[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 630 Engrossed in House (EH)]
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
June 22, 2004.
Whereas on Sunday, March 28, 2004, the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers
defeated Harvard University in the National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) Division I National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey
Championship game by a score of 6 to 2, having defeated Dartmouth
College by a score of 5 to 1 in the semifinal;
Whereas during the 2003-2004 season, the Gophers won an outstanding 30 out of 36
games, while losing only 4 and tying 2;
Whereas the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey team is
the only women's team at the University to win an NCAA championship;
Whereas sophomores Krissy Wendell, Natalie Darwitz, and Allie Sanchez and
juniors Jody Horak and Kelly Stephens were selected for the 2003-2004
NCAA All-Tournament team, and Krissy Wendell was named the tournament's
Most Valuable Player;
Whereas sophomore Krissy Wendell was named to the Jofa Women's University
Division Ice Hockey All-American first team, and sophomore Natalie
Darwitz was named to the Jofa Women's University Division Ice Hockey
All-American second team;
Whereas seniors Kelsey Bills, La Toya Clarke, Melissa Coulombe, and Jerilyn
Glenn made tremendous contributions to the University of Minnesota
Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program;
Whereas the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey head coach
Laura Halldorson has been named the American Hockey Coaches
Association's Division I Women's Coach of the Year for the third time
since 1998; and
Whereas all of the team's players showed tremendous dedication throughout the
season toward their goal of winning the national championship: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) commends the University of Minnesota women's ice hockey team for
winning the 2003-2004 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division
I Women's Ice Hockey Championship;
(2) recognizes the achievements of all the team's players, coaches,
and support staff and invites them to the United States Capitol to be
honored; and
(3) directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit an
enrolled copy of this resolution to the President of the University of
Minnesota.
Attest:
Clerk.