A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Recognizing Madison High School wrestling coach Chris Waba for his historic three hundredth dual win.

WHEREAS, Coach Waba is recognized as a perennial powerhouse wrestling coach; and

WHEREAS, Coach Waba has been coaching for forty years, beginning in 1986 as coach for Madison Junior High School, and then as head coach for Madison High School since 1999; and

WHEREAS, having picked up his first dual win in 1999, Coach Waba led his team to a historic three hundredth dual win on January 4, 2025, in a triangular with Dell Rapids and Vermillion; and

WHEREAS, Coach Waba has guided eighty-two wrestlers to South Dakota state tournaments between 1999 and 2024; and

WHEREAS, Coach Waba led six Madison wrestlers to become South Dakota state champions;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the One Hundredth Legislature of the State of South Dakota, that Coach Chris Waba picked up his historic three hundredth dual win on January 4, 2025.