As her time with @ASUsoftball comes to a close, senior Breanna Macha reads a letter to the sport that has taught her so much. #WCWS pic.twitter.com/8JK27DZkeq
— NCAA Softball (@NCAAsoftball) June 2, 2018
Congrats to @RobiLiti on becoming just the fourth Sun Devil and first women's golfer from ASU to earn the NCAA's Elite 90 award! #SunDevilTradition
— Sun Devil W. Golf (@SunDevilWGolf) May 17, 2018
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NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
2017 Triathlon
Maggie Ewen (outdoor and indoor shot put, discus)
Zahid Valencia (174 pounds)
2017-18 SUN DEVIL PAC-12 CHAMPIONS (12 TITLES BY 10 SUN DEVILS)
Mara Aiacoboae (Women's Diving/Platform)
Cameron Craig (Men's Swim/200 Free)
Maggie Ewen (Women's Hammer Throw, Discus and Shot Put)
Ali Naser (Wrestling/133)
Kordell Norfleet (Wrestling/184)
Josh Shields (Wrestling/157)
Youssef Selim (Men's Diving/1-Meter)
Jason Tsirtsis (Wrestling/149)
Anthony Valencia (Wrestling/165)
Zahid Valencia (Wrestling/174)
HOME ATTENDANCE TOTAL ATTENDANCE (AVERAGE/EVENTS)
BASEBALL: 80,946 (2,313/35)
MEN'S BASKETBALL: 180,251 (10,603/17)
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: 45,813 (2,683/16)
FOOTBALL: 359,660 (51,380/7)
GYMNASTICS: 5,769 (1,442/4)
HOCKEY: 19,307 (1,379/14)
LACROSSE: 2,530 (361/7)
SOCCER: 7,452 (745/10)
SOFTBALL: 48,027 (1,455/33)
TRACK AND FIELD: 7,389 (2,463/3)
VOLLEYBALL: 17,101 (1,315/13)
WRESTLING: 7,056 (1,411/5)
BASEBALL (TRACY SMITH, FOURTH SEASON/HIRED JUNE 24, 2014): Finished 23-32 overall and 13-17 in the Pac-12 Conference, one game back of sixth in the league and three games back of fifth...Finished with the nation's 24th-toughest overall strength of schedule and 23rd-toughest non-conference SOS...Played 18 games against teams that advance to the NCAA Postseason, three Super Regional squads and two College World Series teams (Oregon State and Washington)...Spencer Torkelson became a concensus All-American as nearly every major baseball media outlet in the nation rewarded the freshman with at least one All-America accolade (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Baseball America, NCBWA, and Perfect Game)...The freshman took the nation by storm, leading the country during the regular season with 25 home runs – two more than any other player and just one shy of the NCAA freshman record...Torkelson is just the sixth player to reach 25 home runs since the BBCOR batting technology changes took effect in 2011 and the only freshman in the NCAA to reach the milestone in that time....Against Washington State, he surpassed the previous Sun Devil freshman record of 11 home runs set by Barry Bonds in 1983...Torkelson finished tied with Bob Horner (1978) for second in ASU single-season history, just two shy of Mitch Jones' school record 27 in 2000....Torkelson slugged .743 on the season (25 homers, 12 doubles), the third-highest total for any freshman in the NCAA in the past two decades and the highest for a freshman in the BBCOR era (since 2011). Only Rickie Weeks (.849 in 2001) and Jeremy Baltz (.771, 2010) have posted higher freshman slugging percentages in the past 20 years....Torkelson scored 59 runs on the season, third-most in ASU freshman history while his 53 total RBI were fifth among all freshmen in Sun Devil lore. Torkelson's 66 hits are ninth in ASU freshman history as well...Five members of the Sun Devil Baseball program were selected over three days of the 2018 MLB Draft, led by fifth-round pick Gage Canning....Canning, a junior outfielder, was selected with the 161st pick of the draft by the Washington Nationals in the fifth round, becoming the 15th Sun Devil since 2010 to go in the first five rounds of the MLB Draft....RHP Fitz Stadler went to the Toronto Blue Jays with the 536th pick of the 18th round and he was followed by LHP Eli Lingos to the Cleveland Indians in Round 22 with the 673rd overall pick. Catcher Lyle Lin was taken by the Houston Astros in the 29th round with the 882nd pick while Connor Higgins rounded out the ASU selection in the 30th round as the Los Angeles Angels selected him with the 901st overall pick....ASU leads all NCAA schools with 437 total MLB draft picks including the 2018 selections, and at least one Sun Devil has been drafted every year since the draft's inception in 1965. The first-ever MLB draft pick was former Sun Devil Rick Monday....Sixty-one Sun Devils have been taken in the MLB Draft since 2010, including 20 in the past four seasons.Canning wrapped the season as one of the elite five-tool players in the country, finishing with a .369 average and a Pac-12 leading 87 hits on the season. Canning was the national leader in triples with 11, and now has 25 in his career at ASU – good for third in school history and the most since Ed Irvine tied the school record of 26 between 1977-79.
HOME ATTENDANCE TOTAL: 80,946
2018 BASEBALL HONORS
ALL-AMERICANS: Spencer Torkelson - Collegiate Baseball News (2nd Team), Baseball America (2nd Team), Perfect Game (3rd Team), NCWBA (3rd Team); Gage Canning - Collegiate Baseball News (1st Team); Baseball America (3rd Team)
FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICANS: Spencer Torkelson - Collegiate Baseball News (National Co-Freshman of the Year), Perfect Game (National Freshman of the Year, NCWBA (1st Team – National Freshman Hitter of the Year); Dellan Raish – Collegiate Baseball News; Gage Workman - Collegiate Baseball News
PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Spencer Torkelson
GOLDEN SPIKES AWARD SEMIFINALIST: Spencer Torkelson
DICK HOWSER TROPHY SEMIFINALIST: Spencer Torkelson
PAC-12 ALL-CONFERENCE: Spencer Torkelson - First Team; Gage Canning - First Team; Carter Aldrete - Honorable Mention; Lyle Lin - Honorable Mention
PAC-12 ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM: Gage Canning - First Team, Outfielder
PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM: Eli Lingos – First Team; Dellan Raish – Second Team; Hunter Bishop – Honorable Mention; Connor Higgins – Honorable Mention; Gage Canning – Honorable Mention
MEN'S BASKETBALL (BOBBY HURLEY, THIRD SEASON/HIRED APRIL 9, 2015): ASU finished 20-12 overall and 8-10 in the Pac-12 (tied for eighth) and reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014 and just fourth time in past 23 seasons…averaged 10,603 fans, topping the previous school record of 9,514 set in 1995-96…was the last undefeated team in nation as it reached 12-0 before falling to Arizona 84-78 on Dec. 30…beat No. 1 seeds Xavier and Kansas along with Kansas State in its non-conference action and went 5-2 against NCAA Tournament teams, also topping UCLA and San Diego State…had 15 single-digit Pac-12 regular season games, most in past 22 seasons (1996-97 to present)…came from behind at the half to win seven times…NCAA Tournament appearance was No. 15 in school history…Tra Holder's 40 points on Nov. 24 vs. Nov. 15 Xavier is the most points scored by a Sun Devil against a ranked team…had just one single-digit loss (97-85 to Colorado in the Pac-12 Tournament)…Shannon Evans II notched 1,023 points in his two-year Sun Devil career, fourth on the Sun Devil two-year career list, and made .844 (222-of-263) of his free throws, the best mark in school history…Tra Holder earned Pac-12 first team honors and ended first on ASU career charts for minutes (4,180) and matched record for starts (120)…Holder also ended fifth on the Sun Devil career points chart with 1,797 and third with 448 assists…ASU was 8-22 in its previous 30 non-conference road games, but is now 4-1 under Coach Hurley with wins at San Diego State, UNLV, Creighton and No. 2 Kansas…Dec. 10 win at No. 2 Kansas marked the highest out of conference ranked opponent the Sun Devils have defeated. Only the win over top-ranked and undefeated Oregon State on March 7, 1981, is higher. Kansas also marked ASU's first road win over a ranked team since James Harden led ASU to a win at Pauley Pavilion on Jan. 17, 2009…ASU has 15 wins when trailing at the half under Bobby Hurley, after going 12-64 (.157) the previous five seasons…12-game win streak is second-best in school history...Shannon Evans II was the Dec. 10 USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week...17 home dates put 180,251 fans in the stands.
TOP MEN'S BASKETBALL HONORS
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE: 10,603 (best in school history)
ALL-PAC-12: Tra Holder (first), Shannon Evans II (hm)
PAC-12 SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR: Remy Martin (co-winner with Colorado's Devon Collier)
PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tra Holder (Nov. 20 and Nov. 27), Shannon Evans II (Dec. 11)
USBWA NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Shannon Evans II (Dec. 12)
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (CHARLI TURNER THORNE/21ST SEASON/HIRED JULY 1, 1996): Finished 22-13 and 10-8 in the Pac-12 (6th place)...Made its 16th appearance in the NCAA Tournament (13th under the direction of Turner Thorne) and tied the school record for consecutive NCAA appearances (5) and 20-win seasons (5)...Defeated Nebraska in the first round of the NCAA Tournament before falling to host Texas in the second round...ASU has now won at least one tournament game in 11 of its last 12 NCAA appearances (2002, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, '14, '15, '16, '17, 18)...Made its eighth appearance in the semifinal round of the Pac-12 Tournament...Collected five wins over NCAA Tournament teams: Cal (x2/First Round), Nebraska (First Round), Buffalo (Sweet 16), Stanford (Sweet 16) and Oregon State (Elite Eight)...Captured the full Territorial Cup Series point for women's basketball after sweeping the regular season series against Arizona for the third time in four seasons...Combined with its win over UA in the Pac-12 Tournament, the Sun Devils have now won 27 of the last 31 meetings against Arizona...ASU's 49 wins in preseason play over the last five seasons are more than any school in the Pac-12 during that stretch...Went 13-3 at home and is now 68-13 (.839) in home games the last five seasons...Had a season-long six-game winning streak, the 25th time since 2001 that ASU has had a winning streak of five or more games...Finished among the Top 30 in the nation in fewest turnovers per game (12th/11.7), assist-to-turnover ratio (16th/1.35), fewest fouls per game (22nd/14.1) and assists (29th/552)...Finished among the top third in the Pac-12 in scoring defense (1st/57.8 ppg), rebounding defense (1st/30.1), assist-to-turnover ratio (2nd/1.4), rebounding margin (3rd/+6.5), 3-point FG percentage defense (3rd/30.0), turnover margin (tied for 3rd/+3.10), field goal percentage (4th/44.1), assists (4th/15.8 apg) and scoring margin (4th/+10.0)...It was the second time in four years that ASU led the league in scoring defense (also in 2014-15)...With only 11.7 turnovers per game, ASU shattered the school record for fewest turnovers per game (previous record was 14.3 set by the 2014-15 team)...Set school records for the most points scored in a quarter (34 in the first quarter at Utah) and the fewest points allowed (2 by Arizona in the first quarter of Pac-12 Tournament contest)...ASU's 31 assists vs. Sacramento State tied for the second-highest total by a Pac-12 team in 2017-18 while its 106 points in the same contest represented the first time it scored 100 or more points since 2005 when it posted 103 points vs. Memphis...Back-to-back 80-point games in wins at Utah (83-81) and vs. Cal (80-71), represented the first time it scored 80 or more points in consecutive conference games since 2007...Sophomore guards Reili Richardson (4th) and Kiara Russell (16th) both finished among the top 20 in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio...Junior Kianna Ibis' 30-point outing at Utah represented the first time a Sun Devil had scored 30 or more points since Kylan Loney accomplished the feat in 2004...Redshirt junior Courtney Ekmark tied single-game school record with seven 3-pointers vs. Arkansas...A league-high and school-record-tying eight Sun Devils were named to the Pac-12 Women's Basketball All-Academic teams.
ATTENDANCE BREAKDOWN: 16 home dates; home attendance – 45,813; average – 2,683
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL AWARDS/HONORS
ALL-PAC-12 (COACHES): Kianna Ibis, Robbi Ryan (HM)
PAC-12 ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM (COACHES): Robbi Ryan (HM)
ALL-PAC-12 (MEDIA): Kianna Ibis
CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT VIII TEAM: Jamie Ruden (second team)
PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC: Jamie Ruden (first team), Sabrina Haines (second team), Robbi Ryan (second team), Courtney Ekmark (HM), Kianna Ibis (HM), Charnea Johnson-Chapman (HM), Reili Richardson (HM), Kiara Russell (HM)
CROSS COUNTRY (JEREMY RASMUSSEN/FIRST SEASON/HIRED JULY 2017)
Chelsey Albertson's senior season was capped off with all-conference honors (14th) at the Pac-12 Championships, all-region honors (21st) and honorable mention All-Pac-12 academic honors... The Sun Devil men and women both finished ninth at the Pac-12 Championships... The women also took ninth at the NCAA West Regional Championships... Junior team captain John Reniewicki was the Sun Devil men's highest finisher in every event he participated in... Courtney Lewis won the ASU Cross Country Invitational individual crown...men's and women's teams swept at the ASU XC Invitational, defeating Arizona on both sides...promoted Jeremy Rasmussen to the position of head coach in 2017, the first former Sun Devil to lead the ASU cross country program...ASU also brought in former Ohio State All-American Cory Leslie to fill the roll of assistant coach.
FOOTBALL (TODD GRAHAM/SIXTH SEASON/HIRED DEC. 2011)
Named Herm Edwards head coach on Dec. 3, 2017...went 6-3 in Pac-12 action to finish second in the Pac-12 South behind USC...reclaimed the Territorial Cup with a second-half comeback against Arizona en route to a 42-30 victory in Tempe...advanced to the Hyundai Sun Bowl with a 7-5 regular season record overall, falling to No. 24 N.C. State...earned two wins over top-25 teams over the course of the season, including a stunning 13-7 upset over No. 5 Washington in Tempe - the team's first victory over a team ranked in the top-five since defeating top-ranked Nebraska in 1996...also took down a Top-25 Oregon team on the season...Demario Richard became the fifth running back in school history to surpass the 3000-yard career rushing mark, doing so against Arizona. Richard finished his career fourth in Sun Devil history with 3,202 rushing yards and second in the Pac-12 era and finished his career with 33 touchdowns overall in his career (rushing and receiving) - good for eighth in Sun Devil football history...N'Keal Harry finished the season with 82 catches for 1,142 yards. The 82 catches were good for a tie for third in ASU single-season history with Jaelen Strong (2014). Only Shaun McDonald (87, 2002) and Derek Hagan (83, 2004) rank ahead of him while the 1,142 yards receiving are seventh in ASU single season history...Harry's 140 career receptions are already tied for 10th in Sun Devil school history and he is already with 300 yards of cracking ASU's all-time Top-10 in career receiving yards.
HOME ATTENDANCE: 7 dates; home attendance – 359,660; average – 51,380
FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA: Chase Lucas (FWAA, USA Today)
ALL-PAC-12 (10): N'Keal Harry (first), JoJo Wicker (second), Chase Lucas (second), Chad Adams (hm), D.J. Calhoun (hm), Sam Jones (hm), Demario Richard (hm), Christian Sam (hm), Tashon Smallwood (hm), Manny Wilkins (hm)
PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC (10): Nick Ralston (first), Mitchell Fraboni (hm), Tommy Hudson (hm), Connor Humphreys (hm), Malik Lawal (hm), Alex Losoya (hm), A.J. McCollum (hm), Michael Sleep-Dalton (hm), Tashon Smallwood (hm), Kyle Williams (hm)
MEN'S GOLF (MATT THURMOND/SECOND SEASON/HIRED JULY 25, 2016): @SunDevilMGolf, the only Pac-12 team to make the 15-team NCAA Championship cut, tied with Clemson for 13th at the NCAA Championships held in Stillwater May 25-28...earned the championship trip as the only team in the 30-team NCAA finals field without a junior or senior in the lineup. It marked the first NCAA Championship experience for freshmen Mason Andersen and Koichiro Ishika and just the second for sophomores Chun An Yu, Alex del Rey and Blake Wagoner...finished fifth at the NCAA Raleigh Regional as ASU earned its 54th trip to the NCAA Championships, fourth-best all-time...finished third at the Pac-12 Championships behind USC and Colorado, while freshman Koichiro Ishika finished sixth...won the 2018 ASU Thunderbird Invitational April 14-15 at the ASU Karsten Golf Course, claiming the title for the second year in a row. The competition came down to the last hole of the tournament, as ASU bested UNLV by one stroke. ASU also defeated last year's national champion Oklahoma and No. 1-ranked and eventual 2018 Oklahoma State, snapping OSU's seven-tournament winning streak...ASU was one of just five teams to beat OSU head-to-head on the year and one of just three teams to win a tournament where the Cowboys played…Sun Devils have won back-to-back titles at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational and four of the last five and have 19 titles since the tournament started in 1973...team got their first win of the spring and second of the season with a convincing victory at the Bandon Dunes Championship March 11-13 as it led each round and finished an impressive 13-strokes ahead of second place Clemson. Chun An Yu took home medalist honors shooting a 13-under including a 65 in round one, tied for the best round of the tournament...An Yu shot a 9-under 63 on Feb. 25 at Omni National in the first round of the National Invitational en route to finishing tied for second (63-70-69=202/-14)...freshman Mason Andersen shot a 5-under 211 (69-71-71) and finished fifth at the Tavistock Invitational at the Isleworth Country Club in Windermere, Fla. (Oct. 22-24)...team's first wins were in the second tournament of the year at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate in Carefree as sophomore Alex del Rey had a 7-under 65 to earn medalist honors at Desert Forest as team shot 7-under 857 (289-291-277) and won by a stroke over Georgia Tech...in the first tournament of the year at the Gopher Invitational, Alex del Rey finished fourth led by 12 birdies and an eagle shot 5-under 208 (71-67-70).
PING WEST ALL-REGION: Alex del Rey, Chun An Yu
ALL-PAC-12: Alex del Rey (first), Chun An Yu (second), Mason Andersen (hm), Koichiro Ishika (hm)
PAC-12 ALL-FRESHMAN: Mason Andersen, Koichiro Ishika (hm)
PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC: Blake Wagoner (first)
TEAM TITLES: ASU Thunderbird Invitational (April 14-15), Bandon Dunes Championship (March 11-13), Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept. 22-24).
INDIVIDUAL TITLES: Chun An Yu at Bandon Dunes Championship (March 11-13); Alex del Rey at Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept. 22-24)
SUN DEVIL FRESHMAN SCORING AVERAGES (1985-2018)
Jon Rahm, 15, 2012-13, 71.37
Chun An Yu, 9, 2016-17, 71.61
Alejandro Canizares, 8, 2002-03, 71.65
Mason Andersen, 13, 2017-18, 71.95
WOMEN'S GOLF (MISSY FARR-KAYE/THIRD SEASON/HIRED JUNE 26, 2015)
The Sun Devils advanced to their nation-leading 34th all-time NCAA Championships after their 26th consecutive NCAA Regionals appearance (one of 10 teams to appear every year since the start of Regionals). Senior Roberta Liti earned several academic awards including the NCAA's Elite 90 award, given annually since 2009-10 to the student-athlete with the highest GPA competing at each of the NCAA's 90 championships. Liti was also named Pac-12 Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the fifth Sun Devil women's golfer to earn the honor. Olivia Mehaffey was named to the Palmer Cup and Curtis Cup teams, as well as to the ANNIKA Award Watch List, and competed at the 2018 U.S. Open. At the Arnold Palmer Cup, Mehaffey was awarded the Michael Carter "Junior" Memorial Award on the women's side, given to one male and one female who best represent the qualities and ideals of sportsmanship, integrity, and upholding of the game. Mehaffey led ASU with eight top-10 finishes in 13 tournaments while the team had nine top-5 finishes. Missy Farr-Kaye earned ASU's Alumni Achievement Award at the annual Founders' Day Awards Dinner in March while four-sport alum Mary Bea Porter-King earned the 2018 WGCA Gladys Palmer Meritorious Service Award. As a team academically, the nation's leader in national championships had a top-five GPA among all DI women's golf teams and led the Pac-12 in WGCA All-American Scholars.
WGCA ALL-AMERICAN SCHOLARS: Sophia Zeeb, Madison Kerley, Roberta Liti, Olivia Mehaffey
PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC: Madison Kerley and Roberta Liti (First Team), Sophia Zeeb and Olivia Mehaffey (Second Team)
CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN: Roberta Liti
WGCA SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: Olivia Mehaffey
FIRST TEAM ALL PAC-12: Olivia Mehaffey
NCAA ELITE 90 AWARD: Roberta Liti
PAC-12 SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Roberta Liti
ASU ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Missy Farr-Kaye
GYMNASTICS (JAY SANTOS/SECOND YEAR)
Pac-12 Freshman Newcome of the Year Cairo Leonard-Baker netted All-Pac-12 Second-Team (AA, UB) recognition, and NACGC/W Regular Season second-team All-America All-Around honors...knocked off four ranked opponents — No. 14 Auburn, No. 20 Iowa, No. 14 West Virginia, and No. 20 Stanford — marking the first time since 2006 that the squad has accomplished the feat, while accumulating 13 team wins...Leonard-Baker earned five Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the week honors, putting her amongst prestigious company - Utah's MyKayla Skinner and California's Toni-Ann Williams – as just one of three gymnasts in conference history to garner the Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year honors five or more times...recorded seven team totals of 196+ for the first time since 2006...placed placed a program-best nine student-athletes on Pac-12 All-Academic teams, including a conference-best four first-team honorees...squad ranked in the top-20 nationally for 12 consecutive weeks, pulling as high as No. 11...improved 18 spots from their 2017 national finish of 41...capped the season ranked No. 23 nationally, constituting its highest finish in the national standings since 2007...Jay Santos earned 2018 Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors. Santos also netted South Central Coach of the Year honors. Gym Devil senior administrators Deana Garner-Smith and Scottie Graham earned shared South Central Administrator of the Year honors courtesy of their respective contributions to the program.
HOCKEY (GREG POWERS/THIRD SEASON/HIRED NOV. 18, 2014)
The Sun Devils 2017-18 season was highlighted by their first-ever tournament championship at the inaugural Ice Vegas Invitational, where they knocked off Northern Michigan and Michigan Tech. Johnny Walker finished second nationally in goals scored by a freshman with 17, which was also the most in program history for a single season. Sophomore defenseman Brinson Pasichnuk led the team in points (26) and assists (18), while junior Jake Clifford was named the Men's Hockey Division I Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar Athlete of the Year. The future looks bright as the Sun Devils are bringing in the 14th ranked recruiting class in the country for 2018-19, including potential NHL Draft pick Demetrios Koumontzis and their first-ever U.S. National Development Program commit Josh Maniscalco...19,760 fans attended games.
LACROSSE (COURTNEY MARTINEZ CONNOR/FIRST SEASON/HIRED NOVEMBER 2015)
The Arizona State lacrosse team finished a historic inaugural season with six victories, including earning a victory over California for their first win over a Pac-12 opponent in school history. Sun Devil Lacrosse co-captain Kerri Clayton nabbed Second Team All-Pac-12 honors after an outstanding first season in Tempe. Clayton finished with 59 points, compiling 44 goals and 15 assists. Her 2.59 goals per game average placed her fourth in the conference while her 3.47 points per game was good enough for fifth. She recorded two game-winning goals, tying for the team-lead with Maddy Hunter. Clayton put her name in the Sun Devil record books the very first weekend of the season, scoring a program record seven goals in the team's first win over Kennesaw State on Feb. 9. The junior added five goals and two assists the very next game against Stetson on Feb. 11 to cement her name at the top. For that weekend's performance Clayton was named Inside Lacrosse's Alpha Lacrosse Player of the Week on Feb. 14 as voted on by lacrosse fans across the country.The Sun Devils captured five non-conference victories, two of which came by double-digits (Manhattan, Presbyterian). The Arizona State offense clicked in the non-conference, scoring 103 goals in six games (17.2 goals/game). Competing as the six seed at their first-ever Pac-12 Tournament, Arizona State saw freshman midfielder Maria Vallanti be named to the 2018 Pac-12 Women's Lacrosse All-Tournament Team after scoring a pair of goals against USC. Emily Glagolev, Graci Fulkerson, Kylie Kroeger, Ashley Cusack, Carley Adams, Maria Villanti, Berkeley Bonneau, Rachel Gregory and Julia Burns each played in all 18 games. All 34 players eligible players saw playing time this season...had 2,530 fans attend home games.
ASU LACROSSE AWARDS AND HONORS:
PAC-12 TEAM HONORS - Kerri Clayton (Second Team)
PAC-12 TOURNAMENT HONORS - Maria Villanti (All-Tournament Team)
IWLCA ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL: Rachel Gregory, Sydney Bosmans
PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC - Sydney Bosmans (Second Team), Carley Adams (Honorable Mention), Berkeley Bonneau (Honorable Mention), Kerri Clayton (Honorable Mention), Kristina Coppinger (Honorable Mention)
ATTENDANCE - 361 per game (best in Pac-12)
SOCCER (GRAHAM WINKWORTH/FIRST SEASON/HIRED NOV. 29, 2016)
Finished season with a 5-11-3 overall record in 2017, that included a 2-7-2 record in Pac-12 play...first year head coach Graham Winkworth led his team through arguably one of the toughest schedules for the Devils in quite some time. Following the end of the regular season, ASU's combined opposition posted an impressive .608-win percentage, a mark that ranks No. 11 nationally, and second in the Pac-12...Sun Devils took incredible strides in 2017, finishing 52 spots higher in the RPI following the 2017 regular season than the end of the 2016 season...freshman keeper Nikki Panas provides the Sun Devils a bright future in goal. The rookie, after missing the first week of play following a delay in arriving on campus, went on to record 81 saves on the season, a mark that ranks seventh in Sun Devil soccer history for a single season...Winkworth, stepping into a tough situation as a new coach, was able to hold the team together, including retaining eight seniors, including captains Madison Stark and Jessica Raybe. The senior group also included Aly Moon, who joined the coaching staff as a student manager due to a compilation of injuries that ended her playing career ... Despite being able to rely on the senior leadership, Winkworth was able to bring in a number of new faces to the roster who all contributed heavily in the Sun Devils' success. In total, 23 different players logged minutes for the Sun Devils during the 2017 season, and of those, 10 were new to the roster, including Angela Boyle, Nikki Panas, Jemma Purfield and Olive Jones who finished the season among the team leaders in minutes played. Of the 19 goals scored this season, 10 came from players who are new to the ASU roster in 2017.
HOME ATTENDANCE BREAKDOWN: 9 home games; home attendance - 7,452; average attendance - 745
SOFTBALL (TRISHA FORD/SECOND SEASON/HIRED JUNE 2016)
The Arizona State Sun Devil softball team (48-13, 16-8) made its 12th appearance in the NCAA Women's College World Series in 2018, ASU's second season under head coach Trisha Ford. On the year, ASU amassed a 48-13 record that included a 16-8 mark in Pac-12 play, marking the most Pac-12 wins 2013, and fourth-most victories in Conference play in program history. The Sun Devils scored 315 runs on 453 hits, representing the most runs for a Sun Devil offense in the last three seasons. ASU also launched 64 home runs on the season, marking their 13th consecutive season with 60 or more homers. ASU was even more dominant in the circle, with the four-player staff ending the season with a team ERA of 1.56, the lowest team ERA for ASU since the 2008 season when the Sun Devils posted a 1.48 ERA and won the National Championship. The 455 strikeouts thrown by Sun Devil pitchers is the most since '08, a season that saw the Sun Devils set down 656 batters. Individually, sophomore G Juarez's 305 strikeouts on the season ranks ninth in ASU softball-history and is the most strikeouts thrown by a single pitcher since Dallas Escobedo fanned 310 batters in 2014. Macha, a senior from Mesa, Ariz., saw her illustrious Sun Devil playing-career come to a close with Saturday's loss, capping a four-year campaign that saw her record 53 wins, the 12th most career-wins for a Sun Devil, and most since Escobedo won 114 games from 2011-'14.
HOME ATTENDANCE BREAKDOWN: 40 games (33 home dates); home attendance – 48,027; average – 1,455
ASU SOFTBALL AWARDS AND HONORS:
PAC-12 TEAM HONORS - Trisha Ford (Coach of the Year), G Juarez (First Team), Danielle Gibson (First Team), Jade Gortarez (Second Team) Morgan Howe (Second Team), Kindra Hackbarth (Second Team), Marisa Stankiewicz (Third Team) DeNae Chatman (Freshman Team)
NFCA ALL-REGION SELECTIONS- G Juarez (First Team) Kindra Hackbarth (First Team) Danielle Gibson (Second Team) Morgan Howe (Second Team), Marisa Stankiewicz (Third Team) Breanna Macha (Third Team)
NFCA ALL-AMERICA SELECTION- G Juarez (First Team)
PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC- Breanna Macha (HM), Skylar McCarty (HM), Marisa Stankiewicz (HM)
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (BOB BOWMAN/THIRD SEASON/HIRED APRIL 24, 2015)
The ASU men capped the year in the top-10 in the nation and with 15 Honorable Mention All-America honors as follows:
200 medley relay – Reid Elliott, Christian Lorenz, Andrew Porter, Patrick Park; 100 back – Zach Poti; 200 free – Cameron Craig, Grant House; 400 medley relay – Zach Poti, Christian Lorenz, Andrew Porter, Cameron Craig; 800 free relay – Cameron Craig, Grant House, Evan Carlson, Dylan Boyd. Youssef Selim won the Pac-12 1-meter diving championship and Cameron Craig defended his 200 free title. The ASU men captured the Territorial Cup point as well as earning a decisive victory over Arizona during the regular season. The Sun Devil men upset the reigning national champions No. 2 Texas and, earlier in the season, Christian Lorenz set the then-top time in the nation in the 200 breast. Lorenz caps his Sun Devil career with six of the top-10 times in school history in both the 100 and 200 breast, including the top times in each.
PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC: Kevin Benavidez (First Team), Zach Dienstbier (First Team), Sidney Kao (First Team), Heikki Makikallio (First Team), Youssef Selim (First Team), Reid Elliott (Second Team), Ben Olszewski (Second Team), Danny Comforti (HM), Christian Lorenz (HM), Warren McElroy (HM), Patrick Park (HM)
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (BOB BOWMAN/THIRD SEASON/HIRED APRIL 24, 2015)
The Sun Devil women finished the season ranked No. 22 in the nation and put together a six-place improvement at NCAA's, finishing 23rd. ASU improved their number of All-Americans at NCAA's from three to four honors as Frida Kaellgren (1-meter dive), Silja Kansakoski (100 breast, 200 breast/HM) and Mara Aiacoboae (Platform dive/HM) were named AA's, including the second consecutive honors for Kansakoski and Aiacoboae. Chloe Isleta set and re-set a new school record two different times in the 200 IM, last at the Pac-12 championships, re-setting her own school record. The women's team, along with the men's team, earned Scholar All-America honors for fall 2017, marking the ninth consecutive semester (dating back to fall 2013) that both squads have found a place on the team. The women captured a Territorial Cup point at Pac-12 championships as Aiacoboae won her second consecutive title on platform and on Senior Day, the women earned their first win over the Wildcats since 1993. Earlier in the season, they also earned an upset over then-No. 23 Florida State. Freshman diver Ashley McCool impressed in her first campaign as a Sun Devil, setting a new school record in the 3-meter dive, and was named Pac-12 Women's Diver of the Week in January.
PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC: Emily Glinecke (First Team), Bentley Hulshof (First Team), Ivana Ninkovic (First Team), Kendall Dawson (Second Team), Silja Kansakoski (Second Team), Kaya Philapil (Second Team), Kaylee Gassen (HM), Claire Fisch (HM), Chloe Isleta (HM), Katherine Wagner (HM), Marlies Ross (HM), Mara Aiacoboae (HM)
MEN'S TENNIS (MATT HILL/FIRST SEASON/HIRED JUNE 29, 2016): Finished 14-11 and 3-4 (fifth) in the Pac-12 as Matt Hill put together one of the nation's best recruiting classes in his first year at the helm, setting a solid foundation for years to come. The class, ranked No. 5 in the country by Tennis Recruiting Network, was highlighted by several international players including Benjamin Hannestad, who had twice represented Denmark in the Davis Cup and Michaël Geerts, who held a 94-87 record on the professional circuit before joining the Sun Devils...ASU roared into conference play, netting a Blue Gray Tennis Classic title, becoming the first Pac-12 school to do so in one of the oldest collegiate tennis tournaments in the country. The Sun Devils defeated Alabama in the championship match, who made it all the way to the Sweet 16 as a team in the NCAA Men's Tennis tournament...three Devils saw themselves ranked at some point in the season, including Geerts who's No. 20 ranking for the final three weeks of the season secured him the best ranking by a Sun Devil since No. 1 Sargis Sargsian in 1995...ASU earned a ranking by ITA in the Feb. 20 round, debuting at No. 20 and was ranked every week from there on out including a season-high No. 13...earned some head-turning singles victories as well, including Geerts' upsets over No. 1 Martin Redlicki and No. 2 Mikael Torpegaard to become one of only three players in the country to notch wins over the top-two ranked athletes...rounding out the regular season in May, the Sun Devils earned a postseason nod as a team and Geerts also made the singles tournament, the first Sun Devil to earn a spot since before at 2004...traveled to Texas A&M to take on Baylor, and bowed out of the tournament...finished season ranked No. 38 in the ITA rankings.
WOMEN'S TENNIS (SHEILA MCINERNEY/33RD SEASON HIRED 1984): Finished 16-8 (7-3, Pac-12) good for third in the conference for the second consecutive season... Advanced to the NCAA Team Championship for the 31st-straight season (fifth-longest active streak in the nation)... Made the Pac-12 Tournament semifinal after knocking off USC in the quarterfinal round to give the Sun Devils a season sweep over the Trojans... Defeated the California Golden Bears in Tempe in an impressive 4-0 sweep for their first win over the Bears since 2011... McInerney earned her 500th career win when the Devils defeated Santa Clara at home... She is the sixth-most winningest coach in Sun Devil history... Lauryn John-Baptiste and Ilze Hattingh advanced to the Elite Eight round in the NCAA Doubles Tournament where they earned first-team All-America honors and finished the season ranked 15th in the nation... John-Baptiste finished the season ranked 69th in the women's singles ranking... Associate head coach Matt Langley was named ITA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year... John-Baptiste was named ITA Regional Rookie of the Year.
ALL-AMERICA HONORS: Lauryn John-Baptiste (Doubles/First-Team), Ilze Hattingh (Doubles/First-Team)
ALL-PAC-12: Lauryn John-Baptiste (Second-Team), Ilze Hattingh (Honorable Mention), Nicole Fossa Huergo (Honorable Mention)
TRACK AND FIELD (GREG KRAFT/22ND SEASON/HIRED JULY 28, 1996): The Sun Devil women's program picked up two more top-15 finished at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships as the team earned 13th indoors and ninth outdoors... Magdalyn Ewen won the indoor shot put national title, outdoor shot put title and discus title, along with finishing fourth in the weight throw competition... Samantha Noennig took seventh for a first-team All-America honor at the outdoor championships... Alethia Marrero received a second-team honor in the 800-meter run and Kaylee Antill earned an honorable mention honor in the hammer throw... Ewen completed the throwers' sweep again at the Pac-12 Championships receiving Athlete of the Year and of the Meet titles from the conference... Noenning was a runner-up in the shot put outdoors, Marrero took second in the 800 at teh Pac-12 Championships and Nathan Hiett mad the podium ine pole vault with his runner-up finish... Ewen won the weight throw and shot put titles at the MPSF Championships indoors... Freshmen Cole Riddle and Michael Chadwick tied for third in the men's pole vault competition... The women took both T-Cup Series points, finishing fifth outdoors and eighth indoors... The men finished 10th at the Pac-12 Championships and 11th indoors...7,389 fans attended Sun Devil track and field home events.
FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA: Magdalyn Ewen (Outdoor Shot Put/ Champion, Outdoor Discus/ Champion, Indoor Shot Put/ Champion, Indoor Weight Throw/ Fourth Place), Samantha Noennig (Outdoor Shot Put/ Seventh Place)
SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICA: Alethia Marrero (Outdoor 800 Meters/ 12th Place)
HONORABLE MENTION: Kaylee Antill (Hammer Throw/ 24th Place)
FIRST-TEAM ALL-PAC-12: Magdalyn Ewen (Shot Put/ Champion, Discus/ Champion, Hammer Throw/ Champion), Samantha Noennig (Shot Put/ Runner-Up, Discus Throw/ Sixth Place), Alethia Marrero (800 Meters/ Runner-Up), Kaylee Antill (Hammer Throw/ Fifth Place, Discus Throw/ Eighth Place), Kristiana Warth (Pole Vault/ Seventh Place), Jessica Barreira (Long Jump/ Sixth Place, Javelin/ Eighth Place), Nathan Hiett (Pole Vault, Runner-Up), Cole Riddle (Pole Vault/ Fourth Place), Grant Sisserson (Pole Vault/ Sixth), Matthew Eckles (Pole Vault/ Seventh Place), Khalil Parris (400-Meter Hurdles/ Sixth Place), Elijah Hughes (High Jump/ Sixth Place), Mason Ford (Long Jump/ Sixth Place), Kevin Wilkinson (800 Meters/ Sixth Place), Men's/Women's 4x400-Meter Relay
FIRST-TEAM ALL-MPSF: Magdalyn Ewen (Shot Put/ Champion, Weight Throw/ Champion), Cole Riddle (Pole Vault, Third Place), Michael Chadwick (Pole Vault, Third Place), Samantha Noennig (Shot Put/ Fifth Place), Kaylee Antill (Weight Throw/ Eighth Place), Shaunie Morrison (60-Meter Hurdles, Fifth Place), Elijah Hughes (High Jump. Sixth Place), Jessica Barreira (Long Jump/ Sixth Place, Triple Jump/ Seventh Place), Darreyl Woodson (Triple Jump/ Eighth Place)
TRIATHLON (CLIFF ENGLISH/SECOND SEASON/HIRED NOV. 13, 2015)
2017 USA Triathlon Collegiate National Champions...won second national championship in second year of team's existence...won two of three regional competitions (Central Regional Qualifier in Naperville, Ill. and Eastern Regional Qualifier in Sarasota, Fla.), finishing second at the West Regional Qualifier in Berkeley, Calif....in mid-September, Katie Gorczyca (Team USA/U23), Kyla Roy (Canada/Junior Elite), and Hannah Henry (Canada/Junior Elite) competed at ITU World Triathlon Grand Finals in Rotterdam, Netherlands...at Central Regional Qualifier (Sept. 4), Hannah Henry was named All-Region Freshman for DI, joined by Katie Gorczyca and Kyla Roy on the All-Central Region team...at West Regional Qualifier (Sept. 30), Grace Obando was named All-Region Freshman for DI while Charlotte Ahrens (top finisher overall) and Catherine Giuseffi joined her on the All-West Region team...at East Regional Qualifier (Oct. 7), Kyla Roy finished third and was named All-Region Freshman for DI, and was joined by teammates Sarah Quintero and Rebecca Naughton on All-East Region Team...in national championship race, Sun Devils went 1-2-3, led by individual national champion Hannah Henry and followed by Charlotte Ahrens and Kyla Roy.
CTCA DI ALL-AMERICANS: Hannah Henry, Charlotte Ahrens, Kyla Roy
CTCA DI FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Hannah Henry
CTCA ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Kyla Roy
CTCA COACH OF THE YEAR: Cliff English
CTCA ALL-ACADEMIC: Charlotte Ahrens, Delaney Bucker, Hannah Henry, Rebecca Naughton, Kyla Roy (First Team), Catherine Giuseffi, Katie Gorczyca, Lillie Robinson (HM)
EAST DI ALL-REGION: Kyla Roy, Sarah Quintero, Rebecca Naughton
EAST ALL-REGION DI FRESHMAN: Kyla Roy
WEST DI ALL-REGION: Grace Obando, Charlotte Ahrens, Catherine Giuseffi
WEST ALL-REGION DI FRESHMAN: Grace Obando
CENTRAL DI ALL-REGION: Hannah Henry, Katie Gorczyca, Kyla Roy
CENTRAL ALL-REGION DI FRESHMAN: Hannah Henry
VOLLEYBALL (SANJA TOMASEVIC/FIRST SEASON/HIRED DEC. 21, 2016)
Sun Devil senior libero Halle Harker moved into second all-time in career digs at a mark of 2,029 by virtue of an exceptional season tally of 626, which marked the fourth best season total in Sun Devil program history...Following a historic outing at UT Arlington's Maverick Classic (Sep. 15-16), Harker garnered Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week honors, as announced by the league office on Sep. 18...Fellow senior Oluoma Okaro netted placement to the 2017 All-Pac-12 squad...The conference accolade constitutes Okaro's second as a Sun Devil, after the Lakewood, Calif., native earned honorable mention honors in 2016...On the 2017 campaign, Okaro paced the Maroon and Gold with 489 kills, averaging 4.33 kills per set, marking the third-best tally in the conference and the 20th-best in the country...Okaro's exceptional season kills tally of 489 sits in a tie for the 10th-most in a single season in program history with former Sun Devil standout Tammy Webb...The Sun Devils proved well represented on the conference's 2017 All-Academic squads matching Washington State for a conference-best two first-team honorees – Halle Harker and Halle Johnson – in addition to honorable mention placements from Oluoma Okaro and Ivana Jeremic...The Sun Devils collectively wrapped up the season with a record of 10-22...15,587 fans attended home events.
WATER POLO (TODD CLAPPER/THIRTEENTH SEASON/HIRED AUGUST 2005)
The Sun Devils wrapped up their regular season campaign at 16-9, the seventh consecutive season that they have reached 16 victories. 14 of those 16 victories came over teams that were ranked in the CWPA Top 25 at the time. ASU spent most of the season at No. 6 in the CWPA rankings, never falling outside the Top-Six. They finished at No. 5 in the nation in the final CWPA Top 25, tying the second highest finish in the poll in program history.Arizona State defeated four teams that competed at the 2018 NCAA Championship. Redshirt senior goalkeeper Mia Rycraw recently eclipsed the 800-save mark for her career, completing her third consecutive 200-save season. Rycraw now sits at 814 saves, the third most for a career in Sun Devil history. Rycraw became the third Sun Devil goaltender and just the 15th member of the MPSF's 800-save club. Redshirt senior Alkistis Benekou continued to climb up the Sun Devil's all-time goals scored list, finishing her final campaign in Tempe with 38 goals. Benekou put together four consecutive 30-goal season, finishing her career with 181 goals. The 181 goals are the third most for a career in school history. Lena Mihailovic capped a fantastic four-year career as a Sun Devil with a brilliant senior season. Despite missing the first three matches of the season, she scored 31 goals in 2018. Mihailovic finished with 131 career goals, entering the Top-10 in school history, completing her career ninth on the Sun Devil's all-time goals scored list. Building off a pair of spectacular seasons to begin her career in Tempe, Maud Koopman was special once again for the Sun Devils. With 42 goals in 2018, Koopman has registered back-to-back 40-goal campaigns. In just three seasons as a Sun Devil, Koopman has 122 goals scored, placing her six away from cracking the Top-10 in school history for goal scored. Koopman returns as the Sun Devils main offensive weapon, looking to take on more of a leadership role. ASU WATER POLO AWARDS AND HONORS:
ACWPC ALL-AMERICAN TEAM HONORS - Mia Rycraw (Second Team), Bente Rogge (Second Team), Alkistis Benekou (Third Team), Maud Koopman (Honorable Mention)
ACWPC ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS: Rosie Huck (Outstanding), P.J. Allin (Outstanding), Maud Koopman (Outstanding), Bente Rogge (Outstanding), Lena Mihailovic (Superior), Catherine Simko (Superior), Layla Waters (Superior), Sophia Burgess (Excellent), Belen Ehinger (Excellent)
MPSF TEAM HONORS - Mia Rycraw (Second Team), Bente Rogge (Second Team), Alkistis Benekou (Second Team), Amira Van Buren (Newcomer)
MPSF ALL-ACADEMIC - Rosie Huck, P.J. Allin, Maud Koopman, Alkistis Benekou, Lena Mihailovic, Bente Rogge
WRESTLING (ZEKE JONES/FOURTH SEASON/HIRED APRIL 9, 2014)
Peaked as high as No. 8 in the nation in the final team standings of the season and three earned All-America honors in Zahid Valencia, Josh Shields, and Jason Tsirtsis, the most for ASU since 2011...The Sun Devils won the Pac-12 Championship for the second straight year...Zahid Valencia capped his sophomore season with a perfect 32-0 mark and his first national championship, also a finalist for the prestigious Hodge Award, marking the first national champion for ASU since Bubba Jenkins and Anthony Robles in 2011...as a team at NCAA's, ASU also recorded their first top-10 team finish since 2010-11, finishing 10th...with eight NCAA qualifiers (Ryan Millhof & Tanner Hall qualified aside from Pac-12 champions), it was the most for the Sun Devils since qualifying eight in 2003 and six won Pac-12 championships – Ali Naser (133), Jason Tsirtsis (149), Josh Shields (157), Anthony Valencia (165), Zahid Valencia (174), and Kordell Norfleet (184)...Sun Devils won 10 straight duals, the third-longest streak in program history. ASU was also named to the NWCA DI All-Academic Top-30 (Ryan Millhof, Josh Shields, Tanner Hall earned individual honors) and earned a spot in the top-25 for nationwide attendance in 2017-18.
HOME ATTENDANCE: 5 matches – 7,056; average – 1,411
PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC: Tanner Hall (First Team), Ryan Millhof (First Team), Josh Shields (Second Team), Anthony Valencia (HM), Cory Crooks (HM), Austyn Harris (HM), Josh Kramer (HM)
PAC-12 HONORS: Zeke Jones (Coach of the Year), Zahid Valencia (Wrestler of the Year), Kordell Norfleet (Freshman/Newcomer of the Year)
NWCA ALL-ACADEMIC: Josh Shields, Ryan Millhof, Tanner Hall
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Triathlon Wins Second Consecutive National Championship (Nov 5, 2017)
Zahid Valencia Wins 11th National Championship in Sun Devil Wrestling history
ARIZONA STATE IN THE FINAL LEARFIELD DIRECTORS' CUP STANDINGS
2017-18 -31st
2016-17 - 43rd
2015-16 - 38th
2014-15 – 30th
2013-14 – 27th
2012-13 – 18th
2011-12 - 30th
2010-11 - 27th
2009-10 - 22nd
2008-09 - 12th
2007-08 - 4th
2006-07 - 10th
2005-06 - 13th
2004-05 - 11th
2003-04 - 17th
2002-03 - 10th
2001-02 - 15th
2000-01 - 9th
1999-00 - 11th
1998-99 - 12th
1997-98 - 12th
1996-97 - 13th
1995-96 - 21st
1994-95 - 12th
1993-94 - 10th