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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the House are happy to recognize
3 the excellence of young athletes and wish to congratulate the
4 DePaul Girls Softball Team on an outstanding season during
5 1999, winning the NCAA Regional Title for the first time in
6 the history of the program and advancing to the College World
7 Series; and
8 WHEREAS, Led by Head Coach Eugene Lenti and Assistant
9 Coaches Sara Hayes and Leigh Podlesny, the team ended the
10 season with a record of 54-14, the most wins in school
11 history; and
12 WHEREAS, The members of the Blue Demons are: Tatum Allen,
13 Tami Bouck, Liza Brown, Toni Campbell, Katy Carter, Jenny
14 Davis, Shavaughne Desecki, Jen Heath, Yvette Healy, Alyssa
15 Hyem, Dana Jakusz, Julie Luna, Molly Petullo, Kristie Prine,
16 Nicole Terpstra, Kate Otto, Vanessa Saavedra, Molly Sircher,
17 Amy Starr, and Karen Stewart; and
18 WHEREAS, They ranked third in the final USA Today/NFCA
19 Top 25 poll and became the third team in DePaul history to
20 reach the Final Four of an NCAA Championship; and
21 WHEREAS, Earning the school's fifth NCAA Tournament berth
22 in the past six years, the Blue Demons won the Mid-continent
23 Conference Regular Season Championship and tournament title
24 without losing a game; and
25 WHEREAS, Liza Brown was the program's second first team
26 All-American while Nicole Terpstra and Shavaughne Desecki
27 were second team selections; and
28 WHEREAS, Yvette Healy and Karen Stewart were second team
29 GTE/Academic All-American selections and Liza Brown, Nicole
30 Terpstra, and Shavaughne Desecki were first team All-Midwest
31 Region while Karen Stewart was on the second team; and
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1 WHEREAS, Nicole Terpstra, Liza Brown, Yvette Healy, Karen
2 Stewart, and Dana Jakusz were on the NCAA Tournament
3 All-Regional team and Katy Carter and Julie Luna were on the
4 College World Series All-Tournament team; and
5 WHEREAS, Katy Carter made the CNN "Play of the Day" for a
6 catch and throw she made against UCLA on May 27; and
7 WHEREAS, Named as the Mid-Continent Conference Player of
8 the Year was Liza Brown, Pitcher of the Year was Nicole
9 Terpstra, and Coach of the Year was Eugene Lenti; and
10 WHEREAS, Liza Brown, Nicole Terpstra, Shavaughne Desecki,
11 Yvette Healy, Karen Stewart, Julie Luna, and Toni Campbell
12 were named first team All-Mid-Continent Conference while Dana
13 Jakusz was on the second team; Nicole Terpstra was the MVP of
14 the Mid-Continent Conference Tournament and was joined on the
15 All-Tournament team by Liza Brown, Yvette Healy, Katy Carter
16 and Karen Stewart; and
17 WHEREAS, Yvette Healy, Dana Jakusz, Karen Stewart, Nicole
18 Terpstra, Jean Heath, Alyssa Hyem, Kate Otto, Vanessa
19 Saavedra, and Molly Sircher were all named to the
20 Mid-Continent Conference Academic Honor Roll; and
21 WHEREAS, Nicole Terpstra finished her four years with
22 every career pitching record in DePaul history and set single
23 season school records for wins and strikeouts; and
24 WHEREAS, Karen Stewart, who started every game of her
25 four-year career, finished as the school's all-time leader in
26 home runs, RBIs, and doubles; and
27 WHEREAS, Yvette Healy was first in career singles and
28 career stolen bases, being the only player in DePaul history
29 to steal over 100 bases; and
30 WHEREAS, The team was assisted by Managers Kristi
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1 Sebestyen, Jim Hosty, and Dan Cruz, Trainer Joe Kanupke,
2 Athletic Director Bill Bradshaw, and Sr. Associate Athletic
3 Director Jean Lenti Ponsetto; and
4 WHEREAS, All supporters of the DePaul Blue Demons should
5 be proud of the poise, dedication, and athletic ability of
6 the young women who were members of this team; therefore, be
7 it
8 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
9 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10 we congratulate the coaches and team of the DePaul Blue
11 Demons on a terrific season and that we commend the players
12 and their coaches on good sportsmanship, dedication, and hard
13 work; and be it further
14 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
15 presented to Coach Eugene Lenti, Athletic Director Bill
16 Bradshaw, and Father Jack Minogue, C.M., President of DePaul
17 University.