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SWC National Championships
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Team National Champions
Southwest Conference teams have won 62 national championships in
15 sports since the league's inception. Note that the championships listed
below are only while each school has been in the conference.
Houston (4)
Men's Golf (4-1977, 1982, 1984, 1985)
SMU (6)
Football (1-1935 Eastern Collegiate Survey)
Men's Outdoor Track (2-1983, 1986)
Men's Indoor Track (1-1983)
Men's Golf (1-1954); Women's Golf (1-1979)
Texas (30)
Baseball (4-1949, 1950, 1975, 1983)
Men's Golf (2-1971, 1972)
Men's Swimming (5-1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
Football (3-1963 AP, 1969 AP, 1970 UPI),
Women's Swimming (7-1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988,
1990, 1991)
Women's Basketball (1-1986); Volleyball (2-1981
AIAW, 1988)
Women's Cross-Country (1-1986)
Women's Outdoor Track (1-1986)
Women's Indoor Track (3-1986, 1988, 1990)
Women's Tennis (1—1993)
Texas A&M (4)
Women's Softball (3-1982 AIAW, 1983, 1987)
Football (1-1939 AP).
TCU (3)
Football (2-1935 Maxwell Survey, 1938 AP)
Women's Golf (1-1983).
Texas Tech (1)
Women's Basketball (1-1993)
Arkansas (14)
Men's Indoor Track (8-1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988,
1989, 1990, 1991)
Men's Cross-Country (4-1984, 1986, 1987, 1990)
Men's Outdoor Track (1-1985)
Football (1-1964 UPI)
National Women's Invitation Basketball Tournament
Arkansas(1987)
NWIT runnerup: SMU (to Arkansas State, 1993)
National Men's Invitation Basketball Tournament
Texas (1978)
National Intercollegiate Volleyball Championship
Houston (1990)
WIVC runnerup: Baylor (to Louisiana St., 1993)
Individual National Award Winners
Broderick Award (National Female Athlete of the Year) - Kamie
Ethridge (Texas), basketball (athlete of the year for all NCAA-sanctioned
sports), 1986; Clarissa Davis (Texas), basketball, 1989; Michiko Hattori
(Texas), golf, 1990
Broderick National Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Regina Cavanaugh
(Rice), track and field, 1987
Davey O'Brien Award Winners (1) — Andre Ware (Houston), 1989
Dick Howser Award (2) - Brooks Kieschnick (Texas), 1992, 1993
Doak Walker Award Winners (2) — Trevor Cobb (Rice), 1991; Byron
"Bam" Morris (Texas Tech), 1993
Heisman Trophy Winners (5) —Davey O'Brien (TCU), 1938; Doak
Walker (SMU), 1948; John David Crow (Texas A&M), 1957; Earl
Campbell (Texas), 1977; Andre Ware (Houston), 1989
Vince Lombardi Trophy Winners (3) - Wilson Whitley (Houston),
1976; Kenneth Sims (Texas), 1981; Tony Degrate (Texas), 1984
Maxwell Award (3) - Davey O'Brien (TCU), 1938; Doak Walker
(SMU), 1947; Tommy Nobis (Texas), 1965
NCAA Top Six Award (1) - Jolanda Jones (Houston), 1989
Outland Trophy Winners (5) - Bill Brooks (Arkansas), 1954; Scott
Appleton (Texas), 1963; Tommy Nobis (Texas), 1965; Loyd Phillips
(Arkansas), 1966; Brad Shearer (Texas), 1977
Jim Thorpe Award Winners (1) — Thomas Everett (Baylor), 1986
Women's Basketball National Player of the Year —Kamie Etheridge
(Texas), 1986; Sheryl Swoopes (Texas Tech) 1993
Associated Press Sportswomen of the Year - Sheryl Swoopes (Texas
Tech), 1994
Eileen Vanisi
University of Texas
SWC Female Athlete of the Year
NCAA Shot Put Champion
America collegiate record-holder
Justin Leonard
University of Texas
SWC Male Athlete of the Year
NCAA Men's Golf Champion
Four-time SWC Golf Champion
National Golfer of the Year
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