March 25, 1995: Middlebury wins the first of five straight Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Championship titles under coach Bill Beaney. The team added three more in 2004, 2005 and 2006. March 25, 1995 44
December 1994: The NCAA and CBS agree to a $1.7 billion, eight-year television contract; ESPN agrees to expand its coverage of the Division I Women’s Basketball Championship. December 1, 1994 53
March 17-19, 1994: Oklahoma State’s Pat Smith becomes the first four-time individual champion in the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, claiming all four titles at 158 pounds. March 19, 1994 49
March 17-19, 1994: Travis Miller of UC San Diego becomes the first participant in the Division III Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships to win nine career individual titles. March 19, 1994 46
Jan. 11, 1994: The Black Coaches Association threatens to boycott men’s basketball games in response to Division I’s defeat of a proposal to increase scholarships from 13 to 14. The boycott is averted when the NCAA and BCA agree Jan. 14 to Justice Department arbitration. January 11, 1994 45
January 1994: Division I commissioners create an NCAA membership restructuring proposal, prompting the appointment of three division-specific restructuring task forces. January 11, 1994 42
Nov. 5, 1993: Cedric Dempsey of the University of Arizona is selected to succeed Richard Schultz as executive director (the title was changed to “president” after the 1997 restructuring). November 5, 1993 52
May 16, 1993: Lander wins the first of eight straight Division II Men’s Tennis Championships team titles under coach Joe Cabri. May 16, 1993 50
Nov. 21, 1992: Adams State’s runners cross the finish line in first through fifth place, giving the team a perfect 15 points and the national title in the Division II Men’s Cross Country Championships. Meanwhile, the Adams State women win the first of eight straight team titles between 1992 and 1999 under coach Damon Martin. November 21, 1992 60
March 1992: The Gender-Equity Task Force forms in response to the first NCAA gender-equity study showing disparities in the treatment of male and female student-athletes. March 9, 1992 44
