Full Text of HJR0108 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives and the Illinois State Senate are proud to | 4 | | honor the achievements and contributions, both academic
and | 5 | | athletic, of those colleges and universities which are located | 6 | | in the State; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In its 2013 season, the Loyola University Chicago | 8 | | men's volleyball team
won the Midwest Intercollegiate | 9 | | Volleyball Association Tournament title for the first time in
| 10 | | the school's history; it made its first-ever appearance in the | 11 | | National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's | 12 | | Volleyball Championship,
finished its season with a record of | 13 | | 22 wins and 10 losses, and finished ranked ninth in the final | 14 | | American
Volleyball Coaches Association Division I-II Coaches | 15 | | Poll; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In its 2014 season, the Loyola University Chicago | 17 | | men's volleyball team finished the regular
season with 24 wins | 18 | | and one loss, winning the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball | 19 | | Association
Tournament title for the second time, and making | 20 | | its second appearance in the NCAA Men's Volleyball | 21 | | Championship; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago hosted the 2014 NCAA |
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Volleyball Championship in the Gentile Arena at its Lake | 2 | | Shore Campus in May of 2014; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, On May 1, 2014, the Loyola University Chicago's | 4 | | men's volleyball team head coach, Shane Davis, was
named Coach | 5 | | of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, and | 6 | | assistant coach
Mark Hulse was named Assistant Coach of the | 7 | | Year; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, On May 3, 2014, in front of a capacity crowd of | 9 | | 4,475 in the Gentile
Arena, the Loyola University Chicago men's | 10 | | volleyball team defeated Stanford University with a 4-set win | 11 | | in the NCAA
Men's Volleyball Championship, earning the school | 12 | | its first ever men's volleyball
championship title; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The Loyola University Chicago men's volleyball | 14 | | team is the only men's volleyball team in the State
to hold the | 15 | | title of NCAA Men's Volleyball Champions; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, The Loyola University Chicago men's volleyball | 17 | | team is only the fourth team to win the NCAA
Men's Volleyball | 18 | | Championship on its own home court; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, The NCAA men's volleyball championship title is | 20 | | the second NCAA team
championship title in the history of | 21 | | Loyola University Chicago and the first since the men's
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| 1 | | basketball program captured the NCAA Men's Basketball | 2 | | Championship in 1963; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, The Loyola University Chicago men's volleyball | 4 | | team finished the 2014 season with a record of
29 wins and one | 5 | | loss, at one point winning 27 consecutive matches; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The American Volleyball Coaches Association | 7 | | Coaches poll ranked
the Loyola University Chicago's men's | 8 | | volleyball team number one in the country in 2014; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The 2014 Loyola University Chicago's men's | 10 | | volleyball team featured 4 All-Americans,
including the NCAA | 11 | | Tournament Most Outstanding Player, Cody Caldwell, and the 2014 | 12 | | Midwest
Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Player of the | 13 | | Year, Thomas Jaeschke, of Wheaton; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 16 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we honor and congratulate all of | 17 | | the players and coaches of the Loyola University Chicago's 2014 | 18 | | NCAA men's volleyball championship team for their | 19 | | achievements, for bringing honor to the citizens of the State, | 20 | | and for inspiring all high school and collegiate athletics and | 21 | | athletic teams in the State in the pursuit of excellence; and | 22 | | be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this joint resolution | 2 | | shall be presented to Michael J.
Garanzini, S.J., President of | 3 | | Loyola University Chicago, on behalf of the Loyola University | 4 | | Chicago 2014 men's
volleyball team, as a symbol of our respect | 5 | | and esteem.
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