Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women

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college athletics governing body non-profit organization sports organization

The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women was a pioneering national organization that governed and promoted women’s collegiate sports in the United States before the NCAA assumed control of women’s athletics.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women canonical	9
AIAW	1
AIAW (historical)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	college athletics governing body ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ sports organization ⓘ
activePeriodEnd	early 1980s ⓘ
activePeriodStart	early 1970s ⓘ
advocatedFor	educational model of athletics ⓘ gender equity in college sports ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1982 ⓘ
emphasized	student-athlete academic priorities ⓘ
field	college sports governance ⓘ women's physical education ⓘ
focus	women's collegiate athletics ⓘ women's sports ⓘ
founded	1971 ⓘ
governanceModel	faculty control ⓘ women physical educators leadership ⓘ
governed	women's college sports championships ⓘ women's intercollegiate competition rules ⓘ
influenced	development of NCAA women's championships ⓘ policies on women's intercollegiate athletics ⓘ
influencedBy	Title IX ⓘ surface form: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
legacy	foundation for modern women's college sports structure ⓘ increased opportunities for women student-athletes in the United States ⓘ
legalContext	Title IX era ⓘ
lostGovernanceTo	National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
membershipType	colleges and universities ⓘ four-year institutions ⓘ two-year institutions ⓘ
notableEvent	first AIAW national championships held in early 1970s ⓘ legal disputes with NCAA over control of women's championships ⓘ
organized	national championships for women's college sports ⓘ regional championships for women's college sports ⓘ women's college basketball championships ⓘ women's college field hockey championships ⓘ women's college gymnastics championships ⓘ women's college softball championships ⓘ women's college swimming and diving championships ⓘ women's college tennis championships ⓘ women's college track and field championships ⓘ women's college volleyball championships ⓘ
precededBy	Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ⓘ
promoted	women's participation in college sports ⓘ
replaced	Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ⓘ
scope	intercollegiate athletics ⓘ
sportLevel	college ⓘ
succeededBy	National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

AIAW women’s basketball championship → governingBody → Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ⓘ

AIAW women’s basketball championship → organizer → Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ⓘ

Immaculata College women’s basketball team → governingBodyHistorical → Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ⓘ

Delta State University women’s basketball team → governingBodyHistorical → Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ⓘ

UCLA Bruins women’s basketball team → governingAssociation → Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ⓘ

subject surface form: UCLA Bruins women's basketball team

this entity surface form: AIAW (historical)

Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women → succeededBy → Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ⓘ

Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women → relatedTo → Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ⓘ

AIAW Women’s College World Series → governingBody → Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ⓘ

AIAW Women’s College World Series → organizer → Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ⓘ

1982 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship → predecessorTournamentOrganizer → Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ⓘ

this entity surface form: AIAW