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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Rock Valley
4College men's basketball team, the Golden Eagles, on winning
5the 2014 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)
6national championship; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Golden Eagles were nationally ranked for much
8of the season and claimed their first ever championship with
9wins over Nassau Community College (NY), Brookdale Community
10College (NJ), and Caldwell College (NC); and
 
11    WHEREAS, The 2013-2014 season saw the Golden Eagles compile
12a record of 30 wins and 5 losses, the most wins in the men's
13basketball program's history; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Head Coach Craig Doty, in his first season as the
15men's head basketball coach at Rock Valley College in
162012-2013, led his team to its first appearance in the NJCAA
17tournament in over a decade and only 2nd over all, achieving a
187th place finish; and
 
19    WHEREAS, The Golden Eagles are DeSean Miller, LT Davis,
20Frank Cimino, Tairhe Turner, Darius Brown, Jared Mayes,
21DeOntray Austin, Keenan Franklin, Brandt Voiles, Jack

 

 

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1Harrison, Sam Harrison, and Ben Grygiel; the assistant coaches
2are Evan Lavery and Steve Goers; the trainer is Shannon Jones;
3and the managers are Christian Hoeger and Jon Akins; therefore,
4be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7we congratulate the Rock Valley College men's basketball team,
8the Golden Eagles, on winning the 2014 National Junior College
9Athletic Association national championship; and be it further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to the Rock Valley College Golden Eagles as an
12expression of our esteem and respect.