Session of 1999

                                                                       
SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1865
                                                                       
A Resolution congratulating and commending the Kansas Wesleyan University
                                                                       
Lady Coyote basketball team.

      WHEREAS,  The Kansas Wesleyan University Lady Coyote basketball
team is the 1999 National Small College National Tournament Cham-
pion; and

      WHEREAS,  The tournament was held in Salina March 5-8, 1999. The
Lady Coyotes entered the tournament with a 11-16 record and as the
number 8 seed. They beat the number 1 seed, Trinity College of Ver-
mont; the number 4 seed, Southern Virginia; and the number 2 seed, and
last year's champion, Arkansas Baptist, to win the championship; and

      WHEREAS,  The Lady Coyotes won the championship for the third
time in the past four years and are the only three time winners since the
tournament started in 1962; and

      WHEREAS,  The head coach is Jennifer Head and the assistant
coaches are Lance Dible and Bob Murray; and

      WHEREAS,  Shana English was named the tournament Most Valuable
Player and a National Small College Athletic Association 1st Team All-
American: Now, therefore,

      Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas: That we congrat-
ulate and commend the Kansas Wesleyan University Lady Coyote bas-
ketball team for being the 1999 National Small College National Tour-
nament Champion; and

      Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of the Senate be directed
to provide an enrolled copy of this resolution to Marshall Stanton, Pres-
ident, Kansas Wesleyan University; Jerry Jones, Athletic Director; Jen-
nifer Head, Head Coach; Lance Dible, Assistant Coach; Bob Murray,
Assistant Coach and Shana English, Tournament M.V.P. and National
Small College Athletic Association 1st team All-American all at Kansas
Wesleyan University, 100 E. Claflin, Salina, Kansas 67401.

Senate Resolution No. 1865 was sponsored by Senator Ben E. Vidricksen

I hereby certify that the above RESOLUTION originated in the SENATE,
and was adopted by that body

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President of the Senate
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Secretary of the Senate