Bill Text: IL HR0731 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulate the 2021 University of Illinois Springfield Prairie Stars men's soccer team on its most successful season since it moved to NCAA Division II.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-03-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR0731 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0731-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the 2021 University of | ||||||
| 4 | Illinois Springfield (UIS) Prairie Stars men's soccer team on | ||||||
| 5 | its most successful season since it moved to NCAA Division II; | ||||||
| 6 | and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The UIS men's soccer team was ranked No. 16 in the | ||||||
| 8 | final NCAA Division II national rankings released by the | ||||||
| 9 | United Soccer Coaches; not only was it the highest ranking for | ||||||
| 10 | the program in the final poll of the year, but it also marked | ||||||
| 11 | the first time that UIS was ranked in the top-25 since moving | ||||||
| 12 | to the NCAA level; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, UIS just completed its best season since moving | ||||||
| 14 | to the NCAA level; the Prairie Stars went 13-6-2 and reached | ||||||
| 15 | the third round of their inaugural NCAA Division II Tournament | ||||||
| 16 | appearance; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, UIS went 10-2-1 in Great Lakes Valley Conference | ||||||
| 18 | (GLVC) play and finished second in both the conference regular | ||||||
| 19 | season and postseason tournament; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, The Prairie Stars were led in 2021 by | ||||||
| 21 | All-American defender Marvin Zott; Conal Gallagher was named | ||||||
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| 1 | to the all-region team and Pijus Petkevicius earned his third | ||||||
| 2 | all-GLVC honor; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, The Prairie Stars coaches are Adam Hall, Erick | ||||||
| 4 | Lemus, Mario Falsone, and Jason Loftus; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The Prairie Stars team members are Anree Bogart, | ||||||
| 6 | Evan Paoni, Morgan Ratcliffe, Drew Keller, Terence Bynoe, | ||||||
| 7 | Armando Rosiles, Mario Gonzales, Luck Ridley, Lars Brinkman, | ||||||
| 8 | Conal Gallagher, Rory Carlson, Diego Alcaraz, Brian Riordan, | ||||||
| 9 | Arian Teran, Robin Hendriks, Albert Nimako, Caleb Warmbier, | ||||||
| 10 | Oluwatobi Akinroluyo, Quentin Reese, Dan Mahony, Darian | ||||||
| 11 | Turner, Browel Some, Lucas Harris, Jackson Stove, Marvin Zott, | ||||||
| 12 | Lorenzo Bacchetta, Luis Flores, Anton Aduwa-Emovon, Carter | ||||||
| 13 | Formea, Tolga Barutcu, Nico Hubbell, Bradley Taylor, Charlie | ||||||
| 14 | Waugh, Pijus Petkevicius, Ashton Hubert, Jay Hakki, and Connor | ||||||
| 15 | McFadden; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 17 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 18 | we congratulate the 2021 University of Illinois Springfield | ||||||
| 19 | Prairie Stars men's soccer team on its most successful season | ||||||
| 20 | since it moved to NCAA Division II; and be it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 22 | presented to coaches Adam Hall, Erick Lemus, Mario Falsone, | ||||||
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| 1 | and Jason Loftus, to all Prairie Stars team members, and to UIS | ||||||
| 2 | Interim Chancellor Karen Whitney as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 3 | respect.
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