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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. RES. 56 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Congratulating the University of Vermont men’s soccer team on winning |
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| 6 | 6 | | the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men’s soccer |
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| 7 | 7 | | national championship. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY4, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. W |
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| 11 | 11 | | ELCH(for himself and Mr. SANDERS) submitted the following |
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| 12 | 12 | | resolution; which was considered and agreed to |
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| 13 | 13 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 14 | 14 | | Congratulating the University of Vermont men’s soccer team |
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| 15 | 15 | | on winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Asso- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ciation Division I men’s soccer national championship. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Whereas, on December 16th, 2024, the University of |
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| 18 | 18 | | Vermont men’s soccer team (referred to in this preamble |
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| 19 | 19 | | as the ‘‘Catamounts’’), after a golden goal with 5 min- |
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| 20 | 20 | | utes and 6 seconds left in overtime, pulled off an historic |
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| 21 | 21 | | comeback against Marshall University to win the 2024 |
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| 22 | 22 | | National Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in |
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| 23 | 23 | | this preamble as ‘‘NCAA’’) Division I men’s soccer na- |
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| 24 | 24 | | tional championship, with a final score of 2 goals to 1; |
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| 25 | 25 | | Whereas the 2024 NCAA Division I men’s soccer national |
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| 26 | 26 | | championship victory for the Catamounts is the first-ever |
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| 29 | 29 | | •SRES 56 ATS |
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| 30 | 30 | | NCAA Division I national championship in the history of |
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| 31 | 31 | | the Catamounts; |
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| 32 | 32 | | Whereas the 2024 NCAA Division I men’s soccer national |
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| 33 | 33 | | championship game was a game for the record books, |
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| 34 | 34 | | with many notable moments including— |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) a perfectly timed goal by Marcell Papp, which |
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| 36 | 36 | | gave the Catamounts a golden opportunity in overtime; |
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| 37 | 37 | | and |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) the game winning goal by Maximilian Kissel, his |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11th goal of the season, which will be remembered by the |
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| 40 | 40 | | Catamounts for all time; |
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| 41 | 41 | | Whereas the coaching staff of the Catamounts led the team |
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| 42 | 42 | | with grit and determination; |
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| 43 | 43 | | Whereas the support staff of the Catamounts played critical |
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| 44 | 44 | | roles in supporting the Catamounts throughout the 2024 |
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| 45 | 45 | | season; |
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| 46 | 46 | | Whereas, to the casual observer, the Catamounts may have |
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| 47 | 47 | | been the underdogs or the ‘‘Cinderella story’’ of the en- |
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| 48 | 48 | | tire 2024 NCAA Division I men’s soccer national cham- |
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| 49 | 49 | | pionship tournament; |
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| 50 | 50 | | Whereas, during the 2024 season, the Catamounts scored 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | goals in the 76th minute or later, including the cham- |
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| 52 | 52 | | pionship equalizing goal, earning the Catamounts the |
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| 53 | 53 | | nickname ‘‘Cardiac Cats’’; |
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| 54 | 54 | | Whereas last-minute victories were a habit for the Cat- |
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| 55 | 55 | | amounts during the 2024 NCAA Division I men’s soccer |
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| 56 | 56 | | national championship tournament, including— |
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| 57 | 57 | | (1) beating San Diego University in overtime in the |
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| 58 | 58 | | third round match; and |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) tying the University of Denver in the final min- |
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| 60 | 60 | | utes of the semifinal match to push the game into pen- |
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| 63 | 63 | | •SRES 56 ATS |
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| 64 | 64 | | alty kicks, where a save from Catamounts goalkeeper |
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| 65 | 65 | | Niklas Herceg ended up securing the Catamounts a tick- |
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| 66 | 66 | | et to the championship match; |
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| 67 | 67 | | Whereas Vermonters and fans of the Catamounts congratu- |
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| 68 | 68 | | late the Catamounts for their well-deserved 2024 NCAA |
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| 69 | 69 | | Division I men’s soccer national championship win; |
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| 70 | 70 | | Whereas the Catamounts are champions, not underdogs; and |
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| 71 | 71 | | Whereas the Catamounts made the people and State of |
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| 72 | 72 | | Vermont very proud and showed the United States that |
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| 73 | 73 | | the State of Vermont is, in fact, a soccer State: Now, |
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| 74 | 74 | | therefore, be it |
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| 75 | 75 | | Resolved, That the Senate— 1 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (1) congratulates the University of Vermont 2 |
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| 77 | 77 | | men’s soccer team on winning the 2024 National 3 |
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| 78 | 78 | | Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men’s soc-4 |
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| 79 | 79 | | cer national championship; and 5 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (2) respectfully requests that the Secretary of 6 |
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| 81 | 81 | | the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolu-7 |
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| 82 | 82 | | tion to— 8 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (A) the interim president of the University 9 |
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| 84 | 84 | | of Vermont, Patricia A. Prelock; 10 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (B) the director of athletics of the Univer-11 |
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| 86 | 86 | | sity of Vermont, Jeff Schulman; and 12 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (C) the head coach of the University of 13 |
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| 88 | 88 | | Vermont Catamounts men’s soccer team, Rob 14 |
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| 89 | 89 | | Dow. 15 |
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| 90 | 90 | | Æ |
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