119-sres197

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 197 Agreed to Senate

    (ATS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
S. RES. 197

 Commending and congratulating the University of Connecticut women's 
 basketball team for winning the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic 
 Association Division I Women's Basketball National Championship.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 1, 2025

 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself and Mr. Murphy) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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 RESOLUTION

 Commending and congratulating the University of Connecticut women's 
 basketball team for winning the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic 
 Association Division I Women's Basketball National Championship.

Whereas, on Sunday, April 6, 2025, the University of Connecticut's women's 
 basketball team (referred to in this preamble as the ``UConn Huskies'') 
 won the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in 
 this preamble as ``NCAA'') Division I Women's Basketball National 
 Championship (referred to in this preamble as the ``National 
 Championship''), defeating the University of South Carolina Gamecocks 
 with a score of 82 to 59, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida;
Whereas this is twelfth National Championship title for the UConn Huskies, the 
 most for any school in the history of NCAA Division I men's or women's 
 basketball;
Whereas, during the 2025 NCAA National Championship tournament, the UConn 
 Huskies defeated 3 number 1-seeded teams by an average of 23 points;
Whereas Geno Auriemma, the UConn Huskies head coach, alongside Chris Dailey, the 
 UConn Huskies associate head coach, won their twelfth National 
 Championship title, the most in the history of NCAA Division I men's or 
 women's basketball;
Whereas Azzi Fudd was named the Final Four's ``Most Outstanding Player'', 
 scoring 24 points in the championship game;
Whereas Paige Bueckers passed Maya Moore for the most career NCAA tournament 
 points by a UConn player with 477;
Whereas Sarah Strong set a record for points by a freshman in a single NCAA 
 tournament with 114; and
Whereas the University of Connecticut has won a total of 18 national 
 championships between its basketball programs, with 12 in women's 
 basketball and 6 in men's basketball: Now, therefore, be it
 Resolved, That the Senate--

    (1) commends the University of Connecticut women's 
 basketball team for winning the 2025 National Collegiate 
 Athletic Association Division I Women's Basketball National 
 Championship;

    (2) congratulates the fans, students, and faculty of the 
 University of Connecticut; and

    (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate 
 transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to--
        (A) the president of the University of Connecticut, 
 Radenka Maric;
        (B) the head coach of the University of Connecticut 
 women's basketball team, Geno Auriemma; and
            (C) the associate head coach of the University of 
 Connecticut women's basketball team, Chris Dailey.
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