Pennsylvania SR 323: A Concurrent Resolution terminating the disaster emergency declared in response to the cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania.

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PRINTER'S NO. 1729
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 323
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY MARTIN, DUSH, LANGERHOLC, BAKER, MASTRIANO,
BOSCOLA, BROOKS, BROWN, CAPPELLETTI, COLEMAN, FARRY, GEBHARD,
KANE, KEEFER, LAUGHLIN, ROBINSON, ROTHMAN, STEFANO, STREET,
VOGEL AND J. WARD, MAY 20, 2026
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, MAY 20, 2026
A RESOLUTION
Congratulating The Pennsylvania State University wrestling team
on its 14th National Collegiate Athletic Association Division
I Championship and congratulating both the residents of this
Commonwealth and the student athletes of Pennsylvania
universities who competed and placed both during the National
Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Wrestling
Championship and the inaugural National Collegiate Athletic
Association Women's Wrestling Championship.
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) wrestling
team won its 13th National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) Division I Wrestling Championship in the past 15
Championship Tournaments, its fifth consecutive championship and
14th team title overall; and
WHEREAS, PSU has the third-most team titles in history behind
Oklahoma State University with 34 and the University of Iowa
with 24; and
WHEREAS, PSU set a new NCAA tournament scoring record with
181.5 points, more than 50 points higher than its second-place
competitor, adding to its historic dominance by also holding the
second and third highest team scores in tournament history,
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earned in the previous two years with 177 points in 2025 and
172.5 points in 2024; and
WHEREAS, The PSU wrestling team had 8 of its 10 wrestlers
earn the title of All-American and tied their record of 6
national finalists; and
WHEREAS, PSU now has 272 individuals who have earned the
distinction of All-American, 109 of which have wrestled under
PSU Wrestling Head Coach Cael Sanderson; and
WHEREAS, PSU has a total of 65 NCAA titles in school history
spread amongst 40 individuals, 44 titles of which occurred since
2011 and Coach Sanderson's arrival; and
WHEREAS, The PSU wrestling team has won the most individual
titles in the nation since 2011, nearly tripling the next
closest teams in that time span with Oklahoma State earning 15,
Cornell earning 14, Ohio State earning 11 and Iowa earning 8;
and
WHEREAS, Coach Sanderson and his coaching staff won their
13th NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship; and
WHEREAS, Coach Sanderson is the second-winningest coach in
NCAA history, trailing only Iowa's Dan Gable, who secured 15
national championships; and
WHEREAS, The PSU wrestling team's coaching staff has been
instrumental in the team's multiple successes; and
WHEREAS, PSU is the only team since Coach Sanderson's arrival
in 2011 with at least one championship victor from each
individual weight class in the NCAA Championship Tournament; and
WHEREAS, In his second appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU wrestler Luke Lilledahl of Wyoming Seminary
College Preparatory School placed first in the 125-pound
division for the first time, earning the All-American
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distinction for the second time; and
WHEREAS, In his first appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU wrestler Marcus Blaze placed fourth in the 133-
pound division, earning the All-American distinction for the
first time as a true freshman; and
WHEREAS, In his third appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU wrestler Shayne Van Ness placed second in the
149-pound division, earning the All-American distinction for the
third time; and
WHEREAS, In his first appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU wrestler PJ Duke placed third in the 157-pound
division, earning the All-American distinction for the first
time; and
WHEREAS, PJ Duke earned the 2026 Gorriaran Award for
achieving the most falls in the least amount of time during the
tournament; and
WHEREAS, In his third appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, PSU Wrestler Mitchell Mesenbrink placed first in the
165-pound division for the second time, earning the All-American
distinction for the third time; and
WHEREAS, Mitchell Mesenbrink earned the NCAA 2026
Championship Outstanding Wrestler award, an award given to the
wrestler with the best performance at the championship
tournament as decided by coaches and the media; and
WHEREAS, In 2026, Mitchell Mesenbrink led the nation with an
average 5.04 points per match, earning him the NCAA Most
Dominant Wrestler Award; and
WHEREAS, Mitchell Mesenbrink earned the 2026 Dan Hodge
Trophy, an award given to the nation's best overall wrestler
based on one's season record, dominance/bonus rate, level of
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competition and sportsmanship; and
WHEREAS, In his fourth appearance at the NCAA Championship
Tournament, P