Full Text of HR0255 96th General Assembly
HR0255 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate University of | | 4 |
| Illinois wrestling coach Mark Johnson on his retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, Mark Johnson, the top wrestling coach in Illinois | | 6 |
| history, announced his retirement Monday, March 30, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, During his 17-year career, Coach Johnson led the | | 8 |
| Illini to more wins and
produced more NCAA champions, NCAA | | 9 |
| qualifiers, and All-Americans than any coach in school history; | | 10 |
| his teams were 203-44-3 in dual meets; and the team is coming | | 11 |
| off an eighth-place finish at the recent NCAA meet, the 10th | | 12 |
| time his team finished in the Top 10; and
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| WHEREAS, Mark Johnson was a two-time NCAA runner-up at | | 14 |
| Michigan and earned a spot on the 1980
United States Olympic | | 15 |
| team, but did not get to compete in the Moscow Games
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| the United States boycott; and
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| WHEREAS, Shortly after the Olympics, he went to work as an | | 18 |
| Iowa assistant for
legendary Dan Gable; during his time in Iowa | | 19 |
| City, the Hawkeyes won four national championships; his first | | 20 |
| head coaching job was at Oregon State, where he earned
Pac-10 | | 21 |
| coach of the year honors in 1992 after leading the Beavers to |
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conference title; and
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| WHEREAS, The Rock Island native took over at Illinois in | | 3 |
| 1992 and quickly started
to rebuild the program; during his | | 4 |
| tenure, he coached seven wrestlers, Steve Marianetti, Ernest | | 5 |
| Benion Jr., Eric Siebert, Carl Perry, John
Lockhart, Adam | | 6 |
| Tirapelle, and Matt Lackey to NCAA titles; ten other Illini | | 7 |
| reached the NCAA finals, including two-time runner-up Mike | | 8 |
| Poeta, who, like his coach, intends to pursue a spot on the | | 9 |
| United States Olympic team; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2005, Coach Johnson's Illini ended a 53-year | | 11 |
| drought by winning the Big Ten
title, and he earned his second | | 12 |
| Big Ten coach of the year honor that
season; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | | 14 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | | 15 |
| congratulate Coach Mark Johnson on his success at the | | 16 |
| University of Illinois and wish him all the best in his future | | 17 |
| endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | | 19 |
| presented to Mark Johnson as a symbol of our respect and | | 20 |
| esteem.
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