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HRES 1267 IH

Congratulating the Mount Olive College Trojans for winning the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Men’s Baseball National Championship.

June 11, 2008

Mr. JONES of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, and Mr. HAYES) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

Congratulating the Mount Olive College Trojans for winning the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Men’s Baseball National Championship.

Whereas the Mount Olive College Trojans of Mount Olive, North Carolina, defeated the Ouachita Baptist University Tigers of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, 6 to 2, on May 31, 2008, to become the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II Men’s Baseball National Champions;

Whereas pitcher Casey Hodges of Mount Olive College reaped the win for the Trojans, giving up just 2 runs on 7 hits in his 8 innings, and striking out 6 batters;

Whereas Mount Olive College went 4-0 in the tournament, and finished the 2007-2008 season with a record of 58-6;

Whereas this was the Trojan’s first national championship in any sport;

Whereas Mount Olive Head Coach Carl Lancaster summed up the victory, saying, ‘This is a dream come true[;] We are extremely excited to bring this to Mount Olive’;

Whereas Mount Olive College carries on the continuing tradition of North Carolina schools winning NCAA championships;

Whereas Mount Olive College was founded in 1951, and in 2001 celebrated its 50th anniversary; and

Whereas Mount Olive College serves 700 traditional students at the Mount Olive location and 3,800 working adults throughout North Carolina, in Goldsboro, New Bern, Research Triangle Park, Washington, and Wilmington: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the House of Representatives congratulates the Mount Olive College Trojans for winning the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Men’s Baseball National Championship.