SRES223
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to withou…
A resolution commending and congratulating the Trinity College men's basketball team for winning the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Men's Basketball National Championship.
- Federal
- Senate
- Introduced May 13, 2025
- Session 119
Bill Text
Version ATSWhereas, on Saturday, March 22, 2025, the Trinity College men’s basketball team (referred to in this preamble as the Trinity College Bantams) won the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in this preamble as the NCAA) Division III Men’s Basketball National Championship (referred to in this preamble as the National Championship), defeating the New York University Violets by a score of 64 to 60, at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana;
Whereas the 2025 NCAA National Championship win is the first in the history of the Trinity College Bantams;
Whereas the Trinity College Bantams finished the 2024–2025 season with a record of 30 wins and 3 losses, tying a program record for wins;
Whereas, during the 2024–2025 season, the Trinity College Bantams won the New England Small College Athletic Conference title for the second straight year;
Whereas the head coach of the Trinity college Bantams, James Cosgrove, was named the 2025 National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III Coach of the Year; and
Whereas, in addition to outstanding athletics, Trinity College is a premier academic institution that—
was founded in 1823;
in the 2024–2025 school year, enrolled 2,235 students from 48 States and 82 countries; and
has faculty and alumni that have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the MacArthur award, and many other recognitions for exemplary academic and cultural contributions: Now, therefore, be it
That the Senate—
commends the Trinity College men’s basketball team for winning the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Men’s Basketball National Championship;
congratulates the fans, students, and faculty of Trinity College; and
respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to—
the President of Trinity College, Joanne Berger-Sweeney; and
the head coach of the Trinity College men’s basketball team, James Cosgrove.
Whereas the 2025 NCAA National Championship win is the first in the history of the Trinity College Bantams;
Whereas the Trinity College Bantams finished the 2024–2025 season with a record of 30 wins and 3 losses, tying a program record for wins;
Whereas, during the 2024–2025 season, the Trinity College Bantams won the New England Small College Athletic Conference title for the second straight year;
Whereas the head coach of the Trinity college Bantams, James Cosgrove, was named the 2025 National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III Coach of the Year; and
Whereas, in addition to outstanding athletics, Trinity College is a premier academic institution that—
was founded in 1823;
in the 2024–2025 school year, enrolled 2,235 students from 48 States and 82 countries; and
has faculty and alumni that have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the MacArthur award, and many other recognitions for exemplary academic and cultural contributions: Now, therefore, be it
That the Senate—
commends the Trinity College men’s basketball team for winning the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Men’s Basketball National Championship;
congratulates the fans, students, and faculty of Trinity College; and
respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to—
the President of Trinity College, Joanne Berger-Sweeney; and
the head coach of the Trinity College men’s basketball team, James Cosgrove.
Legislative Timeline
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Introduced in Senate
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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2901; text: CR S2900)