Florida Senate - 2012                            (NP)    SR 2112
       
       
       
       By Senator Oelrich
       
       
       
       
       14-03205-12                                           20122112__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing and commending the University
    3         of Florida women’s tennis team for winning the 2011
    4         NCAA Championship.
    5  
    6         WHEREAS, the University of Florida Gators have long been
    7  recognized for their winning tradition in all intercollegiate
    8  sports, and
    9         WHEREAS, the University of Florida women’s tennis team has
   10  continued this tradition of athletic excellence, achieved and
   11  maintained through hard work, determination, and a team-first
   12  attitude, and
   13         WHEREAS, the University of Florida women’s tennis team on
   14  May 24, 2011, scored a 4-3 win against the top-seeded Stanford
   15  University team at Taube Tennis Stadium on the Stanford campus,
   16  and
   17         WHEREAS, under Head Coach Roland Thornqvist, who guided the
   18  Gators to its second national championship in his 10 years with
   19  the team, his coaching staff, and Athletic Director Jeremy
   20  Foley, the Florida Gators came together as a championship team,
   21  and
   22         WHEREAS, the national championship won by the University of
   23  Florida women’s tennis team marked the 26th national title won
   24  by a Gator sports team and the women’s tennis team’s fifth
   25  national team title, the most of any team in the Gator program,
   26  NOW, THEREFORE,
   27  
   28  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   30         That the members of the Senate recognize and commend the
   31  University of Florida women’s tennis team for winning the 2011
   32  NCAA Championship, the Gator’s second national team championship
   33  of the season.
   34         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   35  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to University of
   36  Florida women’s tennis team Head Coach Roland Thornqvist and to
   37  each member of the University of Florida women’s tennis team as
   38  a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.