1989 NAIA women's basketball tournament

1989 (1989) NAIA women's basketball tournament

Teams	16
Finals site	Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Southern Nazarene Redskins (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Fab Four)
Runner-up	Claflin Lady Panthers (2nd title game, 2nd Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Arkansas Tech Golden Suns (3rd Fab Four) St. Ambrose Fighting Bees (1st Fab Four)
Coach of the year	Bob Hoffman (Southern Nazarene)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Shelly Kay (Wayland Baptist)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Miriam Walker-Samuels (Claflin)
Top scorer	Miriam Walker-Samuels (Claflin) (162 points)
NAIA women's tournaments «1988 1990»

The 1989 NAIA women's basketball tournament was the ninth annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its members in the United States and Canada.

Southern Nazarene defeated top-seeded Claflin in the championship game, 98–96, to claim the Redskins' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played in Kansas City, Missouri.^[1]