[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 303 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 303
Commending the Carroll College Fighting Saints football team for
winning the 2003 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) national football championship game.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 12, 2004
Mr. Burns (for himself and Mr. Baucus) submitted the following
resolution; which was considered and agreed to
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RESOLUTION
Commending the Carroll College Fighting Saints football team for
winning the 2003 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) national football championship game.
Whereas the Carroll College Fighting Saints football team won the 2003 NAIA
national championship game and its second straight national championship
by defeating the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rangers by a
score of 41 to 28 at the Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee, on
December 20, 2003;
Whereas the Fighting Saints won 15 straight games, going undefeated in the 2003
regular season to win the Frontier Conference Championship and
progressing through 4 rounds of playoffs;
Whereas head coach Mike Van Diest led the Fighting Saints to their second
straight championship in his fifth season as head coach and was 1 of 5
coaches to receive the American Football Coaches Association Coach of
the Year award;
Whereas Fighting Saints quarterback Tyler Emmert was named NAIA Player of the
Year and offensive MVP for the championship game;
Whereas wide receiver Mark Gallik was named NAIA Football.net Offensive Player
of the Year;
Whereas both Emmert and Gallik were named to the NAIA First Team All-American;
Whereas 2 players were named to the NAIA Second Team All-American--Spencer
Schmitz and Marcus Atkinson--and 4 players received NAIA Honorable
Mention All-American honors--Regan Mack, Rhett Crites, Nate Chiovaro,
and Brett Bermingham;
Whereas 7 Fighting Saints were named as NAIA All-America Scholar Athletes--Kyle
Baker, D.J. Dearcorn, Tyler Emmert, Kevin McCutcheon, Matt Peterson,
A.J. Porrini, and Zach Zawacki; and
Whereas the Carroll College community, including the Carroll College Athletic
Department, students, administration, board of trustees, faculty, and
alumni, the city of Helena, and the entire State of Montana, are to be
congratulated for their continuous support of the Carroll College
football team: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) commends the Carroll College Fighting Saints football
team for winning the 2003 NAIA national championship;
(2) recognizes the achievements of all the players,
coaches, support staff, and fans who were instrumental in
helping Carroll College during the 2003 season; and
(3) directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy
of this resolution to the president of Carroll College.
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