LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the 2012 Stony Brook University
Baseball Team upon the occasion of its victory over LSU in the NCAA
Super Regionals to qualify for the College World Series

WHEREAS, Excellence and success in competitive sports can be achieved
only through strenuous practice, team play and team spirit, nurtured by
dedicated coaching and strategic planning; and
WHEREAS, Athletic competition enhances the moral and physical develop-
ment of the young people of this State, preparing them for the future by
instilling in them the value of teamwork, encouraging a standard of
healthy living, imparting a desire for success and developing a sense of
fair play and competition; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body takes pleasure in honoring talented New
York State college athletes who distinguish themselves, their school,
and their community through outstanding athletic performance; and
WHEREAS, On Sunday, June 10, 2012, the Stony Brook University Baseball
Team defeated LSU by a score of 7-2 in the third and clinching game of a
best-of-three series to capture the NCAA Super Regionals and qualify for
the College World Series, to be held at Ameritrade Park in Omaha,
Nebraska, on June 14-26, 2012; and
WHEREAS, In upsetting the perennial college baseball powerhouse and
six-time national champion team from LSU before 10,620 fans at LSU's
home field, Alex Box Stadium, the Seawolves from Stony Brook University
became the first team from New York State to reach the College World
Series since 1980, and the first America East team to ever advance to
the College World Series; and
WHEREAS, Stony Brook University, which began playing a Division I
schedule in 2000, won 28 of its last 31 games in the 2012 season, and
won the NCAA Regional in Coral Gables to earn a bid to face LSU in the
NCAA Super Regionals; and
WHEREAS, At the College World Series, the 2012 Stony Brook University
Baseball Team will face UCLA in the first round of the eight-team,
double-elimination tournament to decide college baseball's champion; and
WHEREAS, The 2012 Stony Brook University Baseball Team's 28-player
roster includes 11 players from Long Island, three from New York City
and one from Albany; and
WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by this team is due in great
part to the efforts of Head Coach, Matt Senk, and Assistant Coaches, Joe
Pennucci, Mike Marron and Dave Lorber, skilled and inspirational tutors,
respected for their ability to develop potential into excellence; and
WHEREAS, Athletically and academically, the 2012 Stony Brook Universi-
ty Baseball Team members have proven themselves to be an unbeatable
combination of talents, reflecting favorably on their school; and
WHEREAS, Head Coach, Matt Senk, and his team of assistant coaches have
done a superb job in guiding, molding and inspiring the 2012 Stony Brook
University Baseball Team members toward their goals; and
WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the values of teamwork, pride and
accomplishment, and Head Coach Matt Senk, his assistant coaches, and the
2012 Stony Brook University Baseball Team's outstanding athletes have
clearly made a contribution to the spirit of excellence which is a
tradition of their school; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate the 2012 Stony Brook University Baseball Team, its members:
Anthony Italiano, Kevin Krause, Pat Cantwell, Michael Hubbard, William
Carmona, Travis Jankowski, Gabriel Pena, Maxx Tissenbaum, Josh Barry,
Luke Alba, Evan Stecko-Haley, Sal Intagliata, James Campbell, Steven
Goldstein, Michael Roehrig, Bryan Tatelman, Brandon McNitt, Frankie

Vanderka, Tanner Nivins, Kevin Courtney, Joshua Mason, Jasvir Rakkar,
Cole Peragine, Nick Brass, Matt Gallup, G.C. Yerry, Zachary Uher and
Tyler Johnson; and Head Coach Matt Senk, and Assistant Coaches, Joe
Pennucci, Mike Marron and Dave Lorber, on the occasion of their victory
over LSU in the NCAA Super Regionals to qualify for the College World
Series, and on their outstanding season; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the members of the 2012 Stony Brook University Baseball Team,
and to Head Coach Matt Senk and Assistant Coaches, Joe Pennucci, Mike
Marron and Dave Lorber.