Bill Text: IA HR13 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution honoring and congratulating the Grand View University wrestling team on its outstanding National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Wrestling National Championship win.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-11 - Resolution adopted. H.J. 787. [HR13 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HR13-Introduced.html
House
Resolution
13
-
Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
13
BY
GAINES
A
Resolution
honoring
and
congratulating
the
Grand
1
View
University
wrestling
team
on
its
outstanding
2
National
Association
of
Intercollegiate
Athletics
3
Wrestling
National
Championship
win.
4
WHEREAS,
on
March
4,
2023,
the
Grand
View
Vikings
5
wrestling
team
(the
Vikings)
won
the
National
6
Association
of
Intercollegiate
Athletics
(NAIA)
7
Wrestling
Competition
for
a
historic
11th
time;
and
8
WHEREAS,
the
Vikings
finished
with
a
total
score
of
9
206
team
points,
48.5
points
ahead
of
the
second
place
10
team
and
116
points
ahead
of
third;
and
11
WHEREAS,
three
of
the
Vikings
were
crowned
as
12
national
champions:
Shea
Ruffridge
at
141
pounds,
13
Owen
Braungardt
at
197
pounds,
and
Greg
Hagan
at
285
14
pounds;
and
15
WHEREAS,
11
of
the
Vikings
gained
All-American
16
honors
and
finished
in
sixth
place
or
better
in
their
17
weight
classes;
and
18
WHEREAS,
Shea
Ruffridge
helped
solidify
the
Vikings’
19
victory
when
he
upset
Baterden
Boldmaa,
a
three-time
20
national
champion
with
100
consecutive
wins,
and
then
21
continued
on
to
win
the
national
title;
and
22
WHEREAS,
coach
Nick
Mitchell
was
named
the
2023
NAIA
23
National
Coach
of
the
Year,
his
sixth
such
honor
as
the
24
Vikings’
head
coach;
NOW
THEREFORE,
25
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
That
26
the
House
of
Representatives
honors
and
congratulates
27
the
Grand
View
Vikings
wrestling
team
on
its
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H.R.
13
impressive
achievements
in
NAIA
wrestling
by
winning
1
an
unprecedented
11th
NAIA
wrestling
championship
2
title;
and
3
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
upon
passage,
the
Chief
4
Clerk
of
the
House
of
Representatives
shall
transmit
5
copies
of
this
resolution
to
the
Grand
View
Vikings
6
wrestling
team
head
coach
Nick
Mitchell
and
Grand
View
7
University
President
Rachelle
Keck.
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