The Sports Almanac


Penn State Nittany Lions Division I National Championships


Overall Championships -- 58
YEAR
SPORT
RUNNER-UP
1911
Football
NONE
1912
Football
NONE
1932
Boxing
New Hampshire Wildcats/Syracuse Orangemen/Tulane Green Wave
1942
Men's Cross Country
Rhode Island State Rams
1947
Men's Cross Country
Syracuse Orangemen
1948
Men's Gymnastics
Temple Owls
1950
Men's Cross Country
Michigan State Spartans
1953
Men's Gymnastics
Illinois Fighting Illini

Wrestling
Oklahoma Sooners
1954
Men's Gymnastics
Illinois Fighting Illini
1957
Men's Gymnastics
Illinois Fighting Illini
1959
Men's Gymnastics
Illinois Fighting Illini
1960
Men's Gymnastics
USC Trojans
1961
Men's Gymnastics
Southern Illinois Salukis
1965
Men's Gymnastics
Washington Huskies
1976
Men's Gymnastics
LSU Tigers
1982
Football
NONE
1983
Women's Fencing
Wayne State Warriors
1986
Football
NONE
1987
Women's Lacrosse
Temple Owls

Women's Lacrosse
Harvard Crimson
1990
Fencing
Columbia Lions-Barnard Bears
1991
Fencing
Columbia Lions-Barnard Bears
1994
Men's Volleyball
UCLA Bruins
1995
Fencing
St. John's Red Storm
1996
Fencing
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1997
Fencing
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1998
Fencing
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1999
Fencing
Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Women's Volleyball
Stanford Cardinal
2000
Fencing
Notre Dame Fighting Irish/St. John's Red Storm

Men's Gymnastics
Michigan Wolverines
2002
Fencing
St. John's Red Storm
2004
Men's Gymnastics
Oklahoma Sooners
2007
Fencing
St. John's Red Storm

Men's Gymnastics
Oklahoma Sooners

Women's Volleyball
Stanford Cardinal
2008
Men's Volleyball
Pepperdine Waves

Women's Volleyball
Stanford Cardinal
2009
Fencing
Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Women's Volleyball
Texas Longhorns
2010
Fencing
St. John's Red Storm

Women's Volleyball
California Golden Bears
2011
Wrestling
Cornell Big Red
2012
Wrestling
Minnesota Golden Gophers
2013
Wrestling
Oklahoma State Cowboys

Women's Volleyball
Wisconsin Badgers
2014
Wrestling
Minnesota Golden Gophers

Fencing
Princeton Tigers

Women's Volleyball
BYU Cougars
2015
Women's Soccer
Duke Blue Devils
2016
Wrestling
Oklahoma State Cowboys
2017
Wrestling
Ohio State Buckeyes
2018
Wrestling
Ohio State Buckeyes
2019
Wrestling
Ohio State Buckeyes
2022
Wrestling Michigan Wolverines
2023
Wrestling
Iowa Hawkeyes
2024
Wrestling
Cornell Big Red