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A resolution recognizing the University of Tennessee baseball team on their 2024 National Championship.
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WHEREAS, on June 24, 2024, the University of Tennessee baseball team defeated No. 3 Texas A&M in game three of the College World Series Finals to win their first national championship in program history; and
WHEREAS, this is The Vols' first championship in any sport since 2009, and their 24th team national championship (all sports); and
WHEREAS, University of Tennessee is the first national No. 1 seed to win the championship since the University of Miami in 1999. The Vols are also the first team to win 60 games in a single season and the national title since Wichita State in 1989; and
WHEREAS, Junior right hander Aaron Combs took over pitching in the ninth inning and struck out Texas A&M's Ted Burton to clinch the historic victory; and
WHEREAS, Dylan Dreiling was named the series MVP after going 7-for-12 with four runs scored and seven RBIs in the championship series. Dreiling also scored home runs in each game of the Men's College World Series finals - the first player to ever do so; and
WHEREAS, Tennessee baseball head coach Tony Vitello grew the program from one that barely made the College World Series to a series regular, and now, a national champion; and
WHEREAS, on June 25, 2024, the 2024 National Championship Vols baseball team were welcomed back home with a triumphant parade through downtown Knoxville, ending with a citywide celebration in Market Square; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the Metropolitan Council congratulates the University of Tennessee baseball team on their first national championship in program history and joins in with fellow Tennesseans by exclaiming "GO VOLS!"
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. The Metropolitan County Council hereby goes on record as recognizing the University of Tennessee baseball team on their 2...
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