Centennial moments, 1982

• 1982 (March 12-13) — Suleiman Nyambui of the University of Texas at El Paso becomes the first participant to win seven career individual titles in the Division I Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championships.
• 1982 (March) — The first Divisions I, II and III women’s swimming and basketball championships are conducted.
• 1982 (March 26-27) — The first National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Championships are conducted at Utah, where the host team wins the first of nine team titles extending through 1995 under coach Greg Marsden.
• 1982 (April 1-3) — Jim Hartung of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, becomes only the second student-athlete to win seven individual career titles at the National Collegiate Men’s Gymnastics Championships, joining Illinois’ Joe Giallombardo.
• 1982 (May) — The first National Collegiate Women’s Golf and Lacrosse Championships are conducted. Also, the first Divisions I, II and III Softball and Tennis Championships are conducted.
• 1982 (May 16-23) — Stanford University wins the first of 13 Division I Women’s Tennis Championships titles between 1982 and 2004 (10 under coach Frank Brennan, three under coach Lele Forood).
• 1982 (May 27-30) — The University of California, Los Angeles, featuring shortstop Dot Richardson and pitcher Debbie Doom, wins the first of 10 Division I Softball Championship titles between 1982 and 2004 (seven under coach Sharon Backus, three under coach Sue Enquist).
• 1982 (May-June) — The first Divisions I, II and III Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships are conducted.
• 1982 (May 24-29) — Abilene Christian University wins the first of 14 Division II Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships titles between 1982 and 2004 (including seven in a row from 1982 to 1988 under coach Don Hood).
• 1982 (November 21) — Old Dominion University wins the first of nine Division I Field Hockey Championship titles between 1982 and 2000 under coach Beth Anders.
• 1982 (November 21) — The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, wins the first of 17 Division I Women’s Soccer Championship titles between 1982 and 2003 under coach Anson Dorrance; 17 Tar Heel players win offensive or defensive most outstanding player honors during that period, including two-time honoree Mia Hamm (1992 and 1993).
• 1982 (November 28) — The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, wins the first of five Division III Men’s Soccer Championship titles between 1982 and 1987 (two under coach Mike Berticelli, three under coach Michael Parker).