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NCAA News Archive - 2006
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Looking back
1984 (December 8) — Portland State University wins the first of four Division II Women’s Volleyball Championship titles between 1984 and 1992 under coach Jeff Mozzochi.
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Centennial moments, 1983-84
The following events helped shape the NCAA from 1983 through 1984.
- 1983 (January 10-12) — Division I approves Proposal No. 48, which requires prospective student-athletes to reach specified grade-point averages and standardized-test scores.
1983 (March 11-12) — The first National Collegiate Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships are conducted at Pontiac, Michigan.
1983 (March 18-19) — West Virginia University wins the first of 13 National Collegiate Rifle Championships team titles between 1983 and 1998 (four under coach Edward Etzel, one under coach Greg Perrine and eight under coach Marsha Beasley).
1983 (November 12) — Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania wins the first of eight Division II Field Hockey Championship titles between 1983 and 2003 under coach Jan Hutchinson (in addition to Division III titles in 1984 and 1987, during an eight-year period when the Division II championship was discontinued).
1983 (December 10) — North Dakota State University wins the first of five Division II Football Championship titles between 1983 and 1990 (one under coach Don Morton, two under coach Earle Solomonson and two under coach Rocky Hager).
1984 (January 8) — The NCAA Executive Committee approves 64-team Division I Men’s Basketball Championship field.
1984 (January 9-11) — Creation of NCAA Presidents Commission approved.
1984 (March 8-10) — Kenyon College wins the first of 17 straight Division III Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships team titles under coach Jim Steen (the team added championships in 2002, 2003 and 2004).
1984 (March 9-10) — The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, wins the first of 12 straight Division I Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championships team titles under coach John McDonnell (the team added another four consecutive titles from 1997 to 2000 and additional championships in 2003 and 2005).
1984 (March 15-17) — The University of Florida’s Tracy Caulkins wins four events at the Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships to extend her record career total to 12 individual titles; the same year, the University of Texas at Austin wins the first of five straight team titles under coach Richard Quick (who then moves to Stanford University and wins a sixth straight championship).
1984 (March 24) — The Central Missouri State University men’s and women’s teams win the Division II Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship titles, making Central Missouri State the first school in any division to accomplish the dual feat in basketball.
1984 (April 1) — The University of Southern California, led by Cheryl Miller and Paula and Pam McGee, wins its second straight Division I Women’s Basketball Championship title.
1984 (June 27) — The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a ruling that the NCAA Football Television Plan violates the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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