Bill Text: IA HR118 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A resolution honoring the historic performance of the Dordt University women's basketball team.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 18-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-10 - Resolution filed, laid over under Rule 25. H.J. 775. [HR118 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HR118-Introduced.html
House Resolution 118 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 118 BY WHEELER , SHIPLEY , STONE , JENEARY , GEHLBACH , HOLT , GERHOLD , WILLS , DUNWELL , FISHER , JOHNSON , BODEN , YOUNG , MOORE , BOSSMAN , WILBURN , ANDREWS , SORENSEN , and BLOOMINGDALE A Resolution honoring the historic performance of the 1 Dordt University women’s basketball team. 2 WHEREAS, on March 26, 2024, the Dordt University 3 women’s basketball team defeated the University of 4 Providence to become the 2024 National Association 5 of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national 6 champions; and 7 WHEREAS, the Dordt University women’s basketball 8 team spent 11 weeks of the season ranked first in the 9 country and ended the season with a program-best 35-2 10 record; and 11 WHEREAS, Macy Sievers was named the most valuable 12 player of the NAIA women’s national championship 13 tournament by averaging 12.6 points, 6.8 assists, 6.3 14 rebounds, and 2.8 steals per game; and 15 WHEREAS, Karly Gustafson was given first-team 16 all-tournament honors and concluded her final season 17 with program records for career points (1,976) and 18 career rebounds (1,099); and 19 WHEREAS, Janie Schoonhoven received second-team 20 all-tournament honors and was awarded the tournament 21 hustle award, and Bailey Beckman finished her final 22 season with 1,887 career points and a program record 23 228 three-point field goals; and 24 WHEREAS, academics were very important to the team 25 -1- LSB 6390YH (5) 90 dg/jm 1/ 2
H.R. 118 evidenced by Bailey Beckman, Janie Schoonhoven, and 1 Macy Sievers being named a part of the College Sports 2 Communicators Academic All-District team; and 3 WHEREAS, head coach Bill Harmsen was honored as NAIA 4 2024 coach of the year; NOW THEREFORE, 5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 6 That the House of Representatives honors the Dordt 7 University women’s basketball team for their 8 achievement as NAIA national champions; and 9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That upon adoption, the 10 Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives shall 11 transmit a copy of this resolution for presentation to 12 head coach Bill Harmsen, the Dordt University women’s 13 basketball team, and Dordt University President Erik 14 Hoekstra. 15 -2- LSB 6390YH (5) 90 dg/jm 2/ 2
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