20 HBCUs tell the AP they have added at least 42 NCAA championship or emerging sports since 2016, including at least 32 sports since 2020 alone.
The Associated Press contacted 46 Division I and D-II HBCUs and five conference offices about the trend over the past decade; 20 schools responded, saying they have added at least 42 NCAA championship or emerging sports since 2016, including at least 32 sports since 2020 alone. Several of these new teams are scheduled to start competition next school year. Only three of the newly added sports were track and field, two were football and none were basketball.
“It means a lot because it gives me the opportunity to participate in triathlon and still go to an HBCU, and as a person of color, that is a one-of-a-kind experience,” she said. “I think that Deion’s level of engagement helped to put fuel to the fire,” Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference commissioner Anthony Holloman said. “But I think the fire had already been lit.”
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