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2023 Volleyball Milestones

MOST WINS ALL-TIME FOR SUN DEVIL VOLLEYBALL
1982: 31-16/8-6/NCAA Regional
2023: 28-7/14-6

1986: 27-7/13-5 (3)/NCAA Regional
1980: 24-17/4-8

1992: 23-8/11-7 (4)/NCAA second round
1985: 22-13/2-6/NCAA Regional
1975: 21-8/13-5
1973: 21-0/8-0 (1)/AIAW Champ.

MOST WINS FOR SUN DEVIL VOLLEYBALL THIS CENTURY

2023: 28-7/14-6
2014: 20-14/9-11 (T-7)/NCAA second round

2012: 20-14/9-11 (T-6)/NCAA first round
2015: 19-13/8-12 (8)/NCAA first round
2013: 19-14/8-12 (8)/NCAA first round

Highest Number of Sweeps in a Season:
1. 2023 - 20
2. 2013 - 15

3. 1986 - 14
4. 1982 - 13
5. 1995 - 12

Most Conference Wins in a Season:
2023: 14-6
1993: 13-5
1986: 13-5
1975: 13-5
1995: 11-7
1994: 11-7
1992: 11-7
1976: 11-1
1999: 10-8
1974: 10-2

AVCA All-Americans
Marta Levinska (first team)
Claire Jeter & Shannon Shields (honorable mention)


AVCA All-Region Awards
Pacific South Region Coach of the Year: JJ Van Niel
Pacific South All-Region: Claire Jeter, Marta Levinska, Shannon Shields, Mary Shroll

Pac-12 Awards
Coach of the Year: JJ Van Niel
All-Pac-12 Team: Marta Levinska
Honorable Mention: Geli Cyr, Claire Jeter, Shannon Shields, Mary Shroll

AVCA/GameChanger Division I Player of the Week:
Oct. 31: Marta Levinska

Pac-12 Players of the Week:
Nov. 13: Marta Levinska (offensive)
Oct. 30: Marta Levinska (offensive), Mary Shroll (defensive)
Sept. 25: Marta Levinska (offensive)
Sept. 18: Marta Levinska (offensive)


Team rankings under first-year head coaches at ASU
2023 (JJ Van Niel): 10 weeks (as high as 15 on Oct. 30)
  • No. 18 (Nov. 27)
  • No. 18 (Nov. 20)
  • No. 18 (Nov. 13)
  • No. 17 (Nov. 6)
  • No. 15 (Oct. 30)
  • No. 21 (Oct. 23)
  • No. 17 (Oct. 16)
  • No. 19 (Oct. 9)
  • No. 23 (Oct. 2)
  • No. 25 (Sept. 25)
1983 (Debbie Brown): 11 weeks (as high as 13 on Nov. 21)

Highest Attended Matches (since 2013):
1. Arizona (9/24/15) 5,153
2. Oregon (9/30/16) 4,901
3. Arizona (9/21/23) 4,816
4. UCLA (11/20/15) 4,456
5. UCLA (11/16/18) 3,943
6. Washington (9/24/23) 3,941
7. Oregon (11/17/23) 3,937

8. Oregon (11/9/17) 3,800
9. Oregon State (10/28/22) 3,502
10. Stanford (10/2/15) 3,464

ASU single season aces record
  • 1984 - 286
  • 1986 - 262
  • 1990 - 247
  • 2023 - 243
  • 1985 - 215
  • 1987 - 200
  • 1988 - 199
  • 1993 - 178
  • 1992 - 172
  • 1989 - 168
Longest Streak of Sweeps (three sets)
  1. 7, 3x, 2023, 2013, 1987
  2. 6, 1995
  3. 5, 4x, 2013, 1992, 1988, 1981
  4. 4, 3x, 2015, 2000, 1986
  5. 3, 11x, 20232023, 2023, 2017, 2006, 2003, 1999, 1997, 1986, 1985, 1983
BEST SEASON STARTS IN ASU VOLLEYBALL HISTORY
1. 1973: 21-0 (Mary Littlewood, Intermountain Conference)
2. 2015: 15-0 (Jason Watson, Pac-12 Conference)
3. 2023: 14-0 (JJ Van Niel, Pac-12 Conference)
4. 1976: 11-0 (Mary Littlewood, Intermountain Conference)
5. 1985: 9-0 (Debbie Brown, Pacific West Conference)
6. 1981: 8-0 (Dale Flickinger, WCAA)
    1992: 8-0 (Patti Snyder-Park, Pac-10 Conference)
8. 6x at 7-0 (1x Debbie Brown (1988), 3x Patti Snyder-Park (1993, 1995, 1997), Jason Watson (2013))

BEST STARTS BY A NEW HEAD COACH AT ASU
1. 21-0: Mary Littlewood (1973)
2. 14-0: JJ Van Niel (2023)
3. 5-0: Dale Flickinger (1979)
4. 4-0: Sanja Tomasevic (2017)
5. 2-0: Debbie Brown (1983)