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The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women was founded in 1971 to govern collegiate women's athletics and to administer national championships.During its existence, the AIAW and its predecessor, the Division for Girls' and Women's Sports (DGWS), recognized via these championships the teams and individuals who excelled at the highest level of women's collegiate competition.
The NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships is an annual college championship in the United States. The meet is typically held on the second-to-last weekend (Thursday-Saturday) in March, and consists of individual and relay events for female swimmers and divers at Division I schools. The swimming-portion of the meet takes ...
The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ( AIAW) was a college athletics organization in the United States, founded in 1971 to govern women's college competitions in the country and to administer national championships (see AIAW Champions ). It evolved out of the "Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women" (CIAW), founded ...
Swimming 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 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and ...
NBC (championship game) The AIAW women's basketball tournament was a national tournament for women's collegiate basketball teams in the United States, held annually from 1972 to 1982. [1] [2] The winners of the AIAW tournaments from 1972 to 1981 are recognized as the national champions for those years. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Bill Diaz (August 1, 1925–September 18, 2014) was a high school and college swim coach, best known for coaching the University of Miami men's team from July 1970 to 1984, and leading them to National Championships in 1974, 1977, and 1982. Diaz started the first women's swim team at Miami in 1973, and soon led them to AIAW National ...
Women's swimming and diving. Current head coach Carol Capitani is the 10th head coach in the program's history and has been in charge since June 2012. Matt Scoggin also coaches the women divers. AIAW team championships. 1981 – coach: Paul Bergen; 1982 – coach: Richard Quick; NCAA team championships. 1984 – coach: Richard Quick
Listed below are the colleges and universities with the most AIAW top-level sanctioned team championships.Before the NCAA began sponsoring women's collegiate sports, the AIAW operated as a national organizing body, conducted tournaments, and awarded national championships for women's sports from 1972 to 1982.