IV 
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. WAT-
SON, and Mr. ROYCE) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred 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 Cali-
fornia, 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 sec-
ond National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Di-
vision 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 Cham-
pionship title; 
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•HRES 567 IH 
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 play-
ers selected to the American Volleyball Coaches Associa-
tion (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 nation-
ally in four categories, including kills, digs, hitting per-
centage, 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 Mi-
chael 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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) congratulates the men’s volleyball team of 
the University of California, Irvine, and its Chan-
cellor, Michael V. Drake, M.D., for winning the 
2009 NCAA Division I Men’s Volleyball National 
Championship; and 
(2) recognizes the achievements of the players, 
coaches, students, alumni, and staff who were in-
strumental in helping the University of California, 
Irvine win the national title. 
Æ 
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