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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The University of Illinois wrestling team won |
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| their first Big Ten Tournament Championship team title since |
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| 1952 in Iowa City on March 6, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, The wrestling team set a school record for most |
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| wins in a season; and
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| WHEREAS, The wrestling team won the Midland Team Title for |
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| a second consecutive year, finished second in the National Team |
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| Duals, and won the Big Ten regular season title, but went one |
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| step further with the conference championship at the Big Ten |
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| Tournament with a final score of 130 points; and
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| WHEREAS, Illinois' 130 points also tie the school record |
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| for the Big Ten Championship; and
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| WHEREAS, University of Illinois head wrestling Coach Mark |
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| Johnson was named the 2005 Big Ten Coach of the Year, his |
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| second time to win the award; and
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| WHEREAS, During Coach Johnson's 13-year tenure at |
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| Illinois, the Illini have finished in the Top-10 on nine |
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| occasions and finished in sixth place in 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Illini wrestler Alex Tirapelle won his second Big |
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| Ten title and Pete Friedl won his first; and
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| WHEREAS, Five Illini wrestlers became All-Americans; and
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| WHEREAS, Winning the title shows the hard work and |
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| dedication that the team members and Head Coach Johnson and |
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| Assistant Coaches Jim Heffernan and Carl Perry have given to |
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| the program; therefore, be it
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