[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 141 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]
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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 141
Congratulating the University of South Carolina women's basketball team
for winning the 2017 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division
I Women's Basketball Tournament Championship.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 25, 2017
Mr. Scott (for himself and Mr. Graham) submitted the following
resolution; which was considered and agreed to
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RESOLUTION
Congratulating the University of South Carolina women's basketball team
for winning the 2017 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division
I Women's Basketball Tournament Championship.
Whereas, on April 2, 2017, at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, the
University of South Carolina Gamecocks won the national title game for
the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women's
Basketball Tournament over the Mississippi State Bulldogs by a score of
67 to 55;
Whereas the University of South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team won
the 2017 Southeastern Conference championship;
Whereas the University of South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team head
coach Dawn Staley, a 3-time Olympian who was elected to carry the United
States flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics, was
elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013, and is
the new head coach of the United States women's national basketball
team, joins Carolyn Peck as the only 2 African-American female head
coaches to lead a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I
basketball team to a national title;
Whereas this is the first National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I
Women's Basketball Tournament Championship for the University of South
Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team, who finished the season with
33 wins and 4 losses;
Whereas A'ja Wilson, who is from Columbia, South Carolina, and an alumna of
Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, was named Southeastern Conference
player of the year and the National Collegiate Athletic Association
Division I Women's Basketball Tournament Championship most valuable
player;
Whereas the University of South Carolina has been a leader on the Southeastern
Conference Academic Honor Roll for last 10 years;
Whereas, each year, University of South Carolina student-athletes support
approximately 100 events and organizations for a total of more than
5,000 hours of service;
Whereas A'ja Wilson received First Team All-America recognition from the Women's
Basketball Coaches Association, and senior center Alaina Coates earned
an All-America honorable mention;
Whereas junior Kaela Davis was a College Sports Information Directors of America
Academic All-District selection;
Whereas University of South Carolina student-athletes earned a departmental
grade point average of 3.245 for the Fall 2016 semester, the 20th-
consecutive semester in which Gamecock student-athletes have combined
for a grade point average above 3.0; and
Whereas the University of South Carolina is ranked number 1 in the United States
for attendance at women's basketball games: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) congratulates the University of South Carolina women's
basketball team for winning the 2017 National Collegiate
Athletic Association Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
Championship; and
(2) recognizes the achievements of--
(A) the team's players, coaches, and staff, whose
hard work and dedication helped the University of South
Carolina women's basketball team win that Championship;
and
(B) the dedicated faculty and staff of the
University of South Carolina for building an
educational environment that has helped University of
South Carolina student-athletes to thrive.
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