The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women was founded in 1971 to govern collegiate women’s athletics and to administer national championships. During its existence, the AIAW and its predecessor, the Division for Girls' and Women's Sports (DGWS), recognized via these championships the teams and individuals who excelled at the highest level of women's collegiate competition. After the 1981–82 academic year, the AIAW discontinued sponsorship of national championships and later was legally dissolved. At this time, the

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

assumed sole sanctioning authority of its member schools' women's sports programs.

Governing bodies of women's collegiate athletics through 1982

The Division of Girls and Women's Sports (DGWS), a division of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (AAHPER), was the first nationally recognized collegiate organization for women’s athletics and the forerunner of the AIAW. The Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (CIAW) operated under the auspices of the DGWS. The CIAW governed from 1966 until February, 1972, and conducted championships in eight sports. During the 1972–73 season, the first full academic year of its operation, the AIAW offered its first eight national championships in the same eight sports (badminton, basketball, golf, gymnastics, softball, swimming & diving, track & field, and volleyball). In years when small-college championships (Division II or III) were not contested, and in sports without divisions, there was open competition among eligible teams. Except as noted below, the

sponsored its first women's championship in each sport in the 1981–82 academic year. Individual athletic programs and, in some cases, individual teams within a program were permitted to choose to participate in either the AIAW or NCAA competitions (or both in a few instances). The NCAA has never sponsored championship competition in badminton, synchronized swimming, or slow-pitch softball. In the sports of fencing, lacrosse, rowing and tennis, for completeness, the champions listed below include those bestowed by each sport's governing body prior to the beginning of AIAW championships in those sports. Compilations of collegiate records by the NCAA, continuing into 2006, have ignored or segregated the contributions of AIAW athletes. Major college basketball's career women's scoring leader,

Lynette Woodard Lynette Woodard (born August 12, 1959) is a retired American basketball Hall of Fame player and former head women's basketball coach at Winthrop University. Woodard made history by becoming the first female member of the Harlem Globetrotters and ...

of the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. T ...

, speaking on the exclusion of AIAW statistics, said, "Basketball doesn't just start with when the NCAA blessed it. And it's not about Jackie tiles, NCAA career scoring leaderand it's not about Lynette. It's about history. History is history."

Sports with AIAW/DGWS team championships by year

Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

AIAW championship 1973–82. Previously administered by the Division of Girls' and Women's Sports (DGWS). *1970 Long Beach State ''(DGWS)'' *1971

Arizona State Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...

''(DGWS)'' *1972 Pasadena City College ''(DGWS)'' *1973 Pasadena City College *1974 Long Beach State *1975

*1976

*1977

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...

*1978

*1979

*1980

*1981

*1982

Northern Illinois Northern Illinois is a region generally covering the northern third of the U.S. state of Illinois. The region is by far the most populous of Illinois with nearly 9.7 million residents as of 2010. Economics Northern Illinois is dominated by t ...

After the last AIAW competition, collegiate badminton assumed the authority of its own national tournament committee in conjunction with the United States Badminton Association. The USBA continued the sponsorship of national collegiate championships from 1983.

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

won in 1983.

won all ten titles from 1984 through 1993, when ASU dropped badminton.

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

Pre-NCAA statistics, based on AIAW Archives, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries.

Division I (no division 1968–1974, Large College 1974–1979)

AIAW championship 1972–82. Previously administered by the Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (CIAW). *1969 West Chester (Pennsylvania) def. Western Carolina 65-39 ''(CIAW invitational tournament, six player format)'' *1970 Cal State-Fullerton def. West Chester 50-46 ''(CIAW invitational tournament, six player format)'' *1971 Mississippi State College for Women def. West Chester 57-55 ''(CIAW qualification tournament)'' *1972

Immaculata The Immaculate Conception is the belief that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception. It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, meaning that it is held to be a divinely revealed truth wh ...

(Pennsylvania) def. West Chester 52-48 *1973

def.

Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...

(New York) 59-52 *1974

def.

Mississippi College Mississippi College (MC) is a private Baptist university in Clinton, Mississippi. Founded in 1826, MC is the second-oldest Baptist-affiliated college or university in the United States and the oldest college or university in Mississippi. Histor ...

68-53 *1975 Delta State (Mississippi) def.

90-81 *1976 Delta State def.

69-64 *1977 Delta State def.

LSU Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 near ...

68-55 *1978

def.

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

90-74 *1979

Old Dominion Old Dominion most commonly refers to: *The Old Dominion, a nickname for the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia ** Colony of Virginia *Old Dominion University, a public university in Norfolk, Virginia **Old Dominion Monarchs, the athletic teams represe ...

def.

Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Ruston, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activi ...

75-65 *1980

def.

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

68-53 *1981

def.

79-59 *1982

Rutgers Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and w ...

def.

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

83-77

Division II (Small College 1974–1979)

*1975

Phillips University Phillips University was a private university Enid, Oklahoma. It opened in 1906 and closed in 1998. It was affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). It included an undergraduate college and a graduate seminary. The university wa ...

(Oklahoma) *1976 Berry College (Georgia) *1977 Southeastern Louisiana *1978 High Point (North Carolina) *1979

South Carolina State South Carolina State University (SCSU or SC State) is a public, historically black, land-grant university in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. It is the only public, historically black land-grant institution in South Carolina, is a me ...

*1980

University of Dayton The University of Dayton (UD) is a private, Catholic research university in Dayton, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary, it is one of three Marianist universities in the nation and the second-largest private university in Ohio. The univ ...

*1981

William Penn College William Penn University is a private university in Oskaloosa, Iowa. It was founded by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1873 as Penn College. In 1933, the name was changed to William Penn College, and finally to William P ...

(Iowa) *1982 Francis Marion College (South Carolina)

Division III

*1980

Worcester State College Worcester State University (WSU) is a public university in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1874 and enrolls nearly 5,500 undergraduates and over 900 graduate students. History Founded in 1874 as the Massachusetts State Normal Sch ...

(Massachusetts) *1981 Wisconsin–La Crosse *1982 Concordia College (Minnesota)

Junior/Community College

*1973 Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College *1974 Anderson College (South Carolina) *1975 Anderson College *1976 Anderson College *1977 Anderson College

Cross Country

Division I (no division 1975–1979)

*1975 Iowa State *1976 Iowa State *1977 Iowa State *1978 Iowa State *1979

North Carolina State North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The unive ...

*1980

*1981 Iowa State

Division II

*1979

Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ...

(Colorado) *1980

South Dakota State South Dakota State University is a public land-grant research university in Brookings, South Dakota. Founded in 1881, it is the state's largest and most comprehensive university and the oldest continually-operating university in South Dakota. The ...

*1981

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

Division III

*1979 Cal State-Hayward *1980 Cal State-Hayward *1981 College of St. Thomas (Minnesota)

Fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, ...

AIAW championship 1980–82. Previously administered by the

National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association The National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association (NIWFA) is a women's collegiate fencing organization in the United States. The organization was founded as the IWFA in 1929 by two New York University students, Julia Jones and Dorothy Hafne ...

. The IWFA became the National IWFA in 1964 and called for a National Championship. *1964 Paterson State (New Jersey) *1965 Paterson State *1966 Paterson State *1967

Cornell Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach a ...

*1968

*1969

*1970 Hunter College (New York) *1971

NYU New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

*1972

*1973

*1974

Cal State Fullerton California State University, Fullerton (CSUF or Cal State Fullerton) is a public university in Fullerton, California. With a total enrollment of more than 41,000, it has the largest student body of the 23-campus California State University (CSU) ...

*1975

San Jose State San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) sy ...

*1976

*1977

*1978

*1979

AIAW, 1980–1982: *1980 Penn State *1981 Penn State *1982

Yale Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wor ...

The NIWFA has continued to sponsor national collegiate championships from 1983 through the present. From 1990 through the present the NCAA has sponsored a combined men's and women's team championship.

Field Hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

Division I (no division 1975–1979)

Co-sponsored 1975–78 by the United States Field Hockey Association (USFHA). *1975 West Chester (Pennsylvania) def. Ursinus (Pennsylvania) 2-1 (penalty strokes) *1976 West Chester def. Ursinus 2-0 *1977 West Chester def. Ursinus 1-0 *1978 West Chester def.

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

3-2 *1979 Long Beach State def. Penn State 2-0 *1980 Penn State def.

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

2-1 *1981 Penn State def.

Temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called churches), Hinduism (whose temples ...

(Pennsylvania) 5-1

Division II

*1979

Southwest Missouri State Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second largest university by enr ...

def. Colgate (New York) 2-0 *1980 La Salle (Pennsylvania) def.

3-2 *1981

Lock Haven Lock Haven is the county seat of Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Located near the confluence of the West Branch Susquehanna River and Bald Eagle Creek, it is the principal city of the Lock Haven Micropolitan Statistical Area ...

(Pennsylvania) def. Syracuse 2-0

Division III

*1979 Shippensburg (Pennsylvania) def. Franklin & Marshall (Pennsylvania) 1-0 *1980 Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) def. Hartwick (New York) 1-0 (ps) *1981 Bloomsburg (Pennsylvania) def. Lynchburg (Virginia) 3-2

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

Division I (no division 1970–1980)

Team

*1970

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at ...

(Florida) ''(DGWS)'' *1971

''(DGWS)'' *1972

*1973 UNC Greensboro (two player teams) *1974 Rollins (Florida) *1975

*1976 Furman *1977

*1978

*1979 SMU *1980

Tulsa Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...

*1981

Florida State Florida State University (FSU) is a public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher e ...

*1982

Individual

Gladys Palmer Gladys Milton Palmer, Dayang Muda of Sarawak, also known as Khair-ul-Nissa and Khair un-nisa binti 'Abdu'llah, (8 January 1884 – 12 June 1952) was a British film producer and heiress. Through her marriage to Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke, sh ...

from Ohio State University initiated the women's intercollegiate golf championship in 1941. After World War II, the DGWS (known as the National Section on Women's Sports until 1957) crowned an individual collegiate golf national champion from 1946 through 1971, when it became an AIAW event.

Division II

Team

*1981

William and Mary William and Mary often refers to: * The joint reign of William III of England (II of Scotland) and Mary II of England (and Scotland) * William and Mary style, a furniture design common from 1700 to 1725 named for the couple William and Mary may ...

(Virginia) *1982

Weber State Weber State University (pronounced ) is a public university in Ogden, Utah. It was founded in 1889 as Weber Stake Academy. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. History Weber State University was founded ...

(Utah)

Individual

*1981 Susan Fox, Colorado State *1982 Heidi Wallin,

Division III

Team

*1981

Sacramento State California State University, Sacramento (CSUS, Sacramento State, or informally Sac State) is a public university in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, it is the eleventh oldest school in the 23-campus California ...

*1982 UNC Wilmington

Individual

*1981 Kris Elton, Concordia College (New York) *1982 Luann Johnson,

Meredith College Meredith College is a private women's liberal arts college and coeducational graduate school in Raleigh, North Carolina. As of 2021 Meredith enrolls approximately 1,500 women in its undergraduate programs and 300 men and women in its graduate ...

(North Carolina)

Gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, s ...

Division I (no division 1968–1977, Large College 1977–1979)

*1969 Springfield College (Massachusetts) ''(DGWS)'' *1970

Southern Illinois Southern Illinois, also known as Little Egypt, is the southern third of Illinois, principally along and south of Interstate 64. Although part of a Midwestern state, this region is aligned in culture more with that of the Upland South than the Mi ...

''(DGWS)'' *1971 Springfield College ''(DGWS)'' *1972 Springfield College ''(DGWS)'' *1973

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut Massachusett_writing_systems.html" ;"title="nowiki/> məhswatʃəwiːsət.html" ;"title="Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' En ...

*1974

*1975

*1976 Clarion State (Pennsylvania) *1977 Clarion State *1978 Penn State *1979

*1980 Penn State *1981

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

*1982

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

Division II (Small College 1977–1979)

*1978 Centenary (Louisiana) *1979 Centenary *1980 Centenary *1981 Centenary *1982

Denver Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

Division III

*1980 Wisconsin–Oshkosh *1981

UC Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...

*1982 Gustavus Adolphus College (Minnesota)

Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...

Division I

AIAW championship 1981–82. Administered 1978–80 by the United States Women's Lacrosse Association (USWLA). *1978 Penn State def.

9-3 *1979 Penn State def.

8-5 *1980 Penn State def.

3-1 *1981

def. Ursinus 5-4 *1982

(Pennsylvania) def.

3-2

Division II

*1981

*1982

Division III

*1981 Trenton State (New Jersey) *1982 Millersville State (Pennsylvania)

Rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...

Only AIAW championship was in 1982. The National Women's Rowing Association (NWRA) sponsored an annual open eights national championship from 1971 to 1979, among college and non-college teams. (There were no eights prior to 1971.) During this period, only in 1973 and 1975 did a college team win the national eights championship outright. According to USRowing, contemporary news reports in 1976 and 1977 do not mention a national collegiate title. Beginning in 1980, the NWRA sponsored the Women's Collegiate National Championship in varsity eights. NWRA Open Eights top college finishers, 1971–1979 (champion in parentheses): *1971

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

(first place:

Vesper Boat Club The Vesper Boat Club is an amateur rowing club located at #10 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1865 as the Washington Barge Club, the Club changed its name to Vesper Boat Club in 1870. Vesper' ...

) *1972

(first place:

College Boat Club College Boat Club of the University of Pennsylvania is the rowing program for University of Pennsylvania Rowing, located in the Madeira Shell House at #11 Boathouse Row on the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its membership co ...

) *1973 Radcliffe (NWRA open champion) *1974 Radcliffe (first place:

) *1975

(NWRA open champion) *1976

(first place:

) *1977

(first place:

) *1978

(first place: Burnaby Boat Club) *1979

(first place: Burnaby BC) National Collegiate Varsity Eight Champions, 1980–1982: *1980

*1981

*1982

(AIAW Champion) ''Additional notes:'' * A medalist in the 1975 NWRA regatta stated that the 1975 regatta was the 10th annual national women's rowing championship, as emblazoned on T-shirts from the event. * One citation from 1996 states, "(The Cal Women's Crew) in 1979 finished second in the U.S. National Collegiate Championships. ... The 1980 Cal Women's Crew dominated the National Championships, ... They won the varsity eight, Cal's first ever varsity national championship in any women's sport." * One citation from 1999 states, "1980. First Women’s Collegiate Rowing Championship held in Oak Ridge, TN." * One citation from 2001 states, " Just seven years after its first race, the (Yale) women's team claimed its first national championship in 1979." * After the last AIAW competition, the National Collegiate Rowing Championship was held from 1983 through 1996.

won the varsity eight in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, and 1988.

won in 1986.

won in 1989.

Princeton Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ni ...

won in 1990, 1993, 1994 and 1995.

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with ...

won in 1991 and 1992.

Brown Brown is a color. It can be considered a composite color, but it is mainly a darker shade of orange. In the CMYK color model used in printing or painting, brown is usually made by combining the colors orange and black. In the RGB color model us ...

won in 1996. * From 1997 through the present the NCAA has sponsored the women's collegiate rowing championship.

Skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee ( ...

*1977 Dartmouth (New Hampshire) *1978

*1979 Middlebury (Vermont) *1980 Middlebury *1981

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

*1982

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...

From 1983 through the present the NCAA has sponsored a combined men's and women's team championship.

Soccer

*1980 Cortland State (New York) def.

5-1 *1981

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...

def.

Central Florida Central Florida is a region of the U.S. state of Florida. Different sources give different definitions for the region, but as its name implies it is usually said to comprise the central part of the state, including the Tampa Bay area and the Gr ...

1-0 The 1980 tournament was not officially sanctioned by the AIAW. North Carolina, Harvard, Texas A&M, UCLA, Cortland State, Northern Colorado and Colorado State participated. One reason for the tournament was to earn an official sanction for the sport, by complying with and fulfilling guidelines set forth by the AIAW. From Fall 1982 through the present the NCAA has sponsored a women's championship.

Fastpitch
softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

Division I (no division 1969–1979)

Women's College World Series The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Division I softball tournament for college softball in the United States. Eight teams participate in the WCWS, which begins with a double-elimination tournament. In other wo ...

From 1969 to 1982, the women's collegiate softball championship was also known as the ''Women's College World Series'' and was promoted as such. The Women's College World Series was played in Omaha, Nebraska, through 1979 and in Norman, Oklahoma, during 1980–1982. AIAW championship 1973–82. Previously administered by the Amateur Softball Association and sanctioned by DGWS from 1969 to 1972. Co-sponsored by the AIAW and ASA through 1979. *

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

John F. Kennedy College (Nebraska) ''(DGWS)'' *

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...

John F. Kennedy College ''(DGWS)'' * 1971 John F. Kennedy College ''(DGWS)'' *

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

''(DGWS)'' *

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

* 1974

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

Omaha *

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

Michigan State Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

Northern Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...

* 1978

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

Texas Woman's * 1980 Utah State *

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

Utah State * 1982

Texas A&M Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, T ...

Division II

*1980 Emporia State (Kansas) *1981

*1982

Division III

*1980 Cal State Chico *1981 Eastern Connecticut State *1982 Bloomsburg State (Pennsylvania)

Junior/Community College

*1975 Golden West (California) def. Northeastern Colorado 22-0 (5 inn, mercy), perfect game *1976 Golden West *1977 Golden West

Slowpitch
Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

* 1982

After the last AIAW competition, collegiate national championships in slow-pitch softball were conducted in

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and 1984 by the

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. The

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won both. It appears that most of the college women's slow-pitch teams at that time were from Florida and North Carolina.

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Division I (no division 1968–1976, Large College 1977–1979)

*1968

''(DGWS)'' *1969

''(DGWS)'' *1970

''(DGWS)'' *1971

''(DGWS)'' *1972 West Chester State (Pennsylvania) ''(DGWS)'' *1973

*1974

*1975

*1976

*1977

*1978

*1979

*1980 Stanford *1981

*1982

Division II (Small College 1977–1979)

*1977 Clarion State (Pennsylvania) *1978 Clarion State *1979 Nevada-Reno *1980 Clarion State *1981 Clarion State *1982 Clarion State

Division III

*1980 Hamline (Minnesota) *1981 Hamline *1982 Hamline

Synchronized swimming

*1977

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*1978

*1979

*1980

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(tie) *1981

*1982

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won 19 of the 22 titles.

won in 1984. Stanford won in 1998, 1999, 2005 through 2008, 2013 and 2016.

won in 2009 through 2012, and 2015.

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won in 2014.

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Division I (no division 1968–1976, Large College 1977–1979)

AIAW championship 1977–82. Team championships were also bestowed from 1967 to 1979 by the United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA). From 1958 to 1979, the USLTA also crowned individual collegiate national champions in singles and doubles. (The 1979 USLTA team award appears to have been based on the AIAW results.) *1967

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(Texas), Stanford (tie) *1968

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(San Antonio) *1969

(San Antonio) *1970

*1971

*1972

*1973

(San Antonio) *1974

*1975

(San Antonio) *1976

(San Antonio) *1977 USC ‡ *1978 Stanford ‡ *1979 USC *1980 USC *1981

*1982

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: ‡ ''1977, 1978 USLTA champion: USC''

Division II (Small College 1977–1979)

*1977 Tennessee-Chattanooga *1978 Tennessee-Chattanooga *1979 Tennessee-Chattanooga *1980 Cal Poly-Pomona *1981 Cal Poly-Pomona *1982 Richmond

Division III

*1980

*1981

*1982 Mary Washington (Virginia)

Junior/Community College

*1977 Indian River Community College

Indoor
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*1980 Texas-El Paso *1981

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*1982

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From 1983 through the present the NCAA has sponsored a women's team championship.

Outdoor
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Division I (no division 1969–1980)

AIAW championship 1972–82. The first National Intercollegiate Track and Field Championship was sponsored by DGWS in the spring of 1969. *1969 Texas Woman's ''(DGWS)'' *1970

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''(DGWS)'' *1971 Texas Woman's ''(DGWS)'' *1972 Cal State-Hayward *1973 Texas Woman's *1974

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(Texas) *1975

*1976

*1977

*1978

Cal State Northridge California State University, Northridge (CSUN or Cal State Northridge) is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. With a total enrollment of 38,551 students (as of Fall 2021), it has the second largest u ...

*1979

*1980

*1981

*1982

Division II

*1981

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (California Polytechnic State University, Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in Arcata, California or California State Polytechnic Univ ...

*1982

Division III

*1981 Cal State-Hayward *1982 Wisconsin–La Crosse

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Division I (no division 1969–1974, Large College 1975–1978)

AIAW championship 1973–82. Previously administered by the Division of Girls' and Women's Sports (DGWS). *1969–70 Sul Ross State (Texas) def.

''(DGWS)'' *1970–71 Sul Ross State (Texas) def. Long Beach State'' (DGWS)'' *1971–72

def. Long Beach State'' (DGWS)'' *1972–73 Long Beach State def.

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*1973 Long Beach State def. Texas Woman's *1974

def.

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*1975

def.

*1976 USC def.

*1977 USC def.

*1978 Utah State def.

*1979

def. Utah State *1980 USC def.

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*1981

def.

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Division II (Small College 1975–1978)

*1975 Texas Lutheran *1976 Texas Lutheran *1977

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*1978

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*1979 Hawaii-Hilo *1980

*1981 Hawaii-Hilo

Division III

*1979

Azusa Pacific Azusa Pacific University (APU) is a private, evangelical Christian university in Azusa, California. The university was founded in 1899, with classes opening on March 3, 1900, in Whittier, California, and began offering degrees in 1939. The uni ...

(California) *1980

*1981 La Verne (California)

Junior/Community College

*1974

Eastern Arizona College Eastern Arizona College (EAC), is a community college in Graham County, Arizona. The main campus is in Thatcher, with satellite locations in Gila County, and Greenlee County. It is the oldest community college in Arizona and the only community ...

*1975

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(Idaho) *1976 Mesa Community College (Arizona) *1977

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(California)

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The USBC (formerly ABC/Women’s International Bowling Congress) has conducted a women's intercollegiate bowling championship annually since 1975, although it was not an AIAW sport.

Notes

Sources

* Archives of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), Special Collections,

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Libraries * Virginia Hunt, "Governance of Women's Intercollegiate Athletics: an Historical Perspective," (Doctoral Dissertation, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, 1976), Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms (1977), 1-319 * Suzanne Willey, "The Governance of Women's Intercollegiate Athletics: Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), 1976–1982," (Thesis (P.E.D.), Indiana University, 1996), Eugene, Oregon: Microform Publications (1997), 1-351
USA Field Hockey

Women's Basketball Timeline 1890s-Present
''(pdf)''

( 2009-10-24)
USBC, Intercollegiate Team Championships

NIFWA Team Champions

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20041112035607/http://uclabruins.collegesports.com/genrel/25th-anniv-w-volley.html The History of UCLA Women's Volleyball
UW Women's Sports History, 1974–2004
''(pdf-large)''

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20060520150551/http://www.longbeachstate.com/local/sid/features0405/volleyball121504.htm Long Beach Press-Telegram,"It All Started in Long Beach," 12/15/2004
Bio: Marilyn Nolen: Women's Volleyball

Cougar Volleyball 99
''(pdf-large)''
McPherson College Hall of Fame 2004, Kathy Rogers Yoder

BRO Forums, "UCLA: 97 NCAA titles and counting...."
''(Caution: before referencing, confirm a second source)''

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20051130044945/http://www.twu.edu/athletics/HOF2002.htm Texas Woman's University Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2002
"The Institutionalization of a Gender Biased Sport Value System," Everhart & Pemberton, Winter, 2001

SMS softball recognizes 1974 national championship team 30th anniversary

2005 Sacramento State Hornets Softball Media Guide
''(pdf-large)''
“10 Most Memorable Moments in UNO Sports History”

USTA supporting women’s collegiate tennis for nearly half a century

Alabama Women's Golf 2003-04, page 7
''(pdf-large)''
"Nearly 150 years old, Yale crew embodies spirit of Eli sports," May 17, 2001

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20051218220916/http://uclabruins.collegesports.com/trads/ucla-championships.html UCLA Bruins Traditions
Rowing (From Alexander Leitch, A Princeton Companion, copyright Princeton University Press (1978))

Men's & Women's Skiing Past Individual Champions

Men's & Women's Fencing Past Champions

Women's Bowling Past Champions

Women's Soccer Past Champions

Men's & Women's Track & Field Indoor Champions

Seminole Softball 2004 Media Guide, p 66
''(pdf-large)''
National Fastpitch Coaches Association

Wisconsin Women's Rowing 2005–2006 Media Guide - History and Results
''(pdf)''
Princeton Women's Rowing Record Book
''(pdf)''
The History of ASU Badminton
''(pdf)''

Cornell Big Red - On Campus in the Nineties

Colorado College Women's Soccer History

History of Penn State Women's Lacrosse
''(pdf)''
2007 Maryland Women's Lacrosse Media Guide
''(pdf)''
Wisconsin Badgers Athletics: A pretty good decade so far, BadgerBeat.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aiaw Champions College sports championships in the United States Recurring sporting events established in 1971

Governing bodies of women's collegiate athletics through 1982

Sports with AIAW/DGWS team championships by year

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Division I (no division 1968–1974, Large College 1974–1979)

Division II (Small College 1974–1979)

Division III

Junior/Community College

Cross Country

Division I (no division 1975–1979)

Division II

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Division I (no division 1975–1979)

Division II

Division III

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Division I (no division 1970–1980)

Team

Individual

Division II

Team

Individual

Division III

Team

Individual

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Division I (no division 1968–1977, Large College 1977–1979)

Division II (Small College 1977–1979)

Division III

Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...

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Rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...

Skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee ( ...

Soccer

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Division I (no division 1969–1979)

Division II

Division III

Junior/Community College

Slowpitch Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

Division I (no division 1968–1976, Large College 1977–1979)

Division II (Small College 1977–1979)

Division III

Synchronized swimming

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Division I (no division 1968–1976, Large College 1977–1979)

Division II (Small College 1977–1979)

Division III

Junior/Community College

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Outdoor Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

Division I (no division 1969–1980)

Division II

Division III

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

Division I (no division 1969–1974, Large College 1975–1978)

Division II (Small College 1975–1978)

Division III

Junior/Community College

Bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), thou ...

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Fastpitch
softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

Slowpitch
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Indoor
Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

Outdoor
Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...