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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Bob Hallberg on the |
| 4 | | occasion of his retirement as athletic director and head coach |
| 5 | | of the women's basketball team at Saint Xavier University in |
| 6 | | Chicago; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Bob Hallberg joined the Saint Xavier University's |
| 8 | | athletic department in 1971 as the head men's basketball coach, |
| 9 | | and within six years, the Cougars won two Chicagoland |
| 10 | | Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) championships; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Bob Hallberg moved on to his alma-mater, Chicago |
| 12 | | State University, in 1977, and led the men's basketball program |
| 13 | | to an average of 25 wins per season for the next 10 years, |
| 14 | | including an National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics |
| 15 | | (NAIA) national semifinal appearance and a No. 1 ranking; when |
| 16 | | Chicago State University began their transition into NCAA |
| 17 | | Division I competition, he guided the team to 16 victories, |
| 18 | | setting a record for the most wins for a Division I program in |
| 19 | | its debut season; he then moved on to the University of |
| 20 | | Illinois at Chicago, where he was the men's basketball coach |
| 21 | | for nine seasons; and
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| 22 | | WHEREAS, Bob Hallberg returned to Saint Xavier University |
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| 1 | | in 2000 to build the new women's basketball program; in the |
| 2 | | team's very first season, the Cougars won 22 games and have |
| 3 | | dipped below that total just once in the 19 seasons since; he |
| 4 | | has led the Cougars to 13 CCAC regular season championships, 10 |
| 5 | | CCAC tournament titles, and an appearance in the NAIA national |
| 6 | | championship game in 2017; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, In 2001, Bob Hallberg also took on the role of |
| 8 | | athletic director; Saint Xavier University had nine varsity |
| 9 | | programs competing in his first year and now has 19 varsity |
| 10 | | sports, each one having qualified for their respective NAIA |
| 11 | | national championships at least once during his tenure; in |
| 12 | | 2011, Saint Xavier won their first-ever national title, |
| 13 | | claiming the NAIA Football National Championship; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Bob Hallberg earned his 500th career victory with |
| 15 | | the Cougars on February 9, 2019 in a 73 to 44 win at Indiana |
| 16 | | University-South Bend; therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 18 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 19 | | we congratulate Bob Hallberg on his retirement as athletic |
| 20 | | director and head coach of the women's basketball team at Saint |
| 21 | | Xavier University, and we wish him the best in all his future |
| 22 | | endeavors; and be it further
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