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Best D1 women's programs for multi-events
Not who is famous: who invests. A typical D1 women's roster puts 4% of its athletes in multi-events. The programs at the top of this list carry and sign far more than that, so they have more spots in the event every year. 161 programs do not recruit it at all.
Where the multi-events talent is
Ranked by share of the division’s top marks in multi-events, per season.
Programs that invest most in multi-events
- 1
Big 12 · OK
10% of the roster in multi-events vs 4% D1 average · 2 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
- 2
SEC · TN
7% of the roster in multi-events vs 4% D1 average · 3 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
- 3
Big West · CA
7% of the roster in multi-events vs 4% D1 average · 1 signed in the last 3 classes
- 4ConnecticutSpecialty
Big East · CT
11% of the roster in multi-events vs 4% D1 average · 4 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
- 5Wichita StateSpecialty
AAC · KS
11% of the roster in multi-events vs 4% D1 average · 9 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
- 6Fresno StateSpecialty
Pac-12 · CA
9% of the roster in multi-events vs 4% D1 average · 0 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
- 7DukeSpecialty
ACC · NC
5% of the roster in multi-events vs 4% D1 average · 4 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
- 8Kansas StateSpecialty
Big 12 · KS
5% of the roster in multi-events vs 4% D1 average · 3 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
- 9SMUSpecialty
ACC · TX
9% of the roster in multi-events vs 4% D1 average · 3 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
- 10Northern IowaSpecialty
MVC · IA
9% of the roster in multi-events vs 4% D1 average · 1 signed in the last 3 classes
See all 177 programs
The full D1 multi-events list, ranked: roster share, signings and talent rank for every program that recruits the event. Enter your email to open it.
D1 women's programs that do not recruit multi-events
No athletes racing the event in the seasons we hold and no signings in it. Do not spend your first emails here.
- Akron
- Alcorn State
- American
- Appalachian State
- Arizona State
- Arkansas
- Arkansas-Pine Bluff
- Austin Peay
- Bellarmine
- Binghamton
- Boston College
- Bradley
- Butler
- Cal Poly
- California Baptist
- Canisius
- Central Connecticut
- Central Michigan
- Charleston
- Charleston Southern
- Cincinnati
- Citadel
- Colgate
- Coppin State
- Creighton
- Dartmouth
- Delaware State
- Drake
- East Carolina
- Eastern Kentucky
- Evansville
- Fairleigh Dickinson
- Florida A&M
- Florida Atlantic
- Florida State
- Furman
- Gardner-Webb
- George Washington
- Georgetown
- Georgia State
- Georgia Tech
- Gonzaga
- Grand Canyon
- Hawaii
- Hofstra
- Houston Christian
- Iona
- Iowa State
- Jackson State
- Jacksonville
- James Madison
- Kennesaw State
- LIU
- LSU
- La Salle
- Le Moyne
- Liberty
- Longwood
- Louisiana
- Louisiana Tech
- Loyola Chicago
- Loyola Maryland
- Maine
- Manhattan
- Marist
- Marshall
- Maryland
- Maryland-Eastern Shore
- Memphis
- Mercer
- Merrimack
- Miami FL
- Miami Ohio
- Michigan
- Middle Tennessee
- Milwaukee
- Mississippi State
- Morehead State
- Mount St. Mary's
- Murray State
- NJIT
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- New Mexico State
- Niagara
- Norfolk State
- North Alabama
- North Carolina Central
- North Dakota
- North Texas
- Northern Arizona
- Northern Colorado
- Northern Illinois
- Northwestern
- Oakland
- Ohio State
- Oral Roberts
- Oregon State
- Pacific
- Pepperdine
- Portland
- Portland State
- Prairie View A&M
- Providence
- Purdue
- Queens
- Quinnipiac
- Radford
- Rhode Island
- Richmond
- Rider
- Robert Morris
- Rutgers
- SIU Edwardsville
- Saint Joseph's
- Saint Mary's
- Saint Peter's
- San Diego
- San Diego State
- San Francisco
- San Jose State
- Santa Clara
- Seattle
- Siena
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- South Dakota State
- South Florida
- Southeastern Louisiana
- Southern Illinois
- Southern Miss
- Southern University
- St. John's
- Stanford
- Stonehill
- Stony Brook
- Syracuse
- Temple
- Tennessee State
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
- Toledo
- Tulsa
- UC San Diego
- UCF
- UNC Asheville
- UNC Charlotte
- UNC Greensboro
- UNLV
- USC
- UT Martin
- UT Rio Grande Valley
- Villanova
- Virginia
- Wagner
- Washington State
- West Georgia
- West Virginia
- Western Illinois
- Western Michigan
- Winthrop
- Xavier
Questions athletes and parents ask
Which D1 women's programs recruit the most multi-events athletes?
Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt, UC Irvine, Connecticut, Wichita State carry and sign well above the D1 average in multi-events (4% of a typical D1 roster). They have more roster spots in the event to fill every year.
Which D1 programs do not recruit multi-events?
161 D1 women's programs show no multi-events athletes racing and no signings in the event in the classes we hold, including Akron, Alcorn State, American, Appalachian State, Arizona State, Arkansas. A thin group there is not an opening.
Does a bigger share of the roster mean more scholarship money?
Colleges do not publish scholarships by event. Where a program spends its roster spots and its signings is the best public evidence of where the money goes, and a program that carries twice the division share in your event has roughly twice the seats to fill. Ask the coach about aid directly.
How is this calculated?
From each program's official outdoor results lists (who raced each event area, averaged over the seasons we hold), its signing classes (2024-25, 2025-26, 2026-27), its share of the division's top marks, and whether a paid coach is titled for the event. Each is compared with the D1 average and blended; a small class is pulled toward the average so one big year cannot fake a specialty.
Other D1 women's event areas
As of 2026-10-22. Program counts and shares only; no college athlete is named on this page. Built from official meet results and the signing classes we hold. All event areas