AIAW Champions

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The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women was founded in 1971 to govern collegiate women’s athletics and to administer national championships. After the 1981-82 academic year, the AIAW discontinued sponsorship of national championships. It was legally dissolved in 1983. A perception exists that women's collegiate championships did not begin until the NCAA began administering women's collegiate sports. This perception is incorrect. The teams and individuals listed below rose to the top of the highest level of collegiate competition. Their records and accomplishments stand on equal footing with those recorded under any subsequent governing body. No record book of women's collegiate sports history would be complete without including the accomplishments of the pioneering champions of the AIAW and its predecessor, the DGWS.

1 Championships of the AIAW and affiliated/contemporary governing bodies of women's collegiate athletics through 1982
2 Sources

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 1966-72 and conducted championships in seven sports.
During the 1972-73 season, its first year of actual operation, the AIAW offered its first seven national championships in the same seven sports (badminton, basketball, golf, gymnastics, 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, the NCAA 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 the organization in which they participated. The NCAA has never sponsored competition in badminton, synchronized swimming, or slow-pitch softball.

AIAW championship from 1973-82. Previously administered by the Division of Girls' and Women's Sports (DGWS).

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 - ?. Arizona State won all ten titles from 1984 through 1993, when ASU dropped badminton.

AIAW championship from 1973-82. Previously administered by the Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (CIAW).

1969 West Chester (Pennsylvania) def. Western Carolina 65-39 (CIAW, six player format)
1970 Cal State-Fullerton def. West Chester 50-46 (CIAW, six player format)
1971 Mississippi State College for Women def. West Chester 57-55 (CIAW)
1972 Immaculata (Pennsylvania) def. West Chester 52-48 (DGWS)
1973 Immaculata def. Queens (New York) 59-52
1974 Immaculata def. Mississippi State College for Women 68-53
1975 Delta State (Mississippi) def. Immaculata 90-81
1976 Delta State def. Immaculata 69-64
1977 Delta State def. LSU 68-55
1978 UCLA def. Maryland 90-74
1979 Old Dominion def. Louisiana Tech 75-65
1980 Old Dominion def. Tennessee 68-53
1981 Louisiana Tech def. Tennessee 79-59
1982 Rutgers def. Texas 83-77

1975 Phillips University (Oklahoma)
1976 Berry College (Georgia)
1977 Southeastern Louisiana
1978 High Point (North Carolina)
1979 South Carolina State
1980 University of Dayton
1981 William Penn College (Iowa)
1982 Francis Marion College (South Carolina)

1980 Worcester State College (Massachusetts)
1981 Wisconsin-La Crosse
1982 Concordia College (New York)

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

Non-AIAW: National Collegiate Championships were administered from inception in 1975 by the ABC/Women’s International Bowling Congress (now the US Bowling Congress)

From 2004 through the present (2005) the NCAA has sponsored a women's team championship.

Only AIAW championship was in 1982. The National Women's Rowing Association (NWRA) sponsored an annual open eights national championship from 1971-1979, 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)
1972 Washington (first place - College Boat Club)
1973 Radcliffe College (NWRA open champion)
1974 Radcliffe College (first place - Vesper BC)
1975 Wisconsin (NWRA open champion)
1976 Wisconsin (first place - College BC)
1977 Wisconsin (first place - Vesper BC)
1978 Wisconsin (first place - Burnaby Boat Club)
1979 Yale (first place - Burnaby BC)

National Collegiate Varsity Eight Champions, 1980-1982:

1980 University of California
1981 Washington
1982 Washington (AIAW Champion)

1982 Varsity 8        Washington
1982 Varsity 4        Pennsylvania
1982 Lightweight 8    Harvard
1982 Lightweight 4    Minnesota
1982 Novice 8         Boston University
1982 Novice 4         Minnesota
1982 2nd Varsity 8    Washington

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. Wisconsin won in 1986. Cornell won in 1989. Princeton won in 1990, 1993, 1994 and 1995. Boston University won in 1991 and 1992. Brown won in 1996.
From 1997 through the present (2005) the NCAA has sponsored the women's collegiate rowing championship.

1975 Iowa State
1976 Iowa State
1977 Iowa State
1978 Iowa State
1979 North Carolina State
1980 North Carolina State
1981 Iowa State

1979 Air Force (Colorado)
1980 South Dakota State
1981 University of Utah

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

AIAW championship from 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 College (New Jersey)
1965 Paterson State College
1966 Paterson State College
1967 Cornell University
1968 Cornell University
1969 Cornell University
1970 Hunter College (New York)
1971 New York University
1972 Cornell University
1973 Cornell University
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
1981 Penn State
1982 Yale

The NIWFA has continued to sponsor national collegiate championships from 1983 through the present (2005). From 1990 through the present (2005) the NCAA has sponsored a combined men's and women's team championship.

Co-sponsored from 1975-78 by the United States Field Hockey Association (USFHA).

1975 West Chester (Pennsylvania) def. Ursinus (Pennsylvania) 2-1
1976 West Chester def. Ursinus 2-0
1977 West Chester def. Ursinus 1-0
1978 West Chester def. University of Delaware 2-1
1979 Long Beach State def. Penn State 2-0
1980 Penn State def. California-Berkeley 2-1
1981 Penn State def. Temple (Pennsylvania) 5-1

1979 Southwest Missouri State def. Colgate (New York) 2-0
1980 LaSalle (Pennsylvania) def. Southwest Missouri State 3-2
1981 Lock Haven (Pennsylvania) def. Syracuse 2-0

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

1970 University of Miami (DGWS)
1971 UCLA (DGWS)
1972 University of Miami (DGWS)
1973 North Carolina-Greensboro (two player teams)
1974 Rollins College (Florida)
1975 Arizona State University
1976 Furman University (South Carolina)
1977 University of Miami
1978 University of Miami
1979 Southern Methodist University (Texas)
1980 University of Tulsa
1981 Florida State
1982 University of Tulsa

1966 Joyce Kazmierski, Michigan State University (DGWS)
1967 Martha Wilkinson, Cal State-Fullerton (DGWS)
1968 Gail Sykes, Odessa College (Texas) (DGWS)
1969 Jane Bastanchury, Arizona State University (DGWS)
1970 Cathy Vaughan, Arizona State University (DGWS)
1971 Shelly Hamlin, Stanford University (DGWS)
1972 Ann Laughlin, University of Miami (DGWS)
1973 Bonnie Lauer, Michigan State University
1974 Mary Budke, Oregon State University
1975 Barbara Barrow, San Diego State University and Deborah Simocerian, Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
1976 Nancy Lopez, University of Tulsa
1977 Cathy Morse, University of Miami
1978 Debbie Petrizzi, University of Texas
1979 Kyle O'Brien, Southern Methodist University
1980 Patty Sheehan, San Jose State
1981 Terri Moody, University of Georgia
1982 Kathy Baker, University of Tulsa

1981 William and Mary (Virginia)
1982 Weber State (Utah)

1981 Susan Fox, Colorado State
1982 Heidi Walden, Weber State

1981 Cal State-Sacramento
1982 North Carolina-Wilmington

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

1969 Springfield College (Massachusetts) (DGWS)
1970 Southern Illinois University (DGWS)
1971 Springfield College (DGWS)
1972 Springfield College (DGWS)
1973 Massachusetts
1974 Southern Illinois University
1975 Southern Illinois University
1976 Clarion State (Pennsylvania)
1977 Clarion State
1978 Penn State
1979 Cal State-Fullerton
1980 Penn State
1981 University of Utah
1982 Florida

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

1980 Wisconsin-Oshkosh
1981 California-Davis
1982 Gustavus Adolphus College (Minnesota)

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

1978 Penn State
1979 Penn State
1980 Penn State
1981 Maryland
1982 Temple (Pennsylvania)

1981 Delaware
1982 Delaware

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

1977 Dartmouth (New Hampshire)
1978 University of Utah
1979 Middlebury College (Vermont)
1980 Middlebury College
1981 Vermont
1982 Colorado

From 1983 through the present (2005) the NCAA has sponsored a combined men's and women's team championship.

1981 North Carolina def. Central Florida 1-0

From Fall 1982 through the present (2005) the NCAA has sponsored a women's championship.

AIAW championship from 1974-82. Previously administered by the Amateur Softball Association (?) from ? - 1973. Co-sponsored by the AIAW and ASA through 1979.

1971
1972 Arizona State University (ASA?)
1973 Arizona State University (ASA?)
1974 Southwest Missouri State University
1975 Omaha University
1976 Michigan State University
1977 Northern Iowa
1978 UCLA
1979 Texas Woman's University
1980 Utah State
1981 Utah State
1982 Texas A&M University

1980 Emporia State (Kansas)
1981 Cal State-Sacramento
1982 Northern Iowa

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

1976 Golden West (California)
1977 Golden West

1981 Florida State University
1982 Florida State University

After the last AIAW competition, a collegiate national championship in slow-pitch softball was held in 1983 (sponsor?). The University of South Florida won. It appears that most of the college women's slow-pitch teams at that time were from Florida and North Carolina.

1970 Arizona State University (DGWS)
1971 Arizona State University (DGWS)
1972 West Chester State (Pennsylvania) (DGWS)
1973 Arizona State University
1974 Arizona State University
1975 University of Miami
1976 University of Miami
1977 Arizona State University
1978 Arizona State University
1979 University of Florida
1980 Stanford
1981 University of Texas
1982 University of Texas

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

1980 Hamline University (Minnesota)
1981 Hamline University
1982 Hamline University

1977 Ohio State
1978 Ohio State
1979 Ohio State
1980 Ohio State, Arizona (tie)
1981 Arizona
1982 Ohio State

United States Synchronized Swimming has continued to sponsor national collegiate championships from 1983 through the present (2006). From 1983 through 2004, Ohio State won 19 of the 22 titles. Arizona won in 1984. Stanford won in 1998, 1999, 2005 and 2006.

AIAW championship from 1977-82. Administered from 1968-76 by the United States Tennis Association (USTA)