Bill Text: IA SR116 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution recognizing Graceland University and congratulating its men’s basketball team for its outstanding 2017-2018 season, which it finished dramatically by winning the 2018 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics 81st Annual Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-11 - Resolution adopted. S.J. 905. [SR116 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SR116-Introduced.html
Senate Resolution 116 - Introduced PAG LIN SENATE RESOLUTION NO. BY SINCLAIR 1 1 A Resolution recognizing Graceland University 1 2 and congratulating its men's basketball team 1 3 for its outstanding 2017=2018 season, which it 1 4 finished dramatically by winning the 2018 National 1 5 Association of Intercollegiate Athletics 81st Annual 1 6 Division I Men's Basketball Championship. 1 7 WHEREAS, Graceland University, founded in 1895, and 1 8 having its main campus in Lamoni, offers more than 50 1 9 academic programs with a mission to create learning 1 10 communities where students develop their potential for 1 11 meaningful and productive lives; and 1 12 WHEREAS, under the leadership of coach Craig Doty, 1 13 in his second season at Graceland, the Yellowjackets 1 14 men's basketball team finished with an overall record 1 15 of 29 wins and 10 losses; and 1 16 WHEREAS, the prestigious National Association of 1 17 Intercollegiate Athletics Men's Basketball National 1 18 Championship, established by James Naismith, has held 1 19 an annual men's basketball championship since 1937; and 1 20 WHEREAS, the 2018 National Association of 1 21 Intercollegiate Athletics 81st Annual Division I Men's 1 22 Basketball Championship was held in Kansas City; and 1 23 WHEREAS, on Tuesday night, March 20, 2018, the 1 24 Yellowjackets' historic season came to a dramatic 1 25 conclusion when the final shot as time expired ended in 1 26 the team's 83=80 overtime victory over Louisiana State 1 27 University=Alexandria in the championship game; NOW 1 28 THEREFORE, 2 1 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate 2 2 recognizes Graceland University and congratulates its 2 3 men's basketball team, including players and staff, for 2 4 the outstanding 2017=2018 season finished by winning 2 5 the 2018 National Association of Intercollegiate 2 6 Athletics 81st Annual Division I Men's Basketball 2 7 Championship; and 2 8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, the 2 9 Secretary of the Senate shall prepare an official copy 2 10 of this Resolution for presentation to coach Craig 2 11 Doty. LSB 6239XS (3) 87 da/jh
