Bill Text: IA HR109 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A resolution recognizing and congratulating the Grand View University Wrestling Team and program on its outstanding athletic achievements.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-05 - Resolution adopted. H.J. 592. [HR109 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HR109-Introduced.html

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House Resolution 109 - Introduced

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                    HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
         BY  GAINES, T. MOORE, McCONKEY, MOMMSEN, GUSTAFSON,
        KLEIN, BRANHAGEN, HEATON, ABDUL=SAMAD, BROWN=POWERS,
       JACOBY, MEYER, HOLT, HUNTER, HUSEMAN, LENSING, KELLEY,
          STUTSMAN, BERRY, FINKENAUER, STANERSON, BENNETT,
        MAXWELL, BEST, THEDE, NUNN, RUFF, DUNKEL, and GASSMAN
  1  1 A Resolution recognizing and congratulating the Grand
  1  2    View University Wrestling Team and program on its
  1  3    outstanding athletic achievements.
  1  4    WHEREAS, the 59th annual National Association of
  1  5 Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Wrestling National
  1  6 Championships were held March 4=5, 2016, in Topeka,
  1  7 Kansas; and
  1  8    WHEREAS, the Grand View University Wrestling Team
  1  9 (the Vikings) claimed three national champions, four
  1 10 runners=up, and 10 All=America honors en route to 210
  1 11 points for the championship title; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, the national champion titles and
  1 13 All=America honors were won by Jacob Colon at 133
  1 14 pounds, Michael Pixley at 184 pounds, and Dean
  1 15 Broghammer at 285 pounds; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, national runners=up and All=America honors
  1 17 were bestowed on Grant Henderson at 157 pounds, Dallas
  1 18 Houchins at 165 pounds, Lawton Benna at 174 pounds, and
  1 19 Grant Harrill at 197 pounds; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, additional All=America honors were earned
  1 21 by Godwin Cutler at 133 pounds, Walker Marshall at 141
  1 22 pounds, and Tanner Werner at 157 pounds; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, the championship total of 210 points
  2  1 eclipsed the previous scoring record of 193 points; and
  2  2    WHEREAS, the Vikings are the first team in NAIA
  2  3 history to win five consecutive national titles and
  2  4 only the fifth program in collegiate wrestling history
  2  5 to win five or more consecutive championships; and
  2  6    WHEREAS, Head Coach Nick Mitchell has been voted
  2  7 NAIA 2016 National Wrestling Coach of the Year, the
  2  8 fourth such honor during his eight=year career at Grand
  2  9 View University; and
  2 10    WHEREAS, the Vikings won the divisional title at the
  2 11 National Wrestling Coaches Association Multi=Divisional
  2 12 National Duals conducted in honor of Cliff Keen, held
  2 13 on January 9, 2016, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and were
  2 14 undefeated in dual action; and
  2 15    WHEREAS, the Vikings won the first=ever Heart of
  2 16 America Conference Dual Championships, held on January
  2 17 30, 2016, in Lamoni, Iowa, at which Michael Pixley was
  2 18 named the Heart Newcomer of the Year and Head Coach
  2 19 Mitchell was named the Heart Coach of the Year; and
  2 20    WHEREAS, the Vikings won their sixth consecutive
  2 21 Central National Qualifying Tournament team title, held
  2 22 on February 20, 2016, in Marshall, Missouri, at which
  2 23 Tanner Werner was named the tournament's outstanding
  2 24 wrestler and Head Coach Mitchell was named Coach of the
  2 25 Year for the sixth time in his career at Grand View
  2 26 University; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 27    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 28 That the House of Representatives recognizes and
  2 29 congratulates the Grand View University Wrestling Team
  2 30 and program on its outstanding achievements; and
  3  1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
  3  2 resolution be sent to Grand View University Wrestling
  3  3 Team Head Coach Nick Mitchell and Grand View University
  3  4 President Kent Henning.
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