Florida Senate - 2020 (NP) SR By Senator Broxson 1-02965-20 20201906__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Senate Resolution A resolution commending the University of West Florida Argonauts football team for winning the NCAA Division II Football Championship. 4

WHEREAS, the University of West Florida Argonauts football team completed the regular season with an 8-2 record, 7 qualifying for the National Collegiate Athletic Association 8 (NCAA) Division II national championship playoffs, and

WHEREAS, the Argonauts football team began its playoff journey, nicknamed the “Trap Tour,” by completing one of the most remarkable postseason feats in NCAA football history, 12 defeating three number seeds, including the defending national champion, and ending the three longest home field winning streaks in NCAA Division II football, and

WHEREAS, this historic feat qualified the Argonauts to compete for the NCAA Division II Football Championship just 4 years after the founding of the team, making the Argonauts the first team in NCAA Division II football history to qualify to play in the national championship in so short a period of time, 20 and

WHEREAS, on December 21, 2019, in McKinney, Texas, the Argonauts defeated the Minnesota State University football team, 23 ending one of the longest winning streaks in NCAA Division II football and claiming their first NCAA Division II Football Championship for the Argonauts, and

WHEREAS, Argonauts wide receiver Quentin Randolph had 10 receptions for a school record of yards and tied the NCAA Division II Football Championship game receiving record with Florida Senate - 2020 (NP) SR 1906 1-02965-20 20201906__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. three touchdowns, and

WHEREAS, Argonauts wide receiver Tate Lehito had 13 receptions and set the NCAA Division II Football Championship game receiving record with yards and one touchdown, and

WHEREAS, Argonauts quarterback Austin Reed finished with a school and NCAA Division II Football Championship game record of 35 passing yards and six passing touchdowns, and

WHEREAS, the Argonauts football team is the only team in the State University System to earn a national football championship title for the season,

NOW, THEREFORE, 39

Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 41 That the University of West Florida Argonauts football team is commended for winning the NCAA Division II Football Championship. 45 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be presented to University of West Florida President Martha D. 47 Saunders, Director of Athletics Dave Scott, Head Coach Pete Shinnick, and Assistant Head Coach Steve Saulnier as a tangible token of the sentiments expressed herein. 50