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Looking back
1981 (December) — The first Divisions I, II and III Women’s Volleyball Championships are conducted.
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Centennial moments, 1980-81
The following events helped shape the NCAA from 1980 through 1981.
- 1980 (January 7-9) — Divisions II and III women’s championships in basketball, field hockey, swimming, tennis and volleyball are established.
1980 (March 20-22) — Kenyon College, under coach Jim Steen, begins the longest streak of consecutive team championships in any NCAA division with its first victory in the Division III Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships; the streak remains alive through the 2005 championships at 26 straight victories.
1980 (April 4-5) — Pilot National Collegiate Rifle Championships are conducted at East Tennessee State University.
1980 (May 25) — Hobart College wins the first of 12 straight titles (10 under coach Dave Urick, two under coach B.J. O’Hara) as host of the first Division III Men’s Lacrosse Championship (the school added a 13th title in 1993).
1980 (October) — The first NCAA women’s sports committees are formed (the Divisions II and III Women’s Basketball Committees are the first to meet).
1981 (January 13) — A governance plan that includes women’s athletics programs and services within the NCAA structure is approved.
1981 (January 14) — James Frank of Lincoln University (Missouri) is the first African-American to be elected NCAA president.
1981 (March 4) — CBS is awarded rights to the Division I Men’s Basketball Championship for three years beginning in 1982.
1981 (May 19-22) — Florida Southern University wins the first of 11 Division I Men’s Golf Championships titles between 1981 and 2000 (seven under coach Charley Matlock, four under coach Doug Gordin).
1981 (November) — The first NCAA women’s championships are conducted in Divisions I, II and III field hockey, women’s cross country and soccer.
1981 (November 21) — The College of New Jersey wins the first of nine Division III Field Hockey Championships between 1981 and 1999 under coach Sharon Goldbrenner-Pfluger.
1981 (November 23) — The University of Texas at El Paso wins the Division I Men’s Cross Country Championships with a record-low score of 17 points (claiming first, second, third, fifth and sixth places individually).
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