President Congratulates UCLA

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<p>President Congratulates 2004 and 2005 NCAA Sports Champions </p>

<p>THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. Not you. Welcome to the South Lawn of the White House for Championship Day. (Applause.) Today we have the largest group of NCAA champs ever gathered at the White House, and we want to thank you all for coming. I am honored to be joined on stage by the captains of the 15 teams that we're honoring today. Thank you all for being here. Congratulations for being such strong leaders. </p>

<p>I appreciate the members of Congress who have come today. Welcome -- we're proud you're here. I want to thank the coaches and athletic directors who are here today. But most of all, I want to congratulate the men and women who have conducted themselves in the field of play in such a manner that they're called champions. Welcome. (Applause.) </p>

<p>UCLA has won more NCAA championships than any school in the nation -- (applause) -- so it's fitting that three of the champs here today wear the uniform of the Bruins. Back in December, the UCLA men's water polo team won the national championship with an overtime victory against Stanford. Congratulations, and welcome. (Applause.) This spring the UCLA women's water polo team beat Stanford to win the national championship. Welcome to the UCLA women's polo team. (Applause.) And finally, the UCLA men's team won the national championship. I had an honor to meet all three teams. I'm glad you're here. Thanks for coming. Congratulations on a job well done.</p>

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<p>Hello, CotoDeCasa!</p>

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<p>I believe a word is missing in the last paragraph.</p>

<p>"And finally, the UCLA men's TENNIS team won the national championship."</p>

<p>It's only because I <3 tennis. :)</p>

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<p>Coto de Casa, I wonder if you realize that your "name" is nearly the name of a huge community in SoCal...lol.</p>

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<p>haha yeah...i live in coto de caza...</p>

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<p>I do, as well. Cool =)</p>

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<p>i live in coto too.. small world</p>

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<p>has anyone noticed that tesoro has been getting good college acceptances even though it's only has graduated 2 classes? or is it just me?</p>

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<p>kfc4u- where are u from? around here?</p>

<p>haha i went to tesoro...:)</p>

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<p>How weird, so many people from the same teeny part of the world on the same thread..lol..my parents were planning on sending me to SMCHS (we didn't live in Coto my freshman yr) but I decided to go to MVHS..yermama, did you know jean lee or jessica force?</p>

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<p>bigdreamscj, do you know pooja or danish or michelle l? shebli, nick w, andrey, aaron, ryan v from 04? or anyone else in MUN haha. </p>

<p>yermama, i'm not from OC. sorry. i just know the area. but wow, i knew there seemed to be a lot of tesoro alums going to UCLA.</p>

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<p>i know shebli and ryan - good times in security council. i just love MUNers.</p>

<p>oh and i went to smchs but was just in SC a bunch of times with them</p>

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<p>LOL wow is this a small world or what?!</p>

<p>ellalovesnyc, do you/are you going to UCLA? in contrast with tesoro, i don't see many smchs alums here...</p>

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<p>I'd like to dedicate by 1337est post to the "1337" UCLA mens/womens water-polo and tennis NCAA national champs... Go Bruins!</p>

<p>Presidential speech coverage from the Daily Bruin:
<a href="http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?id=33914%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?id=33914&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Direct links to the photos taken at the White House:
<a href="http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/images/2005/7/18/1sp.natlchamps.picB.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/images/2005/7/18/1sp.natlchamps.picB.jpg&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/images/2005/7/18/1sp.natlchamps.picA.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/images/2005/7/18/1sp.natlchamps.picA.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>im going to UCLA in the fall. there are nine of us going from smchs - i just don't think any of them are on these boards - just me :)</p>

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<p>i'm jealous of all those NCAA people. i've always wanted to meet our President! i can't play sports for beans. <em>sigh</em> there must be some other way to meet him! :( </p>

<p>anyways go Bruins :)! i'm very proud.</p>

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<p>kfc4u...this IS michelle, lol! i just recently discovered that UCLA had a msg board like this on CC -- it's a great resource.</p>