The NAIA

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...

 sponsored a women's gymnastics championship between 1981 and 1988, when it was discontinued.

National Champions

Year	Site	Champion	Points	Runner-Up	Points
1981	Milledgeville, GA	Georgia College Georgia College & State University Georgia College & State University is a public liberal arts university in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States, with approximately 7,000 students...	130.20	Gustavus Adolphus Gustavus Adolphus College Gustavus Adolphus College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in St. Peter, Minnesota, United States. A coeducational, four-year, residential institution, it was founded in 1862 by Swedish Americans. To this day the school is firmly...	128.30
1982	Milledgeville, GA	Georgia College Georgia College & State University Georgia College & State University is a public liberal arts university in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States, with approximately 7,000 students...	129.05	Southern Colorado Colorado State University - Pueblo Colorado State University–Pueblo is a regional, comprehensive public institution of higher learning located in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. CSU-Pueblo is a member of the Colorado State University System , along with Colorado State University in Fort Collins, the system's flagship, and...	127.40
1983	Pueblo, CO	William and Mary College of William and Mary The College of William & Mary in Virginia is a public research university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States...	137.40	Centenary Centenary College of Louisiana Centenary College of Louisiana is a primarily undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences college in Shreveport, Louisiana. The college is one of the founding members of the Associated Colleges of the South, a pedagogical organization consisting of sixteen Southern liberal arts colleges...	137.20
1984	Milledgeville, GA	Centenary Centenary College of Louisiana Centenary College of Louisiana is a primarily undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences college in Shreveport, Louisiana. The college is one of the founding members of the Associated Colleges of the South, a pedagogical organization consisting of sixteen Southern liberal arts colleges...	139.95	Winona State Winona State University Winona State University is a comprehensive public university in Winona, Minnesota, United States, a college and river town located in picturesque bluff country on the Mississippi River, with around 8,900 enrolled undergraduate and graduate students...	138.00
1985	Minot, ND	Winona State Winona State University Winona State University is a comprehensive public university in Winona, Minnesota, United States, a college and river town located in picturesque bluff country on the Mississippi River, with around 8,900 enrolled undergraduate and graduate students...	140.60	Centenary Centenary College of Louisiana Centenary College of Louisiana is a primarily undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences college in Shreveport, Louisiana. The college is one of the founding members of the Associated Colleges of the South, a pedagogical organization consisting of sixteen Southern liberal arts colleges...	138.15
1986	Eau Claire, WI	UW-Oshkosh University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is a public university in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System and offers both bachelor and master degrees...	137.40	Minot State (ND) Minot State University Minot State University is a four-year institution of higher learning in Minot, North Dakota. Founded in 1913 as a normal school, Minot State University is the third-largest university in North Dakota, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs.Minot State University was founded in 1913...	136.00
1987	Hays, KS	Winona State Winona State University Winona State University is a comprehensive public university in Winona, Minnesota, United States, a college and river town located in picturesque bluff country on the Mississippi River, with around 8,900 enrolled undergraduate and graduate students...	139.30	Centenary Centenary College of Louisiana Centenary College of Louisiana is a primarily undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences college in Shreveport, Louisiana. The college is one of the founding members of the Associated Colleges of the South, a pedagogical organization consisting of sixteen Southern liberal arts colleges...	138.75
1988	Minot, ND	Centenary Centenary College of Louisiana Centenary College of Louisiana is a primarily undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences college in Shreveport, Louisiana. The college is one of the founding members of the Associated Colleges of the South, a pedagogical organization consisting of sixteen Southern liberal arts colleges...	141.20	Fort Hays State Fort Hays State University Fort Hays State University is a public, co-educational university located in Hays, Kansas, United States. It is the fourth-largest of the six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents, with an enrollment of approximately 11,200 students .- History :FHSU was founded in 1902 as the...	137.40

All-Time Individual Champions

School	Ind. Titles
Wisconsin-Oshkosh	9
Tarleton State	7
Winona State	6
Minot State	6
Adams State	3
Centenary	3
Georgia College	3
Gustavus Adolphus	2
Clarion (PA)	1
Southern Colorado	1

ALL-AROUND
1981 Kim Buron, Adams State CO
1982 Stacey Aberle, Minot State ND
1983 Cindy Greer, Tarleton State TX
1984 Cindy Greer, Tarleton State TX
1985 Jean Schuler, Winona State MN
1986 Mary Leivian, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
1987 Mary Leivian, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
1988 Mary Leivian, Wisconsin-Oshkosh

VAULTING
1981 Kim Buron, Adams State CO
1982 Stacey Aberle, Minot State ND
1983 Cindy Greer, Tarleton State TX
1984 Margot Todd Evans, Centenary LA
1985 Renae Newman, Minot State ND
1986 Mary Leivian, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
1987 Jill McCall, Centenary LA
1988 Renae Newman, Minot State ND

UNEVEN BARS
1981 Kim Buron, Adams State CO
1982 Greta Sjursen, Minot State ND
1983 Cindy Greer, Tarleton State TX
1984 Cindy Greer, Tarleton State TX
1985 Sylvia Ponce-Sawyer, Winona State MN
1986 Mary Leivian, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
1987 Mary Leivian, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
1988 Melissa Thomas, Georgia College

BALANCE BEAM
1981 Lisa Haugen, Gustavus Adolphus MN
1982 Janelle Tucker, Georgia College
1983 Meg Miderier, Clarion PA
1984 Cindy Greer, Tarleton State TX
1985 Sylvia Ponce-Sawyer, Winona State MN
1986 Robin Wheeler, Minot State ND
1987 Mary Leivian, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
1988 Nicole Lastrapes, Centenary LA

FLOOR EXERCISE
1981 Nan Johnson, Gustavus Adolphus MN
1982 Janelle Tucker, Georgia College and Kim Villers, Southern Colorado
1983 Cindy Greer, Tarleton State TX
1984 Margot Todd Evans, Centenary LA
1985 Jean Schuler, Winona State MN
1986 Katie Dempsey, Winona State MN
1987 Katie Dempsey, Winona State MN
1988 Mary Leivian, Wisconsin-Oshkosh