1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 SENATE
3 RESOLUTION 36 By: McCortney
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 A Resolution congratulating the 2023 University of
7 Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team; and expressing
8 appreciation for the exemplary manner in which they
8 represented the University of Oklahoma and the State
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12 WHEREAS, the 2023 University of Oklahoma (OU) women’s gymnastics
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13 team, under the guidance of head coach K.J. Kindler, finished with a
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14 28-2 record, was ranked number one the entire season, and won the
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15 program’s sixth national championship by tying its own NCAA finals
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16 record with a score of 198.3875; and
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17 WHEREAS, the Sooners defeated Florida, Utah, and LSU to win
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18 their second consecutive NCAA championship, their third in the last
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19 four years, and their sixth in the last nine; and
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20 WHEREAS, OU posted a nation-leading ten scores of at least 198,
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21 tying its own NCAA single-season record; and
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22 WHEREAS, Olivia Trautman won the NCAA vault title, becoming the
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23 seventh Sooner, and the first since 2021, to win an individual
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1 WHEREAS, eight Sooners earned a total of ten NCAA All-America
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2 honors, including five first-team accolades; and
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3 WHEREAS, six Sooners earned ten WCGA regular season All-America
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4 honors, with all six earning first-team acclaim and Jordan Bowers
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5 joining Maggie Nichols as the only gymnasts in program history to
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6 garner five All-America honors during a regular season; and
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7 WHEREAS, Meilin Sullivan was named the NCAA Elite 90 award
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8 winner, becoming the fifth Sooner and second OU gymnast to earn the
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10 WHEREAS, the Sooners won their thirteenth straight NCAA regional
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11 title to advance to their nineteenth consecutive NCAA Championships;
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13 WHEREAS, OU won its tenth conference title in the last eleven
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14 years with the highest score in Big 12 Championship history with a
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15 198.400; and
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16 WHEREAS, six Sooners won a total of eight Big 12 individual
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17 conference championships and claimed every event title and the all-
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18 around crown; and
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19 WHEREAS, Faith Torrez was honored as Big 12 Newcomer of the
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20 Year, Katherine LeVasseur as Big 12 Event Specialist of the Year,
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21 and Head Coach K.J. Kindler as Big 12 Coach of the Year for the
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22 twelfth time as a Sooner.
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23 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE 2ND SESSION
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24 OF THE 59TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
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1 THAT the Oklahoma State Senate congratulates the 2023 University
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2 of Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team, under the guidance of Coach
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3 K.J. Kindler, for their sixth national championship win.
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4 THAT the Oklahoma State Senate expresses profound appreciation
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5 to Coach K.J. Kindler and the 2023 OU women’s gymnastics team for
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6 the exemplary manner in which they represented the University of
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7 Oklahoma and the State of Oklahoma.
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