Full Text of HR0730 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the members of the 1974 | 4 | | Western Illinois University (WIU) baseball team on the 50th | 5 | | anniversary of their incredible season; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, WIU has had an intercollegiate baseball team | 7 | | since the 1903-1904 season; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, In 1974, the WIU baseball team broke the school | 9 | | record for most victories in a single season, finishing with | 10 | | 31 wins and 12 losses, a record that went unbroken for 32 | 11 | | years; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, As a result of its unprecedented season, the 1974 | 13 | | WIU baseball team received a NCAA at-large bid to play in the | 14 | | 1974 NCAA Mid-East Regional Tournament and advanced to the | 15 | | championship game, only one game away from the Division II | 16 | | College World Series; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Over the course of the season, the 1974 WIU | 18 | | baseball team set or broke 30 team or individual records, many | 19 | | of which remain unbeaten to this day; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, The 1974 WIU baseball team was led by Dick |
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| 1 | | Pawlow, who oversaw WIU baseball from 1970 to 1998, becoming | 2 | | the school's longest-serving head coach; the team was also led | 3 | | by co-captains Fred Dintelman and Gerry Grybash; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, The 1974 WIU baseball team, one of the greatest | 5 | | teams in WIU Athletics history, was inducted into the WIU | 6 | | Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, The 1974 WIU baseball team possesses several | 8 | | inductees to the WIU Athletics Hall of Fame, including pitcher | 9 | | and team MVP Ed Gvazdinskas in 1994, second baseman Dennis | 10 | | Mantick in 2003, and head coach Dick Pawlow in 2004; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, The members of the 1974 WIU baseball team will be | 12 | | celebrating the 50th anniversary of their successful season | 13 | | during the WIU Baseball Alumni Weekend in Macomb from May 3 to | 14 | | May 5, 2024; therefore, be it | 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we congratulate the members of the 1974 Western Illinois | 18 | | University (WIU) baseball team on the 50th anniversary of | 19 | | their incredible season; and be it further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be given | 21 | | to the players and coaches of the 1974 WIU baseball team as an |
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| 1 | | expression of our esteem and respect. |
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