Commending the Juniata College volleyball team for winning the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship.

Whereas the Juniata College volleyball team is one of the great little-known dynasties in college sports;

Whereas the Juniata College volleyball program has a remarkable 1,100 win and 172 loss record over 30 seasons;

Whereas Head Coach Larry Bock has the most wins of any coach in the history of NCAA women’s volleyball;

Whereas during this past season, senior Stephanie Kines was named the Division III Women’s Volleyball Player of the Year, just the second Juniata player to earn that honor;

Whereas Juniata College did not lose a match in 2006 to a Division III opponent all season, and the team’s only 2006 loss was to Division I Princeton University;

Whereas Juniata College’s 41 win and 1 loss record during 2006 tied the program record for the fewest losses in a season, and was the team’s first 40-win season since 1997; and

Whereas Juniata defeated long-time rival Washington University-St. Louis in a thrilling five-game championship match that many described as the best championship match in the history of Division III volleyball: Now, therefore, be it