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 108th CONGRESS
   2d Session
 S. RES. 303

   Commending the Carroll College Fighting Saints football team for 
  winning the 2003 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics 
              (NAIA) national football championship game.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 12, 2004

    Mr. Burns (for himself and Mr. Baucus) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Commending the Carroll College Fighting Saints football team for 
  winning the 2003 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics 
              (NAIA) national football championship game.

Whereas the Carroll College Fighting Saints football team won the 2003 NAIA 
        national championship game and its second straight national championship 
        by defeating the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rangers by a 
        score of 41 to 28 at the Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee, on 
        December 20, 2003;
Whereas the Fighting Saints won 15 straight games, going undefeated in the 2003 
        regular season to win the Frontier Conference Championship and 
        progressing through 4 rounds of playoffs;
Whereas head coach Mike Van Diest led the Fighting Saints to their second 
        straight championship in his fifth season as head coach and was 1 of 5 
        coaches to receive the American Football Coaches Association Coach of 
        the Year award;
Whereas Fighting Saints quarterback Tyler Emmert was named NAIA Player of the 
        Year and offensive MVP for the championship game;
Whereas wide receiver Mark Gallik was named NAIA Football.net Offensive Player 
        of the Year;
Whereas both Emmert and Gallik were named to the NAIA First Team All-American;
Whereas 2 players were named to the NAIA Second Team All-American--Spencer 
        Schmitz and Marcus Atkinson--and 4 players received NAIA Honorable 
        Mention All-American honors--Regan Mack, Rhett Crites, Nate Chiovaro, 
        and Brett Bermingham;
Whereas 7 Fighting Saints were named as NAIA All-America Scholar Athletes--Kyle 
        Baker, D.J. Dearcorn, Tyler Emmert, Kevin McCutcheon, Matt Peterson, 
        A.J. Porrini, and Zach Zawacki; and
Whereas the Carroll College community, including the Carroll College Athletic 
        Department, students, administration, board of trustees, faculty, and 
        alumni, the city of Helena, and the entire State of Montana, are to be 
        congratulated for their continuous support of the Carroll College 
        football team: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends the Carroll College Fighting Saints football 
        team for winning the 2003 NAIA national championship;
            (2) recognizes the achievements of all the players, 
        coaches, support staff, and fans who were instrumental in 
        helping Carroll College during the 2003 season; and
            (3) directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy 
        of this resolution to the president of Carroll College.
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