S.Res. 197

119 SRES 197 ATS: Commending and congratulating the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team for winning the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women’s Basketball National Championship.
 U.S. Senate
 2025-05-01
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 III  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. RES. 197  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   May 1, 2025   Mr. Blumenthal  (for himself and  Mr. Murphy ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to   RESOLUTION
Commending and congratulating the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team for winning the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women’s Basketball National Championship.
Whereas, on Sunday, April 6, 2025, the University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team (referred to in this preamble as the  UConn Huskies ) won the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in this preamble as  NCAA ) Division I Women’s Basketball National Championship (referred to in this preamble as the  National Championship ), defeating the University of South Carolina Gamecocks with a score of 82 to 59, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida;
Whereas this is twelfth National Championship title for the UConn Huskies, the most for any school in the history of NCAA Division I men’s or women’s basketball;
Whereas, during the 2025 NCAA National Championship tournament, the UConn Huskies defeated 3 number 1-seeded teams by an average of 23 points;
Whereas Geno Auriemma, the UConn Huskies head coach, alongside Chris Dailey, the UConn Huskies associate head coach, won their twelfth National Championship title, the most in the history of NCAA Division I men’s or women’s basketball;
Whereas Azzi Fudd was named the Final Four's  Most Outstanding Player , scoring 24 points in the championship game;
Whereas Paige Bueckers passed Maya Moore for the most career NCAA tournament points by a UConn player with 477;
Whereas Sarah Strong set a record for points by a freshman in a single NCAA tournament with 114; and
Whereas the University of Connecticut has won a total of 18 national championships between its basketball programs, with 12 in women's basketball and 6 in men’s basketball: Now, therefore, be it
That the Senate—
(1)
commends the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team for winning the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women’s Basketball National Championship;
(2)
congratulates the fans, students, and faculty of the University of Connecticut; and
(3)
respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to—
(A)
the president of the University of Connecticut, Radenka Maric;
(B)
the head coach of the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team, Geno Auriemma; and
(C)
the associate head coach of the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team, Chris Dailey.