NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship

NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship

Sport	College indoor volleyball
Founded	1981
No. of teams	317
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Nebraska (4)
Most titles	Penn State (7)
TV partner(s)	ESPNU
Official website	NCAA.com

The NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship is the annual championship in women's volleyball from teams in Division I contested by the NCAA each winter since 1981. Nebraska won the most recent 2015 national championship by defeating Texas 3-0 in front of an NCAA-record crowd of 17,561 at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

History

From 1970 through 1980, before the NCAA governed women's collegiate athletics, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women alone conducted the women's collegiate volleyball championships.

Volleyball 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; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA conquered the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership.

There is also a NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship for men's volleyball teams in Division I and Division III, as there are far fewer men's programs than women's.

Champions

The following is a list of the champions of each division with their record for the year in which they won the championship, and the runner-up, city, site and other final four participants for Division I.

See Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships for the Division I volleyball champions from 1970 to 1981. NOTE: In 1981 there were both NCAA and AIAW champions.

NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship^[1]
Year	Host City (University)	Host Arena	Final			Third Place Final / Semifinalists
Year	Host City (University)	Host Arena	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1981	Los Angeles, CA (UCLA)	Pauley Pavilion	USC (27–10)	3–2	UCLA	San Diego State	3–0	Pacific
1982	Stockton, CA (Pacific)	Alex G. Spanos Center	Hawaii (33–1)	3–2	USC	San Diego State	3–2	Stanford
1983	Lexington, KY (Kentucky)	Memorial Coliseum	Hawaii (2) (34–2)	3–0	UCLA	Stanford	3–1	Pacific
1984	Los Angeles, CA (UCLA)	Pauley Pavilion	UCLA (33–6)	3–2	Stanford	Pacific	3–1	San Jose State
1985	Kalamazoo, MI (Western Michigan)	Read Fieldhouse	Pacific (36–3)	3–1	Stanford	USC	3–2	UCLA
1986	Stockton, CA (Pacific)	Alex G. Spanos Center	Pacific (2) (39–3)	3–0	Nebraska	Texas, Stanford
1987	Indianapolis, IN	Market Square Arena	Hawaiʻi (3) (37–2)	3–1	Stanford	Illinois, Texas
1988	Minneapolis, MN (Minnesota)	Williams Arena	Texas (34–5)	3–0	Hawaiʻi	Illinois, UCLA
1989	Honolulu, HI (Hawaiʻi)	Blaisdell Arena	Long Beach State (32–5)	3–0	Nebraska	UT Arlington, UCLA
1990	College Park, MD (Maryland)	Cole Field House	UCLA (2) (36–1)	3–0	Pacific	LSU, Nebraska
1991	Los Angeles, CA (UCLA)	Pauley Pavilion	UCLA (3) (31–5)	3–2	Long Beach State	LSU, Ohio State
1992	Albuquerque, NM (New Mexico)	University Arena	Stanford (31–2)	3–2	UCLA	Long Beach State, Florida
1993	Madison, WI (Wisconsin)	UW Field House	Long Beach State (2) (32–2)	3–1	Penn State	BYU, Florida
1994	Austin, TX (Texas)	Frank Erwin Center	Stanford (2) (32–1)	3–1	UCLA	Penn State, Ohio State
1995	Amherst, MA (Massachusetts)	Mullins Center	Nebraska (32–1)	3–1	Texas	Stanford, Michigan State
1996	Cleveland, OH (Cleveland State)	CSU Convocation Center	Stanford (3) (31–2)	3–0	Hawaiʻi	Nebraska, Florida
1997	Spokane, WA (Washington State)	Spokane Arena	Stanford (4) (33–2)	3–2	Penn State	Long Beach State, Florida
1998	Madison, WI (Wisconsin)	Kohl Center	Long Beach State (3) (36–0)	3–2	Penn State	Nebraska, Florida
1999	Honolulu, HI (Hawaiʻi)	Stan Sheriff Center	Penn State (36–1)	3–0	Stanford	Long Beach State, Pacific
2000	Richmond, VA (VCU)	Richmond Coliseum	Nebraska (2) (34–0)	3–2	Wisconsin	Hawaiʻi, USC
2001	San Diego, CA (San Diego State)	Cox Arena	Stanford (5) (33–2)	3–0	Long Beach State	Arizona, Nebraska
2002	New Orleans, LA	New Orleans Arena	USC (2) (31–1)	3–1	Stanford	Hawaiʻi, Florida
2003	Dallas, TX	Reunion Arena	USC (3) (35–0)	3–1	Florida	Hawaiʻi, Minnesota
2004	Long Beach, CA (Long Beach State)	Long Beach Arena	Stanford (6) (30–6)	3–0	Minnesota	USC, Washington
2005	San Antonio, TX (UTSA)	Alamodome	Washington (32–1)	3–0	Nebraska	Santa Clara, Tennessee
2006	Omaha, NE (Nebraska)	Qwest Center	Nebraska (3) (33–1)	3–1	Stanford	UCLA, Washington
2007	Sacramento, CA (Sacramento State)	ARCO Arena	Penn State (2) (34–2)	3–2	Stanford	California, USC
2008	Omaha, NE (Nebraska)	Qwest Center	Penn State (3) (38–0)	3–0	Stanford	Nebraska, Texas
2009	Tampa, FL (South Florida)	St. Pete Times Forum	Penn State (4) (38–0)	3–2	Texas	Hawaiʻi, Minnesota
2010	Kansas City, MO (UMKC)	Sprint Center	Penn State (5) (32–5)	3–0	California	Texas, USC
2011	San Antonio, TX (UTSA)	Alamodome	UCLA (4) (30–6)	3–1	Illinois	Florida State, USC
2012	Louisville, KY (Louisville)	KFC Yum! Center	Texas (2) (29–4)	3–0	Oregon	Michigan, Penn State
2013	Seattle, Washington (Washington)	KeyArena	Penn State (6) (34–2)	3-1	Wisconsin	Texas, Washington
2014	Oklahoma City, OK (Oklahoma)	Chesapeake Energy Arena	Penn State (7) (36–3)	3-0	BYU	Stanford, Texas
2015	Omaha, NE (Nebraska)	CenturyLink Center Omaha	Nebraska (4) (32–4)	3-0	Texas	Kansas, Minnesota
2016	Columbus, OH (Ohio State)	Nationwide Arena
2017	Kansas City, MO (UMKC & Kansas)	Sprint Center

Statistics

Team titles

Team	Record	Years won
Penn State	7–3	1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
Stanford	6–8	1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004
UCLA	4–4	1984, 1990, 1991, 2011
Nebraska	4–3	1995, 2000, 2006, 2015
Hawaii	3–2	1982, 1983, 1987
Long Beach State	3–2	1989, 1993, 1998
USC	3–1	1981, 2002, 2003
Texas	2–3	1988, 2012
Pacific	2–1	1985, 1986
Washington	1–0	2005
BYU	0–1
California	0–1
Florida	0–1
Illinois	0–1
Minnesota	0–1
Oregon	0–1
Wisconsin	0–2

Champions by decade

1980s

Hawaii

Pacific

1	Long Beach State, Texas, UCLA, USC

1990s

Stanford

2	Long Beach State, UCLA

1	Nebraska, Penn State

2000s

3	Penn State

2	Nebraska, Stanford, USC

1	Washington

2010s

3	Penn State

1	Texas, UCLA, Nebraska

Winners of two or more consecutive championships

Wins	Team	Years
4	Penn State	2007-10
2	Hawaii	1982-83
	Pacific	1985-86
	UCLA	1990-91
	Stanford	1996-97
	USC	2002-03
	Penn State	2013-14

Champions by state

Champions by state
State	Wins	Years won
California	18	1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011
Pennsylvania	7	1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
Nebraska	4	1995, 2000, 2006, 2015
Hawaii	3	1982, 1983, 1987
Texas	2	1988, 2012
Washington	1	2005

Records

Sources: Championships records,^[1] Attendance records^[2]

Highest attendance to watch an NCAA championship match - 2015 championship game (17,561)
Lowest attendance to watch an NCAA championship match - 1983 (2,000)
Number 1 seed win NCAA championship†- 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009
Lowest seed to win NCAA championship - 11 (Stanford, 2004)
Lowest seed in NCAA championship game - Unseeded (BYU, 2014)
#1 seed defeats #2 seed in NCAA championship†- 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009
Most NCAA championships by team: Penn State (7)
Most consecutive championships by team: Penn State (4)
Most consecutive post-season victories: Penn State (26) - 2007 (6), 2008 (6), 2009 (6), 2010 (6), 2011 (2)
Most championships for a head coach: Russ Rose, Penn State (7) - 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
Most NCAA championships by conference: Pac-12 (14)
Most consecutive championships by conference: Pac-12 (5)
Most appearances in NCAA final: Stanford 14 (6 win/8 lost); Penn State 10 (7/3); UCLA 8 (4/4)
Most NCAA final fours: Stanford 19 (6 NCs/8 finals/5 semis); Penn State 12 (7/3/2); UCLA 12 (4/4/4); Nebraska 12 (4/3/5); Southern California 10 (3/1/6)
Most NCAA final fours without a championship: Florida 7 (1 runner-up/6 semis)
Undefeated seasons since 1981: Long Beach State (1998), Nebraska (2000), USC (2003), Penn State (2008), Penn State (2009)

† - Since 2001, when current seeding field began.

Most Outstanding Player

In 1991 and now annually since 1996, the NCAA has awarded the most outstanding player(s) of the NCAA championship.^[1]

Year	Most Outstanding Player	School
1991	Natalie Williams Antoinnette White	UCLA Long Beach State
1996	Kerri Walsh	Stanford
1997	Terri Zemaitis	Penn State
1998	Misty May Lauren Cacciamani	Long Beach State (2) Penn State (2)
1999	Lauren Cacciamani	Penn State (3)
2000	Greichaly Cepero	Nebraska
2001	Logan Tom	Stanford (2)
2002	Keao Burdine	Southern California
2003	Keao Burdine	Southern California (2)
2004	Ogonna Nnamani	Stanford (3)
2005	Christal Morrison	Washington
2006	Sarah Pavan	Nebraska (2)
2007	Megan Hodge	Penn State (4)
2008	Megan Hodge	Penn State (5)
2009	Destinee Hooker	Texas
2010	Deja McClendon	Penn State (6)
2011	Rachael Kidder	UCLA (2)
2012	Bailey Webster	Texas (2)
2013	Micha Hancock	Penn State (7)
2014	Megan Courtney	Penn State (8)
2015	Mikaela Foecke	Nebraska (3)

References

External links

NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball

NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

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