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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Rock Valley
4College softball team, the Golden Eagles, on winning the 2014
5National Junior College Athletic Association national
6championship (NJCAA); and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Golden Eagles finished the 2013-2014 season
8with a program single-season record 42 wins and its members
9accumulated a multitude of achievements and recognitions
10throughout their championship run; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Amanda Blakenship was named to the All-Region 1st
12Team and selected as All-Conference Most Valuable Player, the
13NJCAA Tournament Most Valuable Player, and Pitcher of the
14Tournament; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Hannah Anderson was named to the Region IV
16All-Tournament Team; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Kaitlyn Appleman was named to the NJCAA
18All-Tournament Team; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Ashley Brant was named to the All-Conference 2nd
20Team and the All-Region 2nd Team; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Kaytee Keefe was named to the All-Region 1st Team
2and the NJCAA All-Tournament Team; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Haley Love was named to the All-Conference 1st
4Team, the Region IV All-Tournament Team, and the NJCAA
5All-Tournament Team; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Katie Meyer was named to the All-Conference 2nd
7Team, the All-Region 2nd Team, and the Region IV All-Tournament
8Team; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Callina Rockey was named to the All-Conference 2nd
10Team and the Region IV All-Tournament Team; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Danielle Walker was named to the All-Conference
121st Team, the All-Region 1st Team, and the NJCAA All-Tournament
13Team; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Head Coach Darin Monroe was named Region IV Coach
15of the Year, N4C Coach of the Year, and the NJCAA Tournament
16Coach of the Tournament; and
 
17    WHEREAS, The leadership that these players and their head
18coach displayed was invaluable to the Golden Eagles' national
19championship; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3we congratulate the Rock Valley College softball team, the
4Golden Eagles, on winning the 2014 National Junior College
5Athletic Association national championship and wish them many
6more years of success; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
8presented to the Golden Eagles as an expression of our esteem
9and respect.