Girls have at times still competed against boys. University of Minnesota-Morris was the first university to create a varsity women's wrestling team. UMM's head coach, Doug Reese, followed in the footsteps of other schools like Missouri Valley College that pioneered programs for female wrestlers. University of the Cumberlands, Menlo College, Pacific University, and Neosho County CC. Cal-State Bakersfield are other schools that had a number of women competitors that only competed against each other or occasionally against Canadian college teams. As the sport continued to grow, coaches within women's wrestling formed the Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association (WCWA). This group created rules regarding eligibility, bylaws, and elected leaders for this association. Each year the number of intercollegiate programs continued to prosper with the WCWA now recognizing a total of 28 teams. Within these teams there are several who have National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) affiliation and most of them are allowed to compete in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). There is also a national dual meet championship for women's intercollegiate teams that have been sponsored by the National Wrestling Coaches Association for the past 6 years; the world's top 16 teams compete in this event. In 2004, Missouri Valley College held the first Women's National Wrestling Championships which honored four individual champions. Later, the event would be hosted by the University of the Cumberlands in 2006. See also Collegiate wrestling (style of wrestling) Freestyle wrestling (style of wrestling) Greco-Roman wrestling (style of wrestling) List of amateur wrestlers List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling Scholastic wrestling (style of wrestling) Wrestling weight classes References Notes External links United World Wrestling (UWW) USA Wrestling - The Ultimate News Source for Real Wrestling InterMat The Wrestling Talk (archived) IllinoisWrestling.Com – Amateur Wrestling Photos Combat sports Sport wrestling