Bill > SRes223

This resolution commends and congratulates the Trinity College men's basketball team for winning their first-ever National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Men's Basketball National Championship on March 22, 2025, by defeating the New York University Violets 64-60 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The resolution highlights the team's impressive 30-3 season record, their second consecutive New England Small College Athletic Conference title, and their head coach James Cosgrove being named the 2025 National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III Coach of the Year. Additionally, the resolution recognizes Trinity College as a premier academic institution founded in 1823, with 2,235 students from 48 states and 82 countries, and a history of faculty and alumni who have received prestigious awards like the Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur award. The Senate formally commends the team, congratulates the college community, and requests that an official copy of the resolution be sent to the college's president, Joanne Berger-Sweeney, and the head basketball coach, James Cosgrove.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/223/all-info