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.820: The win percentage of Sun Devil hockey head coach Greg Powers in his five years behind the bench of the club program.

.975: The baseball team ranked near the bottom of the Pac-12 in fielding percentage until Head Coach Tracy Smith engineered a vast improvement that vaulted them to fourth in the conference in 2015.

1: As in first, as in Coach Hurley led Buffalo to its first NCAA Tournament in 2015.

2: In his first season, coach Zeke Jones led ASU to a 2nd-place finish at the 2015 Pac-12 Wrestling Championships, the program's highest finish since 2006.

2: In two seasons at the helm, ASU softball head coach Criag Nicholson has posted two Territorial Cup Series victories over the team from down South - a notable achievement considering ASU had won the ASU-UA series just five times - period - since 1988 prior to Nicholson's arrival.

2: Pac-10 titles for Sun Devil Golf.

3: Pac-12 golfers of the year under Farr-Kaye.

3:58.78: School record time in the indoor mile set by Nick Happe in 2013-14.

4: Coach Tim Mickelson won men's golf WCC Coach of the Year honors four times while at San Diego.

4: Number of NCAA Championships by diver  Joona Puhakka under Bradshaw.

5: The men's golf team won five of its first six tournament in the spring of 2015 under Tim Mickelson.

5: NCAA Champions under Quintana.

8: Baseball Head Coach Tracy Smith became one of eight coaches all-time to bring three different Division I schools to NCAA Regional play.

8: The number of dual meet wins the Sun Devils recorded in wrestling coach Zeke Jones' first season as head coach.

10: Charli Turner Thorne has led the Sun Devils to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament 10 times.

12.9: Buffalo averaged 12.9 wins in the previous 22 seasons to Bobby Hurley. Coach Hurley had 42 in his two seasons.

14: The number of All-Americans (indoor & outdoor) under Director of Track and Field Greg Kraft in 2015.

14: Number of Sun Devil golfers who have been named an All-American under Farr-Kaye.

18: Soccer's Kevin Boyd has been a head coach in the Pac-12 for 18 years.

18: Number of gold medals by Michael Phelps, a swimmer coached by Bob Bowman.

18-1: In 2014-15 Charli Turner Thorne led ASU women's basketball to its best start in school history (18-1).

20: Coach Graham's next Pac-12 Conference game win will be his 20th in just his fourth season.

20: Director of Track and Field Greg Kraft will enter his 20th season with the Sun Devils in 2016.

24: Team-record winning streak to start the season by the hockey team in 2013-14, a season where it won the ACHA national championship under coach Greg Powers.

28: Todd Graham has a school record 28 wins in first three years.

28: ASU water polo head coach Todd Clapper has coached his student-athletes to 28 All-America awards in 10 seasons at the helm, 17 of which have come in the past five seasons. 

29: Consecutive postseason appearances by Sun Devil Tennis.

32: Years McInerney has coached the tennis team, the longest-tenured head coach at ASU.

37: The Sun Devils in women's basketball lead the Pac-12 in the combined number of first- and second-team All-Academic conference awards (37) since 1996-97, Charli Turner Thorne's first season at ASU.

39: Wins by the ASU hockey team under Greg Powers in his 40 meetings against the team down South.

40: More than 40 of Coach Tracy Smith's student-athletes have improved their stock in the Major League Baseball Draft since 2000.

42: Combined track and field/cross-country All-Americans under Quintana (10 XC, 32 track).

59: The number of wins volleyball coach Jason Watson and the Sun Devils have amassed over the past three seasons (2012-14), the most since ASU won 61 games from 1992-94.

84: The Sun Devil water polo program has picked up 84 victories in the past four seasons, finishing with a winning record in each of those and advancing to the NCAA Tournament - and finishing fifth - for the first time under head coach Todd Clapper.

100: Volleyball coach Jason Watson earned his 100th Sun Devil victory on Oct. 10, 2014 with the 3-1 home win over California at Wells Fargo Arena.

200: Soccer coach Kevin Boyd's next win will be the 200th of his career.

1,046: Number of career victories for ASU softball coach Craig Nicholson, picking up his 1,000th last season against Utah.

1,076: Number of career assists for Bobby Hurley, the most in NCAA history.

1988: The year Zeke Jones was on the NCAA Wrestling Championship team. ASU is the only team out West to win an NCAA Wrestling title.

1999: Coach Tim Mickelson finished runner-up at the 1999 Pac-10 men's golf
championship behind Sun Devil Paul Casey.

2003: First NCAA Champion under Bradshaw.

2004: The first time Bowman coached Team USA at the Olympics. He also coached in 2008 and 2012.

2005: Bradshaw wins Coach of the Year Honors for a second time.

2014: In 2014, soccer coach Kevin Boyd led ASU to its most wins (12) and best run in the NCAA Tournament since 2003. During the season the Sun Devils put together their longest winning streak (six games) since 2002 and their longest unbeaten streak (nine games) since 2000.

6,494: The number of miles traveled by volleyball coach Jason Watson during the summer of 2015 when he coached the USA Volleyball's Collegiate National Team's China Tour. 

ARIZONA STATE IN THE FINAL LEARFIELD DIRECTORS' CUP STANDINGS
2014-15 - 30th
2013-14 – 27th
2012-13 – 18th
2011-12 - 30th
2010-11 - 27th
2009-10 - 22nd
2008-09 - 12th
2007-08 - 4th
2006-07 - 10th
2005-06 - 13th
2004-05 - 11th
2003-04 - 17th
2002-03 - 10th
2001-02 - 15th
2000-01 - 9th
1999-00 - 11th
1998-99 - 12th
1997-98 - 12th
1996-97 - 13th
1995-96 - 21st
1994-95 - 12th
1993-94 - 10th