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This resolution commends the University of Memphis Athletic Department for its outstanding achievements across multiple sports during the 2024-2025 academic year. The resolution highlights the football team's success, including five consecutive bowl game wins, back-to-back ten-win seasons, and a top-25 national ranking, as well as the men's basketball team's American Athletic Conference (AAC) Coach of the Year award and championship performance. It also recognizes the women's basketball team's achievements, the men's and women's soccer teams' regular season championships, and the men's tennis team's NCAA Tournament qualification. Additionally, the resolution emphasizes the athletic department's academic success, noting that 94 percent of football players graduate and thirteen out of seventeen athletic teams achieved a perfect 1000 single-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) score. The document celebrates the perseverance, determination, and talent of the students, coaches, and staff, extending best wishes for their continued success and commending their contributions to the University of Memphis.

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