1980

First championships

National Collegiate Men's and Women's Rifle (April)

1981

First championships

Divisions I, II and III Field Hockey (November)

Divisions I, II and III Cross Country (November)

Divisions I, II and III Volleyball (December)

1982

First championships

Divisions I, II and III Swimming and Diving (March)

National Collegiate Fencing (March)

Divisions I and II Gymnastics (March)

Division I Basketball (March)

Divisions I, II and III Tennis (May)

National Collegiate Lacrosse (May)

National Collegiate Golf (May)

Divisions I, II and III Outdoor Track and Field (May)

Divisions I, II and III Softball (May)

Division I Soccer (November)

1983

First championships

National Collegiate Men's and Women's Skiing (March)

National Collegiate Indoor Track and Field (March)

1984

Division II discontinues its field hockey championship. Division II schools compete with Division III in field hockey until 1992.

1985

First championships

Divisions II and III Indoor Track and Field (March)

Division III Lacrosse (May)

1986

First championships

Division III Soccer (November)

1987

The Division II Women's Gymnastics Championships is discontinued. All NCAA divisions continue to be eligible for a championship in the sport through the establishment of a National Collegiate Championship.

1988

First championships

Division II Soccer (November)

1990

First championships

National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships (March) (women's fencing is discontinued.)

1991

Carlette Guidry of the University of Texas at Austin becomes the only participant to win six career individual titles at the Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships.

1992

Field hockey is re-established as a championship sport in Division II.

1996

The National Collegiate Women's Golf Championships are split into two championships (Division I and Divisions II/III).

1997

First championships

National Collegiate Rowing (May)

2000

First championships

Division II Lacrosse (May)

Divisions II and III Golf (May)

2001

First championships

National Collegiate Ice Hockey (March)

Water Polo (May)

The NCAA and ESPN finalize a multiyear agreement for television rights to 21 championships, including complete coverage of all 63 games of the Division I Women's Basketball Championship.

2002

First championships

Division III Ice Hockey (March)

Divisions II and III Rowing Championships (May)

2003

UCLA Pitcher Keira Goerl throws a nine-inning no-hitter in the 2003 NCAA Division I Softball Championship Game, the first no-hitter ever thrown in the title game.

2004

First championships

Bowling (April)

Connecticut becomes the first Division I institution to win men's and women's basketball titles in the same year. It is the third consecutive title for the women's team.

Jan Hutchinson wins her 1,441st game as a coach (softball and field hockey) at Bloomsburg, giving her the most victories of any active Division II coach.

Wartburg's Missy Buttry becomes the first woman in any NCAA division to win three individual cross country titles.

2005

Pat Summitt leads her Tennessee Lady Vols past Purdue in the second round of the Division I Women's Basketball Championship. The victory is the 880th of her coaching career, moving her past legendary Dean Smith of North Carolina (879) as the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history.

2006

The NCAA celebrates its 100th anniversary.