Bill Text: PA HR441 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Declaring October 14, 2011, as "Immaculata University Mighty Macs Day" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-10-05 - Adopted (200-0) [HR441 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR441-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2510
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 441 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY MILNE, OCTOBER 5, 2011
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, OCTOBER 5, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Declaring October 14, 2011, as "Immaculata University Mighty
Macs Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Immaculata University, located in Malvern and
formerly Immaculata College, is regarded as the birthplace of
modern women's college basketball; and
WHEREAS, The Immaculata Women's Basketball team, known as the
Mighty Macs, played in six consecutive AIAW Final Fours
(1972-1977) and won three consecutive national women's college
basketball championships in 1972, 1973 and 1974; and
WHEREAS, Those championships were the first national women's
college basketball championships played in the United States;
and
WHEREAS, The Mighty Macs played in the first nationally
televised regular season women's college basketball game,
defeating the University of Maryland on January 27, 1975; and
WHEREAS, The Mighty Macs were the first American women's
college basketball team to compete outside the United States,
when it competed in Australia in 1974; and
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WHEREAS, The Immaculata Women's Basketball team set and
attained the highest standards of excellence, both academically
and athletically, and is a model worthy of emulation; and
WHEREAS, The players are trailblazers, whose accomplishments,
poise and character have lit the way for an ever-increasing
number of young women to enjoy opportunities to participate in
college sports; and
WHEREAS, The team, consisting of Head Coach Cathy Rush, Janet
Ruch Boltz, Denise Conway Crawford, Janet Young Eline, Theresa
Shank Grentz (All-American), Nancy Johnston, Barbara Deuble
Kelly, Tina Krah, Patricia Mulhern Loughran, Judy Marra
Martelli, Maureen Mooney, Sue Forsyth O'Grady, Patricia Opila,
Rene Muth Portland (All-American), Betty Ann Hoffman Quinn, Mary
Scharff (All-American), Marianne Crawford Stanley (All-
American), Maureen Stuhlman and Marie Liguori Williams, has most
deservedly earned recognition as one of the most successful
teams ever in the annals of collegiate athletics; and
WHEREAS, Premiering on October 14, 2011, the motivating drama
of the Immaculata women's basketball teams of the 1970s has been
captured in The Mighty Macs, a Hollywood movie chronicling the
team's story; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare October
14, 2011, as "Immaculata University Mighty Macs Day" in
Pennsylvania in honor of the Immaculata University Women's
Basketball team's legendary accomplishments on the court, its
pioneering role standing tall as the birthplace of modern
women's college basketball and the progress in women's
collegiate athletics inspired by the team.
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