A resolution congratulating the University of Connecticut Women's Basketball Team for winning the 2016 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I title.

Bill: 114-sres-421
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2016-04-13
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes

Congressional tributes

Connecticut

Higher education

School athletics
Latest action: action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2064; text as passed Senate: CR S2028)

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Commends the University of Connecticut Women's Basketball Team for winning the 2016 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I title.</p>

action_date: 2016-04-13
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p>Commends the University of Connecticut Women's Basketball Team for winning the 2016 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I title.</p>

tv_txt: III 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 421 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 13, 2016 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself and Mr. Murphy ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Congratulating the University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball Team for winning the 2016 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I title.

Whereas, on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, the University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball Team (in this preamble referred to as UConn ) won the 2016 National Collegiate Athletic Association (in this preamble referred to as the NCAA ) Division I title with an 82-51 win over the Syracuse Orange at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana; Whereas this is UConn’s fourth consecutive NCAA national championship and 11th NCAA national championship overall; Whereas Breanna Stewart was awarded the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four for an unprecedented fourth time; Whereas UConn finished the 2015-2016 season with a record of 38-0 and extended its winning streak to 75 games; Whereas UConn has won 122 of its last 123 games, with each win coming by double digits; and Whereas Geno Auriemma passed John Wooden for the most national championships won by any head coach in NCAA Division I basketball history: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) commends the University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball Team for winning the 2016 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I title; (2) congratulates the fans, students, and faculty of the University of Connecticut; and (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to— (A) the President of the University of Connecticut, Susan Herbst; and (B) the Head Coach of the University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball Team, Luigi Geno Auriemma.