Bill Text: IL HR0730 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the members of the 1974 Western Illinois University (WIU) baseball team on the 50th anniversary of their incredible season.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0730 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0730-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the members of the 1974 | ||||||
4 | Western Illinois University (WIU) baseball team on the 50th | ||||||
5 | anniversary of their incredible season; and
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6 | WHEREAS, WIU has had an intercollegiate baseball team | ||||||
7 | since the 1903-1904 season; and
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8 | WHEREAS, In 1974, the WIU baseball team broke the school | ||||||
9 | record for most victories in a single season, finishing with | ||||||
10 | 31 wins and 12 losses, a record that went unbroken for 32 | ||||||
11 | years; and
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12 | WHEREAS, As a result of its unprecedented season, the 1974 | ||||||
13 | WIU baseball team received a NCAA at-large bid to play in the | ||||||
14 | 1974 NCAA Mid-East Regional Tournament and advanced to the | ||||||
15 | championship game, only one game away from the Division II | ||||||
16 | College World Series; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Over the course of the season, the 1974 WIU | ||||||
18 | baseball team set or broke 30 team or individual records, many | ||||||
19 | of which remain unbeaten to this day; and
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20 | WHEREAS, The 1974 WIU baseball team was led by Dick |
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1 | Pawlow, who oversaw WIU baseball from 1970 to 1998, becoming | ||||||
2 | the school's longest-serving head coach; the team was also led | ||||||
3 | by co-captains Fred Dintelman and Gerry Grybash; and
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4 | WHEREAS, The 1974 WIU baseball team, one of the greatest | ||||||
5 | teams in WIU Athletics history, was inducted into the WIU | ||||||
6 | Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The 1974 WIU baseball team possesses several | ||||||
8 | inductees to the WIU Athletics Hall of Fame, including pitcher | ||||||
9 | and team MVP Ed Gvazdinskas in 1994, second baseman Dennis | ||||||
10 | Mantick in 2003, and head coach Dick Pawlow in 2004; and
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11 | WHEREAS, The members of the 1974 WIU baseball team will be | ||||||
12 | celebrating the 50th anniversary of their successful season | ||||||
13 | during the WIU Baseball Alumni Weekend in Macomb from May 3 to | ||||||
14 | May 5, 2024; therefore, be it
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15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
16 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
17 | we congratulate the members of the 1974 Western Illinois | ||||||
18 | University (WIU) baseball team on the 50th anniversary of | ||||||
19 | their incredible season; and be it further
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20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be given | ||||||
21 | to the players and coaches of the 1974 WIU baseball team as an |
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