Senate Concurrent Resolution 21

Oregon Laws 2007

Whereas during the 2007 college baseball season, the Oregon State University Beavers had a record of 49 wins and 18 losses, beginning the season with a combined no-hitter; and

Whereas the Beavers entered the National Collegiate Athletic Association regional playoffs played in Charlottesville, Virginia, defeating Rutgers, losing to the host team, the University of Virginia, in extra innings and then in a double-header defeated Rutgers, followed by a defeat of the University of Virginia, before going on the next day to defeat Virginia in the final game of the series; and

Whereas the Beavers swept the Michigan Wolverines in the NCAA super-regional playoffs played in Corvallis, with a one-hit 1-0 victory over the Wolverines, followed by another victory the next day; and

Whereas the Beavers then entered the NCAA College World Series for the third time in three years; and

Whereas the Beavers defeated Cal State Fullerton, Arizona State University and the University of California, Irvine, with a combined total of 22 runs against nine runs; and

Whereas the Beavers went on to face the University of North Carolina Tarheels in a rematch of the 2006 college championship series, sweeping them in two games, 11-4 and 9-3; and

Whereas throughout the entire College World Series the Beavers never trailed another team, until the last game of the championship series when North Carolina scored a single run in the bottom of the first inning; and

Whereas only minutes later, in the top of the second inning, the Beavers scored two runs, retaking the lead and going on to win the final game of the series 9-3; and

Whereas the Oregon State University Beavers were the first team to win back-to-back national baseball championships since 1997; and

Whereas the Oregon State University players and coaches believed in themselves, believed in each other, played for the love of the game and played the game as well as the game can be played; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon:

That we, the members of the Seventy-fourth Legislative Assembly, for the second time in this session, commend the exemplary intercollegiate athletic achievements of the NCAA Division I national champions in baseball, the Oregon State University Beavers.

Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 6, 2007

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