1 year ago

2006 (November 13) — The NCAA responds to questions from William Thomas (R-California), chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, about how intercollegiate athletics furthers the educational, tax-exempt purpose of the NCAA and higher education. The response verifies intercollegiate athletics’ relationship to higher education and addresses misconceptions held by the general public about student-athletes’ academic performance and athletics programs’ financial success. “The lessons learned on the football field or men’s basketball court are no less in value or importance to those student-athletes than the ones learned on the hockey rink or softball diamond — nor, for that matter, than those learned in theater, dance, music, journalism or other non-classroom environments,” NCAA President Myles Brand writes. “The fundamental purpose of intercollegiate athletics is the education of student-athletes in both the classroom and on the field or court. The scale of the sport does not alter the fundamental purpose.”

2006 (November 15-18) — Division II conducts a second National Championships Festival, this time in Pensacola, Florida, during which six team champions are crowned in men’s cross country (Abilene Christian University), women’s cross country (Adams State College), men’s soccer (Dowling College), women’s soccer (Metropolitan State College of Denver), field hockey (Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania) and women’s volleyball (University of Tampa).
15 years ago

1992 (November 21) — The Adams State College men’s cross country squad scores a perfect 15 to win the Division II national championships. The women’s team also captures the national title — the first of eight straight championships between 1992 and 1999.

1992 (November 21) — Washington University in St. Louis and the University of California, San Diego, meet in the title match of the Division III Women’s Volleyball Championship for the third straight year. Washington defeats the Tritons, 3-0, to finish the season 40-0 and win a second straight national championship and third title in four years.