A resolution honoring the Wartburg College men’s wrestling team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III wrestling championship.

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Resolution

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Introduced

HOUSE

RESOLUTION

NO.

20

BY

JACOBY

and

GRASSLEY

A

Resolution

honoring

the

Wartburg

College

men’s

1

wrestling

team

for

winning

the

National

Collegiate

2

Athletic

Association

Division

III

wrestling

3

championship.

4

WHEREAS,

with

just

six

qualifying

wrestlers,

the

5

Wartburg

College

Knights

won

their

sixteenth

National

6

Collegiate

Athletic

Association

Division

III

wrestling

7

championship

with

a

combined

83.5

points;

and

8

WHEREAS,

Massoma

Endene

capped

off

an

incredible

9

20-0

undefeated

season

and

61-match

winning

streak

to

10

win

his

third

consecutive

national

championship

by

an

11

11-3

major

decision

in

the

finals;

and

12

WHEREAS,

Mitchell

Williamson,

after

entering

his

13

bracket

unseeded,

finished

his

impressive

23-1

season

14

with

a

dramatic

takedown

with

two

seconds

remaining

15

to

win

the

heavyweight

national

championship

by

a

4-1

16

decision;

and

17

WHEREAS,

in

addition

to

Endene

and

Williamson,

Kyler

18

Romero

(third

in

his

weight

class),

Kasey

Ross

(fifth

19

in

his

weight

class),

and

Tommy

Thongseng

(seventh

in

20

his

weight

class)

also

earned

All-American

honors

for

21

the

Knights;

and

22

WHEREAS,

head

coach

Eric

Keller

led

the

team

to

23

its

ninth

national

championship

under

his

dedicated

24

leadership;

and

25

WHEREAS,

Wartburg

College,

with

its

sixteenth

26

national

championship,

overtakes

Augsburg

College

as

27

the

winningest

team

in

Division

III

wrestling;

and

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WHEREAS,

the

team’s

slogan

this

year,

“to

the

man”,

1

truly

embodied

the

Knights’

extraordinary

championship

2

performance,

with

every

point

earned

by

every

3

wrestler

fully

contributing

to

the

team’s

victory;

NOW

4

THEREFORE,

5

BE

IT

RESOLVED

BY

THE

HOUSE

OF

REPRESENTATIVES,

6

That

the

House

of

Representatives

recognizes

and

7

congratulates

the

Wartburg

College

men’s

wrestling

team

8

for

its

outstanding

championship

season

this

year;

and

9

BE

IT

FURTHER

RESOLVED,

That

upon

adoption,

the

10

Chief

Clerk

of

the

House

of

Representatives

shall

11

transmit

a

copy

of

this

resolution

for

presentation

to

12

Wartburg

College

men’s

wrestling

head

coach

Eric

Keller

13

and

Wartburg

College

President

Rebecca

Ehretsman.

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