SpoRTS AND ROSTER/SCHOLARSHIP LIMITS

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 The first ever nine-man team college baseball game under the Knickerbocker Rules still in use today was played in New York on November 3, 1859 between the Fordham Rose Hill Baseball Club of St. John's College (now Fordham University) against The College of St. Francis Xavier, now known as Xavier High School. 

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 College basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including the United States' National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). Each of these various organizations are subdivided into from one to three divisions based on the number and level of scholarships that may be provided to the athletes.

With 11 national titles, UCLA has the record for the most NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships; John Wooden coached UCLA to 10 of its 11 titles. The University of Kentucky is 2nd, with 8 national titles, while Indiana University and the University of North Carolina are tied for 3rd with 5 national titles. Duke University and the University of Connecticut are tied for 5th with 4 national titles.

Roster Limit: (M) 15 (F) 15

 The championship was approved by the NCAA Convention during the fall of 2015, and a committee was selected to determine the tournament's organizational structure. Before 2015, sand volleyball had been one of the NCAA's "emerging sports" (which included women's ice hockey, bowling, rowing, and water polo in the past). As such, a separate championship had been contested annually, since 2012, by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Before 2012 several championships were televised by Collegiate Nationals. As of 2015, over 50 schools (from Divisions I, II, and III) had sponsored sand volleyball, ten more than the total number of required programs. The sport's name was changed from "sand volleyball" to the more usual "beach volleyball" in June 2015, and the committee overseeing the sport is now named the NCAA Beach Volleyball Committee 

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Formal cross country competition traces its history to the 19th century and an English game called "hare and hounds" or "the paper chase". English schools started competing in cross country races in 1837, and established a national championship on December 7, 1867. It was held on Wimbledon Common in south-west London.

Most American universities and colleges field men's and women's cross country teams as part of their athletic program. Over 900 men's cross country teams and over 1000 women's cross country teams compete in the three divisions of the National Collegiate Athletic Association alone.[25] Men usually race 10 km (6.2 mi) or 8 km (5.0 mi), and women usually race 6 km (3.7 mi) or 5 km (3.1 mi).[4] The season culminates in men's and women's championships. Jr. College men often race 4 miles.

Roster Limit: (M) 17 (F) 17

 Field hockey was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981-82 school year. The most successful NCAA DI team are the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs who have nine titles. The most recent championship, hosted in Norfolk, Virginia, was won by the three-time national champion Connecticut. 

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 College teams mostly play other similarly sized schools through the NCAA's divisional system. Division I generally consists of the major collegiate athletic powers with larger budgets, more elaborate facilities, and (with the exception of a few conferences such as the Pioneer Football League) more athletic scholarships. Division II primarily consists of smaller public and private institutions that offer fewer scholarships than those in Division I. Football is one sport where there has been wide debate over which team has been the best over the course of a season as there has not been a recognised championship game. The overall champion was decided by a poll. Since 1998, the BCS Championship game has taken place. Alabama has won this on three occasions, whilst Florida, Florida State and LSU each have two wins. 

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 Many college golfers have gone on to have successful careers on the PGA Tour, including NCAA Division I Strokeplay winners such as 1961 champion Jack Nicklaus, 1967 champion Hale Irwin, 1996 champion Tiger Woods, and three-time champions Ben Crenshaw and Phil Mickelson. On the women’s side there has been notable LPGA winners, including Annika Sorenstam (’91), Grace Park (’99) and Stacy Lewis (’07). 

Roster Limit: (M) 9 (F) 9

The NCAA introduced women's gymnastics as a championship sport in 1982. Under the NCAA, only five universities have claimed the overall Division I championship. The University of Georgia have won the most titles with 7. UCLA and the Universities of Florida, Alabama and Utah have won the remaining titles.

Men also compete in gymnastics but with limited opportunities as there are few schools which compete in the sport. To be considered for a scholarship in either men’s or women’s you will need to be involved at national level in your country of residence.

Roster Limit: (M) 20 (F) 20

 The annual NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship is a college ice hockey tournament held in the United States by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the top men's team in Division I.

Union won the 2014 championship for men whilst 9-time winner Michigan is the most successful ice hockey university with the most championship wins.

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 The first Division I Men’s Championship tournament held in 1971 replaced the USILA and Wingate Memorial Trophy national title awards. Since then, 42 NCAA tournaments have been held. In that span nine teams — Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, Princeton, North Carolina, Virginia, Cornell, Duke, Maryland, and Loyola — have won the national title, with Syracuse leading with ten titles. In Women’s Lacrosse, Maryland with 12 titles and Northwestern with 7 are the most successful teams. 

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 The NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships have three events (I Eights, II Eights, Fours), and twenty-two teams compete. Eleven teams are selected through automatic qualification based on conference results. An additional eleven at-large teams are selected by the NCAA Rowing Committee. In previous years an additional, four at-large Eights are selected. 

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 Today, college rugby continues to grow in popularity, and rugby is one of the fastest growing sports across college campuses. Several schools have increased their investments in men's and women's rugby programs, by creating rugby programs with varsity or quasi-varsity status and funding for scholarships,[8] and Notre Dame and Texas have upgraded their rugby programs from "club" status to "Olympic" status. Women's rugby is now classied by the NCAA as an emerging varsity sport. 

Roster Limit: (M) No Limit (F) No Limit

 The NCAA first began holding a national champi- onship in 1959, Prior to 1959, the national champion had been determined by a national poll instead of through a national tournament. At the end of the NCAA college season, there is a college soccer 'draft', and during this draft the Professional Clubs in the USA can opt to draft the most talented college players to the professional leagues directly from college. The Professional Leagues who have the opportunity to cast their picks are usually the MLS (Major League Soccer) and the MISL (Major Indoor Soccer League), with the lower professional leagues such as USL1 and NASL having other ways to draft. 

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 Softball in the United States is played under the auspices of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) or National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association (NJCAA). The end of year National Championships is largely dominated by Pacific-12 Conference teams, who have combined to win 21 of the 27 NCAA Division I championships through 2008, including 10 wins from UCLA (1995 championship vacated) and 8 from University of Arizona. 

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College swimming is ultra competitive. The standard at the top level is immense with the largest proof of this being 3-Time London 2012 Olympic Gold medalist, Alison Schmitt, being still at the University of Georgia whilst achieving this feat.

At college, competitions are conducted over yards, not metres. Competitions are held in 25 yard pools and it is essential that all of your times are converted from 25m/50m pool time to a 25yd equivalent for coaches.

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The NCAA Men's Tennis Championships are held to crown a team, individual, and doubles champion in American college tennis. The first intercollegiate championship was held in 1883, 23 years before the founding of the NCAA, with Harvard's Joseph Clark taking the singles title. The same year Clark partnered to Howard Taylor to win the doubles title.

Since 1963, the NCAA organizes separate tournaments for Division I and II. A tournament for Division III was added in 1973.

Roster Limit: (M) 10 (F) 10

 Track and Field is one of the largest sports by participation numbers in college in the US. Across various athletic organisations and divisions, not only do colleges compete in Outdoor Track and Field, but also indoor and cross country. At the highest level of college sport, NCAA Division I, 20 members of the last USA Olympic Track and Field Team were still competing at college level. Most recently, Florida State, Texas A&M and Oregon have had the strongest track and field teams comprising of athletes that have competed at World Juniors. 

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 In January 2014, the NCAA overwhelmingly approved triathlon as the next Emerging Sport for Women for NCAA Division I, Division II and Division III member institutions.

As an Emerging Sport for Women, triathlon embarks on the journey to become a full-fledged NCAA Championship Sport, allowing female triathletes the opportunity to be official NCAA student-athletes and participate in competitive draft-legal racing.

To assist with this monumental opportunity, USA Triathlon announced in December of 2015 the $2.6 million USA Triathlon Women’s Triathlon Emerging Sport Grant. This grant is distributed to selected NCAA membership institutions to develop, implement, grow and sustain varsity women’s triathlon programs at the NCAA level,

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 Volleyball was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981-82 school year. Volleyball has grown to become one of the most popular sports by college numbers across the US, with well over 1000 universities offering opportunities. 

Roster Limit:  (M) 18 (F) 18

 The NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship has existed since the 1969 season. No school from outside the state of California has ever surpassed third place. Hence, no non-California school has ever participated in the NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship game. UCLA defeated USC in the 2014 men’s final, whilst Stanford defeated UCLA in the women’s. 

Roster Limit: (M) 24 (W) 24

 The NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships for individual and team wrestling were first officially awarded in 1929 and have been awarded annually since 1934 except during World War II 1943-1945. At the NCAA Wrestling Championships, which also crown individual champions, a points system is used to determine the team champion. The Oklahoma State Cowboys have won more NCAA team championships than any other school, having won the title 34 times (includes 3 unocial titles), most recently in 2006. The school with the second most championships is Iowa with 23 NCAA titles. 

Roster Limit: (M) 30 (F) 30