IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 497
Commending the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons field hockey team 
for winning the 2003 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 
I Field Hockey Championship. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2004
Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons 
field hockey team for winning the 2003 National Colle-
giate Athletic Association Division I Field Hockey Cham-
pionship.
Whereas on November 23, 2003, the Wake Forest University 
Demon Deacons field hockey team won the 2003 Na-
tional Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I 
Field Hockey Championship, the second consecutive Na-
tional Championship for the Wake Forest University field 
hockey team; 
Whereas the Demon Deacons defeated the Duke University 
Blue Devils by a score of 3 to 1 in the 2003 Champion-
ship match in Amherst, Massachusetts;
•HRES 497 IH 
Whereas the Demon Deacons defeated the Pennsylvania 
State University Nittany Lions by a score of 2 to 0 in 
the 2002 NCAA Championship match in Louisville, Ken-
tucky; 
Whereas the Demon Deacons are only the third team in 
NCAA Division I Field Hockey history to win back-to-
back National Championships; 
Whereas the Demon Deacons began and ended the year as 
the number one ranked college field hockey team in the 
Nation; 
Whereas the Demon Deacons finished the season with a 
record of 22 wins and 1 loss, outscoring their opponents 
96 to 13 and winning 95 percent of their games, achiev-
ing the best record in the Nation and in Wake Forest 
University history; 
Whereas the field hockey team is the only team in the history 
of Wake Forest University athletics to win the Atlantic 
Coast Conference regular season and tournament cham-
pionships and the NCAA Championship in the same year, 
accomplishing the feat in both the 2001–02 and 2002–
03 seasons; 
Whereas Wake Forest University field hockey team members 
Kelly Dostal, Kelly Doton, Katie Ridd, and Lucy Shaw 
were honored as All-Americans for the 2002–03 season 
by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association; 
Whereas the Wake Forest University field hockey team had 
more members honored as All-Americans than any other 
collegiate field hockey team in the Nation; 
Whereas Head Coach Jennifer Averill was named the Field 
Hockey Coach of the Year for 2002 and 2003 by the Na-
tional Field Hockey Coaches Association;
•HRES 497 IH 
Whereas the Wake Forest University field hockey team has 
displayed outstanding dedication, teamwork, and sports-
manship throughout the season in achieving collegiate 
field hockey’s highest honor; and 
Whereas the Demon Deacons have brought pride and honor 
to the Wake Forest University community and to the 
State of North Carolina: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) commends the Wake Forest University 
Demon Deacons field hockey team for winning the 
2003 
National 
Collegiate 
Athletic 
Association 
(NCAA) Division I Field Hockey Championship; 
(2) recognizes the achievements of all the field 
hockey team’s players, coaches, and staff and invites 
them to the United States Capitol to be honored in 
an appropriate manner; 
(3) requests that the President recognize the 
field hockey team’s accomplishments and invite the 
team to the White House for a ceremony in honor 
of their National Championship; and 
(4) directs the Clerk of the House of Represent-
atives to make available a copy of this resolution to 
Wake Forest University for appropriate display.
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