1995 (March 25) — Middlebury College wins the first of five straight Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Championship titles under coach Bill Beaney (the team added titles in 2004 and 2005).

1995 (April) — The NCAA opens its governament relations office in Washington, D.C.

1995 (April 20-22) — The University of Kentucky’s Jenny Hansen wins three individual titles at the National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Championships to boost her record career total to eight titles.

1995 (May) — The Division I Softball Committee bans titanium bats for the 1995 championship.

1995 (May 5-6) — The National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship in Springfield, Massachusetts, commemorates the sport’s centennial.

1995 (May 21) — The University of Maryland, College Park, wins the first of seven straight Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championships under coach Cindy Timchal.

1995 (May 24) — A federal court judge in Kansas City, Kansas, rules that compensation limits on restricted-earnings basketball coaches are illegal.

1996 (February 13-15) — The NCAA Football Rules Committee approves a tie-breaker format for regular-season games.

1996 (March 29-April 1) — Pennsylvania State University’s Olga Kalinovskaya becomes the only woman to win four straight titles in one event (foil) at the National Collegiate Fencing Championships.

1996 (May 14-18) — Methodist College wins the first of eight women’s golf championships team titles (three in combined Divisions II and III competition and five in Division III competition), including seven straight titles beginning in 1998.

1997 (January 13) — Membership restructuring is approved; the new governance structure is implemented in August. The new structure provides a more federated means of governance, along with a greater leadership role for presidents and chancellors.

1997 (May 30-June 1) — The University of Washington wins the first Division I Women’s Rowing Championship.