Here is a look at all the Sun Devil team's seasons with quick recaps and some tweets and numbers to remember the 2022-23 season. You can click here for more awards and honors that might not be below.
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NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONS
--Triathlon and Cliff English win sixth straight national title
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NCAA/INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
--Turner Washington won the discus to close the outdoor season, his fifth NCAA title.
--Léon Marchand (200 IM, 200 breast, 400 IM) set NCAA record times in each event to become winningest individual in Sun Devil Men's Swim & Dive history
--Junior Amber Schlebusch (1:03:41) won the individual title at the triathlon national championships
SUN DEVIL MOST NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES
7, Jackie Johnson (4 outdoor, 3 indoor)
6, Ryan Whiting (3 outdoor, 3 indoor)
5, Turner Washington (3 outdoor, 2 indoor)
5, Léon Marchand (3 in 2023, 2 in 2022)
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PAC-12 TEAM CHAMPIONS
--Men's Swimming (first title in program history)
Baseball: 32-23/16-13 (5th)/1-1 in Pac-12 Tournament
Men's Basketball: 23-13/11-9 (T-5th)/2-1 in Pac-12 Tournament/1-1 NCAA Tournament
Women's Basketball: 8-20/1-17 (12th)/0-1 in Pac-12 Tournament
Beach Volleyball: 11-13/6-5 (6th)
Men's Cross Country: 8th at Pac-12
Women's Cross Country: 11th at Pac-12
Football: 3-9/2-7 (T9th)
Men's Golf: T-5th (0-1 in NCAA Match Play/2nd
Women's Golf: NCAA Regional/5th
Gymnastics: 7-6/4-3 (5th at Pac-12s)/NCAA Regional
Hockey: 18-21
Lacrosse: 6-13/3-7 (4th)/1-1 in Pac-12 Tournament
Soccer: 9-6-3/5-5-1 (T-5th/16 points)/NCAA Tournament
Softball: 22-25/6-18 (T8th)/0-1 in Pac-12 Tournament
Men's Swimming/Diving: 2nd (highest finish in ASU history/1st (first Pac-12 title)
Women's Swimming/Diving: 27th/5th
Men's Tennis: 14-12/2-6 (T8th)/NCAA Second Round
Women's Tennis: 17-7/7-3 (T-2nd)/NCAA First Round
Men's Indoor Track: 19th
Women's Indoor Track: N/A
Men's Outdoor Track: NCAA 5th (79 points) / Pac-12 7th (66 points)
Women's Outdoor Track: NCAA 43rd (5 points) /Pac-12 11th (31 points)
Triathlon: Won sixth straight national title
Volleyball: 13-19/7-13 (9th in Pac-12 Conference)
Water Polo: 11-13/1-5 (6th in MPSF/5th at MPSF Tournament)
Wrestling: 7th (55 points)/4th (110.5 points)/4-1 in Pac-12
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PAC-12 FINISHES
Baseball: 16-13/5th
Men's Basketball: 11-9/T-5th (2-1 in Pac-12 Tournament)
Women's Basketball: 1-17/12th (0-1 in Pac-12 Tournament)
Beach Volleyball: 6-5/6th
Men's Cross Country: 8th
Women's Cross Country: 11th
Football: 2-7/T-9th
Men's Golf: 2nd
Women's Golf: 5th
Gymnastics: 4-3/5th at Pac-12 Championship
Lacrosse: 3-7/4th/1-1 in Pac-12 Tournament
Soccer: 5-5-1 (T-5th)/16 points
Softball: 6-18/T8th (0-1 in Pac-12 Tournament)
Men's Swimming/Diving: 1st (first Pac-12 title)
Women's Swimming/Diving: 5th
Men's Tennis: 2-6/T8th (0-1 in Pac-12 Tournament)
Women's Tennis: 7-3/T2nd (0-1 in Pac-12 Tournament)
Men's Track: 7th (66 points)
Women's Track: 11th (31 points)
Volleyball: 7-13/9th
Wrestling: 4th (110.5 points)/4-1
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2022-23 ATTENDANCE BREAKDOWN
Football: 6 home events with 258,488 total attendance (43,081 per game)
Men's Basketball: 15 home events with 121,058 total attendance (8,071 per game)
Hockey: 24 home events with 105,733 total attendance (4,406 per game)
Baseball: 31 home events with 96,298 total attendance (3,107 per game)
Women's Basketball: 14 home events with 35,629 total attendance (2,545 per game)
Wrestling: 5 home events with 10,566 total attendance (2,113 per game)
Gymnastics: 5 home events with 12,151 total attendance (2,430 per game)
Volleyball: 13 home events with 25,464 total attendance (1,959 per game)
Softball: 26 home events with 36,348 total attendance (1,398 per game)
Soccer: 10 home events with 9,333 total attendance (933 per game)
Lacrosse: 6 home events with 3,091 total attendance (515 per game)
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DEPARTMENT HONORS/AWARDS
TOM HANSEN AWARD: Turner Washington (men's track & field) and Audrey Ernst (triathlon)
LINDA VOLLSTEDT AWARD: Graham Winkworth
BILL KAJIKAWA AWARD: Grant House (men's swimming) and Audrey Ernst (triathlon)
FRANK KUSH AWARD: Bob Bowman
HEATHER FARR STUDENT-ATHLETE AWARD: Yanni Acuña
PAC-12 HALL OF HONOR: Jackie Johnson
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SPORT RECAPS
BASEBALL
WILLIE BLOOMQUIST/SECOND SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JUNE 11, 2021
32-23 OVERALL/16-13 PAC-12 (5th)
Team averaged 3,107 fans per game, second-best in the Pac-12 as 96,298 fans attended the 31 home games. Luke Keaschall earned second-team All American by Collegiate Baseball News. Keaschall hit .353, with 18 homers, a Pac-12 best 25 doubles and 58 RBI, as his 44 extra base hits led the Pac-12. Keaschall was first in the Pac-12 with 13 home runs and sixth in the Pac-12 with a .364 average during league play games. Keaschall and Ryan Campos both earned All-Pac-12 honors. Campos hit .388 on the year, third-best in the Pac-12 and his .503 on-base percenrage also led the league while his .725 slugging percentage was second-best in the loop. ASU was picked to finish sixth in the preseason media poll. ASU was highly represented in the 2023 MLB Draft with eight overall selections – the fourth-highest tally in the nation and the most for the program since 2015. The eight selections brought ASU's all-time MLB Draft picks to 473, including secondary phase and January drafts through history – the most of any college in the nation. Of ASU's eight picks this year, six were pitchers – the highest tally for the program since 2010. Only LSU (13), Wake Forest (10) and Stanford (9) had more overall selections than the Sun Devils.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
BOBBY HURLEY/EIGHTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH APRIL 8, 2015
23-13 OVERALL/11-9 PAC-12 (T-5TH)
CLICK HERE FOR MEN'S BASKETBALL YEAR-BY-YEAR AND COACHING RECORDS
Vice President for University Athletics Ray Anderson announced that Sun Devil Men's Basketball Head Coach Bobby Hurley has agreed to an extension that will keep him with the program through the 2026 season, as ASU is in the midst of one of the most successful eras in program history. ASU went 23-13 in 2022-23 and reached the NCAA Tournament for the third time in past five chances, and won at least 20 games in four of the past six seasons. It marked only the fifth time since 1980-81 that ASU won 23 games. ASU reached the Pac-12 Tournament semifinal round for only the fourth time in program history, and had 13 wins away from home, seven in true road games and six at neutral sites during the 2022-23 season. It included victories over Michigan and VCU at the Legends Classic, as Coach Hurley won his third preseason tournament at Arizona State, and ASU had massive wins over Creighton, at Arizona, at Oregon, USC and at Colorado to seal the NCAA Tournament berth. ASU now has two wins in Tucson in the last five years, tied for second most in the Pac-12 in that span. The Sun Devils also swept two road Pac-12 series (Oregon, Bays just the third time since joining the conference and the first since the 1980-81 season that Arizona State has swept two road series in the same season.
ASU WINS VS. RANKED TEAMS UNDER BOBBY HURLEY
ASU 89, at #7 Arizona 88 (Feb. 25, 2023)
ASU 87, #20 Michigan 62 (Nov. 17, 2022)
ASU 87, #3 UCLA 84 3 OT (Feb. 5, 2022)
ASU 77, #14 Oregon 72 (Feb. 20, 2020)
ASU 66, #22 Arizona 65 (Jan. 25, 2020)
#18 ASU 80, #1 Kansas 76 (Dec. 22, 2018)
ASU 72, #15 Mississippi State 67 (Nov. 19, 2018 at Las Vegas)
#16 ASU 95, at #2 Kansas 85 (Dec. 10, 2017)
ASU 102, #15 Xavier 86 (Nov. 24, 2017 at Las Vegas)
ASU 74, #23 USC 67 (Feb. 12, 2016)
ASU 67, #18 Texas A&M 54 (Dec. 5, 2015)
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
NATASHA ADAIR/FIRST SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JUNE 21, 1996
8-20/ 1-17 IN PAC-12
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
CLICK HERE FOR WOMEN'S BASKETBALL YEAR-BY-YEAR AND COACHING RECORDS
In Natasha Adair's first year as the head coach for the Sun Devil Women's Basketball program, the team started out 5-0, the best start since 2002-03, but dealt with a series of injuries that led to only having five to six available players for the majority of the year. The season saw the emergence of transfer guard Tyi Skinner who led the scoring offense for the Sun Devils. Skinner averaged 19.3 points per game, the highest average since 1988-89. Skinner opened the season with 16-straight double-digit performances including a career-high 29 points against GCU. On the season, Skinner had 15 20-point games, reaching and tying her career high in two of those performances. Jaddan Simmons continued to flash All-Conference abilities, averaging 12.3 PPG while playing close to 37 minutes a game, the most in the Pac-12. Simmons got it done on both ends of the floor, averaging 2.06 steals a game, good for third-best in the conference. Skinner and Simmons were named honorable mention on the Pac-12's All-Conference Team and All-Defensive team, respectively. Despite a team with a small rotation and not having a lot of depth, the Sun Devils did a fantastic job of taking care of the ball. The Sun Devils averaged just 12.3 turnovers per game, second-best in school history.
--HIRING VIDEO: Get to Know Coach Adair (by Michael Garaffa/Cronkite News)
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL
BRAD KEENAN/SEVENTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH MAY 13, 2016
11-13/6-5 IN PAC-12 (7th at Pac-12s)
The Sand Devils earned an 11-13 record, 6-5 in Pac-12 play. During the year, Arizona State had two win streaks of three. The team started the year winning four of their first five. Of the six Pac-12 wins, which are the most ASU has had, two came against Utah, two against Oregon and two against Arizona. The highlight of the season was the team sweeping the regular season series against Arizona for the first time since 2014. Not only did the Sun Devils win both teams while the Wildcats were ranked, but ASU came back down 2-0 in both duals to win 3-2. There were two pairs for the Sand Devils that stayed together for the entire season. Senior Lexi Sweeney and sophomore Kylie Wickley played together as the No. 1 pair throughout the season. The duo earned 11 wins, including four wins over pairs from ranked teams. In the two wins against the Wildcats, Sweeney and Wickley were the duo that clinched the dual for the Sand Devils. Junior Taryn Ames and senior Sarah Waters competed together the entire season, seeing time on courts two, three, and four. The veteran pair won 14 games throughout the season, making them the winningest duo of the season. The pair earned five wins over duos from ranked teams. The win leaders of the season are Ames and Waters with 14 wins each between courts two, three, and four. Freshmen Adriana Nieves Papaleo and Carys Thomas won 13 matches.
--ASU's Venture Challenges helps volleyball player develop clothing line (by Scott Bordow, ASU News/Oct. 28, 2022)
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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
RYAN RAY/FIRST SEASON
PAC-12 FINISHES: MEN (8th) AND WOMEN (11th)
The 2022 Sun Devil cross country season was highlighted by a strong performance by Vincent Mauri. Mauri blew out the competition in both regular-season races and finished on the podium at the Pac-12 Championships. He won the Dave Murray invite with a 37-second lead (23:20.4) and won the UCR Invitational in 23:25.7 to finish 20 seconds ahead of the pack. His 22:59.0 at the conference finals was a PR and earned him second-team All-Pac-12 honors, and he went on to take 11th at NCAA Regionals in 28:42.1, earning All-Region honors. Mauri was then the first Sun Devil to qualify for the NCAA Championships since 2014 when Ryan Herson and program legend Shelby Houlihan both ran. Herson took 117th in the men's race (31:40.7), and Houlihan finished ninth in 20:11.4 to earn All-America honors. Mauri ultimately finished 87th. The Sun Devils were primarily led by Ryan Ray who rejoined the program after a one-year stint with Arizona. Ray was a volunteer assistant coach under Patrick Henner during the 2020-21 season before accepting an assistant coaching job with the Wildcats. He rejoined ASU in the late summer before the 2022 campaign kicked off. Following the cross country season and ahead of the 2023 indoor and outdoor, Ray was elevated to head coach of the cross country program.
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FOOTBALL
SHAUN AGUANO/INTERIM SEASON
3-9 OVERALL/2-7 PAC-12 (T-9)
The 2022 season saw breakout seasons from wide receiver Elijah Badger and tight end Jaylin Conyers, as well as former walk-on quarterback Trenton Bourget and transfer running back X Valladay in a season highlighted by an upset of then No. 21 Washington. Badger burst on to the season after his breakout game against Oklahoma State where he caught six passes for 91 yards and a touchdown. Badger finished the season with 70 catches for 866 yards and seven touchdowns. Badger's 866 receiving yards and seven touchdowns was the most yards for a wide receiver since 2019 when Brandon Aiuyk had 1,192 receiving yards and eight touchdowns. Conyers broke out this season totaling 38 receptions for 422 yards and five receiving touchdowns. Conyers finished the season with the tenth best season for a tight end and was the only tight end in the FBS to record a three-touchdown game. Throwing to them was Bourget who made a name for himself when he appeared in relief against Washington and led the team to an upset over the Huskies. After taking over as the starter against Colorado, Bourget ended the season throwing for 1,490 yards and 11 touchdowns. Bourget had three games with over 300+ passing yards, the most since the 2019 season. On the ground, Valladay rushed for 1,192 yards, tying him for 10th in rushing yards in a single season in ASU history. Valladay also added to his stellar season by scoring 16 rushing touchdowns, tied for fourth most in a season in ASU history. The offensive production led to the Sun Devils scoring more than 40 points three times this season, the most since 2018. The Sun Devils will look to have multiple 40-point games next season in Kenny Dillingham's first season as the head coach for Sun Devil football.
--Sun Devil who went viral on the balcony as opera singer to perform at ASU (by Mary Beth Faller, ASU News/Oct. 25, 2022)
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MEN'S GOLF
MATT THURMOND/SEVENTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JULY 25, 2016
NCAA FINISH: 5TH (0-1 IN MATCH PLAY)
FINISHED SECOND IN PAC-12 /// FULL SEASON RECAP
The Sun Devil men's golf team under seventh-year head coach and GCAA 2022-23 West Region Coach of the Year Matt Thurmond advanced to NCAA championship match play for the third straight season, finished third in the Golfstat rankings, won its Thunderbird Invitational and the Las Vegas Regional while sophomore Preston Summerhays earned first-team All-America honors. ASU did all that with just one returning starter from its 2022 NCAA semifinalist lineup and had two freshmen in the lineup most of the year. ASU, North Carolina and Pepperdine were the only schools to make match play in each of the three NCAA Championship years at Grayhawk. ASU finished third in the final Golfstat rankings, which followed a solid pattern. ASU has now finished seventh (2018-19), sixth (2019-20), fifth (2020-21), fourth (2021-22) and third (2022-23) in its past five seasons. Coach Thurmond's squad was 22nd in 2017-18 and 20th in 2016-17, his first season.
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WOMEN'S GOLF
MISSY FARR-KAYE/EIGHTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JUNE 26, 2015
FINISHED 5TH IN PAC-12/7th AT NCAA REGIONALS
- Final Stats -
The eight-time national champion Sun Devil Women's Golf team finished the 2022-23 season ranked in the top-15 in all three major polls. The Maroon & Gold recorded five top-5 and three top-3 finishes. Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye's team was ranked as high as eighth this season. Team set a 18-hole vs. par scoring record in first round of Pac-12 Preivew. Ashley Menne was tabbed as an All-American by WGCA and Golfweek. Four Sun Devils were selected to the Pac-12 All-Conference Team, while two won Pac-12 Golfer of the Week during the season. Arizona State hosted both the Pac-12 Championship and NCAA Championship., as Coach Farr-Kaye signed a contract extension through 2027-28. Associate Head Coach Michelle Estill announced her retirement from ASU after seven seasons with the program, while legendary alumna Anna Nordqvist was inducted into Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Fame.
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GYMNASTICS
JAY SANTOS/SEVENTH SEASON
JAY NAMED HEAD COACH MAY 27, 2016
7-6 OVERALL/4-3 PAC-12
NCAA FINISH: 15
Sun Devil Gymnastics ended the 2023 regular season with a 7-6 record, finishing up the season ranked No. 15 on Road to Nationals in head coach Jay Santos' seventh season. This is the sixth year in a row that the Gym Devils finished the season ranked in the top-25. Earning a team NQS of 197.105, this is the third time ever that ASU ended the regular season with an NQS over 197, two of which have been while Santos has been in Tempe. Seeded for the third season in a row for the postseason, the Sun Devils advanced to the NCAA Regional Finals for the second time in three years. The best score of the season came against a victory over No. 11 Oregon State. The team scored a 197.725, the ninth-highest score in ASU history. The team had an eight-meet streak of scoring 196.000 or better throughout the regular season. That run included a three-meet winning streak where the Gym Devils upset then-No. 4 Utah, set a program record road score in a win over Washington, and dealt then-No. 11 Oregon State its first loss of the season. At the 2023 Pac-12 Championships, the Gym Devils took first in the first session with a 196.700, the program's third-highest score at a conference championship meet ever. As a team, Arizona State saw success due to the consistent performances from the individuals all season long. The Gym Devils won 30 event titles, led by senior Hannah Scharf with 11, four of which were in the all-around. Junior Emily White finished with seven, while juniors Anaya Smith and Sarah Clark had four each. Scharf continued her standout career as a Sun Devil, competing in the all-around in every meet and ending the season ranked No. 21 in the nation in the all-around. She competed as an individual at the NCAA Championships in the all-around. At NCAA Regionals, she finished second in the second session in all-around with a 39.625 to send her to nationals, her fourth all-around total of 39.625-plus this season. Also at regionals, she took home the beam event title with a 9.950, matching her career high and setting a new season high. Her all-around career-high of 39.675 that she earned against Utah is tied for the 10th-best all-around mark in program history.
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HOCKEY
GREG POWERS/EIGHTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH NOV. 18, 2014
18-21 OVERALL / FULL SEASON RECAP HERE
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LACROSSE
TARYN VANTHOF/FIRST SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JULY 5, 2022 /// CLICK HERE FOR FINAL STATISTICS
6-12 OVERALL/3-7 PAC-12 (4th)
Freshman Teagan Ng was named the 2023 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. In a hard-fought year, the Sun Devils displayed exceptional performances and achieved notable milestones as a team. They ranked second in the NCAA for clear percentage for several weeks, demonstrating their efficiency in transitioning the ball. In the Pac-12 Tournament game against Cal, ASU only allowed five goals, tying for the second-fewest conceded in a Pac-12 Tournament game. The team also boasted the third-highest shot percentage in the Pac-12, with an impressive 74.7 percent. Their dominance in the draw controls was evident as they secured the second-most draw controls in the conference, totaling 263. Additionally, the Sun Devils recorded the most saves in the Pac-12, with 191, and the second-highest save percentage at 44.1 percent. Sun Devils outscored their opponent in free position goals with 47 for a 45.6 percent success rate making them eight percent better than opponents. Individual players made significant contributions to the team's success throughout the season. Fifth-year senior Kaylon Buckner earned a spot on the All-Conference Pac-12 Second Team, and she was also nominated as a Wings of Gold at Arizona State University Nominee. Gigi Gaspar and Katie Vahle were recognized for their outstanding performances and were named to the 2023 Pac-12 All-Tournament Team. Captains Kaylon Buckner and Katie Brodsky earned spots on Team North for the 2023 IWLCA Senior All-Star Game, making them the first two Sun Devils to achieve the feat.
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SOCCER
GRAHAM WINKWORTH/SIXTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH NOV. 29, 2016 /// CLICK HERE FOR PDF OF FINAL STATISTICS
9-6-3 OVERALL/5-5-1 PAC-12 (T5th/16 points)/NCAA 0-1
The 2022 season – one that included the program's second NCAA appearance in three seasons – came to an end in a 3-0 loss at No. 8 seed Portland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA match was the last for ASU's outstanding quartet of fifth-year seniors: forwards Nicole Douglas and Olivia Nguyen and midfield players Alexia Delgado and Eva van Deursen. The four players combined for 337 games played and 298 starts while collectively amassing 101 goals and 73 assists. ASU opened up the season 6-0-2 and during that span, Nicole Douglas became the first Sun Devil two-time United Soccer Coaches All-American. After earning third-team recognition in 2021 the first Sun Devil to earn All-America honors since 2002, the greatest forward in Sun Devil Soccer history was one of 11 student-athletes named as a 2022 second-team honoree. She broke Stacey Tullock's 21-year-old program record in career goals, scoring two goals against UAB on Sep. 1st to give her the record. Douglas would go on to score 14 goals, three assists and be named the Pac-12's Forward of the Year as well as earn first-team All-Pac-12 honors. She finished the season eighth in the country in goals per game (0.78) and 13th in points per game (1.72). Van Deursen tied Stacey Tullock for the program record in assists with 25. She finished the season with seven goals and five assists. Alexia Delgado also scored a career high five goals on the season. Delgado and Van Deursen, along with freshman goalie Pauline Nelles, received all-conference honors, with Delgado being named to the second team and Van Derusenand Nelles on the third team. Eight players found the back of the net for the nation's 28th-ranked scoring offense. The Sun Devils featured five new players in their starting lineup, including goalie and Pac-12 All-Freshman selection goalie Pauline Nelles. Douglas became the first Sun Devil to earn.
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SOFTBALL
MEGAN BARTLETT/FIRST SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JUNE 22, 2022
22-26 OVERALL/6-18 PAC-12 (T8th)
First-year head coach Megan Bartlett guided the Sun Devils to a 22-26 overall record that included a series win over WCWS participant Washington. Yanni Acuña ended the season batting .400 while leading the team with 54 hits and 17 multi-hit games. She reached base in 44 of the 48 games and led the Pac-12 with a .523 on-base percentage. Acuña was named NFCA Second Team All-American to become the 11th player in program history to earn multiple All-America honors. She also became the 10th Sun Devil to be named CSC Academic All-American multiple times. Jordyn VanHook joined Acuña on the NFCA All-West Region team after leading the Pac-12 with 19 home runs. Kylee Magee completed her freshman campaign with a selection to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team.
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MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
BOB BOWMAN/SEVENTH SEASON (EIGHTH YEAR AT ASU/SEVENTH SEASON)
NAMED HEAD COACH APRIL 24, 2015
NCAA FINISH: 2ND/PAC-12: FIRST
Men's swimming put a stamp on their incredible 2022-23 season by finishing second at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center to secure the best national finish in school history. The Sun Devils had previously never finished better than sixth at the national championships. Their two best showings, both sixth-place efforts, came in 1982 and 2022. They scored just 236 points at last year's championship, a number they cleared after the 10th event this week. Léon Marchand took the 200 breast in NCAA record-setting time of 1:46.91, breaking his own mark of 1:47.67 that he set at the Pac-12 Championships. Marchand won the 200 IM, 200 breast and 400 IM this week in Minneapolis, setting new NCAA records in each event. The Sun Devils stormed to their first Pac-12 Championship in program history in early March, where they won nine races, broke eight school records and never once let go of their clutch of first place. It snapped a streak of five consecutive conference titles won by the Cal Golden Bears. In December, the Sun Devils earned the No. 1 ranking in the country by the CSCAA for the first time in school history. They steamrolled their way through the early months of 2023, taking down No. 12 Stanford, No. 2 Cal and No. 19 Arizona in a two-week span. They carried that momentum into March, where they compiled the greatest postseason stretch in school history. Marchand earned Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year and CSCAA Division I Swimmer of the Year honors for the second consecutive season. Jonny Kulow was named the conference's Freshman of the Year, becoming the fourth Sun Devil of the Bob Bowman era to win the award.
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WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
BOB BOWMAN/SEVENTH SEASON (EIGHTH YEAR AT ASU/SEVENTH SEASON)
NAMED HEAD COACH APRIL 24, 2015
NCAA FINISH: 27TH/PAC-12: 5TH
The Sun Devil Women showcased their youth in all of 2022-23, where a handful of underclassmen came up in big spots throughout the year. Charli Brown, Ieva Maluka, Iza Adame, Emma Gehlert, Katherine Randall, Indigo Armon, Izzy Krantzcke and Ginger McMahon were among the many underclassmen to make an impact this season, a sign that the Sun Devils have the foundation to continue growing in the coming years. The Sun Devils were terrific down the stretch to close out the regular season, in which they won three of their final four dual meets -- (Washington State, No. 11 Cal and Arizona). In the regular season finale for Sun Devil Swim & Dive, in which they recognized 13 seniors for Senior Day, the 123-point margin of victory by the Women is the largest over Arizona since at least 1998. Lindsay Looney became fourth women's swimmer of the Bob Bowman era to win at the Pac-12 Championships, where she won the 200 fly and 500 free. Weeks later, Looney became a First-Team All-American at the NCAA Championships by taking fourth in the 200 fly. She also placed 13th in the 500 free.
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MEN'S TENNIS
MATT HILL/SIXTH SEASON (SEVENTH YEAR)
NAMED HEAD COACH JUNE 29, 2016
14-12 OVERALL/2-6 IN PAC-12 (T8th)
Sun Devil Men's Tennis went 14-12 in the spring season with their fourth postseason berth since reinstatement that concluded in the NCAA Regionals Second Round against Harvard. In the Tempe hosted tournaments, Arizona State won the 2023 ASU Invitational and placed third in the Diablos Tennis Tournament. As they entered conference play, the Sun Devils dominated the Pacific Northwest as they defeated both Oregon and Washington. In the NCAA Singles Tournament, No. 42 Murphy Cassone became the first All-American since 1995 with his advancement all the way to the semifinal match. En route, he upset No. 3 Arthur Fery of Stanford, 7-6(6), 7-5 to claim his 20th win of the 2023 season and fifth overall postseason victory. Murphy Cassone was named to the Pac-12 All-Conference First Team this season alongside Max McKennon who went 12-13, earning five victories against Pac-12 opponents, and has a 4.0 ITF World Tennis Number. Jacob Bullard received an Honorable Mention nod with votes.
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WOMEN'S TENNIS
SHEILA McINERNEY/39th SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH AUGUST 16, 1984
17-7 OVERALL/7-3 IN PAC-12 (T-2ND) /// FULL SEASON RECAP
Coach Sheila McInerney's 39th season resulted in a 35th straight NCAA Tournament appearance and an undefeated home season for the first time in school history with a 15-0 mark at Whiteman Tennis Center. Its
4-0 sweep of No. 48 Arizona in the regular season finale pushed them to 7-3 in league play, their best season against conference foes since 2018 (7-3). For the second consecutive spring, the Sun Devils caught fire when they needed it most, closing out the regular season on a five-match win streak (No. 29 USC, No. 26 UCLA, No. 54 Colorado, No. 48 Utah and No. 48 Arizona).
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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK
DION MILLER/FOURTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH MAY 15, 2019
NCAA FINISHES: MEN 19TH (11 points) // WOMEN (DNC)
Sun Devil Track and Field returned to Tempe with a pair of first-team All-Americans after the NCAA Indoor Championships. Turner Washington claimed his sixth NCAA medal with his third-place (bronze) finish in the shot put, while the men's 4x400 relay group of Jalen Drayden, Jeremiah Curry, Dubem Nwachukwu and Justin Robinson finished fourth to earn first-team honors. Robinson took ninth in the 400m too, earning second-team All-America honors. As a team, the Sun Devils finished 19th with 11 points. The women's team didn't qualify anyone for the indoor championships.
-Final Results (PDF)-
-Final Results (HTML)
-ASU NCAA Indoor Championships Results
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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK
DION MILLER/FOURTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH MAY 15, 2019
NCAA FINISHES: MEN 5th (79 points) /WOMEN 43rd (5 points).
Dion Miller's Sun Devils had one of the best track and field seasons in over a decade in 2023. The outdoor season saw ASU earn 10 All-Americans, a pair of Pac-12 titles, four program records, 19 program record updates, and a near NCAA 4x400 record. Turner Washington earned his fifth NCAA title and became a nine-time All-American; the men's 4x100 and 4x400 relay squads both ran program records at the NCAA Championships - the 4x400 time being the No. 3 time in NCAA history; Christina Warren broke the program triple jump record in back-to-back meets; and Adriana Tatum and Jeremiah Curry both shattered ASU's men's and women's 200m records. The Sun Devils celebrated the men's 4x400 relay and high jumper Grace Campbell earning gold medals at the Pac-12 Championships, with seven total medals being earned at the conference championships.
NCAA Championship Recaps:
4x1 & 4x4 Records Fall, Washington Takes Silver Day 1 of NCAA Championships
Hanson Finishes 4th in Pole Vault
Five Time National Champion! Turner Goes Out on Top!
Track Leaves Austin with a NCAA title, 9 All-Americans, 2 Program Records
Pac-12 Recap: School Records Fall & 2 Champions Crowned at Pac-12 Championships
NCAA Championship Results
(Top-8 = First Team All-American, 9-16 = Second Team All-American)
Wednesday, men's semifinals
4x100: 9th place, 38.67 Q
400m:
Justin Robinson - 1st, 44.54 Q
Dubem Nwachukwu - 4th, 44.81 Q - No. 5 ASU history
Gamali Felix - 8th, 45.12 q - 11th ASU history
200m: Jeremiah Curry - 12th, 20.28 - Second team All-American
Shot put: Turner Washington - 21.04m/69-0.5, 2nd - Silver medal, 8-time All-American
4x400: 2nd place, 2:59.14 Q
Thursday, women
Pole vault: Sevanna Hanson - 4.30m/14-1.25, 4th - No. 2 ASU history, All-American
Friday, men's finals
4x100: 4th place, 38.54 - program record, First Team All-Americans
400m:
Justin Robinson - 4th, 44.51 - No. 2 ASU history, All-American
Dubem Nwachukwu - 5th, 44.92 - No. 4 ASU history, All-American
Gamali Felix - 8th, 45.34 - No. 9 ASU History, All-American
Discus: Turner Washington - 66.22m/217-3, 1st - Gold medal, 9-time All-American
4x400: 2nd place, 2:57.78 - Silver medal, program record, First Team All-Americans
Saturday, women's finals
High jump: Grace Campbell - T-9th, 1.84m/6-0.50 - Ties PR; Ties No. 3 ASU history, Second Team All-American
Triple jump: Christina Warren - 22nd, 12.52m/41-1
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TRIATHLON -- 2022 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
CLIFF ENGLISH/SEVENTH YEAR (SIXTH SEASON/SEVENTH YEAR)
NAMED HEAD COACH NOV. 13, 2015
The Sun Devils tied Queens of Charlotte for the most USA Triathlon team national titles (six) in a single division (Queens had six in Division II) after defeating Queens and University of Denver on Nov. 12 to be crowned 2022 USA DI national champions. South African junior Amber Schlebusch led the way as she crossed the finish line in 1:03:41 to become the individual national champion. Senior captain Liberty Ricca (1:04:51) crossed for second place. Sophomore Alexe Coursolclocked in at 1:05:35 (seventh) with Camille Buchanan at 1:05:42 (eighth) and freshman Heidi Jurankova finished 18th with a time of 1:07:07. Wrapping up the day for the ASU squad was Evan Welch (1:08:05) at 20th and Naomi Ruff (1:09:07) at 25th.
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VOLLEYBALL
SANJA TOMASEVIC/SIXTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH DEC. 21, 2016
JJ VAN NEIL HIRED DEC. 29, 2022
13-19 OVERALL/7-13 IN PAC-12 (9th)
CLICK HERE FOR PDF OF FINAL STATISTICS /// SEASON RECAP
The Sun Devils finished ninth in the Pac-12, going 7-13 in conference play. ASU played nine five-set matches, winning five of them, including two reverse sweeps. The five-set matches were the most by any team in the Pac-12. ASU started out the season strong, going 4-1 in their first five games. One of the biggest highlights was when ASU upset No. 15 Washington in five sets on the road. The Sun Devils had season sweeps of Cal and Oregon State, the second-straight season of sweeping Cal, and the first season sweep of OSU since 2019. ASU led the Pac 12 in digs this season with 1,699 and had 27 double-doubles as a team. Nationally, Arizona State ranked No. 22 for average attendance (1,959) and No. 23 in total attendance (25,464), both of which are also fourth in the Pac-12. This is the second year in a row the Sun Devils have been in the top 25 in both average and total attendance. Since 2014, this season was the highest average attendance ASU has had. The total attendance is the second-highest total since 2014. JJ Van Neil was hired Dec. 29, 2022 to take over the program.
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WATER POLO
PETRA PARDI (FIRST FULL SEASON)
NAMED HEAD COACH MAY 22, 2022
11-13 OVERALL/1-5 IN MPSF (6th/5th in MPSF TOURAMENT)
Freshman Juliette Dhalluin earned third-team All-American by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches, the third straight year a freshman has obtained All-American status with Vanda Baksa and Luca Petrovary -- who eared All-MPSF this year -- earning the honors in 2022 and 2021. Dhalluin also was an All-MPSF second team pick and earned MPSF All-Newcomer Team honors. Her 70 goals ranked third-best in the conference, only one shy of conference leaders and the most among all freshmen – the next closest was MPSF newcomer of the year Jenna Flynn with 59 goals. Her 70 goals in a single season rank as sixth most in program history, and she also had 38 assists, which was fourth-best in the MPSF, while her total points tally ranked in a tie for second in the conference with 108 with Stanford's Ryann Neushul, one of three athletes to surpass the 100 points mark.
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WRESTLING
ZEKE JONES/NINTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH AUGUST 9, 2014
7TH AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP/FOURTH IN PAC-12
ASU finished seventh overall at the NCAA Championships in Tulsa. It had four All-Americans and a pair of top-3 finishers. Brandon Courtney and Michael McGee finished third at 125 and 133, respectively, while 149 Kyle Parco finished fourth and HWT Cohlton Schultz finished seventh. Second-year Cael Valencia qualified but did not place at his first tournament. It's the first time a pair of Sun Devils have finished top-3 since 2017 when Zahid Valencia and Tanner Hall both took third, the fourth consecutive season ASU has celebrated at least four All-Americans, and the seventh time in program history ASU has finished with four All-Americans. ASU has now finished in the top-10 21 times. Courtney, McGee, Parco and Schultz all earned All-America honors. Parco, McGee and Schultz are all now three-time All-Americans, while Courtney is a four-time All-American. In ASU's history there's now been 15 three-time All-Americans and just five four-time AAs. Brandon Courtney earned Pac-12 Wrestler of the Year. Courtney went 16-5 during the 2022-23 season (5-2 in duals) en route to earning the honor. He became ASU's fifth four-time All-American ended his career as a three-time conference champion with a 109-28 record. Courtney's honor is the 22nd time an ASU wrestler has received the honor.
Read the full 2022-23 wrestling recap here
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NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONS
--Triathlon and Cliff English win sixth straight national title
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NCAA/INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
--Turner Washington won the discus to close the outdoor season, his fifth NCAA title.
--Léon Marchand (200 IM, 200 breast, 400 IM) set NCAA record times in each event to become winningest individual in Sun Devil Men's Swim & Dive history
--Junior Amber Schlebusch (1:03:41) won the individual title at the triathlon national championships
SUN DEVIL MOST NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES
7, Jackie Johnson (4 outdoor, 3 indoor)
6, Ryan Whiting (3 outdoor, 3 indoor)
5, Turner Washington (3 outdoor, 2 indoor)
5, Léon Marchand (3 in 2023, 2 in 2022)
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PAC-12 TEAM CHAMPIONS
--Men's Swimming (first title in program history)
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2022-23 SUN DEVIL PAC-12 CHAMPIONS (12 INDIVIDUAL TITLES BY 9 SUN DEVILS)
--Grace Campbell (women's track and field/high jump)
--Jack Dolan (men's swimming/50 free)
--Grant House (men's swimming/200 free)
--Lindsay Looney (women's swimming/500 free and 200 fly)
--Léon Marchand (men's swimming/200 IM, 400 IM, 200 breast)
--Michael McGee (wrestling/133)
--Kyle Parco (wrestling/141)
--Zalan Sarkany (men's swimming/1650 free)
--Cohlton Schultz (wrestling/HWT)
RELAYS
--Jack Dolan-Léon Marchand-Max McCusker-Jonny Kulow (men's swimming/200 medley relay)
--Léon Marchand-Grant House-Patrick Sammon-Julian Hill (men's swimming/800 free relay)
--Jack Dolan-Léon Marchand-Max McCusker-Grant House (men's swimming/400 medley relay)
--Gamali Felix, Dubem Nwachukwu, Jeremiah Curry, Justin Robinson (men's track/4x400)
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OTHER NOTABLES
--Men's track and field posted a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor championships, its best finish since 2010 (fourth).
--We had a record number (11) of CSC (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-Americans in 2022-23. Check them out here and previous highs below.
TOP SUN DEVIL ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN YEARS
11, 2022-23
9, 2011-12
7, 2009-10
7, 2008-09
7, 2007-08
7, 2000-01
--Men's basketball reached the NCAA Tournament for the third time in past five chances and has now won at least 20 in four of the past six seasons, as it won 23 games for just the fifth time since 1980-81. It won its third November tournament under Coach Hurley and won in Tucson for the second time in the past five tries. It also won its sixth game over a ranked non-conference opponent under Coach Hurley.
--Hockey, the only independent to make the NCAA Tournament in past 30 years when it notched the feat in 2019, opened Mullett Arena.
--#DYK? ASU is one of just four schools (Brown, Michigan and Long Island) to have hockey, wrestling, women's gymnastics and women's water polo...and is the only one of that group that sponsors beach volleyball. ASU is the only university that sponsors hockey, wrestling, gymnastics, water polo and beach volleyball.
--Softball averaged 1,398 fans per home game in 2022-23, the top season average in school history.
--Head coach Sheila McInerney led the women's tennis team to its first undefeated home season in school history (15-0), as the team has won 20 straight matches at the Whiteman Center and is 63-8 (.887) in the past five seasons.
--Graham Winkworth has led soccer to the NCAA in two of the past three seasons after the program finished last in the Pac-12 in 2019 and 2016 (season prior to Coach Graham's arrival).
--Arizona State and Grayhawk Golf Club hosted for the third and final time the NCAA Men's and Women's Golf Championship from May 19-May 31. A total of 60 teams were on site over the two weeks.
--Men's golf finished tied for fifth at the NCAA Championships, its third straight trip to match play, as only Pepperdine and North Carolina have done the same.
--In the NCAA Singles Tournament, No. 42 Murphy Cassone became the first All-American since 1995 with his advancement all the way to the semifinal match.
--Baseball was highly represented in the 2023 MLB Draft with eight overall selections – the fourth-highest tally in the nation and the most for the program since 2015. The eight selections brought ASU's all-time MLB Draft picks to 473, including secondary phase and January drafts through history – the most of any college in the nation. Of ASU's eight picks this year, six were pitchers – the highest tally for the program since 2010. Only LSU (13), Wake Forest (10) and Stanford (9) had more overall selections than the Sun Devils
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2022-23 LEARFIELD DIRECTORS' CUP -- 7th IN PAC-12 -- 659 TOTAL POINTS -- 35TH OVERALL
90.00 -- Men's Swimming (2nd)
75.00 -- Men's Outdoor Track and Field (5th)
72.75 -- Men's Golf (5th)
72.00 -- Wrestling (7th)
60.80 -- Gymnastics (13th/NCAA Regional Appearance)
54.00 -- Men's Indoor Track and Field (19th)
50.00 -- Men's Tennis (NCAA Round of 32/17th)
47.00 -- Women's Swimming (27th)
34.00 -- Women's Golf (NCAA Regional appearance/T-37th)
28.50 -- Women's Outdoor Track and Field (43rd)
25.00 -- Men's Basketball (NCAA first-round appearance)
25.00 -- Soccer (NCAA first-round appearance)
25.00 -- Women's Tennis (NCAA first-round appearance/33rd)
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Baseball: 32-23/16-13 (5th)/1-1 in Pac-12 Tournament
Men's Basketball: 23-13/11-9 (T-5th)/2-1 in Pac-12 Tournament/1-1 NCAA Tournament
Women's Basketball: 8-20/1-17 (12th)/0-1 in Pac-12 Tournament
Beach Volleyball: 11-13/6-5 (6th)
Men's Cross Country: 8th at Pac-12
Women's Cross Country: 11th at Pac-12
Football: 3-9/2-7 (T9th)
Men's Golf: T-5th (0-1 in NCAA Match Play/2nd
Women's Golf: NCAA Regional/5th
Gymnastics: 7-6/4-3 (5th at Pac-12s)/NCAA Regional
Hockey: 18-21
Lacrosse: 6-13/3-7 (4th)/1-1 in Pac-12 Tournament
Soccer: 9-6-3/5-5-1 (T-5th/16 points)/NCAA Tournament
Softball: 22-25/6-18 (T8th)/0-1 in Pac-12 Tournament
Men's Swimming/Diving: 2nd (highest finish in ASU history/1st (first Pac-12 title)
Women's Swimming/Diving: 27th/5th
Men's Tennis: 14-12/2-6 (T8th)/NCAA Second Round
Women's Tennis: 17-7/7-3 (T-2nd)/NCAA First Round
Men's Indoor Track: 19th
Women's Indoor Track: N/A
Men's Outdoor Track: NCAA 5th (79 points) / Pac-12 7th (66 points)
Women's Outdoor Track: NCAA 43rd (5 points) /Pac-12 11th (31 points)
Triathlon: Won sixth straight national title
Volleyball: 13-19/7-13 (9th in Pac-12 Conference)
Water Polo: 11-13/1-5 (6th in MPSF/5th at MPSF Tournament)
Wrestling: 7th (55 points)/4th (110.5 points)/4-1 in Pac-12
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PAC-12 FINISHES
Baseball: 16-13/5th
Men's Basketball: 11-9/T-5th (2-1 in Pac-12 Tournament)
Women's Basketball: 1-17/12th (0-1 in Pac-12 Tournament)
Beach Volleyball: 6-5/6th
Men's Cross Country: 8th
Women's Cross Country: 11th
Football: 2-7/T-9th
Men's Golf: 2nd
Women's Golf: 5th
Gymnastics: 4-3/5th at Pac-12 Championship
Lacrosse: 3-7/4th/1-1 in Pac-12 Tournament
Soccer: 5-5-1 (T-5th)/16 points
Softball: 6-18/T8th (0-1 in Pac-12 Tournament)
Men's Swimming/Diving: 1st (first Pac-12 title)
Women's Swimming/Diving: 5th
Men's Tennis: 2-6/T8th (0-1 in Pac-12 Tournament)
Women's Tennis: 7-3/T2nd (0-1 in Pac-12 Tournament)
Men's Track: 7th (66 points)
Women's Track: 11th (31 points)
Volleyball: 7-13/9th
Wrestling: 4th (110.5 points)/4-1
Our Sun Devils getting it done in the classroom ??#ForksUp /// #O2V
— Arizona State Sun Devils (@TheSunDevils) May 2, 2023
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2022-23 ATTENDANCE BREAKDOWN
Football: 6 home events with 258,488 total attendance (43,081 per game)
Men's Basketball: 15 home events with 121,058 total attendance (8,071 per game)
Hockey: 24 home events with 105,733 total attendance (4,406 per game)
Baseball: 31 home events with 96,298 total attendance (3,107 per game)
Women's Basketball: 14 home events with 35,629 total attendance (2,545 per game)
Wrestling: 5 home events with 10,566 total attendance (2,113 per game)
Gymnastics: 5 home events with 12,151 total attendance (2,430 per game)
Volleyball: 13 home events with 25,464 total attendance (1,959 per game)
Softball: 26 home events with 36,348 total attendance (1,398 per game)
Soccer: 10 home events with 9,333 total attendance (933 per game)
Lacrosse: 6 home events with 3,091 total attendance (515 per game)
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DEPARTMENT HONORS/AWARDS
TOM HANSEN AWARD: Turner Washington (men's track & field) and Audrey Ernst (triathlon)
LINDA VOLLSTEDT AWARD: Graham Winkworth
BILL KAJIKAWA AWARD: Grant House (men's swimming) and Audrey Ernst (triathlon)
FRANK KUSH AWARD: Bob Bowman
HEATHER FARR STUDENT-ATHLETE AWARD: Yanni Acuña
PAC-12 HALL OF HONOR: Jackie Johnson
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SPORT RECAPS
BASEBALL
WILLIE BLOOMQUIST/SECOND SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JUNE 11, 2021
32-23 OVERALL/16-13 PAC-12 (5th)
Team averaged 3,107 fans per game, second-best in the Pac-12 as 96,298 fans attended the 31 home games. Luke Keaschall earned second-team All American by Collegiate Baseball News. Keaschall hit .353, with 18 homers, a Pac-12 best 25 doubles and 58 RBI, as his 44 extra base hits led the Pac-12. Keaschall was first in the Pac-12 with 13 home runs and sixth in the Pac-12 with a .364 average during league play games. Keaschall and Ryan Campos both earned All-Pac-12 honors. Campos hit .388 on the year, third-best in the Pac-12 and his .503 on-base percenrage also led the league while his .725 slugging percentage was second-best in the loop. ASU was picked to finish sixth in the preseason media poll. ASU was highly represented in the 2023 MLB Draft with eight overall selections – the fourth-highest tally in the nation and the most for the program since 2015. The eight selections brought ASU's all-time MLB Draft picks to 473, including secondary phase and January drafts through history – the most of any college in the nation. Of ASU's eight picks this year, six were pitchers – the highest tally for the program since 2010. Only LSU (13), Wake Forest (10) and Stanford (9) had more overall selections than the Sun Devils.
Need a good morning read? Here's one from @sbordow. #ForksUp /// #O2Vhttps://t.co/fO2yDRN0rb
— Sun Devil Baseball (@ASU_Baseball) April 28, 2023
Congratulations to Luke Keaschall on being drafted by the Minnesota Twins! ?? ?? pic.twitter.com/E0MRkrp4lx
— Sun Devil Baseball (@ASU_Baseball) July 10, 2023
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
BOBBY HURLEY/EIGHTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH APRIL 8, 2015
23-13 OVERALL/11-9 PAC-12 (T-5TH)
CLICK HERE FOR MEN'S BASKETBALL YEAR-BY-YEAR AND COACHING RECORDS
Vice President for University Athletics Ray Anderson announced that Sun Devil Men's Basketball Head Coach Bobby Hurley has agreed to an extension that will keep him with the program through the 2026 season, as ASU is in the midst of one of the most successful eras in program history. ASU went 23-13 in 2022-23 and reached the NCAA Tournament for the third time in past five chances, and won at least 20 games in four of the past six seasons. It marked only the fifth time since 1980-81 that ASU won 23 games. ASU reached the Pac-12 Tournament semifinal round for only the fourth time in program history, and had 13 wins away from home, seven in true road games and six at neutral sites during the 2022-23 season. It included victories over Michigan and VCU at the Legends Classic, as Coach Hurley won his third preseason tournament at Arizona State, and ASU had massive wins over Creighton, at Arizona, at Oregon, USC and at Colorado to seal the NCAA Tournament berth. ASU now has two wins in Tucson in the last five years, tied for second most in the Pac-12 in that span. The Sun Devils also swept two road Pac-12 series (Oregon, Bays just the third time since joining the conference and the first since the 1980-81 season that Arizona State has swept two road series in the same season.
ASU WINS VS. RANKED TEAMS UNDER BOBBY HURLEY
ASU 89, at #7 Arizona 88 (Feb. 25, 2023)
ASU 87, #20 Michigan 62 (Nov. 17, 2022)
ASU 87, #3 UCLA 84 3 OT (Feb. 5, 2022)
ASU 77, #14 Oregon 72 (Feb. 20, 2020)
ASU 66, #22 Arizona 65 (Jan. 25, 2020)
#18 ASU 80, #1 Kansas 76 (Dec. 22, 2018)
ASU 72, #15 Mississippi State 67 (Nov. 19, 2018 at Las Vegas)
#16 ASU 95, at #2 Kansas 85 (Dec. 10, 2017)
ASU 102, #15 Xavier 86 (Nov. 24, 2017 at Las Vegas)
ASU 74, #23 USC 67 (Feb. 12, 2016)
ASU 67, #18 Texas A&M 54 (Dec. 5, 2015)
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
NATASHA ADAIR/FIRST SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JUNE 21, 1996
8-20/ 1-17 IN PAC-12
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
CLICK HERE FOR WOMEN'S BASKETBALL YEAR-BY-YEAR AND COACHING RECORDS
In Natasha Adair's first year as the head coach for the Sun Devil Women's Basketball program, the team started out 5-0, the best start since 2002-03, but dealt with a series of injuries that led to only having five to six available players for the majority of the year. The season saw the emergence of transfer guard Tyi Skinner who led the scoring offense for the Sun Devils. Skinner averaged 19.3 points per game, the highest average since 1988-89. Skinner opened the season with 16-straight double-digit performances including a career-high 29 points against GCU. On the season, Skinner had 15 20-point games, reaching and tying her career high in two of those performances. Jaddan Simmons continued to flash All-Conference abilities, averaging 12.3 PPG while playing close to 37 minutes a game, the most in the Pac-12. Simmons got it done on both ends of the floor, averaging 2.06 steals a game, good for third-best in the conference. Skinner and Simmons were named honorable mention on the Pac-12's All-Conference Team and All-Defensive team, respectively. Despite a team with a small rotation and not having a lot of depth, the Sun Devils did a fantastic job of taking care of the ball. The Sun Devils averaged just 12.3 turnovers per game, second-best in school history.
--HIRING VIDEO: Get to Know Coach Adair (by Michael Garaffa/Cronkite News)
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL
BRAD KEENAN/SEVENTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH MAY 13, 2016
11-13/6-5 IN PAC-12 (7th at Pac-12s)
The Sand Devils earned an 11-13 record, 6-5 in Pac-12 play. During the year, Arizona State had two win streaks of three. The team started the year winning four of their first five. Of the six Pac-12 wins, which are the most ASU has had, two came against Utah, two against Oregon and two against Arizona. The highlight of the season was the team sweeping the regular season series against Arizona for the first time since 2014. Not only did the Sun Devils win both teams while the Wildcats were ranked, but ASU came back down 2-0 in both duals to win 3-2. There were two pairs for the Sand Devils that stayed together for the entire season. Senior Lexi Sweeney and sophomore Kylie Wickley played together as the No. 1 pair throughout the season. The duo earned 11 wins, including four wins over pairs from ranked teams. In the two wins against the Wildcats, Sweeney and Wickley were the duo that clinched the dual for the Sand Devils. Junior Taryn Ames and senior Sarah Waters competed together the entire season, seeing time on courts two, three, and four. The veteran pair won 14 games throughout the season, making them the winningest duo of the season. The pair earned five wins over duos from ranked teams. The win leaders of the season are Ames and Waters with 14 wins each between courts two, three, and four. Freshmen Adriana Nieves Papaleo and Carys Thomas won 13 matches.
--ASU's Venture Challenges helps volleyball player develop clothing line (by Scott Bordow, ASU News/Oct. 28, 2022)
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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
RYAN RAY/FIRST SEASON
PAC-12 FINISHES: MEN (8th) AND WOMEN (11th)
The 2022 Sun Devil cross country season was highlighted by a strong performance by Vincent Mauri. Mauri blew out the competition in both regular-season races and finished on the podium at the Pac-12 Championships. He won the Dave Murray invite with a 37-second lead (23:20.4) and won the UCR Invitational in 23:25.7 to finish 20 seconds ahead of the pack. His 22:59.0 at the conference finals was a PR and earned him second-team All-Pac-12 honors, and he went on to take 11th at NCAA Regionals in 28:42.1, earning All-Region honors. Mauri was then the first Sun Devil to qualify for the NCAA Championships since 2014 when Ryan Herson and program legend Shelby Houlihan both ran. Herson took 117th in the men's race (31:40.7), and Houlihan finished ninth in 20:11.4 to earn All-America honors. Mauri ultimately finished 87th. The Sun Devils were primarily led by Ryan Ray who rejoined the program after a one-year stint with Arizona. Ray was a volunteer assistant coach under Patrick Henner during the 2020-21 season before accepting an assistant coaching job with the Wildcats. He rejoined ASU in the late summer before the 2022 campaign kicked off. Following the cross country season and ahead of the 2023 indoor and outdoor, Ray was elevated to head coach of the cross country program.
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FOOTBALL
SHAUN AGUANO/INTERIM SEASON
3-9 OVERALL/2-7 PAC-12 (T-9)
The 2022 season saw breakout seasons from wide receiver Elijah Badger and tight end Jaylin Conyers, as well as former walk-on quarterback Trenton Bourget and transfer running back X Valladay in a season highlighted by an upset of then No. 21 Washington. Badger burst on to the season after his breakout game against Oklahoma State where he caught six passes for 91 yards and a touchdown. Badger finished the season with 70 catches for 866 yards and seven touchdowns. Badger's 866 receiving yards and seven touchdowns was the most yards for a wide receiver since 2019 when Brandon Aiuyk had 1,192 receiving yards and eight touchdowns. Conyers broke out this season totaling 38 receptions for 422 yards and five receiving touchdowns. Conyers finished the season with the tenth best season for a tight end and was the only tight end in the FBS to record a three-touchdown game. Throwing to them was Bourget who made a name for himself when he appeared in relief against Washington and led the team to an upset over the Huskies. After taking over as the starter against Colorado, Bourget ended the season throwing for 1,490 yards and 11 touchdowns. Bourget had three games with over 300+ passing yards, the most since the 2019 season. On the ground, Valladay rushed for 1,192 yards, tying him for 10th in rushing yards in a single season in ASU history. Valladay also added to his stellar season by scoring 16 rushing touchdowns, tied for fourth most in a season in ASU history. The offensive production led to the Sun Devils scoring more than 40 points three times this season, the most since 2018. The Sun Devils will look to have multiple 40-point games next season in Kenny Dillingham's first season as the head coach for Sun Devil football.
--Sun Devil who went viral on the balcony as opera singer to perform at ASU (by Mary Beth Faller, ASU News/Oct. 25, 2022)
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MEN'S GOLF
MATT THURMOND/SEVENTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JULY 25, 2016
NCAA FINISH: 5TH (0-1 IN MATCH PLAY)
FINISHED SECOND IN PAC-12 /// FULL SEASON RECAP
The Sun Devil men's golf team under seventh-year head coach and GCAA 2022-23 West Region Coach of the Year Matt Thurmond advanced to NCAA championship match play for the third straight season, finished third in the Golfstat rankings, won its Thunderbird Invitational and the Las Vegas Regional while sophomore Preston Summerhays earned first-team All-America honors. ASU did all that with just one returning starter from its 2022 NCAA semifinalist lineup and had two freshmen in the lineup most of the year. ASU, North Carolina and Pepperdine were the only schools to make match play in each of the three NCAA Championship years at Grayhawk. ASU finished third in the final Golfstat rankings, which followed a solid pattern. ASU has now finished seventh (2018-19), sixth (2019-20), fifth (2020-21), fourth (2021-22) and third (2022-23) in its past five seasons. Coach Thurmond's squad was 22nd in 2017-18 and 20th in 2016-17, his first season.
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WOMEN'S GOLF
MISSY FARR-KAYE/EIGHTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JUNE 26, 2015
FINISHED 5TH IN PAC-12/7th AT NCAA REGIONALS
- Final Stats -
The eight-time national champion Sun Devil Women's Golf team finished the 2022-23 season ranked in the top-15 in all three major polls. The Maroon & Gold recorded five top-5 and three top-3 finishes. Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye's team was ranked as high as eighth this season. Team set a 18-hole vs. par scoring record in first round of Pac-12 Preivew. Ashley Menne was tabbed as an All-American by WGCA and Golfweek. Four Sun Devils were selected to the Pac-12 All-Conference Team, while two won Pac-12 Golfer of the Week during the season. Arizona State hosted both the Pac-12 Championship and NCAA Championship., as Coach Farr-Kaye signed a contract extension through 2027-28. Associate Head Coach Michelle Estill announced her retirement from ASU after seven seasons with the program, while legendary alumna Anna Nordqvist was inducted into Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Fame.
SEASON IN REVIEW ??@SunDevilWGolf enjoyed a successful campaign that ended with a Top-15 finish in all three national rankings ??
— Sun Devil W. Golf (@SunDevilWGolf) June 7, 2023
Revisit the Top Moments ??
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GYMNASTICS
JAY SANTOS/SEVENTH SEASON
JAY NAMED HEAD COACH MAY 27, 2016
7-6 OVERALL/4-3 PAC-12
NCAA FINISH: 15
Sun Devil Gymnastics ended the 2023 regular season with a 7-6 record, finishing up the season ranked No. 15 on Road to Nationals in head coach Jay Santos' seventh season. This is the sixth year in a row that the Gym Devils finished the season ranked in the top-25. Earning a team NQS of 197.105, this is the third time ever that ASU ended the regular season with an NQS over 197, two of which have been while Santos has been in Tempe. Seeded for the third season in a row for the postseason, the Sun Devils advanced to the NCAA Regional Finals for the second time in three years. The best score of the season came against a victory over No. 11 Oregon State. The team scored a 197.725, the ninth-highest score in ASU history. The team had an eight-meet streak of scoring 196.000 or better throughout the regular season. That run included a three-meet winning streak where the Gym Devils upset then-No. 4 Utah, set a program record road score in a win over Washington, and dealt then-No. 11 Oregon State its first loss of the season. At the 2023 Pac-12 Championships, the Gym Devils took first in the first session with a 196.700, the program's third-highest score at a conference championship meet ever. As a team, Arizona State saw success due to the consistent performances from the individuals all season long. The Gym Devils won 30 event titles, led by senior Hannah Scharf with 11, four of which were in the all-around. Junior Emily White finished with seven, while juniors Anaya Smith and Sarah Clark had four each. Scharf continued her standout career as a Sun Devil, competing in the all-around in every meet and ending the season ranked No. 21 in the nation in the all-around. She competed as an individual at the NCAA Championships in the all-around. At NCAA Regionals, she finished second in the second session in all-around with a 39.625 to send her to nationals, her fourth all-around total of 39.625-plus this season. Also at regionals, she took home the beam event title with a 9.950, matching her career high and setting a new season high. Her all-around career-high of 39.675 that she earned against Utah is tied for the 10th-best all-around mark in program history.
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HOCKEY
GREG POWERS/EIGHTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH NOV. 18, 2014
18-21 OVERALL / FULL SEASON RECAP HERE
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LACROSSE
TARYN VANTHOF/FIRST SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JULY 5, 2022 /// CLICK HERE FOR FINAL STATISTICS
6-12 OVERALL/3-7 PAC-12 (4th)
Freshman Teagan Ng was named the 2023 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. In a hard-fought year, the Sun Devils displayed exceptional performances and achieved notable milestones as a team. They ranked second in the NCAA for clear percentage for several weeks, demonstrating their efficiency in transitioning the ball. In the Pac-12 Tournament game against Cal, ASU only allowed five goals, tying for the second-fewest conceded in a Pac-12 Tournament game. The team also boasted the third-highest shot percentage in the Pac-12, with an impressive 74.7 percent. Their dominance in the draw controls was evident as they secured the second-most draw controls in the conference, totaling 263. Additionally, the Sun Devils recorded the most saves in the Pac-12, with 191, and the second-highest save percentage at 44.1 percent. Sun Devils outscored their opponent in free position goals with 47 for a 45.6 percent success rate making them eight percent better than opponents. Individual players made significant contributions to the team's success throughout the season. Fifth-year senior Kaylon Buckner earned a spot on the All-Conference Pac-12 Second Team, and she was also nominated as a Wings of Gold at Arizona State University Nominee. Gigi Gaspar and Katie Vahle were recognized for their outstanding performances and were named to the 2023 Pac-12 All-Tournament Team. Captains Kaylon Buckner and Katie Brodsky earned spots on Team North for the 2023 IWLCA Senior All-Star Game, making them the first two Sun Devils to achieve the feat.
The future is bright in Tempe ??#ForksUp /// #O2V
— Sun Devil Lacrosse (@SunDevilWLax) June 5, 2023
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SOCCER
GRAHAM WINKWORTH/SIXTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH NOV. 29, 2016 /// CLICK HERE FOR PDF OF FINAL STATISTICS
9-6-3 OVERALL/5-5-1 PAC-12 (T5th/16 points)/NCAA 0-1
The 2022 season – one that included the program's second NCAA appearance in three seasons – came to an end in a 3-0 loss at No. 8 seed Portland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA match was the last for ASU's outstanding quartet of fifth-year seniors: forwards Nicole Douglas and Olivia Nguyen and midfield players Alexia Delgado and Eva van Deursen. The four players combined for 337 games played and 298 starts while collectively amassing 101 goals and 73 assists. ASU opened up the season 6-0-2 and during that span, Nicole Douglas became the first Sun Devil two-time United Soccer Coaches All-American. After earning third-team recognition in 2021 the first Sun Devil to earn All-America honors since 2002, the greatest forward in Sun Devil Soccer history was one of 11 student-athletes named as a 2022 second-team honoree. She broke Stacey Tullock's 21-year-old program record in career goals, scoring two goals against UAB on Sep. 1st to give her the record. Douglas would go on to score 14 goals, three assists and be named the Pac-12's Forward of the Year as well as earn first-team All-Pac-12 honors. She finished the season eighth in the country in goals per game (0.78) and 13th in points per game (1.72). Van Deursen tied Stacey Tullock for the program record in assists with 25. She finished the season with seven goals and five assists. Alexia Delgado also scored a career high five goals on the season. Delgado and Van Deursen, along with freshman goalie Pauline Nelles, received all-conference honors, with Delgado being named to the second team and Van Derusenand Nelles on the third team. Eight players found the back of the net for the nation's 28th-ranked scoring offense. The Sun Devils featured five new players in their starting lineup, including goalie and Pac-12 All-Freshman selection goalie Pauline Nelles. Douglas became the first Sun Devil to earn.
Sun Devil Soccer's first two-time United Soccer Coaches All-American ??????
— Sun Devil Soccer (@SunDevilSoccer) December 2, 2022
Congratulations, @Nicoledouglasss!#ForksUp /// #O2V pic.twitter.com/TNy5bLnA8x
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SOFTBALL
MEGAN BARTLETT/FIRST SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JUNE 22, 2022
22-26 OVERALL/6-18 PAC-12 (T8th)
First-year head coach Megan Bartlett guided the Sun Devils to a 22-26 overall record that included a series win over WCWS participant Washington. Yanni Acuña ended the season batting .400 while leading the team with 54 hits and 17 multi-hit games. She reached base in 44 of the 48 games and led the Pac-12 with a .523 on-base percentage. Acuña was named NFCA Second Team All-American to become the 11th player in program history to earn multiple All-America honors. She also became the 10th Sun Devil to be named CSC Academic All-American multiple times. Jordyn VanHook joined Acuña on the NFCA All-West Region team after leading the Pac-12 with 19 home runs. Kylee Magee completed her freshman campaign with a selection to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team.
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MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
BOB BOWMAN/SEVENTH SEASON (EIGHTH YEAR AT ASU/SEVENTH SEASON)
NAMED HEAD COACH APRIL 24, 2015
NCAA FINISH: 2ND/PAC-12: FIRST
Men's swimming put a stamp on their incredible 2022-23 season by finishing second at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center to secure the best national finish in school history. The Sun Devils had previously never finished better than sixth at the national championships. Their two best showings, both sixth-place efforts, came in 1982 and 2022. They scored just 236 points at last year's championship, a number they cleared after the 10th event this week. Léon Marchand took the 200 breast in NCAA record-setting time of 1:46.91, breaking his own mark of 1:47.67 that he set at the Pac-12 Championships. Marchand won the 200 IM, 200 breast and 400 IM this week in Minneapolis, setting new NCAA records in each event. The Sun Devils stormed to their first Pac-12 Championship in program history in early March, where they won nine races, broke eight school records and never once let go of their clutch of first place. It snapped a streak of five consecutive conference titles won by the Cal Golden Bears. In December, the Sun Devils earned the No. 1 ranking in the country by the CSCAA for the first time in school history. They steamrolled their way through the early months of 2023, taking down No. 12 Stanford, No. 2 Cal and No. 19 Arizona in a two-week span. They carried that momentum into March, where they compiled the greatest postseason stretch in school history. Marchand earned Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year and CSCAA Division I Swimmer of the Year honors for the second consecutive season. Jonny Kulow was named the conference's Freshman of the Year, becoming the fourth Sun Devil of the Bob Bowman era to win the award.
HISTORY IN MINNEAPOLIS ??
— Sun Devil Swim/Dive (@ASUSwimDive) March 26, 2023
The Sun Devils finish second at the NCAA Championships for the highest finish in program history ??
?? @espn | #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/PT7Y5NO3nh
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WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
BOB BOWMAN/SEVENTH SEASON (EIGHTH YEAR AT ASU/SEVENTH SEASON)
NAMED HEAD COACH APRIL 24, 2015
NCAA FINISH: 27TH/PAC-12: 5TH
The Sun Devil Women showcased their youth in all of 2022-23, where a handful of underclassmen came up in big spots throughout the year. Charli Brown, Ieva Maluka, Iza Adame, Emma Gehlert, Katherine Randall, Indigo Armon, Izzy Krantzcke and Ginger McMahon were among the many underclassmen to make an impact this season, a sign that the Sun Devils have the foundation to continue growing in the coming years. The Sun Devils were terrific down the stretch to close out the regular season, in which they won three of their final four dual meets -- (Washington State, No. 11 Cal and Arizona). In the regular season finale for Sun Devil Swim & Dive, in which they recognized 13 seniors for Senior Day, the 123-point margin of victory by the Women is the largest over Arizona since at least 1998. Lindsay Looney became fourth women's swimmer of the Bob Bowman era to win at the Pac-12 Championships, where she won the 200 fly and 500 free. Weeks later, Looney became a First-Team All-American at the NCAA Championships by taking fourth in the 200 fly. She also placed 13th in the 500 free.
LINDSAY LOONEY WINS THE 500 FREE AT 4:38.29 ??
— Sun Devil Swim/Dive (@ASUSwimDive) February 24, 2023
?? @Pac12Network | #Pac12Swim pic.twitter.com/C6e1wY8BeD
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MEN'S TENNIS
MATT HILL/SIXTH SEASON (SEVENTH YEAR)
NAMED HEAD COACH JUNE 29, 2016
14-12 OVERALL/2-6 IN PAC-12 (T8th)
Sun Devil Men's Tennis went 14-12 in the spring season with their fourth postseason berth since reinstatement that concluded in the NCAA Regionals Second Round against Harvard. In the Tempe hosted tournaments, Arizona State won the 2023 ASU Invitational and placed third in the Diablos Tennis Tournament. As they entered conference play, the Sun Devils dominated the Pacific Northwest as they defeated both Oregon and Washington. In the NCAA Singles Tournament, No. 42 Murphy Cassone became the first All-American since 1995 with his advancement all the way to the semifinal match. En route, he upset No. 3 Arthur Fery of Stanford, 7-6(6), 7-5 to claim his 20th win of the 2023 season and fifth overall postseason victory. Murphy Cassone was named to the Pac-12 All-Conference First Team this season alongside Max McKennon who went 12-13, earning five victories against Pac-12 opponents, and has a 4.0 ITF World Tennis Number. Jacob Bullard received an Honorable Mention nod with votes.
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WOMEN'S TENNIS
SHEILA McINERNEY/39th SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH AUGUST 16, 1984
17-7 OVERALL/7-3 IN PAC-12 (T-2ND) /// FULL SEASON RECAP
Coach Sheila McInerney's 39th season resulted in a 35th straight NCAA Tournament appearance and an undefeated home season for the first time in school history with a 15-0 mark at Whiteman Tennis Center. Its
4-0 sweep of No. 48 Arizona in the regular season finale pushed them to 7-3 in league play, their best season against conference foes since 2018 (7-3). For the second consecutive spring, the Sun Devils caught fire when they needed it most, closing out the regular season on a five-match win streak (No. 29 USC, No. 26 UCLA, No. 54 Colorado, No. 48 Utah and No. 48 Arizona).
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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK
DION MILLER/FOURTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH MAY 15, 2019
NCAA FINISHES: MEN 19TH (11 points) // WOMEN (DNC)
Sun Devil Track and Field returned to Tempe with a pair of first-team All-Americans after the NCAA Indoor Championships. Turner Washington claimed his sixth NCAA medal with his third-place (bronze) finish in the shot put, while the men's 4x400 relay group of Jalen Drayden, Jeremiah Curry, Dubem Nwachukwu and Justin Robinson finished fourth to earn first-team honors. Robinson took ninth in the 400m too, earning second-team All-America honors. As a team, the Sun Devils finished 19th with 11 points. The women's team didn't qualify anyone for the indoor championships.
-Final Results (PDF)-
-Final Results (HTML)
-ASU NCAA Indoor Championships Results
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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK
DION MILLER/FOURTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH MAY 15, 2019
NCAA FINISHES: MEN 5th (79 points) /WOMEN 43rd (5 points).
Dion Miller's Sun Devils had one of the best track and field seasons in over a decade in 2023. The outdoor season saw ASU earn 10 All-Americans, a pair of Pac-12 titles, four program records, 19 program record updates, and a near NCAA 4x400 record. Turner Washington earned his fifth NCAA title and became a nine-time All-American; the men's 4x100 and 4x400 relay squads both ran program records at the NCAA Championships - the 4x400 time being the No. 3 time in NCAA history; Christina Warren broke the program triple jump record in back-to-back meets; and Adriana Tatum and Jeremiah Curry both shattered ASU's men's and women's 200m records. The Sun Devils celebrated the men's 4x400 relay and high jumper Grace Campbell earning gold medals at the Pac-12 Championships, with seven total medals being earned at the conference championships.
NCAA Championship Recaps:
4x1 & 4x4 Records Fall, Washington Takes Silver Day 1 of NCAA Championships
Hanson Finishes 4th in Pole Vault
Five Time National Champion! Turner Goes Out on Top!
Track Leaves Austin with a NCAA title, 9 All-Americans, 2 Program Records
Pac-12 Recap: School Records Fall & 2 Champions Crowned at Pac-12 Championships
NCAA Championship Results
(Top-8 = First Team All-American, 9-16 = Second Team All-American)
Wednesday, men's semifinals
4x100: 9th place, 38.67 Q
400m:
Justin Robinson - 1st, 44.54 Q
Dubem Nwachukwu - 4th, 44.81 Q - No. 5 ASU history
Gamali Felix - 8th, 45.12 q - 11th ASU history
200m: Jeremiah Curry - 12th, 20.28 - Second team All-American
Shot put: Turner Washington - 21.04m/69-0.5, 2nd - Silver medal, 8-time All-American
4x400: 2nd place, 2:59.14 Q
Thursday, women
Pole vault: Sevanna Hanson - 4.30m/14-1.25, 4th - No. 2 ASU history, All-American
Friday, men's finals
4x100: 4th place, 38.54 - program record, First Team All-Americans
400m:
Justin Robinson - 4th, 44.51 - No. 2 ASU history, All-American
Dubem Nwachukwu - 5th, 44.92 - No. 4 ASU history, All-American
Gamali Felix - 8th, 45.34 - No. 9 ASU History, All-American
Discus: Turner Washington - 66.22m/217-3, 1st - Gold medal, 9-time All-American
4x400: 2nd place, 2:57.78 - Silver medal, program record, First Team All-Americans
Saturday, women's finals
High jump: Grace Campbell - T-9th, 1.84m/6-0.50 - Ties PR; Ties No. 3 ASU history, Second Team All-American
Triple jump: Christina Warren - 22nd, 12.52m/41-1
One of the best meets in program history. We left Austin with a NCAA title, 9 All-Americans, 2 Program Records, and a bright future ahead of us ??
— Sun Devil Track and Field/XC (@SunDevilTFXC) June 12, 2023
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TRIATHLON -- 2022 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
CLIFF ENGLISH/SEVENTH YEAR (SIXTH SEASON/SEVENTH YEAR)
NAMED HEAD COACH NOV. 13, 2015
The Sun Devils tied Queens of Charlotte for the most USA Triathlon team national titles (six) in a single division (Queens had six in Division II) after defeating Queens and University of Denver on Nov. 12 to be crowned 2022 USA DI national champions. South African junior Amber Schlebusch led the way as she crossed the finish line in 1:03:41 to become the individual national champion. Senior captain Liberty Ricca (1:04:51) crossed for second place. Sophomore Alexe Coursolclocked in at 1:05:35 (seventh) with Camille Buchanan at 1:05:42 (eighth) and freshman Heidi Jurankova finished 18th with a time of 1:07:07. Wrapping up the day for the ASU squad was Evan Welch (1:08:05) at 20th and Naomi Ruff (1:09:07) at 25th.
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VOLLEYBALL
SANJA TOMASEVIC/SIXTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH DEC. 21, 2016
JJ VAN NEIL HIRED DEC. 29, 2022
13-19 OVERALL/7-13 IN PAC-12 (9th)
CLICK HERE FOR PDF OF FINAL STATISTICS /// SEASON RECAP
The Sun Devils finished ninth in the Pac-12, going 7-13 in conference play. ASU played nine five-set matches, winning five of them, including two reverse sweeps. The five-set matches were the most by any team in the Pac-12. ASU started out the season strong, going 4-1 in their first five games. One of the biggest highlights was when ASU upset No. 15 Washington in five sets on the road. The Sun Devils had season sweeps of Cal and Oregon State, the second-straight season of sweeping Cal, and the first season sweep of OSU since 2019. ASU led the Pac 12 in digs this season with 1,699 and had 27 double-doubles as a team. Nationally, Arizona State ranked No. 22 for average attendance (1,959) and No. 23 in total attendance (25,464), both of which are also fourth in the Pac-12. This is the second year in a row the Sun Devils have been in the top 25 in both average and total attendance. Since 2014, this season was the highest average attendance ASU has had. The total attendance is the second-highest total since 2014. JJ Van Neil was hired Dec. 29, 2022 to take over the program.
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WATER POLO
PETRA PARDI (FIRST FULL SEASON)
NAMED HEAD COACH MAY 22, 2022
11-13 OVERALL/1-5 IN MPSF (6th/5th in MPSF TOURAMENT)
Freshman Juliette Dhalluin earned third-team All-American by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches, the third straight year a freshman has obtained All-American status with Vanda Baksa and Luca Petrovary -- who eared All-MPSF this year -- earning the honors in 2022 and 2021. Dhalluin also was an All-MPSF second team pick and earned MPSF All-Newcomer Team honors. Her 70 goals ranked third-best in the conference, only one shy of conference leaders and the most among all freshmen – the next closest was MPSF newcomer of the year Jenna Flynn with 59 goals. Her 70 goals in a single season rank as sixth most in program history, and she also had 38 assists, which was fourth-best in the MPSF, while her total points tally ranked in a tie for second in the conference with 108 with Stanford's Ryann Neushul, one of three athletes to surpass the 100 points mark.
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WRESTLING
ZEKE JONES/NINTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH AUGUST 9, 2014
7TH AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP/FOURTH IN PAC-12
ASU finished seventh overall at the NCAA Championships in Tulsa. It had four All-Americans and a pair of top-3 finishers. Brandon Courtney and Michael McGee finished third at 125 and 133, respectively, while 149 Kyle Parco finished fourth and HWT Cohlton Schultz finished seventh. Second-year Cael Valencia qualified but did not place at his first tournament. It's the first time a pair of Sun Devils have finished top-3 since 2017 when Zahid Valencia and Tanner Hall both took third, the fourth consecutive season ASU has celebrated at least four All-Americans, and the seventh time in program history ASU has finished with four All-Americans. ASU has now finished in the top-10 21 times. Courtney, McGee, Parco and Schultz all earned All-America honors. Parco, McGee and Schultz are all now three-time All-Americans, while Courtney is a four-time All-American. In ASU's history there's now been 15 three-time All-Americans and just five four-time AAs. Brandon Courtney earned Pac-12 Wrestler of the Year. Courtney went 16-5 during the 2022-23 season (5-2 in duals) en route to earning the honor. He became ASU's fifth four-time All-American ended his career as a three-time conference champion with a 109-28 record. Courtney's honor is the 22nd time an ASU wrestler has received the honor.
Read the full 2022-23 wrestling recap here
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COACH. OF. THE. YEAR. ??
— Sun Devil Gymnastics (@SunDevilGym) March 21, 2023
Jay Santos is the Pac-12 Coach of the Year for the second time in his career! ??#GymDevils /// #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/46TTbD7uNc
Congrats to Teagan Ng on earning Pac-12 Freshman of the Year ??#ForksUp /// #O2V pic.twitter.com/seYKkF4nCQ
— Sun Devil Lacrosse (@SunDevilWLax) May 2, 2023
Get to know the name ??
— Sun Devil W. Golf (@SunDevilWGolf) April 20, 2023
The future is bright for Beth Coulter ??@TheSunDevils /// @Pac12 pic.twitter.com/rpjnjWT9K7