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Whereas junior Amanda Marino finished sixth, junior Sheila 
Reid finished 13th, sophomore Bogdana Mimic finished 
22nd, junior Ali Smith finished 24th, senior Nicole 
Schappert finished 26th, freshman Brooke Simpson fin-
ished 60th, and senior Kaitlyn Tallman finished 98th 
overall at the national championship; 
Whereas the roster of the Villanova University women’s cross 
country team also included Meredith Altenhofen, Shan-
non Browne, Anna Francis, Meaghan Higgins, Callie 
Hogan, Katherine LoCosa, Sarah Morrison, Ariann 
Neutts, Kristen O’Dowd, Kaitlin O’Sullivan, Theresa 
Rush, and Meghan Smith; 
Whereas Gina Procaccio won her first title as the head coach 
of the women’s cross country team and was named wom-
en’s Division I National Cross Country coach of the year 
by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches 
Association; 
Whereas men’s cross country head coach Marcus O’Sullivan 
and assistant coaches Meghan Courtney and Adrian 
Blincoe contributed significantly to the success of the 
women’s cross country team; 
Whereas, on Friday, December 18, 2009, the Villanova Uni-
versity men’s football team won its first national title; 
Whereas the Villanova University football team won the 
championship game by defeating the top-ranked team 
from the University of Montana by a score of 23 to 21 
points; 
Whereas the Villanova University football team reached the 
National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Cham-
pionship Subdivision title game with playoff victories over 
the football teams from the College of the Holy Cross, 
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the University of New Hampshire, and the College of 
William and Mary; 
Whereas the Villanova University football team was led by 
senior captains Brian Brannigan, Phil Matusz, and Osayi 
Osunde; 
Whereas junior wide receiver Matt Szczur and junior offen-
sive lineman Ben Ijalana were named to the Football 
Championship Subdivision All-American Team; 
Whereas Will Thompson, the senior long snapper on the foot-
ball team was the inaugural winner of the National Colle-
giate Athletic Association’s Elite 88 academic award for 
the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs and has 
a 3.97 grade-point average as an accounting major; 
Whereas the roster of the Villanova University football team 
also included Louis Adeyemi, Ronnie Akins, Angelo 
Babbaro, Aaron Ball, Alex Behm, Ryan Bennett, Devon 
Bridges, Josh Bucci, Jonathan Bugli, Blaise Butler, 
Marlon Calbi, Tony Canci, Brant Clouser, Angel 
Clybourn, Aaron Conaway, Jarred Corey, Rakim Cox, 
Christian Culicerto, Donald Davis, John Dempsey, Law-
rence Doss, Miller Edwards, Chidozie Ekweozor, Brennan 
Erbeznik, Chris Farmer, Delano Ferguson, Matthew 
Fritz, Aaron Grey, Patrick Haggerty, Chris Halcovage, 
Mark Hamilton, Brandyn Harvey, Nick Hurley, John 
Jackson, Larry Jackson, Anthony Johnson, Chris John-
son, Kelvin Johnson, Mario Johnson, Marlon Johnson, 
Marquis Kirkland, Tim Kukucka, Eric Loper, Conor 
Maher, Joe Makoid, Frederick Maldonado, Mike Mayock, 
Kenny Miles, Sean Miller, Ramin Mobasseri, Martel 
Moody, Sean Morrisey, Connor Nelson, John Nelson, 
Gene Oakley, Chris Otten, Vince Peterson, James Pitts, 
Travis Poston, Joshua Potts, Eric Predatsch, Joe Price, 
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Mikey Reynolds, Jeremy Rodriguez, Dominic Sarnecchia, 
Michael Sheridan, Dan Shirey, George Siracuse, Tom 
Teel, Terence Thomas, Jonathan Toroni, Zach Ugarte, 
Ross Ventrone, Jacob Wade, Thomas Weaver, Dorian 
Wells, Norman White, Chris Whitney, Nick Yako, 
Antwon Young, and Tamai Young; 
Whereas head coach Andy Talley led the Villanova University 
football team to its first national championship with 14 
wins and 1 loss, marking a program best; 
Whereas head coach Talley, who has admirably guided the 
Villanova University football program for 25 years, was 
named the 2009 American Football Coaches Association 
Football Championship Subdivision National Coach of 
the Year; 
Whereas head coach Talley started the national bone marrow 
registration campaign, known as the ‘‘Get in the Game 
and Save a Life’’ campaign, enlisting 26 college football 
programs from all levels that have combined to test more 
than 8,000 potential donors; 
Whereas head coach Talley and his coaching staff, including 
Daniel Blume, Billy Crocker, Mark Ferrante, Brian 
Flinn, Justus Galac, Pierre Ingram, Mark Reardon, 
David Riede, Darrius Smith, Sam Venuto, and Clint 
Wiley, deserve much credit for the outstanding deter-
mination and accomplishments of the team; 
Whereas the Villanova University football program, by being 
in the top 10 percent of football programs with regard 
to academic progress, received a Public Recognition 
Award from the National Collegiate Athletic Association 
for having an academic progress report of 980 out of a 
possible 1,000; 
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Whereas the Villanova athletic department holds an overall 
academic progress report of 986 in the May 2009 Na-
tional Collegiate Athletic Association report, has a grad-
uation success rate of 95 percent, and an overall grade- 
point average of more than 3.0 for the 12th consecutive 
semester as of the spring 2009 semester; 
Whereas both the Villanova University men’s and women’s 
basketball teams qualified for the 2009 National Colle-
giate Athletic Association Tournament, and the men’s 
basketball team advanced to the Final Four in the Tour-
nament; 
Whereas men’s basketball head coach Jay Wright was named 
the 2009 Big East Conference coach of the year and 
women’s basketball head coach Harry Perretta was 
named the 2009 Big East Conference co-coach of the 
year; 
Whereas the Villanova University men’s lacrosse team won 
the 2009 Colonial Athletic Association Championship and 
qualified for its first National Collegiate Athletic Associa-
tion Tournament appearance; 
Whereas Villanova University also supports a Special Olym-
pics Committee that regularly plans and executes the 
largest student-run Special Olympics event in the world; 
Whereas Villanova University students and student athletes 
through their academic, athletic, and philanthropic ac-
complishments embody the meaning of the Villanova 
motto of ‘‘Veritas, Unitas, Caritas’’; and 
Whereas the students, alumni, faculty, and supporters of 
Villanova University are to be congratulated for their 
commitment to excellence in the classroom, in competitive 
athletics, and in community service: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) congratulates the Villanova University wom-
en’s cross country team for winning the 2009 Na-
tional Collegiate Athletic Association Division I na-
tional championship; 
(2) congratulates the Villanova University 
men’s football team for winning the 2009 National 
Collegiate Athletic Association Football Champion-
ship Subdivision (formerly I–AA); 
(3) recognizes the achievements of the entire 
Villanova University Athletic Department, including 
players, coaches, and support staff, both on the play-
ing field and in the classroom; and 
(4) directs the Clerk of the House of Represent-
atives to make available enrolled copies of this reso-
lution to Villanova University for display and to 
transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to each 
coach and member of the 2009 National Collegiate 
Athletic Association Football Championship Subdivi-
sion men’s football national championship team, and 
to each coach and member of the 2009 National Col-
legiate Athletic Association women’s cross country 
national championship team. 
Æ 
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