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This joint resolution congratulates the University of Tennessee (UT) Volunteers baseball team for winning the 2024 NCAA Men's College World Series championship, highlighting their extraordinary achievements and historic performance. The resolution recognizes the team as the first No. 1 national seed to win the national title since 1999, defeating Texas A&M University 6-5 on June 25, 2024, and setting multiple records, including being the first sixty-win Southeastern Conference baseball team in history and having five players record twenty or more home runs during the season. The resolution specifically honors Head Coach Tony Vitello and the entire coaching staff, and lists all 40 team members by name, praising their dedication, perseverance, and character. The document emphasizes that the team has brought honor to the State of Tennessee and serves as exceptional ambassadors, and formally resolves to congratulate the team and extend best wishes for future success, with a provision to prepare an appropriate copy of the resolution for presentation.

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