January 10 — Judith Sweet of the University of California, San Diego, is elected as first (and only) woman NCAA membership president.

March 2 — Laura Wilson of the University of Vermont becomes the first woman to win four career individual titles in the National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships.

March 2 — Augsburg College wins the first of nine Division III Wrestling Championships team titles between 1991 and 2005 under coach Jeff Swenson.

March 2 — Portland State University’s Dan Russell becomes the only participant honored three times as most outstanding wrestler at the Division II Wrestling Championships, competing in a different weight class each of those years.

March 8-9 — 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 Championships.

March 19 — The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics issues its "One-Plus-Three" report concluding that presidential control of intercollegiate athletics is essential.

April 18-20 — Mark Sohn of Pennsylvania State University joins the University of New Mexico’s Chad Fox as the only gymnasts to win an event four straight years at the National Collegiate Men’s Gymnastics Championships.

May 9 — The NCAA Presidents Commission holds hearings directed at developing stronger academic standards.

May 25 — Annika Sorenstam becomes the first golfer from the perennially powerful University of Arizona team to win an individual title at the Division I Women’s Golf Championships.

October 30 — Mary Beth Riley of Canisius College is honored as the first NCAA Woman of the Year.

November 25 — Villanova University’s Sonia O’Sullivan wins her second straight Division I Women’s Cross Country Championships individual title, a highlight of Villanova’s streak of six consecutive team titles between 1989 and 1994.