2015-16 SUN DEVIL ATHLETICS HIGHLIGHTS
2015-16 SUN DEVIL PAC-12 CHAMPIONS
Ben Trotter, Isaiah Underwood, Brandon Hasson, Reggie Lewis (Men's 4x100m Relay)
Reggie Lewis (Men's 100m Dash)
Magdalyn Ewen (Women's Hammer Throw)
Ebony Panoho/Alexandra Osborne (Women's Tennis Doubles)
Jon Rahm (Men's Golf)
Linnea Strom (Women's Golf)
Dalton Brady (Wrestling 133 lbs.)
Blake Stauffer (Wrestling 184 lbs.)
Josh DaSilveira (Wrestling 197 lbs.)
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2016 NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Jon Rahm (Ben Hogan Award and Jack Nicklaus Award)
2016 SUN DEVIL PAC-12 SCHOLAR ATHLETES OF THE YEAR: Mike Bercovici (football)
2016 SUN DEVIL PAC-12 COACH OF THE YEAR: Sheila McInerney (tennis), Charli Turner Thorne (women's basketball)
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BASEBALL (TRACY SMITH/SECOND YEAR/HIRED JUNE 24, 2014)
Team finished with a 36-23 overall record and 16-14 (T-3rd) in the Pac-12…tallied 30-wins for the 54th straight season… recorded series victories over four teams that would participate in the 2016 NCAA Baseball Championships…swept the series against Mountain West Conference champion New Mexico (3-games) and Big East Conference champion Xavier (4-games)…defeated national power Cal State Fullerton twice, on the road, in a mid-week series…swept five weekend series of three games or more…finished with a 13-9 record on the road, the first time since 2013 that the Sun Devils have finished over .500 on the road…won six consecutive three-game series from April 15-May 22, five of those coming against Pac-12 competition…won two games in the NCAA tournament and reached the NCAA Regional Final for the first time since 2011…sophomore right-hander Ryan Hingst threw a no-hitter on 3/25 against Utah, the first Sun-Devil no-hitter since Ryan Kellogg no-hit No. 3 Oregon State in Corvallis on 3/23…earned a territorial cup point for the third consecutive season, winning the five-game season series with the University of Arizona…junior infielder David Greer recorded 23 doubles on the season, tied for the most in the Pac-12…Greer also finished top-5 in the conference in hits, run scored, and walks…junior right-hander Seth Martinez finished the season with 9-4 record with a 2.75 ERA and 94 strikeouts…a total of five Sun Devils were drafted in the first 17 rounds of the 2016 MLB Draft…prior to the MLB Draft, the ASU's incoming recruiting class was ranked No. 1 in the nation by several recruiting services.
Baseball Attendance Breakdown: 33 home dates; Total Attendance – 78,421; Average Attendance – 2,450
Baseball Individual Honors
All-American Seth Martinez (2nd), David Greer (3rd), Colby Woodmansee (3rd)
ABCA D1 West All-Region: David Greer (1st), Colby Woodmansee (2nd), Seth Martinez (2nd)
All-Pac-12: David Greer (1st), Seth Martinez (1st), Brian Serven (1st), Colby Woodmansee (1st), Jordan Aboites (HM), Gage Canning (HM), Eder Erives (HM), Andrew Shaps (HM)
Pac-12 All-Academic: Eli Lingos (1st), Chris Beall (2nd), Ryan Hingst (2nd), Jordan Aboites (HM), Hever Bueno (HM), Grant Schneider (HM), Brian Serven (HM), Reagan Todd (HM), Colby Woodmansee (HM)
Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week: Ryan Hingst (Mar. 28)
Pac-12 Player of the Week: David Greer (Mar. 14)
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MEN'S BASKETBALL (BOBBY HURLEY/FIRST YEAR/HIRED APRIL 8, 2015)
Team finished 15-17 overall and 5-13 (11th) in the Pac-12...notched eight top-100 RPI wins which was as many or more than 12 NCAA at-large teams...beat SEC co-champion Texas A&M (RPI 18), Southland Conference champions Stephen Austin (61), OVC top seed Belmont (95), UCSB (98) and Creighton (100), while in conference play it won vs. Oregon State (33), USC (51), and Stanford (87)...finished 23rd for its strength of schedule including a No. 13 ranking for its out-of-conference schedule...faced six top-100 teams in its non-conference schedule and only three teams ranked lower than 150...ten of its 13 non-conference foes posted a top-150 RPI...junior Obinna Oleka (Oh-BEE-nah Oh-LEH-ka) was in double figures in 13 of the final 16 games and averaged 11.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and was 41-of-49 (.837) from the free throw line in that time...Oleka's .852 free throw percentage (46-0f-54) was second-best in the league in the 18 league games...Eric Jacobsen finished fifth on the Sun Devil career list with a .576 shooting mark, which included 102-of-163 (.626) mark in his junior season...he finished career as one of only four Sun Devils to play in at least 130 games...his 88 blocks is ninth on the Sun Devil career list...2-1 in non-conference road games, as it won at both Creighton (79-77 on Dec. 2) and UNLV (66-56 on Dec. 16) and fell at fifth-ranked Kentucky (72-58 on Dec. 12)...254 three-pointers this year was fifth-best in ASU history.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (CHARLI TURNER THORNE/19TH SEASON/HIRED JULY 1, 1996)
Finished 26-7 and 16-2 in the Pac-12 (t-1st place)...The Sun Devils posted their third consecutive and 14th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament (11th under the direction of head coach Charli Turner Thorne)…ASU's No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament represented its highest placement in program history…Won its second Pac-12 regular season championship after tying school record with 16 conference wins (also accomplished by the 2006-07 squad) and became the first ASU team to win a conference title in the Pac-12 era…Posted its best start in conference play (9-0), surpassing the 7-0 mark set by the 2014-15 squad…ASU's 26 wins tied the third-highest total in program history (also accomplished by the 2008-09 squad)…Only the 2006-07 (31 wins) and 2014-15 (29 wins) teams won more games….Collected nine wins against NCAA Tournament teams…ASU was the only Pac-12 school to sweep the regular season series vs. both Stanford (NCAA Elite Eight) and Washington (NCAA Women's Final Four)…Went 14-3 at home and is now 44-6 (.880) in home games the last three seasons…Set a program record with 11 road wins…In the last two seasons the Sun Devils are 21-3 (.875) on the road…Tied the program record for consecutive wins (15/also accomplished by the 2008-09 squad). It was the third straight season the Sun Devils recorded a double-digit winning streak: 10 straight wins in 2013-14 and 14 straight wins in 2014-15…With its two wins over Stanford, ASU became the first Pac-12 school to sweep the regular season series vs. Stanford two straight seasons…In the first meeting of the season, the Sun Devils held Stanford to its lowest point total in school history (31 points)…Posted six wins over Top 25 teams, including No. 9 Stanford & No. 10 Florida State…On January 18 ASU tied its highest ever ranking in the AP poll at No. 8…Made 171 three-point FGs this season, the second-highest total in program history (2008-09 team made 180)…ASU's 61-54 win at Syracuse on Dec. 12 snapped the Orange's 72-game non-conference home court winning streak…In its 60-29 win at Hartford on Dec. 14, ASU set a single-game school record for the fewest points allowed in a half (6 points in the first half)…Former Sun Devil Briann January was named to the Pac-12 Women's Basketball All-Century Team…Katie Hempen concluded her career as ASU's all-time leader in 3-point field goals (185) and set program NCAA Tournament records for most 3-pointers in a single game (6) and most career 3-pointers (19)…Elisha Davis concluded her career No. 2 on ASU's all-time list for career assists (483). She also finished second on ASU's all-time list for most career assists in the NCAA Tournament (34).
Women's Basketball Attendance Breakdown: 17 home dates (including two NCAA Tournament games); home attendance – 41,676; average – 2,452
Women's Basketball Individual Honors
WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America Team: Sophie Brunner (honorable mention)
Pac-12 Coach of the Year (Coaches and Media): Charli Turner Thorne
WBCA Region 5 Co-Coach of the Year: Charli Turner Thorne
ALL-PAC-12 (Coaches): Sophie Brunner, Elisha Davis, Katie Hempen
Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (Coaches): Elisha Davis, Sophie Brunner (HM), Kelsey Moos (HM)
Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (Coaches): Sabrina Haines (HM)
All-Pac-12 (Media): Sophie Brunner
Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (Media): Elisha Davis
CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII Team: Quinn Dornstauder (first team)
PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC: Elisha Davis (1st), Kelsey Moos (1st), Quinn Dornstauder (2nd), Peace Amukamara (HM), Sophie Brunner (HM), Katie Hempen (HM), Eliza Normen (HM)
ESPNW National Player of the Week: Sophie Brunner (Jan. 11)
Pac-12 Player of the Week: Arnecia Hawkins (Dec. 28)
Ann Meyers Drysdale Women's National Player of the Week: Arnecia Hawkins (Dec. 28)
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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (LOUIE QUINTANA/13TH YEAR/HIRED AUG. 18, 2004)
The Sun Devils clinched both Territorial Cup points over Arizona…the women finished sixth at the Pac-12 Championships, with freshman Samantha Ortega leading the pack for ASU…the men finished eighth led by redshirt junior CJ Albertson…the season started off with three victories in first four races thanks to Chelsey Totten, Ortega and senior Ryan Herson…former Sun Devils Amy Hastings-Cragg and Desiree Linden (Davila) earned two of the three spots for Team USA in the marathon for the 2016 Rio Olympics, making it the first time that two marathon competitors are from the same university…Hastings was also named to the Pac-12 All-Century Cross Country team.
Cross Country Individual Honors
Pac-12 All-Academic (Women): Cristina Juan Torres (2nd), Jenna Maack (HM), Shaina Corbin (HM), Kaitlin Kaluzny (HM), Lea Patek (HM), Chelsey Totten (HM)
Pac-12 All-Academic (Men): Clayton Albertson (1st), Cody Brazeal (1st), J.P. Nelson (1st), Ryan Normand (1st), John Reniewicki (1st), Jeffrey Bickert (HM), Brandon Boys (HM), Nick Dale (HM), Ryan Herson (HM), Bernardo Montoya (HM), Riley Wattier (HM)
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FOOTBALL (TODD GRAHAM/FOURTH YEAR/HIRED DEC. 14, 2011)
Team finished 6-7 overall and 4-5 (4th-South) in the Pac-12…defense averaged 3.54 sacks per game last season, a total that ranked first in all of the FBS…after playing in its fifth straight bowl game last year, ASU broke the previous record of four straight bowl teams held by Frank Kush's 1970-73 squads…the 38-23 victory over No. 7 UCLA on 10/3 was the first ASU victory over a top-10 team on the road since defeating No. 6 Oregon in Eugene in 2002…at least five home wins for the third consecutive season…scored at least 30 points in eight games…defeated the University of Arizona for the third time in the last four years…winning record against Pac-12 South opponents each year since Todd Graham took over in 2012…Following the season, ASU now ranks second in the Pac-12 and eleventh in the nation at 37.45 points per game in the Graham era…the Sun Devils played 10 teams that advanced to a bowl last season, defeating four of those teams…with 32 punts downed inside the 20 last season, Matt Haack finished second among all FBS punters in the category…79 of Zane Gonzalez's 88 kickoffs last season went into the end zone and 66 were touchbacks (75.0 percent), the highest touchback percentage in the country… Gonzalez had six field goals against Cal last season, a new career best, tied for the Pac-12 single-game record, and the ASU single-game record…Demario Richard had seven 100-yard rushing games last year, becoming just the fourth Sun Devil in history to do so in seven or more games in a season…Coach Graham is 10-8 in Pac-12 road games at ASU, notable as the Devils were 5-13 in four seasons prior… ASU ranks first in the Pac-12 and third in the nation with an average of 34.6 penalty yards per game (Navy, Air Force) under Graham and ranks first in the Pac-12 and sixth in the nation with an average of 4.32 penalties per game.
Football Attendance Breakdown: 7 home dates; Total Attendance: 368,985; Average Attendance: 52,720
Football Individual Honors
Freshman All-American: Kareem Orr- USA Today (1st), ESPN.com (1st), FWAA (1st), Athlon (2nd), Campus Insiders (HM), College Football News (HM); JoJo Wicker - Athlon (3rd), Campus Insiders (HM), College Football News (HM)
All-Pac-12: Christian Westerman (2nd), Lloyd Carrington (HM), Salamo Fiso (HM), Antonio Longino (HM), Jordan Simone (HM), Tashon Smallwood (HM), Vi Teofilo (HM)
Pac-12 All-Academic: Chans Cox (1st), Matt Haack (1st), Mike Bercovici (2nd), Nick Kelly (2nd), Kweishi Brown (2nd), Coltin Gerhart (HM), Laiu Moeakiola (HM)
Pac-12 Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Mike Bercovici
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MEN'S GOLF (TIM MICKELSON/FIFTH YEAR)
Finished ninth at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. and third at the Pac-12 Championships in Salt Lake City...won the Albuquerque Regional May 16-18...Jon Rahm became the first two-time winner of the Ben Hogan Award and also earned the Jack Nicklaus Award...Rahm earned first-team All-America honors for the second time in his career and ended with 11 career victories, including the 2016 Pac-12 and NCAA Regional victories...finished season ranked seventh by Golfstat and 12th by Golfweek...team made NCAA Championship for 52nd time, fourth-best in NCAA...NCAA Regional team title was its seventh, tied for second with Clemson for most all-time...ASU's ninth-place finish was its 13th top-10 finish in the past 24 seasons (1993-2016), third-most in the nation behind only Georgia Tech and Oklahoma State who have done it 15 times in that span...Rahm became the first Sun Devil to earn first-team All-America honors twice in a career since Alejandro Canizares did the same in 2003 and 2006. That nod pushed the Sun Devil all-time first-team All-America honors to 25, behind only Oklahoma State (57), Houston (30) and Florida (28), since the GCAA began recognizing All-Americans in 1958...ASU's three seniors all took place in graduation ceremonies in May as Jon Rahm (BA, Communication), Max Rottluff (BS, Marketing) and Alberto Sanchez (BA, Communication) all earned their ASU degrees...Rahm became first Sun Devil to win the Pac-12 since Paul Casey won it three straight years (1998-2000).
Men's Golf Individual Honors
National Player of the Year: Jon Rahm (Ben Hogan Award and Jack Nicklaus Award)
2016 Pac-12 Champion: Jon Rahm
All-American: Jon Rahm (1st/GCAA)
All-Pac-12: Jon Rahm (1st), Jared du Toit (2nd), Max Rottluff (2nd)
Pac-12 All-Academic: Max Rottluff (1st)
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WOMEN'S GOLF (MISSY FARR-KAYE/FIRST YEAR/HIRED JUNE 26, 2015)
Freshman Linnea Strom won the Pac-12 Individual Championship with a new 54-hole record of 11-under, 205…Strom rallied from four strokes down on final day to win the title, becoming the first Sun Devil to do so since Carlota Ciganda's second-consecutive victory in 2010 & 10th ever…Junior Monica Vaughn and incoming freshman Olivia Mehaffey represented their respective countries – USA and Ireland – at the 2016 Curtis Cup…Vaughn also won her first tournament outright with an impressive comeback from five strokes back on the final day of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in February…former head coach and Sun Devil Hall of Fame inductee Linda Vollstedt was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Century, while Heather Farr, Wendy Ward, Grace Park and Danielle Ammaccapane were named to the All-Century team…five Sun Devil Golf alumna also made the 2016 Rio Olympics – the most of any NCAA program – featuring Anna Nordqvist (Sweden), Carlota Ciganda (Spain), Azahara Munoz (Spain), Giulia Molinaro (Italy) and Miriam Nagl (Brazil).
Women's Golf Individual Honors
WGCA All-American(s): Linnea Strom (First Team), Monica Vaughn (Second Team)
WGCA All-American(s): Monica Vaughn, Sophia Zeeb, Roberta Liti, Madison Kerley
All-Pac-12: Linnea Strom, Monica Vaughn
Pac-12 All-Academic: Monica Vaughn (First Team), Roberta Liti (First Team), Sophia Zeeb (Honorable Mention)
Golfer of the Month: Monica Vaughn (February), Linnea Strom (April)
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GYMNASTICS (DR. RENE LYST/SECOND YEAR)
Capped the 2016 season with senior Taylor Allex winning the 2016 NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional vault title and becoming ASU's first NCAA Championships qualifier since Mary Atkinson in 2010…Allex and fellow senior Allie Salas qualified for the regional meet and were also both named to the 2016 All-Pac-12 Teams, along with freshman Katelyn Lentz…Allex was ASU's first All-Pac-12 honoree on vault since 1997, and the three total honorees were the most for the Gym Devils since 2003…Lentz' recognition on the All-Around Second Team marked her as just one of three freshman honored by the league this season…academically, four Gym Devils were named to the Pac-12 All-Academic Teams, led by Salas and Carissa Kraus on the Second Team...VP for University Athletics Ray Anderson announced Jay Santos as head coach on May 27, 2016.
Gymnastics Individual Honors
All-Pac-12: Allie Salas (1st AA), Katelyn Lentz (2nd AA), Taylor Allex (1st V)
Pac-12 All-Academic: Carssa Kraus (2nd), Allie Salas (2nd), Taylor Allex (HM), Beka Conrad (HM)
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ICE HOCKEY (GREG POWERS/FIRST YEAR/HIRED NOV. 18, 2014)
In the program's first season of NCAA Division I play, the Sun Devils finished 10-23-5…Powers and the program earned their first NCAA victory in a late 2-1 thriller against Alaska Fairbanks on Oct. 11 thanks to a goal by sophomore Ryan Belonger with just over 30 seconds left in the game…they earned their first road victory with a 3-2 win over Lake Superior State on Nov. 14 & locked up their first road sweep in program history the next night with a 3-2 follow up win…hosted the 1st Annual Desert Hockey Classic at Gila River Arena in Glendale along with UCONN, Yale and Michigan Tech…The program had its highest drafted player in history as 2017-18 commit Patrick Kudla was drafted in the sixth round by the Arizona Coyotes…Kudla was the second drafted in the Division I era along with incoming freshman Joey Daccord, who was drafted in the seventh round by the Ottawa Senators.
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SOCCER (KEVIN BOYD/NINTH SEASON/HIRED MARCH 30, 2007)
Finished 9-8-1 and 5-5-1 (t6th) in the Pac-12...ASU's final record represented the seventh time in Boyd's nine seasons that it finished with a winning record…The 2015 season was the 20th in the history of Sun Devil Soccer…Boyd earned the 200th win of his career on Aug. 21, 2015 (ASU defeated Portland State 3-0)…ASU won its first four games for the first time since 2000. During that stretch, which included a 5-0 win over then-No. 14 Pepperdine, ASU outscored its opponents 16-0 and averaged one goal for every six shots it had taken…Lucy Lara set a school record with three assists in the win over Pepperdine…The Sun Devils upset No. 18 Washington, 2-1 in double-overtime. It was ASU's first win over the Huskies in Seattle since 2005 and was Washington's first home loss of the season…In its nine wins, ASU outscored the opposition 28-3…Team was without leading scorer Cali Farquharson for 4.5 games (lost each one of the games)…Improved to 17-3-1 in games vs. Arizona after 4-1 win over the No. 23 Wildcats…Chandler Morris was the only Sun Devil who started every game in 2015. Morris concluded her career as ASU's all-time leader in career shutouts (25)…ASU finished 1-1-1 in overtime games: tied UCLA 1-1 in Los Angeles on Oct. 11, won at Washington 2-1 in Seattle on Oct. 15 and lost at Utah 2-1 in Salt Lake City on Oct. 30…A program record 15 soccer student-athletes earned Pac-12 All-Academic recognition. It broke the previous program record of 14 set by the 2011 squad…ASU's five combined first- (2) and second-team (3) awards are the most of any school in the conference… Farquharson led the Pac-12 in both goals per game (0.71) and points per game (1.71) in 2015 while also pacing the Sun Devils in goals (10) and points (24) for the fourth consecutive year…Farquharson scored five goals in ASU's last four games of 2015, including the third hat-trick of her career in ASU's win over Arizona…With 10 goals in 2015 Farquharson became the first player in program history to record a double-digit goal total four straight years. She concluded her Sun Devil career No. 2 all time in goals (44) and points (102) and finished tied for second in game-winning goals (13)… Farqhuarson (12th overall pick/Second Round/Washington Spirit) and fellow senior McKenzie Berryhill (21st overall pick/Third Round/Portland Thorns) were both selected in National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) College Draft. In addition, Tommi Goodman, Sara Tosti and Mackenzie Semerad signed professional contracts to play for Krokom-Dvarsatts 55 IF (KD 55) in Sweden.
Attendance Breakdown: 8 home dates; total attendance: 5,797; average attendance: 725
Soccer Individual Honors
All-Pac-12: Cali Farquharson (1st), Aly Moon (HM), Madison Stark (HM)
NSCAA All-Pacific Region: Cali Farquharson (first team), Madison Stark (third team)
PAC-12 All-Academic: Madison Kmetko (1st), Madison Stark (1st), Whitney Kanavel (2nd), Alyssa Martinez (2nd), Jessica Raybe (2nd), McKenzie Berryhill (HM), Cali Farquharson (HM), Tommi Goodman (HM), Lucy Lara (HM), Chandler Morris (HM), Rachel Ometer (HM), Sara Tosti (HM), McKenzie Grossman (HM), Taylor Coon (HM), Jazmarie Mader (HM)
Capital One Academic All-District Team: Cali Farquharson (first team), Mckenzie Grossman (second team), Jessica Raybe (second team)
Senior CLASS Award: Cali Farquharson (finalist)
NSCAA Women's Scholar All-West Region Team: Cali Farquharson (First Team)
Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week: Cali Farquharson (Nov. 27)
Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week: Chandler Morris (Nov. 7)
Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week: Lucy Lara (Sept. 15)
CS360 National Primetime Performer of the Week: Jessica Raybe (Oct. 21)
CS360 National Primetime Performers Honor Roll: McKenzie Berryhill (Sept. 15), Jessica Raybe (Oct. 21), Cali Farquharson (Nov. 7)
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SOFTBALL (ROBERT WAGNER AND LETTY OLIVAREZ/CO-INTERIM COACHES)
The 2015-16 team advanced the an NCAA Regional Final for the 11th consecutive season, capping off a 32-26 season at the Baton Rouge Regional and finished tied for 17th in the country in the final Director's Cup Standings...Senior Jennifer Soria was an all-everything standout, earning NFCA All-West Region, All-Pac-12 and All-Pac-12 Defensive honors on the season while also being named a Pac-12 All-Academic selection and earning a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-District team...She finished the season with a .348 average - leading the team's day-to-day starters - while adding a team-leading 15 home runs, a total good for 13th in ASU's single-season history...A total of 12 of those home runs came against teams ranked in the Top 75 in this season's RPI while she actually had a .373 regular season average against RPI Top-75 teams, showing off her ability to step up her play against tougher opponents..Soria added a team-leading 53 runs scored - 16 more than any other Sun Devil on the team - and led the squad with 12 doubles as well...She finished the regular season in the Pac-12's Top 10 in home runs, doubles, runs and slugging percentage...Nikki Girard had a career season as well taking All-West Region and All-Pac-12 honors while Sashel Palacios (NFCA All-West-Region) and Chelsea Gonzales (All-Pac-12) also brought home postseason awards...
Softball Individual Honors
NFCA All-West Region: Jenn Soria (1st), Fa Leilua (1st), Sashel Palacios (1st), Nikki Girard (3rd)
All-Pac-12: Jennifer Soria (1st), Chelsea Gonzales (2nd) Nikki Girard (3rd)
Pac-12 All-Academic: Breona Peralta (1st), Jennifer Soria (2nd), Margaret Stahm (2nd), Kate Aguirre (HM), Allie Butterfield (HM), Sashel Palacios (HM), Dale Ryndak (HM), Brynley Steele (HM)
Pac-12 All-Defense: Jenn Soria
Pac-12 All-Freshman: Fa Leilua, Taylor Becerra
CoSIDA Academic All-District: Jenn Soria (1st)
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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (BOB BOWMAN/FIRST YEAR/HIRED APRIL 24, 2015 & MARK BRADSHAW/19TH YEAR/HIRED JULY 30, 1997)
The 2015-16 men's team made history with six individual swimmers qualifying for the NCAA Championships after just four qualified total in the last eight years…sophomore Mara Aiacoboae placed 3rd in the 10-meter platform event at NCAA Championships…all four men's relay teams finished in the top-20 at NCAAs as well…the men broke three school records at the NCAA Championships, including the 800-yard freestyle relay, the 100-yard backstroke by Richard Bohus, and the 400-yard medley relay…also broke the 400-yard freestyle relay, 200-yard backstroke by Barkley Perry, Juan Tolosa in the 1,650-yard freestyle, Christian Lorenz in the 100-yard breaststroke, Marlies Ross in the women's 400 individual medley, and the men's 200-yard medley relay records at Pac-12 Championships…sophomore diver Mara Aiacoboae earned Pac-12 Diver of the Month for January, becoming first ASU woman to earn honor since 2009…former Sun Devils Agnes Kovacs and Melissa Belote were named to the Pac-12 All-Century team, while current coach and former Stanford swimmer Misty Hyman was also named to the list…ASU hall of fame diver Joona Puhakka was also named the Pac-12 Diver of the Century…the ASU men defeated then-No. 17 Arizona for the first time since 2002…Coach Bowman was inducted into the International Swimming HOF in November...both men and women's teams earned CSCAA Scholar All-America honors as a team for the fall and spring semesters.
Swimming/Diving Individual Honors
2016 Olympians: Katarina Simonovic, Richard Bohus, Anna Olasz
All-American(s): Mara Aiacoboae
CSCAA Scholar All-Americans: Richard Bohus, Juan Tolosa, Mara Aiacoboae, Heikki Makikallio
Pac-12 All-Academic: Hunter Atha (First Team), Heikki Makikallio (First Team), Richard Bohus (First Team), Juan Tolosa (First Team), Ivana Ninkovic (First Team), Anna Olasz (First Team), Jose Garcia Mesa (Second Team), David Hoffer (Second Team), Sean Kao (Second Team), Cole Miller (Second Team), Jennifer Morgan (Second Team), Katarina Simonovic (Second Team), Cheyenne Degraff (Second Team), Reid Elliott (HM), Joshua Lamb (HM), Brandon Mills (HM), Aidan O'Hara (HM), Christian Lorenz (HM), Marina Spadoni (HM), Mara Aiacoboae (HM), Jamie Friderichs (HM), Alysha Bush (HM), Indira Ceranic (HM), Ingibjorg Jonsdottir (HM)
Pac-12 Swimmer/Diver of the Month: Patrick Park (November), Mara Aiacoboae (January)
NCAA/CollegeSwimming Swimmer of the Week: Richard Bohus (February Week 1)
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WOMEN'S TENNIS (SHEILA MCINERNEY/32ND YEAR/HIRED AUG. 16, 1984)
Australian duo of senior Ebony Panoho and junior Alex Osborne brought the program its first Pac-12 doubles championship...head coach Sheila McInerney was named the Pac-12 and ITA Southwest Region Coach of the Year…the Pac-12 honor becomes her second overall award and first since 1997… as a team, the Devils made their 29th-straight NCAA Tournament appearance under McInerney, but fell in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to No. 11 Auburn…Panoho and Osborne advanced all the way to the NCAA Quarterfinals, becoming the first duo from ASU to do so since 2013…the two earned All-American honors along with senior Desirae Krawczyk, making it the first time since 2000 that the program has had three or more All-Americans in the same season…the Devils also had their best-ever Pac-10/12 conference record at 8-2 under McInerney and best since 1979 under hall of fame coach Anne Pittman…in March, the women defeated then-No. 20 Stanford for the second time in program history and first since 2008, providing the Cardinal with their only conference loss on their road to becoming 2016 Pac-12 Champions…McInerney's squad won 10-straight matches starting with the Stanford victory and didn't lost for over a month…the women were named an ITA All-Academic Team for the 10th-straight season for earning a cumulative GPA above 3.20…Krawczyk totaled 99 career victories in her four-year ASU tenure after capturing 26 during her final season…ASU and the ITA developed a partnership in March 2016, as the ITA moved its headquarters to the Tempe campus.
Tennis Individual Honors
Pac-12 Coach of the Year: Sheila McInerney
ITA Southwest Region Coach of the Year: Sheila McInerney
ITA All-Americans: Desirae Krawczyk (Singles), Ebony Panoho (Doubles), Alexandra Osborne (Doubles)
ITA Southwest Most Improved Player: Desirae Krawczyk
All-Pac-12: Desirae Krawcyzk (First Team), Ebony Panoho (HM), Kassidy Jump (HM)
Pac-12 All-Academic: Alexandra Osborne (Second Team), Ebony Panoho (HM), Stephanie Vlad (HM), Kassidy Jump (HM), Gussie O'Sullivan (HM)
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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD (GREG KRAFT/20TH YEAR/HIRED JULY 28, 1996)
Redshirt junior Tim White highlighted the NCAA Championships for the Sun Devils in his first-ever appearance, placing 4th overall in the triple jump…redshirt sophomore Maggie Ewen earned two First-Team All-American honors after finishing 5th in the hammer throw and 8th in the discus throw...at the NCAA West Regional, Ewen broke the Pac-12 hammer throw record…the men's 4x100 relay team of Ben Trotter, Isaiah Underwood, Brandon Hasson and Reggie Lewis broke the Washington track record at the Pac-12 Championships…the 4x100 relay, Maggie Ewen in the hammer throw and Reggie Lewis in the 100m dash brought home Pac-12 titles…freshman Hudson Keffer made the podium in 3rd in the javelin throw…junior Keyasia Tibbs became the first ASU female to break 13 meters in the triple jump while also broke the triple jump school record in the indoor and outdoor seasons…the women's 4x800 relay team broke the Baldy Castillo meet record set 12 years prior…Ewen won the MPSF Conference Championship in the weight throw while senior Jamol James won the 60m dash…between the indoor and outdoor seasons, the Devils won three of the four possible Territorial Cup points…the men pushed their streak to nine straight against Arizona while the women's streak of 10 came to an end at the Pac-12 Outdoor Championships…former Sun Devil & Olympic gold medal winner Dwight Phillips, Maicel Malone, Lynda Tolbert-Goode, Jacquelyn Johnson and Shelby Houlihan were named to the Pac-12 All-Century team.
Track and Field Individual Honors
Outdoor All-Americans: Magdalyn Ewen (2x First Team), Tim White (First Team), Jamol James (First Team), Ben Trotter (First Team), Reggie Lewis (First Team), Isaiah Underwood (First Team), Brandon Hasson (First Team), Keyasia Tibbs (Second Team), Hudson Keffer (Second Team)
Indoor All-Americans: Jamol James (Second Team)
CoSIDA All-District: C.J. Albertson
Pac-12 Champions: Reggie Lewis (100m Dash), Ben Trotter (4x100 Relay), Isaiah Underwood (4x100 Relay), Brandon Hasson (4x100 Relay), Reggie Lewis (4x100 Relay), Magdalyn Ewen (Hammer Throw)
MPSF Champions: Maggie Ewen (Weight Throw), Jamol James (60m Dash)
Pac-12 All-Academic: C.J. Albertson (First Team), Cody Brazeal (First Team), Matt Eckles (First Team), J.P. Nelson (First Team), John Reniewicki (First Team), Haleigh Fritts (First Team), Keyasia Tibbs (First Team), Ashley Weber (Second Team), Brandon Boys (HM), Nick Dale (HM), Ahmed Hassan (HM), Bernie Montoya (HM), Cody Moore (HM), Ryan Norton (HM), Riley Wattier (HM), Alyssa Cornell (HM), Maggie Ewen (HM), Jasmine Gibbs (HM), Ginger Jarchow (HM), Melanie Johnson (HM), Kendra Purifoye (HM), Chelsey Totten (HM), Kristiana Warth (HM)
Pac-12 Athlete of the Week: Maggie Ewen (March – 3rd week)
MPSF All-Academic: Keyasia Tibbs, Jenna Maack, Matt Eckles, Ginger Jarchow, Athena Masolini, Ashley Weber, Kyle Elliott, Jacob Flores, Ahmed Hassan, Michael Julian, Trevor Landry, Reggie Lewis
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VOLLEYBALL (JASON WATSON/EIGHTH YEAR)
Finished season at 19-12, 8-12 in Pac-12 matches…opened season with a 15-match win streak, the second long win streak in the history of the program…earned a program-best No. 6 ranking in the AVCA poll Defeated Stanford, 3-1, on Oct. 2, snapping a 15-year, 28-match losing streak to the Cardinal…Macey Gardner broke the 20-year-old school kills record, previous held by Christine Ganrer at 1,871 kills, on Oct. 4 against Cal...started 4-0 in conference play for the first time since joining the Pac-10…earned its fourth-straight at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, the most since doing four times from 1992-95...VP for Athletics Ray Anderson hired Stevie Mussie as head coach on Feb. 3, 2016.
Volleyball Individual Honors
All-American(s): Whitney Follette (HM by AVCA)
AVCA All-Pacific-South Region: Whitney Follette
All-Pac-12: Whitney Foleltte (HM), Bree Bailey (HM)
Pac-12 All-Academic: Kizzy Ricedorff (Willey) (1st), Bianca Arellano (2nd), Halle Harker (2nd), Bree Bailey (HM), Mercedes Binns (HM), Whitney Follette (HM), Macey Gardner (HM)
Pac-12 Player of the Week: Macey Gardner (Oct. 5)
AVCA National Player of the Week: Macey Gardner (Oct. 6)
Career Records of Note:
Kills: Macey Gardner (1882, 1st)
Assists: Bianca Arellano (3,184, 4th)
Block Assists: Whitney Follette (364, 2nd), Mercedes Binns (282, 7th)
Total Blocks: Whitney Follette (448, 3rd), Mercedes Binns (328 (T-8th)
1,000 Career Digs: Macey Gardner (1,093, 16th)
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL (JACKIE BUNKER (INTERIM)/FIRST YEAR)
Finished season at 12-13 in dual matches…wrapped 2016 with the most wins in the history of the program…upset then-No. 17 South Carolina in the season-opening Sun Devil Challenge at the PERA Club…surpassed double-digit wins for the first time in program history with a 5-0 sweep of San Diego State…No. 1s duo of Bianca Arellano and Whitney Follette finished the year with 18 wins, the most for a pair in program history...Arellano and Follette upset USC's Sophie Bukovec and Alexa Strange in three sets to advance to the first-ever Pac-12 Championships Pairs semifinal match...Director of Volleyball Stevie Mussie announced the hiring of Brad Keenan as head coach on May 13, 2016
Beach Volleyball Individual Honors
All-Pac-12: Bianca Arellano (1st), Whitney Follette (1st)
Pac-12 All-Tournament Team: Bianca Arellano & Whitney Follette
Pac-12 All-Academic: Bianca Arellano (1st), Frances Giedraitis (1st), Kwyn Johnson (1st), Mia Rivera (2nd), Whitney Follette (HM), Sydney Palmer (HM)
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WATER POLO (TODD CLAPPER/11TH SEASON/HIRED AUGUST 3, 2005)
The Sun Devil water polo team advanced to its second NCAA Tournament in program history, matching a program-best with a fifth-place finish at the event and finishing the season with a 21-8 record...It was just the third time in program history the Devils reached the 20-win plateau and the first time since 2013...The 20th win also marked career-win No. 300 for head coach Todd Clappe, who is now 301-199 in his career as a head coach...The fifth-place national finish was the highest for any Sun Devil program this season...The Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches announced four members from the Arizona State water polo program as All-Americans – including First-Team selection Ao Gao...Gao became just the third Sun Devil in program history to be named a First Team All-American, joining Alicia Brightwell (2012) and Addison McGrath (2008) on the select list...She was joined on this year's All-America roster by Second-Team selection Mia Rycraw and Honorable Mention picks Abbey Kerth and Maud Koopman...The Sun Devils have now posted 21 All-America honors under head coach Todd Clapper since the 2011 season after having just 10 total in program history prior to the current streak...At no point since 2011 has ASU posted fewer than three All-Americans, with this year's four selections tying the 2013 and 2014 squads for the school record for the most in a single season...Gao finished her illustrious career as one of the most decorated Sun Devils in history, becoming just the fourth player in program lore to become a three-time All-American and the first Sun Devil to be named either a first or second team selection each of those times...She finished her career with 131 career goals, good for eighth in the Sun Devil record books. She added 100 career assists, becoming just the fourth player in program history to reach the milestone and bringing her career total points to 231 – the fifth-highest total in ASU history...She added 131 career steals, good for sixth all-time at ASU..She joined Ashley Bower (2004-07) as the only other member of the 100-100-100 club, finishing their careers with over 100 goals, assists and steals...In her first season as the team's day-to-day starting goalkeeper, Mia Rycraw took the MPSF and NCAA by storm. The sophomore out of Walnut, Calif., stopped 318 shots on the season as she led the conference in saves and posted the third-best single season total in ASU history...At the NCAA Tournament, Rycraw stopped 48 shots in three games (16.0 per game) and set a personal record with 20 saves in the team's fifth-place victory. The 48 shots and 20 saves were each good for the second-best total in NCAA Tournament history and she earned All-Tournament honors as a result. Rycraw finished the season with double-digit saves in her final six games of the year...Stopping a tick over 12 shots per game, Rycraw was a pivotal part of an ASU defense that allowed just 5.31 goals per game – a new school record and the third-lowest total in the ever-competitive MPSF Conference. The Sun Devils allowed double-digit goals just twice in 2016, also a program low and three games fewer than the previous school record...Koopman was the freshman sensation that carried the Sun Devil offense throughout the year. The youngster out of the Netherlands led the team in just about every major statistical category including goals (39), assists (38), points (77) and steals (39)...Koopman's 77 points were 27 more than any Sun Devil on the team and a testament to her versatility. The freshman crushed the ASU school freshman record for assists, nine more than Ashley Bower's 2008 total of 29. She also came just shy of Rowie Webster's long-standing school freshman record for points of 82 while her goal and steal totals were good for fifth and sixth all-time among ASU freshmen, respectively...Koopman had four or more assists in three of her final eight games and those three games already put her in a tie for second all-time at ASU for most games in a career with four or more assists in a contest...The Dutch attacker was named to the MPSF All-Newcomer team and became just the third ASU freshman to be named an All-American, joining Alkistis Benekou (2014) and Rowie Webster (2006).
Water Polo Individual Honors
All-American: Ao Gao (1st), Mia Rycraw (1st), Abbey Kerth (HM), Maud Koopman (HM)
All-MPSF: Mia Rycraw (2nd), Abbey Kerth (2nd), Ao Gao (HM), Maud Koopman (All-Newcomer)
MPSF All-Academic: Taylor Bertrand, Daisy Carter, Ao Gao, Abbey Kerth, Lena Mihailovic, Katie Sverchek
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WRESTLING (ZEKE JONES/SECOND SEASON/HIRED APRIL 9, 2014)
Redshirt senior Blake Stauffer represented Arizona State at the NWCA All-Star Classic for the first time since 2010, defeated Lehigh's Nate Brown, 4-1 in sudden victory…freshman heavyweight Tanner Hall upset Oregon State's Amarveer Dhesi at the 2015 Midlands Championships with a 6-5 decision, finished as runner-up to then-No. 1-ranked Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State), 4-3…ASU upset then-No. 14 Iowa State, 23-18, defeating the Cyclones for the first time since 2004...against Iowa State, Matt Kraus clinched the dual with a 5-4 decision over ISU's Gabe Moreno…Blake Stauffer earned his 100th career victory (making him the 24th Sun Devil to reach that mark) with a 16-3 major decision over Cal Poly's Mitchell Woods, helping ASU to a 24-12 win over the Mustangs…ASU hosted the Pac-12 Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena, finished second in the team race with three champions: Dalton Brady (133 Pounds), Josh DaSilveira (197 Pounds), Blake Stauffer (184 Pounds)…Matt Kraus earned the 80th win in his career at the NCAA Championships.
Wrestling Individual Honors
Pac-12 Champions: Dalton Brady (133 Pounds), Josh DaSilveira (197 Pounds), Blake Stauffer (184 Pounds)
Pac-12 All-Academic: Ares Carpio (first), Oliver Pierce (first), Blake Stauffer (HM)
Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week: Matt Kraus (149 pounds) (Jan. 12)
TOM All-Freshman Team: Tanner Hall (HWT)
NWCA All-Star Classic: Blake Stauffer def. Nate Brown (Lehigh): SV 4-1
Career Records Of Note:
Overall Victories: Blake Stauffer (103, 20th),
Dual Victories: Blake Stauffer (55, T-8th)
Bonus Point Victories: Blake Stauffer (44, 11th), Matt Kraus (27, 19th)
Tech Falls: Blake Stauffer (14, 4th), Christian Pagdilao (4, 16th)
Major Decisions: Blake Stauffer (22, 9th), Matt Kraus (19, T-12th)
Podium Notes:
First Place: Dalton Brady (133) - Pac-12 Championships
First Place: Dalton Brady (133) - US Collegiate Championships
First Place: Dalton Brady (133) - Edinboro Open
First Place: Josh DaSilveira (197) - Pac-12 Championships
First Place: Josh DaSilveira (197) - Edinboro Open
First Place: Matt Kraus (149) - Edinboro Open
First Place: Blake Stauffer (184) - Pac-12 Championships
Second Place: Chace Eskam (Heavyweight) - Edinboro Open
Second Place: Tanner Hall (Heavyweight) - Midlands Championships
Second Place: Matt Kraus (149) - Pac-12 Championships
Second Place: Oliver Pierce (157) - Pac-12 Championships
Third Place: Tanner Hall (Heavyweight) - Pac-12 Championships
Third Place: Robbie Mathers (141) - Pac-12 Championships
Third Place: Oliver Pierce (157) - Edinboro Open
- The women's basketball team (26-6, 16-2 Pac-12) finished the regular season co-champions of the Pac-12, ASU's first league title since 2001, as Charli Turner Thorne earned Pac-12 Coach of the Year.
- The men's swimming/diving team beat Arizona for the first time since 2002.
- Water polo finished fifth in the nation and 21-8 overall, and Coach Clapper is building a national power.
- Sheila McInerney led the women's tennis team to its best conference finish, their second victory over Pac-12 Champion Stanford -- the only conference loss handed the Cardinal on the year -- and a Pac-12 Tournament team title en route to Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors.
- Jon Rahm became the first two-time winner of the Ben Hogan Award and also won the Jack Nicklaus Award.
- Check out our "Year in Stories" Here.
- The Tom Hansen/Pac-12 Medal winners were Mike Bercovici and Elisha Davis.
- Mike Bercovici and Elisha Davis also earned the Kajikawa Award.
2015-16 SUN DEVIL PAC-12 CHAMPIONS
Ben Trotter, Isaiah Underwood, Brandon Hasson, Reggie Lewis (Men's 4x100m Relay)
Reggie Lewis (Men's 100m Dash)
Magdalyn Ewen (Women's Hammer Throw)
Ebony Panoho/Alexandra Osborne (Women's Tennis Doubles)
Jon Rahm (Men's Golf)
Linnea Strom (Women's Golf)
Dalton Brady (Wrestling 133 lbs.)
Blake Stauffer (Wrestling 184 lbs.)
Josh DaSilveira (Wrestling 197 lbs.)
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2016 NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Jon Rahm (Ben Hogan Award and Jack Nicklaus Award)
2016 SUN DEVIL PAC-12 SCHOLAR ATHLETES OF THE YEAR: Mike Bercovici (football)
2016 SUN DEVIL PAC-12 COACH OF THE YEAR: Sheila McInerney (tennis), Charli Turner Thorne (women's basketball)
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BASEBALL (TRACY SMITH/SECOND YEAR/HIRED JUNE 24, 2014)
Team finished with a 36-23 overall record and 16-14 (T-3rd) in the Pac-12…tallied 30-wins for the 54th straight season… recorded series victories over four teams that would participate in the 2016 NCAA Baseball Championships…swept the series against Mountain West Conference champion New Mexico (3-games) and Big East Conference champion Xavier (4-games)…defeated national power Cal State Fullerton twice, on the road, in a mid-week series…swept five weekend series of three games or more…finished with a 13-9 record on the road, the first time since 2013 that the Sun Devils have finished over .500 on the road…won six consecutive three-game series from April 15-May 22, five of those coming against Pac-12 competition…won two games in the NCAA tournament and reached the NCAA Regional Final for the first time since 2011…sophomore right-hander Ryan Hingst threw a no-hitter on 3/25 against Utah, the first Sun-Devil no-hitter since Ryan Kellogg no-hit No. 3 Oregon State in Corvallis on 3/23…earned a territorial cup point for the third consecutive season, winning the five-game season series with the University of Arizona…junior infielder David Greer recorded 23 doubles on the season, tied for the most in the Pac-12…Greer also finished top-5 in the conference in hits, run scored, and walks…junior right-hander Seth Martinez finished the season with 9-4 record with a 2.75 ERA and 94 strikeouts…a total of five Sun Devils were drafted in the first 17 rounds of the 2016 MLB Draft…prior to the MLB Draft, the ASU's incoming recruiting class was ranked No. 1 in the nation by several recruiting services.
Baseball Attendance Breakdown: 33 home dates; Total Attendance – 78,421; Average Attendance – 2,450
Baseball Individual Honors
All-American Seth Martinez (2nd), David Greer (3rd), Colby Woodmansee (3rd)
ABCA D1 West All-Region: David Greer (1st), Colby Woodmansee (2nd), Seth Martinez (2nd)
All-Pac-12: David Greer (1st), Seth Martinez (1st), Brian Serven (1st), Colby Woodmansee (1st), Jordan Aboites (HM), Gage Canning (HM), Eder Erives (HM), Andrew Shaps (HM)
Pac-12 All-Academic: Eli Lingos (1st), Chris Beall (2nd), Ryan Hingst (2nd), Jordan Aboites (HM), Hever Bueno (HM), Grant Schneider (HM), Brian Serven (HM), Reagan Todd (HM), Colby Woodmansee (HM)
Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week: Ryan Hingst (Mar. 28)
Pac-12 Player of the Week: David Greer (Mar. 14)
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MEN'S BASKETBALL (BOBBY HURLEY/FIRST YEAR/HIRED APRIL 8, 2015)
Team finished 15-17 overall and 5-13 (11th) in the Pac-12...notched eight top-100 RPI wins which was as many or more than 12 NCAA at-large teams...beat SEC co-champion Texas A&M (RPI 18), Southland Conference champions Stephen Austin (61), OVC top seed Belmont (95), UCSB (98) and Creighton (100), while in conference play it won vs. Oregon State (33), USC (51), and Stanford (87)...finished 23rd for its strength of schedule including a No. 13 ranking for its out-of-conference schedule...faced six top-100 teams in its non-conference schedule and only three teams ranked lower than 150...ten of its 13 non-conference foes posted a top-150 RPI...junior Obinna Oleka (Oh-BEE-nah Oh-LEH-ka) was in double figures in 13 of the final 16 games and averaged 11.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and was 41-of-49 (.837) from the free throw line in that time...Oleka's .852 free throw percentage (46-0f-54) was second-best in the league in the 18 league games...Eric Jacobsen finished fifth on the Sun Devil career list with a .576 shooting mark, which included 102-of-163 (.626) mark in his junior season...he finished career as one of only four Sun Devils to play in at least 130 games...his 88 blocks is ninth on the Sun Devil career list...2-1 in non-conference road games, as it won at both Creighton (79-77 on Dec. 2) and UNLV (66-56 on Dec. 16) and fell at fifth-ranked Kentucky (72-58 on Dec. 12)...254 three-pointers this year was fifth-best in ASU history.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (CHARLI TURNER THORNE/19TH SEASON/HIRED JULY 1, 1996)
Finished 26-7 and 16-2 in the Pac-12 (t-1st place)...The Sun Devils posted their third consecutive and 14th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament (11th under the direction of head coach Charli Turner Thorne)…ASU's No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament represented its highest placement in program history…Won its second Pac-12 regular season championship after tying school record with 16 conference wins (also accomplished by the 2006-07 squad) and became the first ASU team to win a conference title in the Pac-12 era…Posted its best start in conference play (9-0), surpassing the 7-0 mark set by the 2014-15 squad…ASU's 26 wins tied the third-highest total in program history (also accomplished by the 2008-09 squad)…Only the 2006-07 (31 wins) and 2014-15 (29 wins) teams won more games….Collected nine wins against NCAA Tournament teams…ASU was the only Pac-12 school to sweep the regular season series vs. both Stanford (NCAA Elite Eight) and Washington (NCAA Women's Final Four)…Went 14-3 at home and is now 44-6 (.880) in home games the last three seasons…Set a program record with 11 road wins…In the last two seasons the Sun Devils are 21-3 (.875) on the road…Tied the program record for consecutive wins (15/also accomplished by the 2008-09 squad). It was the third straight season the Sun Devils recorded a double-digit winning streak: 10 straight wins in 2013-14 and 14 straight wins in 2014-15…With its two wins over Stanford, ASU became the first Pac-12 school to sweep the regular season series vs. Stanford two straight seasons…In the first meeting of the season, the Sun Devils held Stanford to its lowest point total in school history (31 points)…Posted six wins over Top 25 teams, including No. 9 Stanford & No. 10 Florida State…On January 18 ASU tied its highest ever ranking in the AP poll at No. 8…Made 171 three-point FGs this season, the second-highest total in program history (2008-09 team made 180)…ASU's 61-54 win at Syracuse on Dec. 12 snapped the Orange's 72-game non-conference home court winning streak…In its 60-29 win at Hartford on Dec. 14, ASU set a single-game school record for the fewest points allowed in a half (6 points in the first half)…Former Sun Devil Briann January was named to the Pac-12 Women's Basketball All-Century Team…Katie Hempen concluded her career as ASU's all-time leader in 3-point field goals (185) and set program NCAA Tournament records for most 3-pointers in a single game (6) and most career 3-pointers (19)…Elisha Davis concluded her career No. 2 on ASU's all-time list for career assists (483). She also finished second on ASU's all-time list for most career assists in the NCAA Tournament (34).
Women's Basketball Attendance Breakdown: 17 home dates (including two NCAA Tournament games); home attendance – 41,676; average – 2,452
Women's Basketball Individual Honors
WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America Team: Sophie Brunner (honorable mention)
Pac-12 Coach of the Year (Coaches and Media): Charli Turner Thorne
WBCA Region 5 Co-Coach of the Year: Charli Turner Thorne
ALL-PAC-12 (Coaches): Sophie Brunner, Elisha Davis, Katie Hempen
Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (Coaches): Elisha Davis, Sophie Brunner (HM), Kelsey Moos (HM)
Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (Coaches): Sabrina Haines (HM)
All-Pac-12 (Media): Sophie Brunner
Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (Media): Elisha Davis
CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII Team: Quinn Dornstauder (first team)
PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC: Elisha Davis (1st), Kelsey Moos (1st), Quinn Dornstauder (2nd), Peace Amukamara (HM), Sophie Brunner (HM), Katie Hempen (HM), Eliza Normen (HM)
ESPNW National Player of the Week: Sophie Brunner (Jan. 11)
Pac-12 Player of the Week: Arnecia Hawkins (Dec. 28)
Ann Meyers Drysdale Women's National Player of the Week: Arnecia Hawkins (Dec. 28)
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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (LOUIE QUINTANA/13TH YEAR/HIRED AUG. 18, 2004)
The Sun Devils clinched both Territorial Cup points over Arizona…the women finished sixth at the Pac-12 Championships, with freshman Samantha Ortega leading the pack for ASU…the men finished eighth led by redshirt junior CJ Albertson…the season started off with three victories in first four races thanks to Chelsey Totten, Ortega and senior Ryan Herson…former Sun Devils Amy Hastings-Cragg and Desiree Linden (Davila) earned two of the three spots for Team USA in the marathon for the 2016 Rio Olympics, making it the first time that two marathon competitors are from the same university…Hastings was also named to the Pac-12 All-Century Cross Country team.
Cross Country Individual Honors
Pac-12 All-Academic (Women): Cristina Juan Torres (2nd), Jenna Maack (HM), Shaina Corbin (HM), Kaitlin Kaluzny (HM), Lea Patek (HM), Chelsey Totten (HM)
Pac-12 All-Academic (Men): Clayton Albertson (1st), Cody Brazeal (1st), J.P. Nelson (1st), Ryan Normand (1st), John Reniewicki (1st), Jeffrey Bickert (HM), Brandon Boys (HM), Nick Dale (HM), Ryan Herson (HM), Bernardo Montoya (HM), Riley Wattier (HM)
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FOOTBALL (TODD GRAHAM/FOURTH YEAR/HIRED DEC. 14, 2011)
Team finished 6-7 overall and 4-5 (4th-South) in the Pac-12…defense averaged 3.54 sacks per game last season, a total that ranked first in all of the FBS…after playing in its fifth straight bowl game last year, ASU broke the previous record of four straight bowl teams held by Frank Kush's 1970-73 squads…the 38-23 victory over No. 7 UCLA on 10/3 was the first ASU victory over a top-10 team on the road since defeating No. 6 Oregon in Eugene in 2002…at least five home wins for the third consecutive season…scored at least 30 points in eight games…defeated the University of Arizona for the third time in the last four years…winning record against Pac-12 South opponents each year since Todd Graham took over in 2012…Following the season, ASU now ranks second in the Pac-12 and eleventh in the nation at 37.45 points per game in the Graham era…the Sun Devils played 10 teams that advanced to a bowl last season, defeating four of those teams…with 32 punts downed inside the 20 last season, Matt Haack finished second among all FBS punters in the category…79 of Zane Gonzalez's 88 kickoffs last season went into the end zone and 66 were touchbacks (75.0 percent), the highest touchback percentage in the country… Gonzalez had six field goals against Cal last season, a new career best, tied for the Pac-12 single-game record, and the ASU single-game record…Demario Richard had seven 100-yard rushing games last year, becoming just the fourth Sun Devil in history to do so in seven or more games in a season…Coach Graham is 10-8 in Pac-12 road games at ASU, notable as the Devils were 5-13 in four seasons prior… ASU ranks first in the Pac-12 and third in the nation with an average of 34.6 penalty yards per game (Navy, Air Force) under Graham and ranks first in the Pac-12 and sixth in the nation with an average of 4.32 penalties per game.
Football Attendance Breakdown: 7 home dates; Total Attendance: 368,985; Average Attendance: 52,720
Football Individual Honors
Freshman All-American: Kareem Orr- USA Today (1st), ESPN.com (1st), FWAA (1st), Athlon (2nd), Campus Insiders (HM), College Football News (HM); JoJo Wicker - Athlon (3rd), Campus Insiders (HM), College Football News (HM)
All-Pac-12: Christian Westerman (2nd), Lloyd Carrington (HM), Salamo Fiso (HM), Antonio Longino (HM), Jordan Simone (HM), Tashon Smallwood (HM), Vi Teofilo (HM)
Pac-12 All-Academic: Chans Cox (1st), Matt Haack (1st), Mike Bercovici (2nd), Nick Kelly (2nd), Kweishi Brown (2nd), Coltin Gerhart (HM), Laiu Moeakiola (HM)
Pac-12 Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Mike Bercovici
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MEN'S GOLF (TIM MICKELSON/FIFTH YEAR)
Finished ninth at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. and third at the Pac-12 Championships in Salt Lake City...won the Albuquerque Regional May 16-18...Jon Rahm became the first two-time winner of the Ben Hogan Award and also earned the Jack Nicklaus Award...Rahm earned first-team All-America honors for the second time in his career and ended with 11 career victories, including the 2016 Pac-12 and NCAA Regional victories...finished season ranked seventh by Golfstat and 12th by Golfweek...team made NCAA Championship for 52nd time, fourth-best in NCAA...NCAA Regional team title was its seventh, tied for second with Clemson for most all-time...ASU's ninth-place finish was its 13th top-10 finish in the past 24 seasons (1993-2016), third-most in the nation behind only Georgia Tech and Oklahoma State who have done it 15 times in that span...Rahm became the first Sun Devil to earn first-team All-America honors twice in a career since Alejandro Canizares did the same in 2003 and 2006. That nod pushed the Sun Devil all-time first-team All-America honors to 25, behind only Oklahoma State (57), Houston (30) and Florida (28), since the GCAA began recognizing All-Americans in 1958...ASU's three seniors all took place in graduation ceremonies in May as Jon Rahm (BA, Communication), Max Rottluff (BS, Marketing) and Alberto Sanchez (BA, Communication) all earned their ASU degrees...Rahm became first Sun Devil to win the Pac-12 since Paul Casey won it three straight years (1998-2000).
Men's Golf Individual Honors
National Player of the Year: Jon Rahm (Ben Hogan Award and Jack Nicklaus Award)
2016 Pac-12 Champion: Jon Rahm
All-American: Jon Rahm (1st/GCAA)
All-Pac-12: Jon Rahm (1st), Jared du Toit (2nd), Max Rottluff (2nd)
Pac-12 All-Academic: Max Rottluff (1st)
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WOMEN'S GOLF (MISSY FARR-KAYE/FIRST YEAR/HIRED JUNE 26, 2015)
Freshman Linnea Strom won the Pac-12 Individual Championship with a new 54-hole record of 11-under, 205…Strom rallied from four strokes down on final day to win the title, becoming the first Sun Devil to do so since Carlota Ciganda's second-consecutive victory in 2010 & 10th ever…Junior Monica Vaughn and incoming freshman Olivia Mehaffey represented their respective countries – USA and Ireland – at the 2016 Curtis Cup…Vaughn also won her first tournament outright with an impressive comeback from five strokes back on the final day of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in February…former head coach and Sun Devil Hall of Fame inductee Linda Vollstedt was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Century, while Heather Farr, Wendy Ward, Grace Park and Danielle Ammaccapane were named to the All-Century team…five Sun Devil Golf alumna also made the 2016 Rio Olympics – the most of any NCAA program – featuring Anna Nordqvist (Sweden), Carlota Ciganda (Spain), Azahara Munoz (Spain), Giulia Molinaro (Italy) and Miriam Nagl (Brazil).
Women's Golf Individual Honors
WGCA All-American(s): Linnea Strom (First Team), Monica Vaughn (Second Team)
WGCA All-American(s): Monica Vaughn, Sophia Zeeb, Roberta Liti, Madison Kerley
All-Pac-12: Linnea Strom, Monica Vaughn
Pac-12 All-Academic: Monica Vaughn (First Team), Roberta Liti (First Team), Sophia Zeeb (Honorable Mention)
Golfer of the Month: Monica Vaughn (February), Linnea Strom (April)
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GYMNASTICS (DR. RENE LYST/SECOND YEAR)
Capped the 2016 season with senior Taylor Allex winning the 2016 NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional vault title and becoming ASU's first NCAA Championships qualifier since Mary Atkinson in 2010…Allex and fellow senior Allie Salas qualified for the regional meet and were also both named to the 2016 All-Pac-12 Teams, along with freshman Katelyn Lentz…Allex was ASU's first All-Pac-12 honoree on vault since 1997, and the three total honorees were the most for the Gym Devils since 2003…Lentz' recognition on the All-Around Second Team marked her as just one of three freshman honored by the league this season…academically, four Gym Devils were named to the Pac-12 All-Academic Teams, led by Salas and Carissa Kraus on the Second Team...VP for University Athletics Ray Anderson announced Jay Santos as head coach on May 27, 2016.
Gymnastics Individual Honors
All-Pac-12: Allie Salas (1st AA), Katelyn Lentz (2nd AA), Taylor Allex (1st V)
Pac-12 All-Academic: Carssa Kraus (2nd), Allie Salas (2nd), Taylor Allex (HM), Beka Conrad (HM)
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ICE HOCKEY (GREG POWERS/FIRST YEAR/HIRED NOV. 18, 2014)
In the program's first season of NCAA Division I play, the Sun Devils finished 10-23-5…Powers and the program earned their first NCAA victory in a late 2-1 thriller against Alaska Fairbanks on Oct. 11 thanks to a goal by sophomore Ryan Belonger with just over 30 seconds left in the game…they earned their first road victory with a 3-2 win over Lake Superior State on Nov. 14 & locked up their first road sweep in program history the next night with a 3-2 follow up win…hosted the 1st Annual Desert Hockey Classic at Gila River Arena in Glendale along with UCONN, Yale and Michigan Tech…The program had its highest drafted player in history as 2017-18 commit Patrick Kudla was drafted in the sixth round by the Arizona Coyotes…Kudla was the second drafted in the Division I era along with incoming freshman Joey Daccord, who was drafted in the seventh round by the Ottawa Senators.
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SOCCER (KEVIN BOYD/NINTH SEASON/HIRED MARCH 30, 2007)
Finished 9-8-1 and 5-5-1 (t6th) in the Pac-12...ASU's final record represented the seventh time in Boyd's nine seasons that it finished with a winning record…The 2015 season was the 20th in the history of Sun Devil Soccer…Boyd earned the 200th win of his career on Aug. 21, 2015 (ASU defeated Portland State 3-0)…ASU won its first four games for the first time since 2000. During that stretch, which included a 5-0 win over then-No. 14 Pepperdine, ASU outscored its opponents 16-0 and averaged one goal for every six shots it had taken…Lucy Lara set a school record with three assists in the win over Pepperdine…The Sun Devils upset No. 18 Washington, 2-1 in double-overtime. It was ASU's first win over the Huskies in Seattle since 2005 and was Washington's first home loss of the season…In its nine wins, ASU outscored the opposition 28-3…Team was without leading scorer Cali Farquharson for 4.5 games (lost each one of the games)…Improved to 17-3-1 in games vs. Arizona after 4-1 win over the No. 23 Wildcats…Chandler Morris was the only Sun Devil who started every game in 2015. Morris concluded her career as ASU's all-time leader in career shutouts (25)…ASU finished 1-1-1 in overtime games: tied UCLA 1-1 in Los Angeles on Oct. 11, won at Washington 2-1 in Seattle on Oct. 15 and lost at Utah 2-1 in Salt Lake City on Oct. 30…A program record 15 soccer student-athletes earned Pac-12 All-Academic recognition. It broke the previous program record of 14 set by the 2011 squad…ASU's five combined first- (2) and second-team (3) awards are the most of any school in the conference… Farquharson led the Pac-12 in both goals per game (0.71) and points per game (1.71) in 2015 while also pacing the Sun Devils in goals (10) and points (24) for the fourth consecutive year…Farquharson scored five goals in ASU's last four games of 2015, including the third hat-trick of her career in ASU's win over Arizona…With 10 goals in 2015 Farquharson became the first player in program history to record a double-digit goal total four straight years. She concluded her Sun Devil career No. 2 all time in goals (44) and points (102) and finished tied for second in game-winning goals (13)… Farqhuarson (12th overall pick/Second Round/Washington Spirit) and fellow senior McKenzie Berryhill (21st overall pick/Third Round/Portland Thorns) were both selected in National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) College Draft. In addition, Tommi Goodman, Sara Tosti and Mackenzie Semerad signed professional contracts to play for Krokom-Dvarsatts 55 IF (KD 55) in Sweden.
Attendance Breakdown: 8 home dates; total attendance: 5,797; average attendance: 725
Soccer Individual Honors
All-Pac-12: Cali Farquharson (1st), Aly Moon (HM), Madison Stark (HM)
NSCAA All-Pacific Region: Cali Farquharson (first team), Madison Stark (third team)
PAC-12 All-Academic: Madison Kmetko (1st), Madison Stark (1st), Whitney Kanavel (2nd), Alyssa Martinez (2nd), Jessica Raybe (2nd), McKenzie Berryhill (HM), Cali Farquharson (HM), Tommi Goodman (HM), Lucy Lara (HM), Chandler Morris (HM), Rachel Ometer (HM), Sara Tosti (HM), McKenzie Grossman (HM), Taylor Coon (HM), Jazmarie Mader (HM)
Capital One Academic All-District Team: Cali Farquharson (first team), Mckenzie Grossman (second team), Jessica Raybe (second team)
Senior CLASS Award: Cali Farquharson (finalist)
NSCAA Women's Scholar All-West Region Team: Cali Farquharson (First Team)
Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week: Cali Farquharson (Nov. 27)
Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week: Chandler Morris (Nov. 7)
Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week: Lucy Lara (Sept. 15)
CS360 National Primetime Performer of the Week: Jessica Raybe (Oct. 21)
CS360 National Primetime Performers Honor Roll: McKenzie Berryhill (Sept. 15), Jessica Raybe (Oct. 21), Cali Farquharson (Nov. 7)
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SOFTBALL (ROBERT WAGNER AND LETTY OLIVAREZ/CO-INTERIM COACHES)
The 2015-16 team advanced the an NCAA Regional Final for the 11th consecutive season, capping off a 32-26 season at the Baton Rouge Regional and finished tied for 17th in the country in the final Director's Cup Standings...Senior Jennifer Soria was an all-everything standout, earning NFCA All-West Region, All-Pac-12 and All-Pac-12 Defensive honors on the season while also being named a Pac-12 All-Academic selection and earning a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-District team...She finished the season with a .348 average - leading the team's day-to-day starters - while adding a team-leading 15 home runs, a total good for 13th in ASU's single-season history...A total of 12 of those home runs came against teams ranked in the Top 75 in this season's RPI while she actually had a .373 regular season average against RPI Top-75 teams, showing off her ability to step up her play against tougher opponents..Soria added a team-leading 53 runs scored - 16 more than any other Sun Devil on the team - and led the squad with 12 doubles as well...She finished the regular season in the Pac-12's Top 10 in home runs, doubles, runs and slugging percentage...Nikki Girard had a career season as well taking All-West Region and All-Pac-12 honors while Sashel Palacios (NFCA All-West-Region) and Chelsea Gonzales (All-Pac-12) also brought home postseason awards...
Softball Individual Honors
NFCA All-West Region: Jenn Soria (1st), Fa Leilua (1st), Sashel Palacios (1st), Nikki Girard (3rd)
All-Pac-12: Jennifer Soria (1st), Chelsea Gonzales (2nd) Nikki Girard (3rd)
Pac-12 All-Academic: Breona Peralta (1st), Jennifer Soria (2nd), Margaret Stahm (2nd), Kate Aguirre (HM), Allie Butterfield (HM), Sashel Palacios (HM), Dale Ryndak (HM), Brynley Steele (HM)
Pac-12 All-Defense: Jenn Soria
Pac-12 All-Freshman: Fa Leilua, Taylor Becerra
CoSIDA Academic All-District: Jenn Soria (1st)
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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (BOB BOWMAN/FIRST YEAR/HIRED APRIL 24, 2015 & MARK BRADSHAW/19TH YEAR/HIRED JULY 30, 1997)
The 2015-16 men's team made history with six individual swimmers qualifying for the NCAA Championships after just four qualified total in the last eight years…sophomore Mara Aiacoboae placed 3rd in the 10-meter platform event at NCAA Championships…all four men's relay teams finished in the top-20 at NCAAs as well…the men broke three school records at the NCAA Championships, including the 800-yard freestyle relay, the 100-yard backstroke by Richard Bohus, and the 400-yard medley relay…also broke the 400-yard freestyle relay, 200-yard backstroke by Barkley Perry, Juan Tolosa in the 1,650-yard freestyle, Christian Lorenz in the 100-yard breaststroke, Marlies Ross in the women's 400 individual medley, and the men's 200-yard medley relay records at Pac-12 Championships…sophomore diver Mara Aiacoboae earned Pac-12 Diver of the Month for January, becoming first ASU woman to earn honor since 2009…former Sun Devils Agnes Kovacs and Melissa Belote were named to the Pac-12 All-Century team, while current coach and former Stanford swimmer Misty Hyman was also named to the list…ASU hall of fame diver Joona Puhakka was also named the Pac-12 Diver of the Century…the ASU men defeated then-No. 17 Arizona for the first time since 2002…Coach Bowman was inducted into the International Swimming HOF in November...both men and women's teams earned CSCAA Scholar All-America honors as a team for the fall and spring semesters.
Swimming/Diving Individual Honors
2016 Olympians: Katarina Simonovic, Richard Bohus, Anna Olasz
All-American(s): Mara Aiacoboae
CSCAA Scholar All-Americans: Richard Bohus, Juan Tolosa, Mara Aiacoboae, Heikki Makikallio
Pac-12 All-Academic: Hunter Atha (First Team), Heikki Makikallio (First Team), Richard Bohus (First Team), Juan Tolosa (First Team), Ivana Ninkovic (First Team), Anna Olasz (First Team), Jose Garcia Mesa (Second Team), David Hoffer (Second Team), Sean Kao (Second Team), Cole Miller (Second Team), Jennifer Morgan (Second Team), Katarina Simonovic (Second Team), Cheyenne Degraff (Second Team), Reid Elliott (HM), Joshua Lamb (HM), Brandon Mills (HM), Aidan O'Hara (HM), Christian Lorenz (HM), Marina Spadoni (HM), Mara Aiacoboae (HM), Jamie Friderichs (HM), Alysha Bush (HM), Indira Ceranic (HM), Ingibjorg Jonsdottir (HM)
Pac-12 Swimmer/Diver of the Month: Patrick Park (November), Mara Aiacoboae (January)
NCAA/CollegeSwimming Swimmer of the Week: Richard Bohus (February Week 1)
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WOMEN'S TENNIS (SHEILA MCINERNEY/32ND YEAR/HIRED AUG. 16, 1984)
Australian duo of senior Ebony Panoho and junior Alex Osborne brought the program its first Pac-12 doubles championship...head coach Sheila McInerney was named the Pac-12 and ITA Southwest Region Coach of the Year…the Pac-12 honor becomes her second overall award and first since 1997… as a team, the Devils made their 29th-straight NCAA Tournament appearance under McInerney, but fell in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to No. 11 Auburn…Panoho and Osborne advanced all the way to the NCAA Quarterfinals, becoming the first duo from ASU to do so since 2013…the two earned All-American honors along with senior Desirae Krawczyk, making it the first time since 2000 that the program has had three or more All-Americans in the same season…the Devils also had their best-ever Pac-10/12 conference record at 8-2 under McInerney and best since 1979 under hall of fame coach Anne Pittman…in March, the women defeated then-No. 20 Stanford for the second time in program history and first since 2008, providing the Cardinal with their only conference loss on their road to becoming 2016 Pac-12 Champions…McInerney's squad won 10-straight matches starting with the Stanford victory and didn't lost for over a month…the women were named an ITA All-Academic Team for the 10th-straight season for earning a cumulative GPA above 3.20…Krawczyk totaled 99 career victories in her four-year ASU tenure after capturing 26 during her final season…ASU and the ITA developed a partnership in March 2016, as the ITA moved its headquarters to the Tempe campus.
Tennis Individual Honors
Pac-12 Coach of the Year: Sheila McInerney
ITA Southwest Region Coach of the Year: Sheila McInerney
ITA All-Americans: Desirae Krawczyk (Singles), Ebony Panoho (Doubles), Alexandra Osborne (Doubles)
ITA Southwest Most Improved Player: Desirae Krawczyk
All-Pac-12: Desirae Krawcyzk (First Team), Ebony Panoho (HM), Kassidy Jump (HM)
Pac-12 All-Academic: Alexandra Osborne (Second Team), Ebony Panoho (HM), Stephanie Vlad (HM), Kassidy Jump (HM), Gussie O'Sullivan (HM)
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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD (GREG KRAFT/20TH YEAR/HIRED JULY 28, 1996)
Redshirt junior Tim White highlighted the NCAA Championships for the Sun Devils in his first-ever appearance, placing 4th overall in the triple jump…redshirt sophomore Maggie Ewen earned two First-Team All-American honors after finishing 5th in the hammer throw and 8th in the discus throw...at the NCAA West Regional, Ewen broke the Pac-12 hammer throw record…the men's 4x100 relay team of Ben Trotter, Isaiah Underwood, Brandon Hasson and Reggie Lewis broke the Washington track record at the Pac-12 Championships…the 4x100 relay, Maggie Ewen in the hammer throw and Reggie Lewis in the 100m dash brought home Pac-12 titles…freshman Hudson Keffer made the podium in 3rd in the javelin throw…junior Keyasia Tibbs became the first ASU female to break 13 meters in the triple jump while also broke the triple jump school record in the indoor and outdoor seasons…the women's 4x800 relay team broke the Baldy Castillo meet record set 12 years prior…Ewen won the MPSF Conference Championship in the weight throw while senior Jamol James won the 60m dash…between the indoor and outdoor seasons, the Devils won three of the four possible Territorial Cup points…the men pushed their streak to nine straight against Arizona while the women's streak of 10 came to an end at the Pac-12 Outdoor Championships…former Sun Devil & Olympic gold medal winner Dwight Phillips, Maicel Malone, Lynda Tolbert-Goode, Jacquelyn Johnson and Shelby Houlihan were named to the Pac-12 All-Century team.
Track and Field Individual Honors
Outdoor All-Americans: Magdalyn Ewen (2x First Team), Tim White (First Team), Jamol James (First Team), Ben Trotter (First Team), Reggie Lewis (First Team), Isaiah Underwood (First Team), Brandon Hasson (First Team), Keyasia Tibbs (Second Team), Hudson Keffer (Second Team)
Indoor All-Americans: Jamol James (Second Team)
CoSIDA All-District: C.J. Albertson
Pac-12 Champions: Reggie Lewis (100m Dash), Ben Trotter (4x100 Relay), Isaiah Underwood (4x100 Relay), Brandon Hasson (4x100 Relay), Reggie Lewis (4x100 Relay), Magdalyn Ewen (Hammer Throw)
MPSF Champions: Maggie Ewen (Weight Throw), Jamol James (60m Dash)
Pac-12 All-Academic: C.J. Albertson (First Team), Cody Brazeal (First Team), Matt Eckles (First Team), J.P. Nelson (First Team), John Reniewicki (First Team), Haleigh Fritts (First Team), Keyasia Tibbs (First Team), Ashley Weber (Second Team), Brandon Boys (HM), Nick Dale (HM), Ahmed Hassan (HM), Bernie Montoya (HM), Cody Moore (HM), Ryan Norton (HM), Riley Wattier (HM), Alyssa Cornell (HM), Maggie Ewen (HM), Jasmine Gibbs (HM), Ginger Jarchow (HM), Melanie Johnson (HM), Kendra Purifoye (HM), Chelsey Totten (HM), Kristiana Warth (HM)
Pac-12 Athlete of the Week: Maggie Ewen (March – 3rd week)
MPSF All-Academic: Keyasia Tibbs, Jenna Maack, Matt Eckles, Ginger Jarchow, Athena Masolini, Ashley Weber, Kyle Elliott, Jacob Flores, Ahmed Hassan, Michael Julian, Trevor Landry, Reggie Lewis
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VOLLEYBALL (JASON WATSON/EIGHTH YEAR)
Finished season at 19-12, 8-12 in Pac-12 matches…opened season with a 15-match win streak, the second long win streak in the history of the program…earned a program-best No. 6 ranking in the AVCA poll Defeated Stanford, 3-1, on Oct. 2, snapping a 15-year, 28-match losing streak to the Cardinal…Macey Gardner broke the 20-year-old school kills record, previous held by Christine Ganrer at 1,871 kills, on Oct. 4 against Cal...started 4-0 in conference play for the first time since joining the Pac-10…earned its fourth-straight at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, the most since doing four times from 1992-95...VP for Athletics Ray Anderson hired Stevie Mussie as head coach on Feb. 3, 2016.
Volleyball Individual Honors
All-American(s): Whitney Follette (HM by AVCA)
AVCA All-Pacific-South Region: Whitney Follette
All-Pac-12: Whitney Foleltte (HM), Bree Bailey (HM)
Pac-12 All-Academic: Kizzy Ricedorff (Willey) (1st), Bianca Arellano (2nd), Halle Harker (2nd), Bree Bailey (HM), Mercedes Binns (HM), Whitney Follette (HM), Macey Gardner (HM)
Pac-12 Player of the Week: Macey Gardner (Oct. 5)
AVCA National Player of the Week: Macey Gardner (Oct. 6)
Career Records of Note:
Kills: Macey Gardner (1882, 1st)
Assists: Bianca Arellano (3,184, 4th)
Block Assists: Whitney Follette (364, 2nd), Mercedes Binns (282, 7th)
Total Blocks: Whitney Follette (448, 3rd), Mercedes Binns (328 (T-8th)
1,000 Career Digs: Macey Gardner (1,093, 16th)
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL (JACKIE BUNKER (INTERIM)/FIRST YEAR)
Finished season at 12-13 in dual matches…wrapped 2016 with the most wins in the history of the program…upset then-No. 17 South Carolina in the season-opening Sun Devil Challenge at the PERA Club…surpassed double-digit wins for the first time in program history with a 5-0 sweep of San Diego State…No. 1s duo of Bianca Arellano and Whitney Follette finished the year with 18 wins, the most for a pair in program history...Arellano and Follette upset USC's Sophie Bukovec and Alexa Strange in three sets to advance to the first-ever Pac-12 Championships Pairs semifinal match...Director of Volleyball Stevie Mussie announced the hiring of Brad Keenan as head coach on May 13, 2016
Beach Volleyball Individual Honors
All-Pac-12: Bianca Arellano (1st), Whitney Follette (1st)
Pac-12 All-Tournament Team: Bianca Arellano & Whitney Follette
Pac-12 All-Academic: Bianca Arellano (1st), Frances Giedraitis (1st), Kwyn Johnson (1st), Mia Rivera (2nd), Whitney Follette (HM), Sydney Palmer (HM)
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WATER POLO (TODD CLAPPER/11TH SEASON/HIRED AUGUST 3, 2005)
The Sun Devil water polo team advanced to its second NCAA Tournament in program history, matching a program-best with a fifth-place finish at the event and finishing the season with a 21-8 record...It was just the third time in program history the Devils reached the 20-win plateau and the first time since 2013...The 20th win also marked career-win No. 300 for head coach Todd Clappe, who is now 301-199 in his career as a head coach...The fifth-place national finish was the highest for any Sun Devil program this season...The Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches announced four members from the Arizona State water polo program as All-Americans – including First-Team selection Ao Gao...Gao became just the third Sun Devil in program history to be named a First Team All-American, joining Alicia Brightwell (2012) and Addison McGrath (2008) on the select list...She was joined on this year's All-America roster by Second-Team selection Mia Rycraw and Honorable Mention picks Abbey Kerth and Maud Koopman...The Sun Devils have now posted 21 All-America honors under head coach Todd Clapper since the 2011 season after having just 10 total in program history prior to the current streak...At no point since 2011 has ASU posted fewer than three All-Americans, with this year's four selections tying the 2013 and 2014 squads for the school record for the most in a single season...Gao finished her illustrious career as one of the most decorated Sun Devils in history, becoming just the fourth player in program lore to become a three-time All-American and the first Sun Devil to be named either a first or second team selection each of those times...She finished her career with 131 career goals, good for eighth in the Sun Devil record books. She added 100 career assists, becoming just the fourth player in program history to reach the milestone and bringing her career total points to 231 – the fifth-highest total in ASU history...She added 131 career steals, good for sixth all-time at ASU..She joined Ashley Bower (2004-07) as the only other member of the 100-100-100 club, finishing their careers with over 100 goals, assists and steals...In her first season as the team's day-to-day starting goalkeeper, Mia Rycraw took the MPSF and NCAA by storm. The sophomore out of Walnut, Calif., stopped 318 shots on the season as she led the conference in saves and posted the third-best single season total in ASU history...At the NCAA Tournament, Rycraw stopped 48 shots in three games (16.0 per game) and set a personal record with 20 saves in the team's fifth-place victory. The 48 shots and 20 saves were each good for the second-best total in NCAA Tournament history and she earned All-Tournament honors as a result. Rycraw finished the season with double-digit saves in her final six games of the year...Stopping a tick over 12 shots per game, Rycraw was a pivotal part of an ASU defense that allowed just 5.31 goals per game – a new school record and the third-lowest total in the ever-competitive MPSF Conference. The Sun Devils allowed double-digit goals just twice in 2016, also a program low and three games fewer than the previous school record...Koopman was the freshman sensation that carried the Sun Devil offense throughout the year. The youngster out of the Netherlands led the team in just about every major statistical category including goals (39), assists (38), points (77) and steals (39)...Koopman's 77 points were 27 more than any Sun Devil on the team and a testament to her versatility. The freshman crushed the ASU school freshman record for assists, nine more than Ashley Bower's 2008 total of 29. She also came just shy of Rowie Webster's long-standing school freshman record for points of 82 while her goal and steal totals were good for fifth and sixth all-time among ASU freshmen, respectively...Koopman had four or more assists in three of her final eight games and those three games already put her in a tie for second all-time at ASU for most games in a career with four or more assists in a contest...The Dutch attacker was named to the MPSF All-Newcomer team and became just the third ASU freshman to be named an All-American, joining Alkistis Benekou (2014) and Rowie Webster (2006).
Water Polo Individual Honors
All-American: Ao Gao (1st), Mia Rycraw (1st), Abbey Kerth (HM), Maud Koopman (HM)
All-MPSF: Mia Rycraw (2nd), Abbey Kerth (2nd), Ao Gao (HM), Maud Koopman (All-Newcomer)
MPSF All-Academic: Taylor Bertrand, Daisy Carter, Ao Gao, Abbey Kerth, Lena Mihailovic, Katie Sverchek
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WRESTLING (ZEKE JONES/SECOND SEASON/HIRED APRIL 9, 2014)
Redshirt senior Blake Stauffer represented Arizona State at the NWCA All-Star Classic for the first time since 2010, defeated Lehigh's Nate Brown, 4-1 in sudden victory…freshman heavyweight Tanner Hall upset Oregon State's Amarveer Dhesi at the 2015 Midlands Championships with a 6-5 decision, finished as runner-up to then-No. 1-ranked Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State), 4-3…ASU upset then-No. 14 Iowa State, 23-18, defeating the Cyclones for the first time since 2004...against Iowa State, Matt Kraus clinched the dual with a 5-4 decision over ISU's Gabe Moreno…Blake Stauffer earned his 100th career victory (making him the 24th Sun Devil to reach that mark) with a 16-3 major decision over Cal Poly's Mitchell Woods, helping ASU to a 24-12 win over the Mustangs…ASU hosted the Pac-12 Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena, finished second in the team race with three champions: Dalton Brady (133 Pounds), Josh DaSilveira (197 Pounds), Blake Stauffer (184 Pounds)…Matt Kraus earned the 80th win in his career at the NCAA Championships.
Wrestling Individual Honors
Pac-12 Champions: Dalton Brady (133 Pounds), Josh DaSilveira (197 Pounds), Blake Stauffer (184 Pounds)
Pac-12 All-Academic: Ares Carpio (first), Oliver Pierce (first), Blake Stauffer (HM)
Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week: Matt Kraus (149 pounds) (Jan. 12)
TOM All-Freshman Team: Tanner Hall (HWT)
NWCA All-Star Classic: Blake Stauffer def. Nate Brown (Lehigh): SV 4-1
Career Records Of Note:
Overall Victories: Blake Stauffer (103, 20th),
Dual Victories: Blake Stauffer (55, T-8th)
Bonus Point Victories: Blake Stauffer (44, 11th), Matt Kraus (27, 19th)
Tech Falls: Blake Stauffer (14, 4th), Christian Pagdilao (4, 16th)
Major Decisions: Blake Stauffer (22, 9th), Matt Kraus (19, T-12th)
Podium Notes:
First Place: Dalton Brady (133) - Pac-12 Championships
First Place: Dalton Brady (133) - US Collegiate Championships
First Place: Dalton Brady (133) - Edinboro Open
First Place: Josh DaSilveira (197) - Pac-12 Championships
First Place: Josh DaSilveira (197) - Edinboro Open
First Place: Matt Kraus (149) - Edinboro Open
First Place: Blake Stauffer (184) - Pac-12 Championships
Second Place: Chace Eskam (Heavyweight) - Edinboro Open
Second Place: Tanner Hall (Heavyweight) - Midlands Championships
Second Place: Matt Kraus (149) - Pac-12 Championships
Second Place: Oliver Pierce (157) - Pac-12 Championships
Third Place: Tanner Hall (Heavyweight) - Pac-12 Championships
Third Place: Robbie Mathers (141) - Pac-12 Championships
Third Place: Oliver Pierce (157) - Edinboro Open