April 23, 2024: Division II approves emergency legislation to eliminate its year-in-residence requirement for undergraduate student-athletes transferring between four-year schools and implement new academic standards for immediate eligibility. April 23, 2024 2
Aug. 30, 2023: Nebraska officially breaks the world record for attendance at a women’s sporting event at 92,003. Volleyball Day in Nebraska featured four teams across two divisions: Division II programs Wayne State (Nebraska) and Nebraska-Kearney played an exhibition match, followed by a regular-season Division I match between Nebraska and Omaha. The event was held in Memorial Stadium, the home of Nebraska football for 100 years. August 30, 2023 2
August 2023: Divisions II and III launch 50th anniversary celebrations. The divisions were founded Aug. 6, 1973, when NCAA members voted to reorganize into three divisions at a Special Convention. As part of its celebration, Division II announced two awards to recognize those who have made a difference in the division: the 50th Anniversary Gold Award and the 50th Anniversary Scholarship. The Division III campaign is marking significant moments in the division’s past, highlighting a division-wide week of service, celebrating current and former student-athletes and recognizing the relationship the division shares with Special Olympics. August 6, 2023 2
2009: Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, becomes the NCAA’s first member school outside the United States, joining Division II. September 1, 2009 0
June 24-26, 2005: Division II brings together presidents and chancellors in Orlando, Florida, to discuss issues important to the future of the division. It is the first such presidential summit in Association history. June 26, 2005 0
Nov. 12, 1983: Bloomsburg wins the first of 13 Division II Field Hockey Championship titles between 1983 and 2009 under coach Jan Hutchinson (in addition to Division III titles in 1984 and 1987, during an eight-year period when the Division II championship was discontinued). November 12, 1983 0
March 11, 1966: Kentucky Wesleyan wins the College Division Basketball Championship, the first of eight Division II titles between 1966 and 2001. March 11, 1966 0
