Which varsity sports are only offered by ONE college or university in Iowa?

[Menace Sockeyes]

I was having this discussion with a friend over an Iowa baseball game. He and I are both fans of Iowa baseball and Drake Men's Soccer (he has been a season ticket holder to each), and we realized that these are two programs that have had some nice success in the last decade. Drake soccer has three NCAA tournament appearances, with a 5-2 record in the NCAA tournament including an Elite 8 11s appearance. And now I believe Iowa baseball is the only D1 school in Iowa with a baseball program and has (obviously) had some conference championship and national success recently. So, are there any other sports that are the domain of only one school, or one school within their NCAA division in Iowa? (Upper Iowa not withstanding that second part, being that they are the only D2 school in Iowa)

 

[ICWestfan]

Women's rowing. Men's and women's gymnastics?

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Women's rowing. Men's and women's gymnastics?

You got one...

Men's Gymnastics: Iowa
Women's Rowing: Drake and Iowa
Women's Gymnastics: Iowa and Iowa State

EDIT: I should have remembered rugby as I played it. Iowa Central is the only small college varsity rugby scholarship program. Palmer College is the only Division 1 varsity rugby program, though Iowa has made the national 7s tournament as a club program twice in the last few years, with room and board sponsored by the almuni club.

 

[Gooseeman]

I was having this discussion with a friend over an Iowa baseball game. He and I are both fans of Iowa baseball and Drake Men's Soccer (he has been a season ticket holder to each), and we realized that these are two programs that have had some nice success in the last decade. Drake soccer has three NCAA tournament appearances, with a 5-2 record in the NCAA tournament including an Elite 8 11s appearance. And now I believe Iowa baseball is the only D1 school in Iowa with a baseball program and has (obviously) had some conference championship and national success recently. So, are they any other sports that are the domain of only one school, or one school within their NCAA division in Iowa? (Upper Iowa not withstanding that second part, being that they are the only D2 school in Iowa)

Women's Field Hockey?

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Women's Field Hockey?

How could I forget the only other NCAA Championship of my lifetime for the Hawks, besides the wrestling teams? You are correct.

 

[IamHawkeye]

How could I forget the only other NCAA Champion of my lifetime for the Hawks, besides the wrestling teams? You are correct.

You're talking D 1 only, right?

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

You're talking D 1 only, right?

No. Any D1, D3, or NAIA. Not counting D2 since Upper Iowa is our only D2 school.

 

[BondHawk]

No. Any D1, D3, or NAIA. Not counting D2 since Upper Iowa is our only D2 school.

Upper Iowa isn't really a college, it shouldn't count at all.

 

[ANYCHawk]

Football: Iowa only

 

[IamHawkeye]

No. Any D1, D3, or NAIA. Not counting D2 since Upper Iowa is our only D2 school.

Grand View has men's volleyball. NAIA. Not sure if the other NAIA schools in Iowa have it.

 

[2bagger22]

Grand View has men's volleyball. NAIA. Not sure if the other NAIA schools in Iowa have it.

Mount Mercy and Briar Cliff do as well.

 

[HawksR1]

Men's Gymnastics - Iowa

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Mount Mercy and Briar Cliff do as well.

Young men in short shorts...did the priests at those schools request this?

 

[IamHawkeye]

Grand View has men's volleyball. NAIA. Not sure if the other NAIA schools in Iowa have it.

Grand View also has men,s and women's bowling. Plus coed shooting! and list coed cheerleading as a sport. Also the GV women have another sport which I can't remember.

 

[Herky T Hawk]

ISU dropped men’s swimming when they dropped baseball. Does anyone other than Iowa have that?

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Grand View also has men,s and women's bowling. Plus coed shooting! and list coed cheerleading as a sport. Also the GV women have another sport which I can't remember.

Iowa Central has shooting too. I have a relative who went there on scholarship for it. Not sure if there are different divisions for collegiate trap shooting.

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

ISU dropped men’s swimming when they dropped baseball. Does anyone other than Iowa have that?

Not at the Division 1 level, so there's another one. Multiple D3 and NAIA schools in the state have men's swimming though.

So far we have established the following as the only D1 programs in their sport...

Baseball - Iowa
Men's Soccer - Drake
Men's Swimming - Iowa
Men's Gymnastics - Iowa
Women's Field Hockey - Iowa