National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

The NCAA is located in Indianapolis, IN and is the nation's foremost collegiate athletic association, offering championship competitions to some 1,000-member institutions in three divisions for men and women.

Over 15,000 men and women compete in NCAA-sponsored championship events each year.

Williams and NESCAC did not allow NCAA postseason team championship competitions until the 1993-94 academic year.

Williams has won more NCAA Division III Championships in more sports (9) than any other school.

Willaims won the first NCAA Division III Championship offered in women's swimming and diving (1982) and rowing (2002).

Williams was he first NCAA women's team to repeat as NCAA champions (2001 & 2002).

Williams became the first NCAA women's crew team to win three NCAA titles in a row -- 2006, 2007 & 2008.

The Ephs have also won 19 NCAA Post Graduate scholarships since 1965. women's crew leads with four.

Most titles won by a Williams coach in one sport = 3, by Dave Johnson (men's tennis) and Justin Moore (women's crew).

Most NCAA titles won by one coach = 4, by Peter Farwell (2 men's cross country and 2 women's cross country).

Overall women's crew leads with the most NCAA titles -- four.

NCAA Division III Championships

Year
Sport  Coach
(1) 1982 Women's Swimming & Diving * Carl Samuelson
(2) 1983 Women's Swimming & Diving Carl Samuelson
(3) 1994 Men's Cross Country Peter Farwell
(4) 1995 Men's Cross Country
Peter Farwell
(5) 1999
Men's Soccer
Mike Russo
(6) 1999
Men's Tennis
Dave Johnson
(7) 2001
Men's Tennis
Dave Johnson
(8) 2001 Women's Tennis
Julie Greenwood
(9) 2002 Men's Tennis Dave Johnson
(10) 2002
Women's Tennis **
Julie Greenwood
(11) 2002
Women's Crew *
Justin Moore 
(12) 2002 
Women's Cross Country Peter Farwell
(13) 2003
Men's Basketball Dave Paulsen
(14) 2004
Women's Cross Country Peter Farwell
(15) 2006
Women's Crew Justin Moore
(16) 2007 Women's Track & Field Ralph White
(17) 2007
Women's Crew Pat Tynan
(18) 2008 Women's Tennis Alison Swain #
(19) 2008
Women's Crew *** Justin Moore



  *1st NCAA Div. III Championship offered
 
  ** 1st team to repeat as champions
 

***1st team to win three straight NCAA titles

# first Eph to win an NCAA title as a player and then
coach an Eph team to an NCAA Championship

 

NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships


Year
Name
Sport(s)
1965
E. David Coolidge
Basketball
1965  Jerry T. Jones Football 
1967
David C. Rikert  Skiing 
1972
John C. Murray  Football 
1986
Timothy J. Walsh  Basketball 
1990
Ann C. Dannhauer  Cross Country/Track 
1992  Cherie L. Macauley
Cross Country/Track
1993
Seth McClennen  Cross Country/Track 
1995
Gregory J. Crowther  Cross Country/Track 
1995
Dennis V. Geronimus  Tennis 
1996 Medley O. Gatewood  Football 
1996
Jeremie J. Perry
Cross Country/Track 
1996
Jessica Racusin  Cross Country/Track 
1997
Alana Teutonico  Basketball/Lacrosse 
1999
Laura Brenneman   Soccer/Basketball/Softball 
2007
Patrick Huffer  Soccer 
2007  Tyler Gray  Soccer/Track 
2007  Stephen Spinelli
Swimming