 

record; 

Whereas freshman Carson Clark was selected as the MPSF 

Freshman of the Year as well as a first-team All–MPSF 

honoree; 

Whereas the Anteaters have been ranked in the Nation’s top 

10 for 75 consecutive weeks, including No. 1 for 21 of 

those weeks; 

Whereas the NCAA Championship title is UC Irvine’s second 

Division I title in three years; and 

Whereas UC Irvine, under the leadership of Chancellor Michael V. Drake, M.D., has continued to establish itself as 

a world-class research university, and as one of the top 

universities in the Nation: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) congratulates the men’s volleyball team of 

3 the University of California, Irvine, and its Chan4 cellor, Michael V. Drake, M.D., for winning the 

5 2009 NCAA Division I Men’s Volleyball National 

6 Championship; and 

7 (2) recognizes the achievements of the players, 

8 coaches, students, alumni, and staff who were in9 strumental in helping the University of California, 

10 Irvine win the national title. 

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