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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives wishes to
3congratulate the Kaskaskia College Blue Angels Softball Team
4on winning the 2023 NJCAA Region XXIV championship and
5establishing a new school record of 49-18; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Kaskaskia College Blue Angels Softball Team
7began the season with a slow start and a 0-4 record, but they
8were able to turn it around throughout the season, becoming
9the Region 24 Champions for the first time, becoming the
10Central District Champions for the first time, becoming an
11NJCAA World Series Qualifier for the first time, and being
12ranked seventh in the nation out of 221 D-1 schools; and
 
13    WHEREAS, The Kaskaskia College Blue Angels Softball Team
14ranked in the top 20 nationally in ten different TEAM
15statistical categories, including Games Played with 67,
16ranking second in the nation, At Bats with 1,805, ranking
17second in the nation, Hits with 716, ranking second in the
18nation, Innings Pitched, ranking second in the nation,
19Pitching Strike Outs with 432, ranking second in the nation,
20Batting Average of .397, ranking sixth in the nation, Stolen
21Bases with 156, ranking 13th in the nation, Pitching Strike
22Outs per seven innings with 7.7, ranking 17th in the nation,
23Runs Batted In with 446, ranking 17th in the nation, and On

 

 

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1Base Percentage of .446, ranking 20th in the nation; and
 
2    WHEREAS, The Kaskaskia College Blue Angels Softball Team
3athletes have performed just as well in the classroom as they
4have on the field with a collective GPA of 3.64, qualifying for
5NJCAA Division 1 Academic American Team recognition; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Kaskaskia College Blue Angels Softball Team
7includes players Maddie Bailey, Megan Bailey, Ashlyn Colvis,
8Sydnee Garrett, Josie Grunloh, Mikayla Healy, Macy Jett, Macey
9Lentz, Haley Major, Karlie McKenzie, Kadee Milligan, Amber
10Russell, Aspen Schmidt, Rancey Skaggs, and Ivy Smart; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The Kaskaskia College Blue Angels Softball Team
12coaches include Head Coach John Barnes, Assistant Coach Shawn
13Garrett, Assistant Coach Joe Healy, and Assistant Coach
14Franceska Windler; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Head Coach John Barnes was awarded the coach of
16the year for the NJCAA D-I Region 24 and the NJCAA D-I Central
17District; therefore, be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
19HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
20we congratulate the Kaskaskia College Blue Angels Softball
21Team on winning the 2023 NJCAA Region XXIV championship and

 

 

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1for a successful season and commend them for all their hard
2work on and off the field; and be it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
4presented to the each member of the Kaskaskia College softball
5team and each coach as a symbol of our esteem and respect.