Women's College World Series

The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Division I Softball Championship for college softball in the United States. The tournament format consists of two four-team double-elimination brackets. The winners of each bracket then compete in a best-of-three series to determine the Division I WCWS National Champion. The WCWS takes place at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. From 1969 to 1981, the women's collegiate softball championship was also known as the Women's College World Series and was promoted as such.[1] During 1969–1979, the series was played in Omaha, after which the AIAW held the series in 1980–1982 in Norman, Oklahoma. There were two competing World Series tournaments in 1982. The NCAA held its first six Division I tournaments in Omaha in 1982–1987, followed by Sunnyvale, California in 1988–1989. The event has been held in Oklahoma City every year since then, except for 1996 in Columbus, Georgia when they wanted to show that it would be a good place for softball to be played during the 1996 Olympics.

Softball was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports. The 1982 softball championship tournaments of both the AIAW and the NCAA were called "Women's College World Series." However, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA conquered the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership.[2]

The 2020 Women's College World Series was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Division I

NCAA

Year	Champion[4]	Title Series Score	Runner-up	Quarterfinalists/Tie-3rd		Tie-5th		Tie-7th (First 2 Eliminated)
1982	UCLA WCAA	2–0 (8 inn)	Fresno State NorPac	Cal State Fullerton WCAA	Arizona State WCAA	Nebraska Big Eight	Western Michigan MAC	Creighton Gateway	Oklahoma State Big Eight
1983	Texas A&M Southwest	2–0 (12 inn)	Cal State Fullerton WCAA	UCLA WCAA	South Carolina Independent	Louisiana Tech Southland	Pacific NorPac	Indiana Big Ten	Missouri Big Eight
1984	UCLA WCAA	1–0 (13 inn)	Texas A&M Southwest	Northwestern Big Ten	Nebraska Big Eight	Adelphi Atlantic 10	Fresno State NorPac	Cal Poly Pomona CCAA	Utah State High Country
1985	UCLA WCAA	2–1 (9 inn)	Nebraska* Big Eight	Cal State Fullerton PCAA	Cal Poly Pomona CCAA	Adelphi Atlantic 10	Northwestern Big Ten	Louisiana Tech Southland	Utah High Country
1986	Cal State Fullerton PCAA	3–0	Texas A&M Southwest	California NorPac	Indiana Big Ten	Creighton Gateway	Long Beach State PCAA	Louisiana Tech Southland	Northwestern Big Ten
1987	Texas A&M Southwest	4–1	UCLA Pac-10	Cal State Fullerton PCAA	Nebraska Big Eight	Central Michigan MAC	Fresno State PCAA	Arizona State Pac-10	Florida State Metro
1988	UCLA Pac-10	3–0	Fresno State PCAA	Arizona Pac-10	Cal Poly Pomona CCAA	Nebraska Big Eight	Texas A&M Southwest	Adelphi Atlantic 10	Northern Illinois North Star
1989	UCLA Pac-10	1–0	Fresno State Big West	Arizona Pac-10	Oklahoma State Big Eight	Cal Poly Pomona CCAA	Oregon Pac-10	South Carolina Metro	Toledo MAC
1990	UCLA Pac-10	2–0	Fresno State Big West	Florida State Metro	Oklahoma State Big Eight	Long Beach State Big West	UNLV Big West	Arizona Pac-10	Kent State MAC
1991	Arizona Pac-10	5–1	UCLA Pac-10	Fresno State Big West	Long Beach State Big West	Florida State Metro	Missouri Big Eight	UNLV Big West	Utah WAC
1992	UCLA Pac-10	2–0	Arizona Pac-10	Fresno State Big West	UMass Atlantic 10	California Pac-10	Long Beach State Big West	Florida State ACC	Kansas Big Eight
1993	Arizona Pac-10	1–0	UCLA Pac-10	Southwestern Louisiana Sun Belt	Oklahoma State Big Eight	Cal State Northridge WAC	Connecticut Big East	Florida State ACC	Long Beach State Big West
1994	Arizona Pac-10	4–0	Cal State Northridge WAC	Oklahoma State Big Eight	UCLA Pac-10	Fresno State WAC	Utah WAC	Illinois–Chicago Mid-Con	Missouri Big Eight
1995	UCLA** Pac-10	4–2	Arizona Pac-10	Iowa Big Ten	UNLV Big West	Cal State Fullerton Big West	SW Louisiana Sun Belt	Michigan Big Ten	Princeton Ivy
1996	Arizona Pac-10	6–4	Washington Pac-10	Iowa Big Ten	UCLA Pac-10	California Pac-10	SW Louisiana Sun Belt	Michigan Big Ten	Princeton Ivy
1997	Arizona Pac-10	10–2 (5 inn)	UCLA Pac-10	Fresno State WAC	Washington Pac-10	Iowa Big Ten	Michigan Big Ten	Massachusetts Atlantic 10	South Carolina SEC
1998	Fresno State WAC	1–0	Arizona Pac-10	Oklahoma State Big 12	Washington Pac-10	Michigan Big Ten	Nebraska Big 12	Massachusetts Atlantic 10	Texas Big 12
1999	UCLA Pac-10	3–2	Washington Pac-10	California Pac-10	DePaul Conference USA	Arizona Pac-10	Fresno State WAC	Arizona State Pac-10	Southern Miss Conference USA
2000	Oklahoma Big 12	3–1	UCLA Pac-10	Arizona Pac-10	Southern Miss Conference USA	Alabama SEC	Washington Pac-10	California Pac-10	DePaul Conference USA
2001	Arizona Pac-10	1–0	UCLA Pac-10	LSU SEC	Stanford Pac-10	California Pac-10	Oklahoma Big 12	Iowa Big Ten	Michigan Big Ten
2002	California Pac-10	6–0	Arizona Pac-10	Arizona State Pac-10	Florida State ACC	Nebraska Big 12	UCLA Pac-10	Michigan Big Ten	Oklahoma Big 12
2003	UCLA Pac-10	1–0 (9 inn)	California Pac-10	Arizona Pac-10	Texas Big 12	Oklahoma Big 12	Washington Pac-10	Alabama SEC	LA-Lafayette Sun Belt
2004	UCLA Pac-10	3–1	California Pac-10	LSU SEC	Stanford Pac-10	Florida State ACC	Oklahoma Big 12	Michigan Big Ten	Washington Pac-10
2005***	Michigan Big Ten	0–5 5–2 4–1 (10 inn)	UCLA Pac-10	Tennessee SEC	Texas Big 12	Alabama SEC	Arizona Pac-10	California Pac-10	DePaul Conference USA
2006	Arizona Pac-10	8–0 5–0	Northwestern Big Ten	Tennessee SEC	UCLA Pac-10	Arizona State Pac-10	Texas Big 12	Alabama SEC	Oregon State Pac-10
2007	Arizona Pac-10	0–3 1–0 (10 inn) 5–0	Tennessee SEC	Northwestern Big Ten	Washington Pac-10	Baylor Big 12	DePaul Big East	Arizona State Pac-10	Texas A&M Big 12
2008	Arizona State Pac-10	3–0 11–0	Texas A&M Big 12	Alabama SEC	Florida SEC	LA-Lafayette Sun Belt	UCLA Pac-10	Arizona Pac-10	Virginia Tech ACC
2009	Washington Pac-10	8–0 3–2	Florida SEC	Alabama SEC	Georgia SEC	Arizona Pac-10	Michigan Big Ten	Arizona State Pac-10	Missouri Big 12
2010	UCLA Pac-10	6–5 (8 inn) 15–9	Arizona Pac-10	Georgia SEC	Tennessee SEC	Florida SEC	Hawaii WAC	Missouri Big 12	Washington Pac-10
2011	Arizona State Pac-10	14–4 7–2	Florida SEC	Alabama SEC	Baylor Big 12	California Pac-10	Missouri Big 12	Oklahoma Big 12	Oklahoma State Big 12
2012	Alabama SEC	1–4 8–6 5–4	Oklahoma Big 12	California Pac-12	Arizona State Pac-12	Oregon Pac-12	LSU SEC	South Florida Big East	Tennessee SEC
2013	Oklahoma Big 12	5–3 (12 inn) 4–0	Tennessee SEC	Washington Pac-12	Texas Big 12	Michigan Big Ten	Florida SEC	Arizona State Pac-12	Nebraska Big Ten
2014	Florida SEC	5–0 6–3	Alabama SEC	Oregon Pac-12	Baylor Big 12	Oklahoma Big 12	Kentucky SEC	LA-Lafayette Sun Belt	Florida State ACC
2015	Florida SEC	3–2 0–1 4–1	Michigan Big Ten	Auburn SEC	LSU SEC	UCLA Pac-12	Alabama SEC	Oregon Pac-12	Tennessee SEC
2016	Oklahoma Big 12	3–2 7–11 (8 inn) 2–1	Auburn SEC	Florida State ACC	LSU SEC	Michigan Big Ten	Georgia SEC	Alabama SEC	UCLA Pac-12
2017	Oklahoma Big 12	7–5 (17 inn) 5–4	Florida SEC	Oregon Pac-12	Washington Pac-12	LSU SEC	UCLA Pac-12	Baylor Big 12	Texas A&M SEC
2018	Florida State ACC	1–0 8–3	Washington Pac-12	UCLA Pac-12	Oklahoma Big 12	Oregon Pac-12	Florida SEC	Georgia SEC	Arizona State Pac-12
2019	UCLA Pac-12	16–3 5–4	Oklahoma Big 12	Alabama SEC	Washington Pac-12	Arizona Pac-12	Oklahoma State Big 12	Florida SEC	Minnesota Big Ten
2020	No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

* Nebraska's runner-up finish in 1985 was vacated by the NCAA.

** The 1995 title by UCLA and any related records have been vacated by the NCAA due to scholarship violations. Criticism also centered on UCLA player Tanya Harding who was recruited from Queensland, Australia midway through the 1995 season. After UCLA captured the NCAA National Championship, Harding, the MVP of the tournament, returned to her homeland without taking final exams or earning a single college credit. Despite not violating any formal rules in recruiting Harding, the incident generated heated criticism that some foreign athletes were little more than hired guns.[5][6]

*** Beginning in 2005, a best-of-three series determines the national championship.

AIAW

From 1969 to 1972, the DGWS (forerunner organization of the AIAW) recognized the WCWS, organized by the Amateur Softball Association, as the collegiate championship tournament. The AIAW assumed responsibilities from DGWS in 1973.

Year	Champion[4]	Title Series Game Score(s)	Runner-up
1969	John F. Kennedy College	2–0	Illinois State
1970	John F. Kennedy College	0–2 7–6	Southwest Missouri State
1971	John F. Kennedy College	6–0 4–0	Iowa State
1972	Arizona State	0–1 8–5 (11 inn)	Nihon University
1973	Arizona State	0–4 4–3 (16 inn)	Illinois State
1974	Southwest Missouri State	14–7	Northern Colorado
1975	Nebraska–Omaha	1–11 6–4	Northern Iowa
1976	Michigan State	3–0	Northern Colorado
1977	Northern Iowa	0–1 (9 inn) 7–0	Arizona
1978	UCLA	3–0	Northern Colorado
1979	Texas Woman's	1–0 1–0	UCLA
1980[lower-alpha 1]	Utah State	1–0 2–1	Indiana
1981[lower-alpha 2]	Utah State	1–6 4–3	Cal State Fullerton
1982	Texas A&M	4–1 5–3 (8 inn)	Oklahoma State

Officially named the "AIAW Division I National Softball Championship."[4]^:54
Officially named the "AIAW College Softball World Series."[4]^:58

NCAA team titles by school

School	Number	Year Won
UCLA	12	1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2019
Arizona	8	1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007
Oklahoma	4	2000, 2013, 2016, 2017
Arizona State	2	2008, 2011
Texas A&M	2	1983, 1987
Florida	2	2014, 2015
Alabama	1	2012
Cal State Fullerton	1	1986
Florida State	1	2018
Fresno State	1	1998
Michigan	1	2005
Washington	1	2009
California	1	2002
*UCLA also won the 1995 title, but it has since been vacated by the NCAA; see above.

AIAW team titles by school

From 1969 to 1972, the DGWS (forerunner organization of the AIAW) recognized the WCWS, organized by the Amateur Softball Association, as the collegiate championship tournament. The AIAW assumed responsibilities from DGWS in 1973.

School	Championships[4]	Years
John F. Kennedy College (Nebraska)	3	1969, 1970, 1971 (all DGWS)
Arizona State	2	1972 (DGWS), 1973
Utah State	2	1980, 1981
Florida State	2	1981, 1982 (both Slow Pitch)
(Southwest) Missouri State	1	1974
Nebraska Omaha	1	1975
Michigan State	1	1976
Northern Iowa	1	1977
UCLA	1	1978
Texas Woman's	1	1979
Texas A&M	1	1982

Championships & appearances by school

Color coded by current conference
Bold indicates team championship

School	Championships[4] (through 2019)	Title Games (through 2019)	WCWS Appearances (through 2019)	WCWS Appearances (through 2019)
UCLA^‡	12	22	32	1978, 1979, 1981, 1982,[lower-alpha 1] 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Arizona	8	14	27	1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2019
Arizona State	4	4	19	1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982,[lower-alpha 1] 1987, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018
Oklahoma	4	6	17	1975, 1980, 1981, 1982,[lower-alpha 2] 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
California	1	3	15	1980, 1981, 1982,[lower-alpha 2] 1986, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012
Washington	1	4	14	1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019
Michigan	1	2	13	1982,[lower-alpha 2] 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016
Alabama	1	2	12	2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019
Fresno State	1	5	12	1982,[lower-alpha 1] 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999
Oklahoma State	0	1	12	1977, 1980, 1981, 1982,[lower-alpha 2] 1982,[lower-alpha 1] 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2011, 2019
Texas A&M	3	6	12	1979, 1980, 1981, 1982,[lower-alpha 2] 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2007, 2008, 2017
Northern Colorado	0	3	11	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
South Carolina	0	0	11	1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1997
Florida State	1	1	10	1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2018
Florida	2	5	10	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
(Southwest) Missouri State	1	2	10	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982[lower-alpha 2]
Nebraska Omaha	1	1	10	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
Nebraska^‡	0	0	9	1970, 1971, 1982,[lower-alpha 1] 1984, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2002, 2013
Cal State Fullerton	1	3	8	1980, 1981, 1982,[lower-alpha 1] 1983, 1985, 1986 1987, 1995
Illinois State	0	2	8	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1981
Western Illinois	0	0	8	1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982[lower-alpha 2]
Oregon	0	0	8	1976, 1980, 1989, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
Tennessee	0	2	7	2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
Missouri	0	0	7	1981, 1983, 1991, 1994, 2009, 2010, 2011
Cal Poly Pomona	0	0	7	1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989
Kansas	0	0	7	1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1992
Michigan State	1	1	6	1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981
Louisiana (Lafayette)	0	0	6	1993, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2008, 2014
LSU	0	0	6	2001, 2004, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017
Massachusetts	0	0	6	1974, 1978, 1980, 1992, 1997, 1998
Long Beach State	0	0	5	1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Northwestern	0	1	5	1984, 1985, 1986, 2006, 2007
Texas	0	0	5	1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013
Utah	0	0	5	1976, 1982,[lower-alpha 2] 1985, 1991, 1994
Creighton	0	0	5	1969, 1980, 1981, 1982,[lower-alpha 1] 1986
Wayne State (NE)	0	0	5	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
Utah State	2	2	4	1978, 1980, 1981, 1984
Northern Iowa	1	2	4	1973, 1975, 1976, 1977
Indiana	0	1	4	1979, 1980, 1983, 1986
DePaul	0	0	4	1999, 2000, 2005, 2007
Iowa	0	0	4	1995, 1996, 1997, 2001
Georgia	0	0	4	2009, 2010, 2016, 2018
Oregon State	0	0	4	1977, 1978, 1979, 2006
Southern Illinois (Carbondale)	0	0	4	1970, 1971, 1977, 1978
South Dakota State	0	0	4	1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
Luther (IA)	0	0	4	1970, 1971, 1972, 1974
John F. Kennedy (NE)	3	3	3	1969, 1970, 1971
Texas Woman's	1	1	3	1975, 1978, 1979
Baylor	0	0	4	2007, 2011, 2014, 2017
Minnesota	0	0	3	1976, 1978, 2019
Louisiana Tech	0	0	3	1983, 1985, 1986
Adelphi	0	0	3	1984, 1985, 1988
UNLV	0	0	3	1990, 1991, 1995
Western Michigan	0	0	3	1980, 1981, 1982[lower-alpha 1]
Kearney State (NE)	0	0	3	1969, 1970, 1971
Minot State	0	0	3	1970, 1971, 1972
Emporia State	0	0	3	1971, 1972, 1979
Weber State	0	0	3	1973, 1974, 1975
North Dakota State	0	0	3	1973, 1974, 1975
Iowa State	0	1	2	1971, 1973
Cal State–Northridge	0	1	2	1993, 1994
Princeton	0	0	2	1995, 1996
Southern Miss	0	0	2	1999, 2000
Stanford	0	0	2	2001, 2004
Central Michigan	0	0	2	1982,[lower-alpha 2] 1987
Minnesota–Duluth	0	0	2	1970, 1971
Midland Lutheran (NE)	0	0	2	1970, 1971
New Mexico	0	0	2	1980, 1981
Rutgers	0	0	2	1979, 1981
Concordia (NE)	0	0	2	1970, 1971
Upper Iowa	0	0	2	1970, 1971
Eastern Illinois	0	0	2	1971, 1974
Central Missouri	0	0	2	1971, 1972
Ball State	0	0	2	1973, 1975
Indiana State	0	0	2	1974, 1976
East Stroudsburg State (PA)	0	0	2	1975, 1976
Northern State (SD)	0	0	2	1975, 1976
Texas–Arlington	0	0	2	1976, 1977
Sacramento State	0	0	2	1976, 1977
Auburn	0	1	2	2015, 2016
Connecticut	0	0	1	1993
Hawaii	0	0	1	2010
Illinois–Chicago	0	0	1	1994
Kent State	0	0	1	1990
Kentucky	0	0	1	2014
Northern Illinois	0	0	1	1988
Pacific (CA)	0	0	1	1983
South Florida	0	0	1	2012
Toledo	0	0	1	1989
Virginia Tech	0	0	1	2008
St. Petersburg Junior College (FL)	0	0	1	1969
Black Hills State (SD)	0	0	1	1969
Midwestern (IA)	0	0	1	1970
Parsons (IA)	0	0	1	1971
Wartburg (IA)	0	0	1	1971
Wisconsin State University–Eau Claire	0	0	1	1971
South Dakota	0	0	1	1971
Southwest Baptist (MO)	0	0	1	1971
Buena Vista (IA)	0	0	1	1971
Simpson (IA)	0	0	1	1971
University of Tokyo–Nihon	0	1	1	1972
Keene State (NH)	0	0	1	1972
Purdue	0	0	1	1972
West Georgia	0	0	1	1974
Golden West College (CA)	0	0	1	1974
Winona State (MN)	0	0	1	1974
Nassau Community College (NY)	0	0	1	1974
Oregon College of Education	0	0	1	1975
Northwest Missouri State	0	0	1	1975
Ohio	0	0	1	1975
Mankato State (MN)	0	0	1	1975
Tarkio (MO)	0	0	1	1976
Northwestern Oklahoma State	0	0	1	1976
Mayville State (ND)	0	0	1	1976
West Chester (PA)	0	0	1	1977
Springfield (MA)	0	0	1	1977
Portland State	0	0	1	1978
Stephen F. Austin	0	0	1	1978
Chapman (CA)	0	0	1	1979
Pittsburgh	0	0	1	2015
New Mexico State	0	0	1	1981
Ohio State	0	0	1	1982[lower-alpha 2]
Rhode Island	0	0	1	1982[lower-alpha 2]
U.S. International (CA)	0	0	1	1982[lower-alpha 2]

^‡ UCLA's 1995 NCAA championship and Nebraska's 1985 runner-up finish were vacated by the NCAA and are not counted

NCAA WCWS participant in 1982, when both the AIAW and NCAA conducted championships with the same name
AIAW WCWS participant in 1982, when both the AIAW and NCAA conducted championships with the same name

Championships & appearances by conference

This listing excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1982 (both Division I tournaments in 1982—AIAW and NCAA—were called "Women's College World Series").

Conference	Championships (Through 2019)	Title Game/Series Appearances (Through 2019)	WCWS Appearances (Through 2019)
Pac-12[c 1]	24	39	89
SEC	3	10	44
Big 12	4	6	33
Big Ten	1	3	24
Big West[c 2]	1	4	19
ACC	1	1	10
Big Eight[c 3] [c 4]			12
WAC[c 5]	1	2	11
Atlantic 10			6
Southwest[c 6] [c 4]	2	4	5
Conference USA[c 7]			5
Sun Belt			6
CCAA			4
MAC			4
Metro[c 7][c 4]			4
Southland			3
Big East[c 8]			3
Ivy			2
Missouri Valley[c 9]			2
Independent			1
Summit League[c 10]			1
NorPac[c 11] [c 4]		1	3
North Star[c 12] [c 4]			1
WCAA[c 13] [c 4]	3	3	6

Notes

UCLA's 1995 WCWS participation & title were vacated by the NCAA and are not included in these figures; see above. The Pac-12, which adopted its current name on July 1, 2011, retains all historical records from its years as the Pac-10. The conference had adopted the "Pac-10" name in 1978, but did not begin sponsoring women's sports until the 1986–87 school year.
The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association until July 1988. Totals include all appearances by conference members under both names, but includes only appearances after the conference began sponsoring women's sports in 1984–85.
Nebraska's 1985 WCWS participation & title game appearance were vacated by the NCAA and are not included in these totals. The Big Eight merged with four teams from the Southwest Conference to form the Big 12 in 1996.
Conference is now defunct.
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) did not sponsor women's sports until the 1990–91 academic year, after absorbing the High Country Athletic Conference (HCAC), a parallel women's-only conference. The WAC maintains all historic records from the HCAC; totals include Utah State's 1984 and Utah's 1985 appearances while in the HCAC.
Texas A&M won two titles in four title game and five WCWS appearances while they were still members of the Southwest Conference, which is now defunct. Texas A&M was a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996, but left for the Southeastern Conference in July 2012.
Following the breakup of the Metro in 1991 by Florida State, South Carolina, Cincinnati, and Memphis, the Metro and its breakaway Great Midwest Conference reunified in 1995 as Conference USA.
Although the charter of the original Big East Conference was inherited by the American Athletic Conference following the 2013 Big East split, the current Big East Conference maintains all athletic records of the original conference in all sports that it sponsors.
Records include the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference's when it was originally a women's-only conference parallel to the MVC. In 1985, after the MVC stopped sponsoring football, the Gateway took on football as its only men's sport. In 1992, the women's portion of the Gateway merged into the MVC, which maintains all historic records of Gateway women's sports. The football side of the conference maintained the Gateway charter, first as the Gateway Football Conference and now the Missouri Valley Football Conference.
The Mid-Continent Conference adopted its current name of The Summit League in June 2007.
The NorPac, in full the Northern Pacific Conference, was a women's-only conference that operated from 1982 to 1986. The conference disbanded when the then-Pac-10, home to five of the final seven NorPac members, began sponsoring women's sports in 1986–87. The remaining two schools, which were members of the PCAA for men's sports, moved their women's sports to that conference.
The North Star Conference was a women's-only conference that merged into the Mid-Continent Conference, now The Summit League, in 1992. The Summit maintains all historic records of North Star sports.
The WCAA, in full the Western Collegiate Athletic Association, was a women's-only conference that operated from 1981 to 1986. Its final five members were all members of the conference known at the time as the Pac-10 and moved their women's sports to that league.

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[7] Officially named the "AIAW Division I National Softball Championship."[4]^:54

[8] Officially named the "AIAW College Softball World Series."[4]^:58

[fn2-9] NCAA WCWS participant in 1982, when both the AIAW and NCAA conducted championships with the same name

[fn1-10] AIAW WCWS participant in 1982, when both the AIAW and NCAA conducted championships with the same name

[11] UCLA's 1995 WCWS participation & title were vacated by the NCAA and are not included in these figures; see above. The Pac-12, which adopted its current name on July 1, 2011, retains all historical records from its years as the Pac-10. The conference had adopted the "Pac-10" name in 1978, but did not begin sponsoring women's sports until the 1986–87 school year.

[12] The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association until July 1988. Totals include all appearances by conference members under both names, but includes only appearances after the conference began sponsoring women's sports in 1984–85.

[13] Nebraska's 1985 WCWS participation & title game appearance were vacated by the NCAA and are not included in these totals. The Big Eight merged with four teams from the Southwest Conference to form the Big 12 in 1996.

[Defunct-14] Conference is now defunct.

[15] The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) did not sponsor women's sports until the 1990–91 academic year, after absorbing the High Country Athletic Conference (HCAC), a parallel women's-only conference. The WAC maintains all historic records from the HCAC; totals include Utah State's 1984 and Utah's 1985 appearances while in the HCAC.

[16] Texas A&M won two titles in four title game and five WCWS appearances while they were still members of the Southwest Conference, which is now defunct. Texas A&M was a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996, but left for the Southeastern Conference in July 2012.

[CUSA-17] Following the breakup of the Metro in 1991 by Florida State, South Carolina, Cincinnati, and Memphis, the Metro and its breakaway Great Midwest Conference reunified in 1995 as Conference USA.

[18] Although the charter of the original Big East Conference was inherited by the American Athletic Conference following the 2013 Big East split, the current Big East Conference maintains all athletic records of the original conference in all sports that it sponsors.

[19] Records include the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference's when it was originally a women's-only conference parallel to the MVC. In 1985, after the MVC stopped sponsoring football, the Gateway took on football as its only men's sport. In 1992, the women's portion of the Gateway merged into the MVC, which maintains all historic records of Gateway women's sports. The football side of the conference maintained the Gateway charter, first as the Gateway Football Conference and now the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

[20] The Mid-Continent Conference adopted its current name of The Summit League in June 2007.

[21] The NorPac, in full the Northern Pacific Conference, was a women's-only conference that operated from 1982 to 1986. The conference disbanded when the then-Pac-10, home to five of the final seven NorPac members, began sponsoring women's sports in 1986–87. The remaining two schools, which were members of the PCAA for men's sports, moved their women's sports to that conference.

[22] The North Star Conference was a women's-only conference that merged into the Mid-Continent Conference, now The Summit League, in 1992. The Summit maintains all historic records of North Star sports.

[23] The WCAA, in full the Western Collegiate Athletic Association, was a women's-only conference that operated from 1981 to 1986. Its final five members were all members of the conference known at the time as the Pac-10 and moved their women's sports to that league.

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National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAA	Awards Hall of Champions Conferences
Division I	Institutions Athletic directors Baseball Championship CWS Basketball Men Women Cross Country Men Women Field hockey Championship Football FBS FCS Golf Men Women Ice hockey Men Women Lacrosse Men Women Rowing Women Soccer Men Women Softball Championship WCWS Swimming & Diving Men Women Tennis Men Women Track and Field Men's indoor and outdoor Women's indoor and outdoor Volleyball Men Women Wrestling Championship
Division II	Institutions Baseball Championship Basketball Men Women Cross Country Men Women Field hockey Championship Football Championship Golf Men Women Gymnastics Men Women Ice hockey Men Lacrosse Men Women Rowing Women Soccer Men Women Softball Championship/WCWS Swimming & Diving Men Women Tennis Men Women Track and Field Men's indoor and outdoor Women's indoor and outdoor Volleyball Women Wrestling Championship
Division III	Institutions Baseball Championship Basketball Men Women Cross Country Men Women Field hockey Championship Football Championship Golf Men Women Ice hockey Men Women Lacrosse Men Women Rowing Women Soccer Men Women Softball Championship/WCWS Swimming & Diving Men Women Tennis Men Women Track and Field Men's indoor and outdoor Women's indoor and outdoor Volleyball Men Women Wrestling Championship
Single-division sports and championships	Beach volleyball Women Bowling Women Boxing Championship Fencing Championships Gymnastics Men Women Rifle Championship Skiing Championships Trampoline Championship Water polo Men Women
Events listed in italics have been discontinued.

Major women's sport leagues in North America
Women's basketball	Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Women's American Basketball Association (WABA) Women's Blue Chip Basketball League (WBCBL) American Basketball League (defunct) National Women's Basketball League (defunct) Women's Professional Basketball League (defunct) NCAA Division I NCAA Division II NCAA Division III NAIA U Sports
Women's ice hockey	National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament NCAA Division III women's ice hockey (NCAA) U Sports women's ice hockey Canadian Women's Hockey League (defunct) Western Women's Hockey League (defunct)
Women's soccer	National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Liga MX Femenil Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) United Women's Soccer (UWS) Liga Mexicana de Fútbol Femenil NCAA Women's Soccer Championship NAIA Women's Soccer Championship U Sports women's soccer Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) (defunct) Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) (defunct) Women's League Soccer (WLS) (defunct) Women's Premier Soccer League Elite (defunct) USL W-League (defunct)
Women's softball	National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) NCAA Division I Softball Tournament Women's College World Series (WCWS) NAIA Softball Championship
Women's Gridiron football	Women's National Football Conference (WNFC) Women's Football Alliance (WFA) United States Women's Football League (USWFL) Women's Tackle Football League (WTFL) Maritime Women's Football League (MWFL) Western Women's Canadian Football League (WWCFL) American Football Women's League (AFWL) (defunct) Independent Women's Football League (IWFL) (defunct) Legends Football League (LFL) (defunct) LFL Canada (defunct) National Women's Football Association (NWFA) (defunct) Women's American Football League (WAFL) (defunct) Women's Football Association (WFA) (defunct) Women's Football League (WFL) (defunct) Women's Professional Football League (WPFL) (defunct)
Women's Rugby union	Women's Premier League
Other sports	Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) National Ringette League (NRL) United Women's Lacrosse League (UWLX) (defunct) Women's Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL) Premier Ultimate League (WUL)
National Collegiate Athletic Association	NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship NCAA Bowling Championship NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship NCAA Division I Rowing Championship NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships NCAA Women's Tennis Championship NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics	NAIA Women's Cross Country Championship NAIA Women's Golf Championship NAIA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships NAIA Women's Tennis Championship NAIA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship NAIA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship NAIA Volleyball Championship NAIA lacrosse