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Central College championship history

2000 NCAA champions

Central captured the 2000 NCAA Division III volleyball championship before a sell-out crowd at P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium. It was the third consecutive NCAA crown for the Dutch.

NCAA Divison III national team championships (11)
1974 -- Football
1981 -- Women's cross country
1982 -- Women's track and field
1988 -- Softball
1991 -- Softball
1993 -- Women's basketball
1993 -- Softball
1998 -- Volleyball
1999 -- Volleyball
2000 -- Volleyball
2003 -- Softball

1993 NCAA champions
Unranked Central rallied from second-half deficits in the semifinal and final to claim the 1993 NCAA Division III women's
basketball championship,

Central's top-10 national team finishes
1974
Football, first
1990
Wrestling, seventh
1979
Women's cross country, fourth
Softball, third
1980
Women's cross country, sixth
Women's golf, sixth
1981
Women's track, fourth
Football, final four
Women's cross country, first
1991
Wrestling, fourth
Men's golf, ninth
Softball, first
1982
Women's track, first
Women's golf, fourth
Men's golf, tenth
1992
Wrestling, sixth
1983
Women's golf, third
Football, final eight
Men's golf, sixth
1993
Women's basketball, first
Football, final four
Women's Golf, fifth
1984
Women's track, second
Softball, first
Men's golf, sixth
1994
Softball, third
Football, second
Men's track, seventh
1985
Wrestling, second
1995
Men's golf, sixth
Men's golf, fifth
Softball, third
1986
Wrestling, eighth
1996
Men's golf, tenth
Women's golf, second
1997
Softball, tie, fifth
Softball, second
Men's golf, seventh
Football, final eight
Volleyball, third
1987
Wrestling, eighth
1998
Volleyball, first
Softball, fourth
1999
Volleyball, first
Men's golf, sixth
2000
Men's track and field, third
Women's golf, third
Volleyball, first
Football, final four
Football, final eight
1988
Women's golf, third
2001
Men's track and field, sixth
Softball, first
Softball, second
Football, second
2002
Men's track and field, seventh
1989
Wrestling, fifth
Men's golf, ninth
Women's golf, second
2003
Softball, first
Softball, fourth
2004
Men's golf, ninth (tie)
Football, final eight
2007
Football, final eight
 

Coach Ron Schipper and 1974 NCAA championship trophy

Longtime Central coach Ron Schipper accepts 1974 NCAA Division III football championship trophy following a 10-8 Dutch victory over Ithaca College (N.Y.) in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl in Phenix City, Ala.