SENATE COMMEMORATION
NO.
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Introduced by:
Senator Smidt (Orville) and Representatives Pitts and Tidemann
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A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION,
Honoring the South Dakota State University Women's
2006-2007 Basketball Team.
WHEREAS,
the 2006-2007 South Dakota State University Jackrabbits women's basketball team
completed an outstanding season, culminating in an invitation to the Divison 1 Women's National
Invitational Tournament, the NIT, where they earned a first-round bye and reached the quarterfinals
with victories against Illinois State and Indiana. They finished the season with a 25-6 record, which
included a 14-game winning streak, and are the first team nationally to qualify for the NIT while in
the transition from Division 2 to Division 1 competition; and
WHEREAS,
all members of the 2006-2007 SDSU women's basketball team reside within five
hundred miles of SDSU and are mainly from small towns. Five team members are from South
Dakota, five are from Minnesota, and three are from Wisconsin. The 2006-2007 team is coached by
Head Coach Aaron Johnston and assistant coaches Laurie Melum, Jina Johansen, and Matt
Stamerjohn. Team members include Andrea Verdegan, Nicole Helsper, Alison Anderson, Ketty
Cornemann, Morgan Meier, Stacie Oistad, Megan Vogel, Abby Kratovil, Maria Boever, Ashlea
Muckenhirn, Jennifer Warkenthien, Courtney Grimsrud, and Laura Nielsen; and
WHEREAS,
the 2006-2007 SDSU women's basketball team led the nation in academic
performance by a Division 1 team. The team played before record crowds at Frost arena in Brookings
for the Illinois State and Indiana games. In addition, Coach Aaron Johnston was named Division 1
Independent Coach of the Year, Megan Vogel was named to the Division 1 Independent first team,
and Courtney Grimsrud was named Division 1 Independent Defensive Player of the Year:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED,
by the Eighty-second Legislature of the State
of South Dakota, that the 2006-2007 South Dakota State University women's basketball team,
coaches, and staff be congratulated and honored for their accomplishments on and off the court and
for their outstanding representation of their state and their university.