Sept. 17, 2010
Penn State Facts
Number of Division I Men's Sports (2010-11): 15
Last Division I Men's Sport Added by Penn State: Men's Volleyball (1978)
Number of Division I Women's Sports (2010-11): 14
Last Division I Women's Sport Added by Penn State: Women's Soccer (1994)
Men's Ice Hockey at Penn State:
- Varsity Sport from 1939-40 to 1945-46
- Came back to Penn State's campus as a club sport in 1971-72
- 7 ACHA National Championships (1983-84, 1989-90, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02, and 2002-03)
Women's Ice Hockey at Penn State:
- Established as a club sport in 1996-97
- 2001-02 ACHA Final Four
- Six national tournament appearances
- 1999 Mid-Atlantic Women's Collegiate Hockey Association (MAWCHA) champions
NCAA Facts - Number of Division I Sports Sponsored
Top 5 Division I FBS Institutions Sponsoring the Greatest Number of Sports:
(Data for 2010-11 year)
| 1. | Stanford | 35 |
| 2. | Ohio State | 34 |
| 3. | Boston College | 31 |
| 4. | Navy | 29 |
| PENN STATE | 29 |
Top 15 Division I Institutions Sponsoring the Greatest Number of Sports:
(Data for the 2010-11 year)
| 1. | Harvard | 40 |
| 2. | Brown | 37 |
| Princeton | 37 |
| 4. | Cornell | 36 |
| 5. | Stanford | 35 |
| Yale | 35 |
| 7. | Ohio State | 34 |
| 8. | Dartmouth | 33 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 33 |
| 10. | Sacred Heart | 32 |
| 11. | Boston College | 31 |
| 12. | Columbia University-Barnard College | 30 |
| Navy | 30
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| 14. | PENN STATE | 29 |
| 15. | Georgetown | 28 |
| North Carolina | 28 |
NCAA and Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Facts
Number of Division I Sponsoring Institutions (2010-11): 58
Last Division I School to Add Men's Ice Hockey: Robert Morris (2004-05)
Number of Big Ten Institutions Sponsoring Men's Ice Hockey: 5 (Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, and Wisconsin)
Last Big Ten School to Add Men's Ice Hockey: Ohio State, 1964
Pennsylvania Institutions Currently Sponsoring Division I Men's Ice Hockey: Mercyhurst, Robert Morris
Future NCAA Frozen Four Locations in Pennsylvania: Consol Energy Center - Pittsburgh, Pa. (April 11 and 13, 2013), hosted by Robert Morris
Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, Pa. (April 10 and 12, 2014), hosted by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)
* These two championships will be the first two NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship events held in the state of Pennsylvania.
NCAA and Big Ten Women's Ice Hockey Facts
Number of Division I Sponsoring Institutions (2010-11): 35
Number of Big Ten Institutions Sponsoring Women's Ice Hockey: 3 (Minnesota, Ohio State and Wisconsin)
Last Division I School to Add Women's Ice Hockey: Syracuse (2008-09)
Last Big Ten School to Add Women's Ice Hockey: Minnesota (1997)
Pennsylvania Institutions Currently Sponsoring Division I Women's Ice Hockey: Mercyhurst, Robert Morris
Future NCAA Frozen Four Locations in Pennsylvania: Tullio Arena - Erie, Pa. (March 18-20, 2011), hosted by Mercyhurst (2011 will mark the first time the Women's Frozen Four will be held in Pennsylvania)
