The

Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was a college athletics organization in the United States, founded in 1971 to govern women's college competitions in the country and to administer national championships (see AIAW Cham ...

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 College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...

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 of the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area on the Kansas side: the university's medical school and hospital ...

, 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 racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

AIAW championship 1973–82. Previously administered by the Division of Girls' and Women's Sports (DGWS). *1970 Long Beach State ''(DGWS)'' *1971 Arizona State ''(DGWS)'' *1972

Pasadena City College Pasadena City College (PCC) is a Public college, public community college in Pasadena, California. It was founded in 1924 as Pasadena Junior College. History Pasadena City College was founded in 1924 as Pasadena Junior College. It originally o ...

''(DGWS)'' *1973

*1974 Long Beach State *1975 Arizona State *1976 Arizona State *1977

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...

*1978 Arizona State *1979 Arizona State *1980 Arizona State *1981 Arizona State *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 ...

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 U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

won in 1983. Arizona State 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 Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

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

Queens Queens is the largest by area of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the ...

(New York) 59-52 *1974 Immaculata def.

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

68-53 *1975

Delta State Delta is a States of Nigeria, state in the South South (Nigeria), South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Named after the Niger Delta—a large part of which is in the state—the state was formed from the former Bendel State, on 27 August 1 ...

(Mississippi) def. Immaculata 90-81 *1976

def. Immaculata 69-64 *1977

def.

LSU Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as Louisiana State University (LSU), is an American Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louis ...

68-55 *1978

def.

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

90-74 *1979 Old Dominion def. Louisiana Tech 75-65 *1980 Old Dominion def.

Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

68-53 *1981 Louisiana Tech def.

79-59 *1982

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

def.

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

83-77

Division II (Small College 1974–1979)

*1975

Phillips University Phillips University was a private university in 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 ...

(Oklahoma) *1976

Berry College Berry College is a private university in the Mount Berry community adjacent to Rome, Georgia. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Berry College was founded on values based on Christian principles in 1 ...

(Georgia) *1977 Southeastern Louisiana *1978 High Point (North Carolina) *1979 South Carolina State *1980

University of Dayton The University of Dayton (UD) is a Private university, private, Catholic research university in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary (Marianists), Society of Mary, it is one of three Marianist universities in the U ...

*1981 William Penn College (Iowa) *1982 Francis Marion College (South Carolina)

Division III

*1980 Worcester State College (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 *1980 North Carolina State *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 army aviati ...

(Colorado) *1980 South Dakota State *1981

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

Division III

*1979 Cal State-Hayward *1980 Cal State-Hayward *1981

College of St. Thomas The University of St. Thomas (also known as UST or simply St. Thomas) is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university with campuses in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Fo ...

(Minnesota)

Fencing Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...

AIAW championship 1980–82. Previously administered by the National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association. 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 *1968 Cornell *1969 Cornell *1970

Hunter College Hunter College is a public university in New York City, United States. It is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York and offers studies in more than one hundred undergraduate and postgraduate fields across five schools ...

(New York) *1971 NYU *1972 Cornell *1973 Cornell *1974 Cal State Fullerton *1975 San Jose State *1976 San Jose State *1977 San Jose State *1978 San Jose State *1979 San Jose State AIAW, 1980–1982: *1980

Penn State #Redirect Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with ca ...

*1981

*1982

Yale Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges ch ...

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 (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

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 U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

3-2 *1979 Long Beach State def.

2-0 *1980

def.

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

2-1 *1981

def.

Temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. By convention, the specially built places of worship of some religions are commonly called "temples" in Engli ...

(Pennsylvania) 5-1

Division II

*1979 Southwest Missouri State def. Colgate (New York) 2-0 *1980 La Salle (Pennsylvania) def. Southwest Missouri State 3-2 *1981 Lock Haven (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 Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

Division I (no division 1970–1980)

Team

*1970

Miami Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...

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

''(DGWS)'' *1972

*1973 UNC Greensboro (two player teams) *1974 Rollins (Florida) *1975 Arizona State *1976 Furman *1977

*1978

*1979 SMU *1980

Tulsa Tulsa ( ) is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tul ...

*1981

Florida State Florida State University (FSU or Florida State) is a Public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preeminent university in the s ...

*1982

Individual

Gladys Palmer from

Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...

initiated the women's intercollegiate golf championship in 1941. After

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, 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 al ...

(Virginia) *1982 Weber State (Utah)

Individual

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

Division III

Team

*1981 Sacramento State *1982 UNC Wilmington

Individual

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

Gymnastics Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring Balance (ability), balance, Strength training, strength, Flexibility (anatomy), flexibility, agility, Motor coordination, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movem ...

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

*1969

Springfield College Springfield College is a private university in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. The institution's mission, called the Humanism, Humanics philosophy, calls for educating students in spirit, mind, and body for leadership in service ...

(Massachusetts) ''(DGWS)'' *1970

Southern Illinois Southern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois comprising the southern third of the state, principally south of Interstate 70. Part of downstate Illinois, it is bordered by the two List of U.S. rivers by discharge, most voluminous ri ...

''(DGWS)'' *1971

''(DGWS)'' *1972

''(DGWS)'' *1973

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

*1974

*1975

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

*1979 Cal State Fullerton *1980

*1981

*1982

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

Division II (Small College 1977–1979)

*1978

Centenary A centennial, or centenary in British English, is a 100th anniversary or otherwise relates to a century. Notable events Notable centennial events at a national or world-level include: * Centennial Exhibition, 1876, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

(Louisiana) *1979

*1980

*1981

*1982

Denver Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of ...

Division III

*1980 Wisconsin–Oshkosh *1981

UC Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University ...

*1982 Gustavus Adolphus College (Minnesota)

Lacrosse Lacrosse is a contact 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 w ...

Division I

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

def.

9-3 *1979

def.

8-5 *1980

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 a ...

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 (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's name was changed to Vesper Boat Club in 1870. ...

) *1972 Washington (first place: College Boat Club) *1973 Radcliffe (NWRA open champion) *1974 Radcliffe (first place:

) *1975

(NWRA open champion) *1976

(first place: College Boat Club) *1977

(first place:

) *1978

(first place: Burnaby Boat Club) *1979

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

*1981 Washington *1982 Washington (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. Washington won the varsity eight in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, and 1988.

won in 1986. Cornell won in 1989. Princeton won in 1990, 1993, 1994 and 1995.

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...

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 and painting, brown is usually made by combining the colors Orange (colour), orange and black. In the ...

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 for basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International S ...

*1977 Dartmouth (New Hampshire) *1978

*1979 Middlebury (Vermont) *1980 Middlebury *1981

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

*1982

Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

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

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

*1980 Cortland State (New York) def.

5-1 *1981

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

def.

Central Florida Central Florida is a Regions of the United States#Florida, 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, in ...

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 Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

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 and is held annually in Oklahoma City, OK. The event is held at Devon Park (stadium), Devon Park loca ...

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 Omaha ( ) is the List of cities in Nebraska, most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States along the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's List of United S ...

, 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 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 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

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

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

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 Solar time, ...

Arizona State ''(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 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

Arizona State *

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

Southwest Missouri State *

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. ...

1976 Events January * January 2 – 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 18 – Full diplomatic ...

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

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, 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 (no ...

Northern Iowa *

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

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 song ...

Texas Woman's *

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

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 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

Utah State *

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

Texas A&M Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, TA&M, or TAMU) is a public university, public, Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of ...

Division II

*1980 Emporia State (Kansas) *1981 Sacramento State *1982 Northern Iowa

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 Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

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

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

and 1984 by the Amateur Softball Association. The

University of South Florida The University of South Florida (USF) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus located in Tampa, Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States, and other campuses in St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg and Sarasota, ...

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

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...
and
diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), ...

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

*1968 Arizona State ''(DGWS)'' *1969 Arizona State ''(DGWS)'' *1970 Arizona State ''(DGWS)'' *1971 Arizona State ''(DGWS)'' *1972 West Chester State (Pennsylvania) ''(DGWS)'' *1973 Arizona State *1974 Arizona State *1975

*1976

*1977 Arizona State *1978 Arizona State *1979

*1980

Stanford Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth governor of and th ...

*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 Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming), also known as artistic swimming, is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by World A ...

*1977 Ohio State *1978 Ohio State *1979 Ohio State *1980 Ohio State,

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

(tie) *1981

*1982 Ohio State United States Synchronized Swimming has continued to sponsor national collegiate championships from 1983 through the present. From 1983 through 2004, Ohio State won 19 of the 22 titles.

won in 1984.

won in 1998, 1999, 2005 through 2008, 2013, 2016, 2021, and 2025. Ohio State won in 2009 through 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, and 2023. Lindenwood won in 2014. Incarnate Word won in 2024.

Tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

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 Odessa College (Texas),

(tie) *1968

Trinity The Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the Christian doctrine concerning the nature of God, which defines one God existing in three, , consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, thr ...

(San Antonio) *1969

(San Antonio) *1970 Odessa College *1971 Arizona State *1972 Arizona State *1973

(San Antonio) *1974 Arizona State *1975

(San Antonio) *1976

(San Antonio) *1977

USC USC may refer to: Education United States * Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, Santurce, Puerto Rico * University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina ** University of South Carolina System, a state university system of South Carolina * ...

‡ *1978

‡ *1979

*1980

*1981

*1982

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

: ‡ ''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 Indian River State College (IRSC) is a public university, public college based in Fort Pierce, Florida, United States. Serving the Treasure Coast region, it is part of the Florida College System and offers associate and bachelor's degree programs ...

Indoor track and field

The first official AIAW indoor track and field championship was held in 1980. Invitational meets held in 1978 and 1979 served as unofficial championships. From 1983 through the present the NCAA has sponsored a women's team championship.

Outdoor track and field

Division I (no division 1969–1980)

DGWS and AIAW championships were held from 1969 to 1982. The first National Intercollegiate Track and Field Championship was sponsored by DGWS in the spring of 1969. From 1982 through the present the NCAA has sponsored a women's team championship.

Division II

*1981

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or Cal Poly) is a public university in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States, - Cites the location of the university and shows that the university ...

*1982 South Carolina State

Division III

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

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 Summ ...

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.

Brigham Young Brigham Young ( ; June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second President of the Church (LDS Church), president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until h ...

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

def.

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...

*1975

def.

*1976

def.

*1977

def.

*1978 Utah State def.

*1979

def. Utah State *1980

def.

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the cont ...

*1981

def. Portland State

Division II (Small College 1975–1978)

*1975 Texas Lutheran *1976 Texas Lutheran *1977 UC Riverside *1978 Florida Technological University (UCF) *1979 Hawaii-Hilo *1980 Cal State Northridge *1981 Hawaii-Hilo

Division III

*1979 Azusa Pacific (California) *1980 Sacramento State *1981 La Verne (California)

Junior/Community College

*1974 Eastern Arizona College *1975 Ricks College (Idaho) *1976

Mesa Community College Mesa Community College (MCC) is a Public college, public community college in Mesa, Arizona. It is the largest of the 10 community colleges in the Maricopa County Community College District, the largest community college district in the Unite ...

(Arizona) *1977

Santa Ana College Santa Ana College is a public community college in Santa Ana, California. History In 1915, Santa Ana Junior College opened its doors to 25 students as a department of Santa Ana High School. It was the second community college founded in Orange ...

(California)

Bowling Bowling is a Throwing sports#Target sports, target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a bowling ball, ball toward Bowling pin, pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). Most references to ''bowling'' are ...

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

(AIAW), Special Collections,

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the Univ ...

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:

(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

*

* ttp://www.ncaasports.com/skiing/story/7154838 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
* ''(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
* ''(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

Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

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

Division III

Fencing Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...

Field Hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

Division I (no division 1975–1979)

Division II

Division III

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

Division I (no division 1970–1980)

Team

Individual

Division II

Team

Individual

Division III

Team

Individual

Gymnastics Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring Balance (ability), balance, Strength training, strength, Flexibility (anatomy), flexibility, agility, Motor coordination, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movem ...

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

Division II (Small College 1977–1979)

Division III

Lacrosse Lacrosse is a contact 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 w ...

Division I

Division II

Division III

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 a ...

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

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

Fastpitch softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

Division I (no division 1969–1979)

Division II

Division III

Junior/Community College

Slowpitch Softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

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

Division II (Small College 1977–1979)

Division III

Synchronized swimming Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming), also known as artistic swimming, is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by World A ...

Tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

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

Division II (Small College 1977–1979)

Division III

Junior/Community College

Indoor track and field

Outdoor track and field

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 Summ ...

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 Throwing sports#Target sports, target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a bowling ball, ball toward Bowling pin, pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). Most references to ''bowling'' are ...

Notes

Sources

Fastpitch
softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

Slowpitch
Softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...