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National Championships

Baylor has won five team national championships, all of which coming in the Big 12 era.

Matt Knoll and the 2004 Baylor men's tennis team claimed the school's first-ever NCAA team championship when they defeated UCLA 4-0 at the NCAA Championships in Tulsa, Okla. The Bears posted a program-best 32-2 record and ended the season ranked No. 1 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) national rankings.

Less than one year later, Kim Mulkey and the Lady Bear basketball team followed suit with a dominating 84-62 victory over Michigan State in the NCAA championship game to secure the first women's team national title in school history. The Lady Bears posted a 33-3 record, the best mark in school history, 14-2 in Big 12 Conference play and a perfect 14-0 at home en route the NCAA Championship and the Big 12 regular season and tournament titles. The Lady Bears also finished the season with a school-record 20-game winning streak, and as the No. 2 seed in the Tempe Regional, became only the fourth men's or women's basketball team to win the title by knocking off three straight No. 1 seeds - North Carolina, LSU and Michigan State.

Aside from the five national titles, Baylor has won 41 NCAA individual championships. Appropriately branded "Quartermile U", Baylor has won 20 national titles in the 4x400 meter relay.

A complete list of Baylor's national championships are listed below:

Team National Championships

Individual National Championships

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