Bill Text: IA SR17 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution recognizing and congratulating Drew Foster on winning the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Wrestling National Championship in the 184-pound weight class.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-01 - Resolution adopted. S.J. 800. [SR17 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SR17-Introduced.html
Senate
Resolution
17
-
Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
17
BY
GIDDENS
,
JOHNSON
,
and
DOTZLER
A
Resolution
recognizing
and
congratulating
Drew
1
Foster
on
winning
the
2019
National
Collegiate
2
Athletic
Association
Division
I
Wrestling
National
3
Championship
in
the
184-pound
weight
class.
4
WHEREAS,
Drew
Foster
became
the
University
of
5
Northern
Iowa’s
(UNI)
first
national
champion
at
the
6
2019
National
Collegiate
Athletic
Association
Division
7
I
Wrestling
Championships
since
2000;
and
8
WHEREAS,
Foster
is
a
native
of
Burlington,
Iowa,
and
9
graduated
from
Mediapolis
High
School;
and
10
WHEREAS,
Foster
is
the
son
of
Don
and
Karissa
Foster
11
and
has
a
brother,
Klay
Foster;
and
12
WHEREAS,
in
high
school,
Foster
was
a
four-sport
13
student-athlete,
competing
in
football,
wrestling,
14
track,
and
soccer;
and
15
WHEREAS,
Foster
set
several
wrestling
records
and
16
achieved
numerous
wrestling
awards
in
high
school
17
including
a
six-second
pin
that
broke
his
high
18
school
record
and
a
single-season
win
record
with
54
19
victories;
and
20
WHEREAS,
Foster
was
a
three-time
high
school
21
wrestling
state
medalist
placing
second
as
a
senior,
22
seventh
as
a
junior,
and
third
as
a
sophomore;
and
23
WHEREAS,
Foster
continued
his
wrestling
career
by
24
attending
and
becoming
a
wrestler
at
UNI;
and
25
WHEREAS,
as
a
senior
at
UNI,
Foster
lost
just
26
five
matches
all
year,
including
a
loss
to
the
other
27
national
championship
finalist
at
the
184-pound
weight
28
-1-
LSB
2804SS
(3)
88
mo/rn
1/
3
S.R.
17
class,
Max
Dean;
and
1
WHEREAS,
prior
to
this
year’s
national
championship
2
tournament,
Foster
had
won
one
of
his
three
matches
3
against
Max
Dean;
and
4
WHEREAS,
during
this
year’s
national
championship,
5
Foster
defeated
four
top-15
opponents
and
earned
bonus
6
points
in
his
opening
rounds
to
help
UNI
secure
its
7
best
team
finish
since
2003;
and
8
WHEREAS,
Foster
received
his
second
All-American
9
honor
this
year,
recognizing
the
top
eight
placers
at
10
the
national
championship,
to
go
along
with
his
first
11
All-American
received
in
2017;
and
12
WHEREAS,
Foster
is
among
14
other
wrestlers
who
have
13
now
combined
for
22
wrestling
titles
at
UNI;
and
14
WHEREAS,
Foster
is
UNI’s
first
wrestler
to
be
a
15
two-time
Big
12
champion;
and
16
WHEREAS,
Foster
earned
All-Big
12
academic
honors
17
this
year;
and
18
WHEREAS,
Foster
will
finish
with
a
95-35
career
19
record,
29-15
record
in
duals,
and
a
10-2
record
in
Big
20
12
duals
at
UNI;
and
21
WHEREAS,
Foster
is
following
in
his
mother’s
22
footsteps
as
an
elementary
and
mid-level
education
23
major
in
hopes
of
someday
becoming
a
school
principal
24
or
school
district
superintendent;
and
25
WHEREAS,
Foster
intends
to
pursue
wrestling
26
professionally
while
finishing
his
student
teaching
at
27
UNI
in
the
fall
of
2019;
NOW
THEREFORE,
28
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
29
recognizes
and
congratulates
Drew
Foster
on
his
30
-2-
LSB
2804SS
(3)
88
mo/rn
2/
3
