Full Text of HR0731 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the 2021 University of | 4 | | Illinois Springfield (UIS) Prairie Stars men's soccer team on | 5 | | its most successful season since it moved to NCAA Division II; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The UIS men's soccer team was ranked No. 16 in the | 8 | | final NCAA Division II national rankings released by the | 9 | | United Soccer Coaches; not only was it the highest ranking for | 10 | | the program in the final poll of the year, but it also marked | 11 | | the first time that UIS was ranked in the top-25 since moving | 12 | | to the NCAA level; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, UIS just completed its best season since moving | 14 | | to the NCAA level; the Prairie Stars went 13-6-2 and reached | 15 | | the third round of their inaugural NCAA Division II Tournament | 16 | | appearance; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, UIS went 10-2-1 in Great Lakes Valley Conference | 18 | | (GLVC) play and finished second in both the conference regular | 19 | | season and postseason tournament; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The Prairie Stars were led in 2021 by | 21 | | All-American defender Marvin Zott; Conal Gallagher was named |
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| 1 | | to the all-region team and Pijus Petkevicius earned his third | 2 | | all-GLVC honor; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The Prairie Stars coaches are Adam Hall, Erick | 4 | | Lemus, Mario Falsone, and Jason Loftus; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Prairie Stars team members are Anree Bogart, | 6 | | Evan Paoni, Morgan Ratcliffe, Drew Keller, Terence Bynoe, | 7 | | Armando Rosiles, Mario Gonzales, Luck Ridley, Lars Brinkman, | 8 | | Conal Gallagher, Rory Carlson, Diego Alcaraz, Brian Riordan, | 9 | | Arian Teran, Robin Hendriks, Albert Nimako, Caleb Warmbier, | 10 | | Oluwatobi Akinroluyo, Quentin Reese, Dan Mahony, Darian | 11 | | Turner, Browel Some, Lucas Harris, Jackson Stove, Marvin Zott, | 12 | | Lorenzo Bacchetta, Luis Flores, Anton Aduwa-Emovon, Carter | 13 | | Formea, Tolga Barutcu, Nico Hubbell, Bradley Taylor, Charlie | 14 | | Waugh, Pijus Petkevicius, Ashton Hubert, Jay Hakki, and Connor | 15 | | McFadden; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we congratulate the 2021 University of Illinois Springfield | 19 | | Prairie Stars men's soccer team on its most successful season | 20 | | since it moved to NCAA Division II; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to coaches Adam Hall, Erick Lemus, Mario Falsone, |
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| 1 | | and Jason Loftus, to all Prairie Stars team members, and to UIS | 2 | | Interim Chancellor Karen Whitney as a symbol of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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