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19 unusual facts about National Collegiate Athletic Association


1995 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

The 1995 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 15th women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States.

All American Football

The game did not have licenses from the NFL, NFLPA or the NCAA.

Amy Woodman

In March 2008 she won the USA National Collegiate Championships (NCCA) which were held at Minnesota State University, Mankato, clearing 5.94 metres in the long jump.

Chris T. Johnson

He played college football for the Millersville Marauders in the NCAA.

Crack Baby Athletic Association

He criticized the show for its lack of depth regarding the controversy with the NCAA not compensating its players.

Dean Moore

During the 2009-10 season, during which he ended his Junior Ice Hockey career and also failed to meet the requirements of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) clearinghouse, Moore turned professional.

Eligibility for the NBA draft

He graduated from high school in 1967, at a time when college freshmen were not allowed to play varsity sports for NCAA member schools.

Gift of a Lifetime

OSU Athletics Inc. was formerly titled "OSU Cowboy Golf" and its board members included influential booster T. Boone Pickens, who gave $165 million to OSU Athletics in January 2006, the largest gift in National Collegiate Athletic Association history.

Igor Kokoškov

His savvy, ambitious nature and command of the English language were factors when he was hired by the University of Missouri as a part of their coaching staff in 1999, the first European to hold such a position in NCAA Division I men's basketball.

Isabelle Morneau

Away from international soccer, Morneau played NCAA soccer at the University of Nebraska (1996–1999) and is one of the most decorated players to have graduated from the program.

Leif Shiras

Prior to his professional career, Shiras played tennis at Princeton University, where he was an NCAA All-American in 1979 and 1980.

Maurice Edu

Edu was at the University of Maryland, College Park from 2004 until 2006 and played three years for the Maryland Terrapins, including a role on the 2005 squad which won the NCAA College Cup national championship.

MyColors

Sets of themes have been made in partnership with GM, Ford, HP, Dell, the NHL, NBA, and NCAA.

NBA draft

Restrictions exist on players signing with sports agents and on declaring for, then withdrawing, from drafts—although most of them are enforced by the NCAA rather than the NBA.

Robert Pinn

The range, used by the university's ROTC component and NCAA rifle team, is one of the premier shooting facilities in the state of Ohio.

Sam Brill

His headed goal against Connecticut sent BC past their regional rivals, 1-0, in the second round of the 2004 NCAA Tournament.

Scott Gurney

Prior to starting his production company, Gurney Productions, Inc., and before modelling and acting, Scott was a competitive athlete who won the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer National Championship while in college around 2000.

Tab Thacker

Talmadge Layne "Tab" Thacker (10 March 1962 – 28 December 2007), was a former NCAA wrestler and actor.

Zach Boren

The 2012 Ohio State squad, for whom Boren was a captain, would have been eligible for a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Bowl, possibly even the national championship, but due to sanctions levied against them by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) were not bowl-eligible.


1981 NCAA Division II football season

The 1981 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1981, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 12, 1981 at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium in McAllen, Texas.

Air Force Falcons men's basketball

The Air Force Falcons men's basketball team represents the United States Air Force Academy, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in NCAA Division I basketball competition.

Albert Means

These allegations and other evidence provided by Tennessee Volunteers coach Phil Fulmer led the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the recruitment of high school football players in Memphis.

Anson Henry

He blasted onto the track scene when he was the bronze medalist at the 2002 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships while representing Washington State University .

Arizona Wildcats

The softball team has won eight NCAA Women's College World Series titles, in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006 and 2007 under head coach Mike Candrea (NCAA Softball Championship).

Baylor Bears basketball

The Baylor Bears basketball team represents Baylor University in Waco, Texas, in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition.

Bryan Leitch

Raised in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Leitch played three seasons of junior hockey in the British Columbia Hockey League with the Coquitlam Express and Merritt Centennials before attending Quinnipiac University where he played four seasons with the Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey team, which competes in NCAA's Division I in the ECAC conference.

Carla Battaglia-Greene

Battaglia would eventually qualify for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships -and USA Track and Field Championships- in both the heptathlon and javelin throw.

Cathy Untalan

She was a courtside reporter for the San Beda Red Lions during the first half of the 82nd season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Daniel Santiago

Santiago attended and played Junior College basketball at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico and played NCAA Division I basketball at the University of New Mexico.

Dick Bennett

A guard who played several seasons in the NBA, Tony Bennett led the team to its first NCAA tournament berth in 1991, where the Phoenix lost to Michigan State in the first round.

Drake Bulldogs men's basketball

The Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Drake University, located in Des Moines, Iowa, in NCAA Division I basketball competition.

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

The Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represents the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, as a member of the Big Ten Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

J. A. Adande

Adande's assignments at the Los Angeles Times included the Olympic Games, Wimbledon, the Super Bowl, the NCAA Final Four, the NBA, Major League Baseball and World Cup 2006.

Jim Isch

He was appointed to the role on August 13, 2010, having served as the interim executive director of the National Collegiate Athletic Association following the death of Myles Brand on September 16, 2009.

Joanne P. McCallie

During her tenure with the Black Bears, McCallie guided Maine to a record of 167-73, six-straight NCAA Tournament appearances, four North Atlantic Conference/America East Conference Championships and five regular-season conference titles.

John Bridgers

He encountered a program where major NCAA infractions had surfaced in the basketball program under Norm Ellenberger, prompting an FBI investigation into transcript-rigging.

LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball

The LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team represents Long Island University, located in Brooklyn, New York in NCAA Division I basketball competition.

M. Lee Pelton

Pelton also holds, or has held, positions on several educational boards and committees: the American Council on Education, the Harvard University Board of Overseers, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Oregon Symphony, Oregon Health & Science University Foundation, American Association for Higher Education, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and National Collegiate Athletic Association among others.

Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball

The Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represents the University of Northern Iowa, located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, in NCAA Division I basketball competition.

Pilipinas Basketball

It consists of four of the Philippines' major basketball stakeholders - the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), the Philippine Basketball League (PBL), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), as well as Joey Lina, then-president of the BAP, representing the said association.

Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball

The Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represents Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California, competing in the West Coast Conference of the NCAA.

Southampton Breakers

The Southampton Breakers are an amateur baseball team playing in the Hamptons Division of the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League, an NCAA-sanctioned collegiate summer baseball league.

Spencer Carbery

Carbery attended St. Norbert College from 2003 to 2006, finishing out his NCAA career with 103 points in goals and assists in the regular season.

Stan Heath

He worked at Wayne State University in Detroit the following three years, including serving as associate head coach in 1994 when WSU set a school record for victories (25–5), helping the Tartars win two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles with a trip to the NCAA Division II Final Four in 1993.

Teresa Wilson

Her Huskies reached the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Women's College World Series six times, making the national championship game in 1996 and 1999.

Texas State Highway Spur 1966

The spur's unusual designation—it will be the only four-digit state highway spur in Texas—was chosen to honor the historic 1966 NCAA championship of the 1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team as UTEP and the UTEP Miners were previously known.

University of Indianapolis

The University of Indianapolis's athletic teams are known as the Greyhounds and participate in Division II of the NCAA.

Wally Ris

He attended the University of Iowa, where he was a member of the Iowa Beta chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and swam for the Iowa Hawkeyes swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1947 to 1949.

Walter Brown Arena

While it is known as the home of the four men's hockey NCAA championships, one of its most famous (and tragic) events was in October 1995, when Travis Roy, a 20-year old freshman hockey player, lost his balance attempting to make a check eleven seconds into his first collegiate hockey shift versus North Dakota, breaking his neck at the fourth vertebra and paralyzing him from the neck down.

Yale golf course

The Yale course has been the site of every significant state championship, two USGA Junior National events, the 1991 and 2004 NCAA Eastern Regional championships, the 1991 ECAC Men's Championship, and the 1992 ECAC Women's Championship, as well as the Nike Connecticut Open.