House Resolution 13 - Introduced
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 13
BY GAINES
1 A Resolution honoring and congratulating the Grand
2 View University wrestling team on its outstanding
3 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
4 Wrestling National Championship win.
5 WHEREAS, on March 4, 2023, the Grand View Vikings
6 wrestling team (the Vikings) won the National
7 Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
8 Wrestling Competition for a historic 11th time; and
9 WHEREAS, the Vikings finished with a total score of
10 206 team points, 48.5 points ahead of the second place
11 team and 116 points ahead of third; and
12 WHEREAS, three of the Vikings were crowned as
13 national champions: Shea Ruffridge at 141 pounds,
14 Owen Braungardt at 197 pounds, and Greg Hagan at 285
15 pounds; and
16 WHEREAS, 11 of the Vikings gained All-American
17 honors and finished in sixth place or better in their
18 weight classes; and
19 WHEREAS, Shea Ruffridge helped solidify the Vikings’
20 victory when he upset Baterden Boldmaa, a three-time
21 national champion with 100 consecutive wins, and then
22 continued on to win the national title; and
23 WHEREAS, coach Nick Mitchell was named the 2023 NAIA
24 National Coach of the Year, his sixth such honor as the
25 Vikings’ head coach; NOW THEREFORE,
26 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That
27 the House of Representatives honors and congratulates
28 the Grand View Vikings wrestling team on its
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1 impressive achievements in NAIA wrestling by winning
2 an unprecedented 11th NAIA wrestling championship
3 title; and
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That upon passage, the Chief
5 Clerk of the House of Representatives shall transmit
6 copies of this resolution to the Grand View Vikings
7 wrestling team head coach Nick Mitchell and Grand View
8 University President Rachelle Keck.
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