TEMPE, Ariz. - The Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Fame will welcome seven Sun Devil greats to its ranks Saturday, Oct. 10, at halftime of the ASU vs. Colorado football game.
Six student-athletes from six different varsity sports, along with a former men’s golf coach, comprise the 2015 induction class. Derek Hagan (Football), Chez Reavie (Men’s Golf), Agnes Kovacs (Women’s Swimming), Joona Puhakka (Men’s Diving), Dustin Pedroia (Baseball) and Ike Diogu (Men’s Basketball), along with 19-year head coach Randy Lein (Men’s Golf), will be honored at the Hall of Fame football game on Oct. 10, when the Sun Devils take on the Buffaloes at Sun Devil Stadium. Lein will be enshrined into the Hall of Distinction for coaches and administrators.
The Hall of Fame Luncheon and Induction Ceremony will take place on Friday, Oct. 9, at the Phoenix Country Club from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The luncheon will include a formal induction ceremony into the SDA Hall of Fame by the ASU Athletic Heritage Committee. Tickets are $50 per person or $500 for a table of 10. Register for the luncheon here.
The two-day celebration features a family reception, faculty meet-and-greet opportunities, campus tours, and a special tailgate. While Pedoria will not be in attendance Oct. 9-10, he will be honored on the field during our football game against Arizona Nov. 21 as part of Sun Devil Baseball’s alumni celebration Nov. 20-21.
The Hall of Fame was established in 1975 to honor the school’s most distinguished student-athletes in all sports. The Hall of Distinction, recognizing outstanding contributions from coaches and administrators, was inaugurated in 1982. Athletes become eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame 10 years after their senior class has graduated.
Derek Hagan – Football / Wide Receiver / 2002-05
(Interdisciplinary Studies)
Derek Hagan appeared in 50 games across four seasons at Arizona State, and finished his career as one of the greatest receivers in both school and Pac-12 history. Hagan, held the Pac-12 record for career receptions with 258, ranks second all-time in the conference with 3,939 yards, and broke five school records, including receptions, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns, 100-yard games and receiving yards per game as he averaged more than 100 yards per game in his final two seasons. He had three 1,000-plus-yard seasons and earned All-America honors as both a junior and senior, including second-team recognition in 2004 and third-team distinction in his final year. In addition, he was named to First-Team All-Pac-10 his senior season and was a two-time semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award, given to the nation’s top wide receiver. A captain during his senior season, Hagan is the owner of three of the top seven highest single-season receiving yardage totals in school history and finished with more than 150 receiving yards in eight games. He caught a pass in 41 consecutive games to end his career and had at least one reception in 48 of 50 career games. He was selected in the third round of the National Football League draft by the Miami Dolphins and played on a total of seven NFL teams in his eight-year career.
Chez Reavie – Men’s Golf / 2001-04
(Political Science)
Chez Reavie earned three All-American honors, including second-team honors in 2004 and honorable mentions in both 2001 and 2003, in his time in Tempe. Reavie finished his career with 22 Top-10 finishes in 43 collegiate events and a 72.05 stroke average. In 2001, Reavie won the U.S. Public Links Championships, joining Billy Mayfair (1986) and John Jackson, Jr. (1969) as the only three Sun Devils to win the title. Reavie, only 19 at the time, earned a trip to the 2002 Masters by way of his 2001 Public Links title. During his senior season in 2004, Reavie earned four top-5 finishes, one of which was second at the Pac-10 Championships. In his career at ASU he had two NCAA Championship Top-10 finishes, finishing fourth as a freshman in 2001 and ninth as a junior in 2003.
Agnes Kovacs - Women’s Swimming / 2001-05
(Marketing, minor in Communications)
Agnes Kovacs was a 15-time All-American, including four in both her freshman and sophomore years, five during here junior year and two in senior year. Kovacs still holds the school record for the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:07.64, and she set multiple other records during her ASU career and still ranks in the top three in four different events. She placed third at the NCAA Championships in the 200-yard breaststroke and fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke as a sophomore in 2002. She placed second at the Pac-10 Championships in the 100-yard breaststroke, third in the 200-yard breaststroke and fourth in the 200 Individual Medley in 2003. At the Texas Invitational, she became the second woman in ASU history to swim under a minute in the 100-yard breaststroke by recording a 59.92. Besides her individual records, she was on the record-setting 800-meter freestyle relay that broke the school record during the 2004 NCAA tournament. A three-time Olympian for Hungary, she swam for and won a gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. She also won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in the 200-meter breaststroke. She held several long course European records, including the 50-meter (31.34), 100-meter (1:07.79) and 200-meter (2:24.03) breast. She was named Hungary's Woman Sports Athlete of the Year each year from 1997 to 2000. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2014.
Joona Puhakka - Men’s Diving / 2002-05
(Marketing)
Joona Puhakka was a four-time NCAA Diving Champion, including twice on the one-meter in 2003 and 2005, and twice on three-meter in 2004 and 2005 with the six-dive format. He became the first male student-athlete in the history of the program to win two national championships in a career when he won the NCAA title on the 3-meter springboard. He was the 2005 NCAA Diver of the Year and owns four of ASU’s six diving records. His ASU career also includes eight Pac-10 Championship titles and three Pac-12 Diver of the Year awards. Puhakka finished third in the 1-meter springboard at both the European Championships in 2000 and Junior World Championships in 2000, and also placed third on the 1-meter springboard at the 2003 World Championships to earn the bronze medal. He was the gold medalist on the 1-meter springboard at the 2004 European Championships in Madrid, Spain, and also captured Silver on the 3-meter springboard at the 2004 European Championships. He was the European champion on 1-meter in 2006 and competed for Finland at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He was a nine-time NCAA All-American.
Randy Lein – Men’s Golf / 1992-2011 / Hall of Distinction
Randy Lein revived a proud program and took it to the next level in 19 seasons as the head coach of the Sun Devil Men’s Golf program. Lein led the Devils to the 1996 National Championship in Chattanooga, Tenn., with a three-stroke victory over UNLV at the Honors Course. Under Lein, the Sun Devils recorded forty-four tournament victories, including a school record six in 1995-96, as well as eight Pac-10 Conference Championships, including a conference-record six straight from 1995-2000 and the 2008 title, five NCAA West Regional wins, and 10 top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships. Lein coached NCAA medalists Todd Demsey (1993) and Alejandro Canizares (2003), and eighteen All-Americans on 40 occasions in a list with some of the biggest names in the sport. He won Pacific-10 Conference Coach of the Year honors five times at ASU, and in his 19 years ASU finished in the top six at the NCAA Championships nine times. In that span the Sun Devils and Oklahoma State were the only teams to have two NCAA individual champions. Lein also tutored first-team All-Americans and Academic All-Americans Chris Hanell and Scott Johnson in 1997, and had two of the top collegiate golfers in 1999 with All-American Jeff Quinney and three-time All-American Paul Casey. Lein was inducted into the Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2009.
Dustin Pedroia – Baseball / Infield / 2002-04
(Interdisciplinary Studies)
Dustin Pedroia put together three of the best seasons in Sun Devil Baseball history as he was named a 2004 Golden Spikes Award Finalist, the 2003 Pac-10 Co-Player of the Year, and the two-time National Defensive Player of the Year. He started all 185 games of his Sun Devil career and finished with a .384 batting average, tied for seventh in the school’s record books, and also ranked fourth in ASU annals with 71 career doubles and 298 hits. A three-time first-team All-Pac-10 selection, just the fourth Sun Devil to do so at the time, Pedroia was also a three-time On Deck Circle Team MVP, given by the fans to the team’s most outstanding player. He hit safely in 155 of his 185 career games, recorded 98 career multi-hit games, and had a career .972 fielding percentage, and ranked sixth in school history with 212 runs scored as he averaged 1.15 runs scored per game during his career. After leaving ASU, Pedroia was drafted by the Boston Red Sox with the 65th overall pick in the second round of the 2004 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft and went on to become the 2007 American League Rookie of the Year. Just a year later, he was named 2008 American League MVP. Pedroia is a four-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glove winner and a two-time World Series Champion with the Red Sox.
Ike Diogu – Men’s Basketball / Forward / 2003-05
(Digital Art)
Ike Diogu finished his Sun Devil career with some of the most impressive numbers of any Arizona State University men’s basketball player. He became the first player in Pac-10 history to lead the league in scoring, rebounding and blocks en route to 2005 Pac-10 Player of the Year honors, and was the first Sun Devil to earn consensus second-team All-America honors. He notched All-Pac-10 honors in each of his three years in Tempe as he averaged 21.4 points per game and 8.8 rebounds per game during his career. He set the career Pac-10 record for most free throws made in a season with 248. Diogu ranked fifth in the nation in scoring in 2004-05 and led the Sun Devils to their first NCAA tournament win since the 1995 season. He scored in double-figures in all 91 career games and was named Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 2003. Diogu was taken with the ninth overall in the 2005 National Basketball Association draft by the Golden State Warriors and played in 69 games for the Warriors that season. He went on to play with the Indiana Pacers, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Clippers, San Antonio Spurs, as well as teams overseas. He played for the Nigerian National Team in the 2012 London Olympics and averaged 14.8 points per game and 9.0 rebounds per game as he competed against elite international teams such as the United States, Argentina and France. He scored 27 points against the United States, the eventual Gold Medal winner.