2004 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball National Championship Pressbook

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF From Equal Opportunity to the Highest Academic Standards THE RIGHT GAME FOR LIFE TM A HISTORY OF LEADERSHIP 193 ational Small College Basketball Tournament staged at Mtmicipal Auditorium in Kansas City. Missouri (first AI championship). 1938 Bas etball tournament expands to 32 teams. 1940 ational Association of Intercollegiate Basketball AIB) fonned; first conrnnt:Jon held 1944 o basketball tournament staged (World War II). "The central aim of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is for collegiate athletics to be an integral part of the total educational program of the institution, with emphasis upon instilling high ethical and moral character, health and leadership– citizenship traits in our youth." 1948 Black student-athletes participate in AIB basketball tournament. 1952 AIB adopts new moniker - ational Association of Intercollegiate 1953 1956 195 1958 0 1969 19 6 Athletics AJA) and introduces men 's championships for golf, tennis, and outdoor track and field . Predommantly black institutions are admitted into full membership. Baseball, cross country, football, and swrnmung and diving championships added for men AJA headquarters moves from the campus of George Peppercline ollege m Los Angeles to Kansas City, Missouri. Men's championships added for wrestling ('58), soccer ('59), bowling* ('62), gymnastics* ('64), indoor track and field ('66) and olleyball* (' 69) ( •no longer sponsored) Bas etball champ1onsh1p mo es to Kemper Arena in Kansas City after 38 m Muruc1pal Auctitorium ears Al 0. Duer, NAIA executi eSff:retary-treasurer NAIA District meeting- February16, 1960 1980 AIA becomes first national association to sponsor both men 's and women's championships by addmg women ' s basketball, ros ounlr) , g) mnast1cs*, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, softball, swunming and d1 ing, tennis, and voll yball hamp1on htps ( no long r sponsored) 1984 omen s soccer champ10nsh1p added 1 6 AJA ouncil of Presidents mo, es from ad, 1sory to governance role. h i f £ · · uti 1 mil . I bl 11 J I 11 , h it:1 1987 en's basketball hamp1onsh1p celebrate 0th armn er !lf) 19 Incl a aderruc ehg1b1lil) tandards for all partI 1p tmg tuden1-athl t ' adopted 1990 an rn ture adopted, ,,, 11 of P dent the tm mnuttee le dmg the al ng th 11 s s the oun 11 of Dt and th oun f e ntatn es I 91 Bas e1ball Lhampt nshtp (men sand, men ) -pht into ti o dt J ' t n l 9 A he dqu. rter m , e h m Kans tt) to ul klahom- m , mg 1th tt the mens On 1s1 n I b, ke1ball , m mberslup, oles tom lllutc aftih,1ted on.teren ·e and regwnal roupmgs • \\'om n ' goll 1s aid J, an ' -\1 ·ponsor J n. II nal ' hamptLJ\ ·lup 199 UI h ts ti, t p1111 , h 11p10n htp U m , 1th 1ght ham( 1 n tup 1n I o , Ul al lll bt UIU 111ph llll\g