UCLA Claims 100th NCAA Team Championship With Win in Women's Water Polo

INDIANAPOLIS--The UCLA Bruins have accomplished what no other NCAA member institution has done—winning 100 NCAA team championship titles in athletics competition.

           

UCLA won its 100th NCAA team title on Sunday when its women’s water polo team captured the national championship in Los Alamitos, Calif.  UCLA beat Stanford, 5-4, to win its fifth team title in women’s water polo.  UCLA’s first national title was in men’s tennis in the 1949-50 season. 

“The UCLA Bruins are the first NCAA member institution to reach the milestone of 100 NCAA championships.  The university, it’s athletics administration, and most notably the coaches and student-athletes who contributed to this accomplishment throughout the years should be proud,” said Myles Brand, NCAA president.  “This is a feat of major significance especially when you consider the wide range of sports and the number of student-athletes who played a role in earning those titles.”

UCLA NCAA team championships by sport: 

• Men's basketball: 11

• Men's golf: 1
• Women's golf: 2
• Men's gymnastics: 2
• Women's gymnastics: 5
• Men's soccer: 4
• Women's softball: 10
• Men's swimming & diving: 1
• Men's tennis: 16
• Women's indoor track & field: 2
• Men's outdoor track & field: 8
• Women's outdoor track & field: 3
• Men's volleyball: 19
• Women's volleyball: 3
• Men's water polo: 8
• Women's water polo: 5

All-time NCAA Division I championship team titles (top six as of 5/15/07):

• UCLA - 100 (70 men, 30 women)
• Stanford University– 93 (57 men, 36 women)
• University of Southern California - 84 (73 men, 11 women)

• Oklahoma State University- 48 (48 men)
• University of Arkansas – 43 (43 men)
• LSU – 40 (16 men, 24 women)

[Note:  Abilene Christian University has the most Division II championship titles with 51 (30 men, 21 women).  Kenyon College has the most Division III championship titles with 52 (28 men, 24 women).]