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The NCAA added women’s wrestling as its 91st championship sport, providing another athletics opportunity for female athletes to compete. Divisions I, II and III approved the addition at the Association’s annual Convention this week in Nashville,

The North Carolina Tar Heels are the winners of the 2024-25 Capital One Cup, awarded to the women's athletics program that totaled the most points in a combinat

But this is a low bar. The NCAA could have sold the women’s tournament on its own last year, for far more than its current $65 million valuation.

Adding new championship sports is a complex process and requires a commitment from NCAA administrators as well as key activists and leaders in the sport. Here are a few of the most notable moments in the timeline of women’s NCAA wrestling’s path to championship status.

For the first time in 2026, the NCAA will officially host a national postseason tournament and championship for women’s wrestling. The emerging sport was added as the NCAA’s 91st championship back in January,

The NCAA on Friday named the 2026-27 chairs of the NCAA Division I men’s and women’s basketball committees and a plan to announce the top 16 seeds for the women's tournament the day before Selection Sunday.

Kim Jones and Marshi Smith founded the Independent Council on Women's Sports after witnessing transgender athlete Lia Thomas compete against female swimmers.