Florida Senate - 2010                            (NP)    SR 2836
       
       
       
       By Senator Oelrich
       
       
       
       
       14-03877-10                                           20102836__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution commending the University of Florida
    3         Women’s Swimming and Diving Team on its 2010 NCAA
    4         National Championship season.
    5  
    6         WHEREAS, the University of Florida Gators have long been
    7  recognized for their tradition of excellence in all
    8  intercollegiate sports, and
    9         WHEREAS, the University of Florida Women’s Swimming and
   10  Diving Team has continued this tradition of athletic excellence,
   11  achieved and maintained through their hard work, determination,
   12  and a team-first attitude, and
   13         WHEREAS, the University of Florida women swimmers last won
   14  the national title in 1982 at the inaugural women’s NCAA
   15  championships, and
   16         WHEREAS, on March 20, 2010, at the Boilermaker Aquatic
   17  Center in West Lafayette, Indiana, the University of Florida
   18  Women’s Swimming and Diving Team scored 382 points, beating
   19  Stanford by 2.5 points in the second-closest win in the history
   20  of the competition, and
   21         WHEREAS, 12 members of the University of Florida Women’s
   22  Swimming and Diving Team earned All-American status, exceeding
   23  five Florida records and winning two national titles, and
   24         WHEREAS, University of Florida Women’s Swimming and Diving
   25  Team Head Coach Gregg Troy was named the NCAA’s 2010 Women’s
   26  Coach of the Year, NOW, THEREFORE,
   27  
   28  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   30         That the University of Florida Women’s Swimming and Diving
   31  Team is congratulated for its 2010 NCAA National Championship.
   32         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   33  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to University of
   34  Florida Women’s Swimming and Diving Team Head Coach Gregg Troy
   35  as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.