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The Nebraska–Kearney Lopers are the athletic teams that represent the University of Nebraska at Kearney, located in Kearney, Nebraska, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) for most of its sports since the 2012–13 academic year ...
This year's event was hosted at the Bob Devaney Sports Center at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska. The men's and women's titles would not be held at the same site until 2006. Stanford topped defending champions Florida by 29 points in the team standings, capturing the Cardinal's first team title.
The conference began sponsoring women's sports in the mid-1970s under the direction of Assistant Commissioner Steven J. Hatchell. Due to its common history with the Missouri Valley Conference , Big Eight championships from the 1907–08 through the 1927–28 academic year are also claimed by the MVC.
The Devaney Center opened in 1976 with a capacity of 13,595, replacing the Nebraska Coliseum as the primary home venue for Nebraska's men's and women's basketball programs. . Initially called the NU Sports Complex, it was later named for College Football Hall of Fame head coach Bob Devaney, who led Nebraska's football program to two national championships and served as athletic director for ...
Nebraska's women's gymnastics program was established in 1975. The school's first team, led by head coach Karen Balke, was made up entirely of freshmen and sophomores. Judy Schalk replaced Balke after two seasons and led the Huskers to five conference titles and a national tournament bid.
Merlene Ottey is Nebraska's most decorated Olympian in terms of medals won, winning three silver and six bronze across seven Olympic Games, a record for track and field competitors. [1] South African swimmer Penelope Heyns – the only Cornhusker with multiple gold medals – is the only woman to ever win the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke ...
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Following the normal standard of U.S. sports media, the terms "University" and "College" are ignored in alphabetization, unless necessary to distinguish schools (such as Boston College and Boston University) or are actually used by the media in normally describing the school (formerly the case for the College of Charleston, but media now use ...