A resolution to commend the University of Maryland women's basketball team for winning the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I National Basketball Championship.

Whereas the University of Maryland women’s basketball team has worked vigorously, dynamically, and very enthusiastically to reach a championship level of play;

Whereas the students, alumni, faculty, and fans of the Terrapins should be congratulated for their commitment to the University of Maryland Terrapins national champion women’s basketball team;

Whereas the student athletes, led by Crystal Langhorne and her teammates, Kristi Toliver, Freshman of the Year Marissa Coleman, Shay Doron, Laura Harper, Kalika France, Christie Marrone, Ashleigh Newman, Aurelie Noirez, Jade Perry, Angel Ross, Charmaine Carr, and Sa’de Wiley-Gatewood participated in this national championship season;

Whereas Head Coach Brenda Frese has recruited and taught the top talent in the United States to be student athletes at the University of Maryland and has been assisted by coaches Jeff Walz, Erica Floyd, Joanna Bernabei, and Director of Basketball Operations Mark Pearson, to imbue in these young women the values of teamwork, perseverance, and competitiveness;

Whereas the University of Maryland women's basketball team, also known as the Terps, was able to defeat their 2 greatest foes en route to a first national championship in women’s basketball;

Whereas the championship game was won in overtime after overcoming a deficit of 13 points with only 15 minutes remaining in regulation play; and

Whereas the grit, heart, and maturity of the 2006 University of Maryland Terrapins women’s basketball team will be the standard-bearer for years to come in the game of Women’s College Basketball: Now, therefore, be it