Delta State, coached by Margaret Wade, won its first AIAW Division I women's basketball national championship with an undefeated 28–0 season.
On March 23, 1975, Delta State University, under the leadership of head coach Margaret Wade, captured its first Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Division I national championship, completing a perfect 28–0 season.
This championship represented the culmination of Wade's vision to rebuild Delta State's women's basketball program from scratch following its cancellation in 1932. In just her second season back at the helm, Wade guided her team to the pinnacle of collegiate women's basketball, a remarkable achievement given the program's decades-long dormancy.
The victory was particularly significant because the AIAW at this time served as the primary governing body for women's intercollegiate athletics in the United States, prior to the NCAA's assumption of women's championships in the early 1980s. Winning the national title thrust the small Mississippi institution into the national spotlight and validated Wade's coaching philosophy and player development approach.
This first title also launched what would become an unprecedented three-peat, with Delta State winning consecutive national championships in 1975, 1976, and 1977. Wade was named AIAW National Coach of the Year for this undefeated season, cementing her reputation as one of the era's premier coaches and establishing Delta State as the gold standard for women's college basketball programs nationwide.