A resolution congratulating the University of Alaska Fairbanks rifle team for winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association championship, the program's 11th title overall.

Bill: 118-sres-303
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2023-07-19
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Alaska

Athletes

Congressional tributes

Higher education

School athletics
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3434-3435; text: CR S3153-3154)

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-07-19
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution congratulates the University of Alaska Fairbanks rifle team for winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association championship.</p>

action_date: 2023-07-19
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <div>This resolution congratulates the University of Alaska Fairbanks rifle team for winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship.</div>

tv_txt: III 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 303 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 19, 2023 Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Sullivan ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Congratulating the University of Alaska Fairbanks rifle team for winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association championship, the program’s 11th title overall.

Whereas the University of Alaska Fairbanks rifle team (referred to in this preamble as the Nanooks ) won the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in this preamble as the NCAA ) championship where the team was awarded 12 individual and 1 team Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association (referred to in this preamble as the CRCA ) All–American Honors; Whereas, the Nanooks have won— (1) eleven NCAA championships; (2) three consecutive NCAA championships; and (3) the second-most national championships in NCAA rifle competition history; Whereas, at the 2023 NCAA championship, the Nanooks placed first with a score of 4729; Whereas the Nanooks placed first in the individual smallbore category with a score of 2349; Whereas the Nanooks placed first in the individual air rifle category with a score of 2380; Whereas Rylan Kissell was awarded the First Team CRCA All–American Aggregate, First Team CRCA All–American Air Rifle, First Team CRCA All–American Smallbore, and CRCA Most Valuable Shooter; Whereas Sára Karasová was awarded the Second Team CRCA All–American Aggregate, First Team CRCA All–American Smallbore, and Second Team CRCA All–American Air Rifle; Whereas Gavin Barnick was awarded the Second Team CRCA All–American Aggregate, First Team CRCA All–American Smallbore, and Honorable Mention CRCA All–American Air Rifle; Whereas Rachael Charles was awarded the Honorable Mention CRCA All–American Aggregate and Second Team CRCA All–American Smallbore; Whereas the full roster, consisting of Gavin Barnick, Tobias Bernhoft-Osa, Rachael Charles, Peter Fiori, Marina Gonzalez Mazo, Sára Karasová, Rylan Kissell, and Kellen McAferty, received the CRCA Scholastic Academic All–American honors this season; and Whereas the Nanooks Head Coach, Will Anti, led the team to 11 wins and 0 losses during the 2022 to 2023 season, which included winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association championship: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) congratulates the University of Alaska Fairbanks rifle team for winning the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association championship; (2) recognizes the exceptional standard set by— (A) head coach Will Anti; and (B) the athletes on the University of Alaska Fairbanks rifle team; 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 Alaska, Pat Pitney; (B) the chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Dan White; and (C) the athletics director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Brock Anundson, and the head coach of the University of Alaska Fairbanks rifle team, Will Anti.