The Tennessee General Assembly will honor the 2008-09 Vanderbilt women's basketball team 9:15 a.m. (CDT) Thursday at the Tennessee State Capitol.
Senator Douglas Henry sponsored a joint resolution (SJR0305 [1]), which was signed Wednesday by Governor Phil Bredesen, “to congratulate Head Coach Melanie Balcomb [2] and the Vanderbilt University Commodores on winning the 2009 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Championship.”
The Commodores [3] went 26-9, finished second in the SEC regular season standings and advanced to the NCAA tournament regional semifinals for the 14th time.
Links:
[1] http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0305
[2] http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/balcomb_melanie00.html
[3] http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/stats/2008-2009/teamcume.html