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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the members of the 1974
4Western Illinois University (WIU) baseball team on the 50th
5anniversary of their incredible season; and
 
6    WHEREAS, WIU has had an intercollegiate baseball team
7since the 1903-1904 season; and
 
8    WHEREAS, In 1974, the WIU baseball team broke the school
9record for most victories in a single season, finishing with
1031 wins and 12 losses, a record that went unbroken for 32
11years; and
 
12    WHEREAS, As a result of its unprecedented season, the 1974
13WIU baseball team received a NCAA at-large bid to play in the
141974 NCAA Mid-East Regional Tournament and advanced to the
15championship game, only one game away from the Division II
16College World Series; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Over the course of the season, the 1974 WIU
18baseball team set or broke 30 team or individual records, many
19of which remain unbeaten to this day; and
 
20    WHEREAS, The 1974 WIU baseball team was led by Dick

 

 

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1Pawlow, who oversaw WIU baseball from 1970 to 1998, becoming
2the school's longest-serving head coach; the team was also led
3by co-captains Fred Dintelman and Gerry Grybash; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The 1974 WIU baseball team, one of the greatest
5teams in WIU Athletics history, was inducted into the WIU
6Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The 1974 WIU baseball team possesses several
8inductees to the WIU Athletics Hall of Fame, including pitcher
9and team MVP Ed Gvazdinskas in 1994, second baseman Dennis
10Mantick in 2003, and head coach Dick Pawlow in 2004; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The members of the 1974 WIU baseball team will be
12celebrating the 50th anniversary of their successful season
13during the WIU Baseball Alumni Weekend in Macomb from May 3 to
14May 5, 2024; therefore, be it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
16HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17we congratulate the members of the 1974 Western Illinois
18University (WIU) baseball team on the 50th anniversary of
19their incredible season; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be given
21to the players and coaches of the 1974 WIU baseball team as an

 

 

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1expression of our esteem and respect.