HR18 • 2026

A resolution honoring and congratulating the Grand View University wrestling team on its historic National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics wrestling national championship win.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: GAINES and LOHSE
Last action: 2025-04-22
Official status: Resolution adopted. H.J. 1014 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A resolution honoring and congratulating the Grand View University wrestling team on its historic National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics wrestling national championship win.

What This Bill Does

A resolution honoring and congratulating the Grand View University wrestling team on its historic National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics wrestling national championship win.

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Bill History

2025-04-22 Iowa Legislature
Resolution adopted. H.J. 1014 .
2025-04-07 Iowa Legislature
Resolution filed, laid over under Rule 25. H.J. 902 .

Official Summary Text

A resolution honoring and congratulating the Grand View University wrestling team on its historic National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics wrestling national championship win.

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House

Resolution

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Introduced

HOUSE

RESOLUTION

NO.

18

BY

GAINES

and

LOHSE

A

Resolution

honoring

and

congratulating

the

Grand

View

1

University

wrestling

team

on

its

historic

National

2

Association

of

Intercollegiate

Athletics

wrestling

3

national

championship

win.

4

WHEREAS,

on

March

8,

2025,

the

Grand

View

Vikings

5

wrestling

team

won

the

National

Association

of

6

Intercollegiate

Athletics

(NAIA)

wrestling

competition

7

for

a

historic

13th

time;

and

8

WHEREAS,

the

Vikings

finished

with

a

total

9

team

score

of

209

points,

60

points

ahead

of

the

10

second-place

team

and

89.5

points

ahead

of

the

11

third-place

team;

and

12

WHEREAS,

six

Vikings

were

crowned

as

individual

13

national

champions,

which

ties

the

NAIA

record,

14

including

Aden

Reeves

at

125

pounds,

Carson

Taylor

at

15

141

pounds,

Elijah

Larsen

at

149

pounds,

Cam

Robinson

16

at

165

pounds,

Alex

Reynolds

at

174

pounds,

and

17

Garavous

Kouekabakilaho

at

197

pounds;

and

18

WHEREAS,

in

addition

to

the

six

national

champions,

19

three

other

Viking

wrestlers

gained

All-American

20

honors,

including

Gabe

Gonzales

at

125

pounds

for

21

finishing

second,

Jackson

Cockrell

at

133

pounds

for

22

finishing

seventh,

and

Dylan

Whitt

at

165

pounds

for

23

finishing

fifth;

and

24

WHEREAS,

Alex

Reynolds

and

Garavous

Kouekabakilaho

25

helped

solidify

the

Vikings’

victory

by

securing

26

back-to-back

individual

national

championship

27

titles;

and

28

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H.R.

18

WHEREAS,

coach

Nick

Mitchell

was

named

the

2025

NAIA

1

National

Coach

of

the

Year,

his

ninth

such

honor

in

his

2

17

years

as

the

Vikings’

head

coach;

NOW

THEREFORE,

3

BE

IT

RESOLVED

BY

THE

HOUSE

OF

REPRESENTATIVES,

That

4

the

House

of

Representatives

honors

and

congratulates

5

the

Grand

View

Vikings

wrestling

team

on

its

historic

6

achievements

in

NAIA

wrestling

by

winning

an

7

unprecedented

13th

championship

title

in

17

years;

and

8

BE

IT

FURTHER

RESOLVED,

That

upon

passage,

the

Chief

9

Clerk

of

the

House

of

Representatives

shall

transmit

10

copies

of

this

resolution

to

the

Grand

View

Vikings

11

wrestling

team

head

coach

Nick

Mitchell

and

Grand

View

12

University

President

Rachelle

Keck.

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