2023-24 Recap: All the Sun Devil Notes, Numbers and Honors

Wrestling Wins Final Pac-12 Title Directors Cup Points By Sport By Year Men's Golf Wins 13th Pac-12 Title Swimming Program Posts Best Season in School History

Mia Jones

June 15, 2024

Here is a look at all the Sun Devil teams in 2023-24 seasons with quick recaps and some tweets and numbers to remember the past athletic season. After 46 seasons – starting in 1978-79 -- of Pac-10 and Pac-12 competition, ASU will join the Big 12 in 2024-25. We say thanks to Sheila McInerney who has retired after leading the the women's tennis team for the past 40 seasons, while ASU had four coaches earn Pac-12 Coach of the Year.

You can also click here for specific awards and honors in 2023-24...

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NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONS
--Men's swimming won its first national title.
--Triathlon and head coach Cliff English won their seventh straight national title in fall of 2023.

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NCAA/INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
--Léon Marchand (500 freestyle, 400 IM, 200 breast)
--Zalan Sarkany (1650 Free)
--Ilya Kharun (200 Fly)
--Richard Figueroa (125 pounds)
--Léon Marchand, Jack Dolan, Patrick Sammon, Jonny Kulow, 400 free relay (2024)
--Hubert Kós, Léon Marchand, Ilya Kharun, Jonny Kulow, 400 medley relay
--Justin Robinson-Kaleb Simpson-Jayden Davis-Gamali Felix (indoor 4x400 relay, 3:02.35)

SUN DEVIL MOST NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES
8, Léon Marchand (3, in 2024, 3 in 2023, 2 in 2022)
7, Jackie Johnson (4 outdoor track, 3 indoor track)
6, Ryan Whiting (3 outdoor track, 3 indoor track)
5, Turner Washington (3 outdoor track, 2 indoor track)

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NCAA ELITE 90 AWARD
--Lindsay Looney, Women's Swim and Dive
--Tiago Behar, Men's Swim and Dive
--Adriana Nieves Papaleo, Beach Volleyball

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PAC-12 SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
--Lindsay Looney (women's swimming)
--Gigi Gaspar (lacrosse)
--Marianna Argyrokastriti (women's tennis)

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Raising the standard ?? #ForksUp /// #O2V pic.twitter.com/0EphKiWM4K
— Sun Devil Soccer (@SunDevilSoccer) May 30, 2024

--After placing sixth at the NCAA Championships in March, wrestling has now had four consecutive top-seven finishes, while having four straight seasons with at least four All-Americans. Tenth-year head coach Zeke Jones has ushered the Sun Devils into the national spotlight on a consistent basis.

--In a historic 2023 season, volleyball went 28-7 under first-year head coach JJ Van Niel, who won Pac-12 Coach of the Year as the 28 wins is the second-best in school history. The squad reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015 and won two NCAA Tournament matches for the first time in program history.

--#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.

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2023-24 LEARFIELD DIRECTORS' CUP -- 6th IN PAC-12 -- 695.25 TOTAL POINTS -- 27th OVERALL
100.0 -- Men's Swimming (NCAA Champions)
73.50 -- Wrestling (NCAA/6th)
64.00 -- Volleyball (NCAA Sweet 16/9th)
60.80 -- Gymnastics (NCAA/13th)
58.50 -- Women's Golf (NCAA/16th)
50.00 -- Women's Swimming (NCAA/24th)
50.00 -- Men's Tennis (NCAA First Round/17th)
50.00 -- Women's Tennis (NCAA First Round/17th)
45.00 -- Beach Volleyball (NCAA First Round/9th)
47.50 -- Men's Indoor Track and Field (NCAA/24th)
40.50 -- Men's Golf (NCAA Regionals/31st)
30.50 -- Men's Outdoor Track and Field (NCAA/42nd)
25.00 -- Soccer (NCAA first-round appearance/33rd)

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FINAL OVERALL/PAC-12 RECORDS/NCAA FINISHES
Baseball: 32-26/17-13 (T5th)/0-2 in Pac-12 Tournament
Men's Basketball: 14-18/8-12 (T9th)/0-1 in Pac-12 Tournament
Women's Basketball: 11-20/3-15 (11th)/0-1 in Pac-12 Tournament
Beach Volleyball: 21-10/5-5/4th in Pac-12 Tournament/NCAA Tournament 1st Round
Men's Cross Country: 12th at Pac-12
Women's Cross Country: 9th at Pac-12
Football: 3-9/2-7 (T9th)
Men's Golf: 6th at NCAA Regional/Pac-12 Champion
Women's Golf: 16th at NCAA Championships/7th at Pac-12
Gymnastics: 8-5/4-3 (4th)/6th at Pac-12 Championship/NCAA Regional Finals
Hockey: 24-8-6
Lacrosse: 9-10/3-4 (4th)/1-1 in Pac-12 Tournament
Soccer: 10-7-4/5-5-1 (T-5th/16 points)/NCAA Tournament
Softball: 20-31/3-21 (9th)/1-1 in Pac-12 Tournament
Men's Swimming/Diving: 1st/1st
Women's Swimming/Diving: 5th/24th
Men's Tennis: 18-10/4-2 (4th)/Advanced to Round of 32 at NCAA Tournament
Women's Tennis: 15-10/6-4 (5th)/Advanced to Round of 32 at NCAA Tournament
Men's Indoor Track: t-24th at NCAA Indoors
Women's Indoor Track: DNS at NCAA Indoor Championships
Men's Outdoor Track: 9th at Pac-12 Championships/t-42nd at NCAA Outdoor Championships
Women's Outdoor Track: T9th at Pac-12 Championships/DNS at NCAA Outdoor Championships
Triathlon: Won seventh straight national title
Volleyball: 28-7/14-6 (T3rd in Pac-12)/1-1 in NCAA Tournament
Water Polo: 23-8/2-5 (5th in MPSF)/1-1 in MPSF Tournament (5th Place)
Wrestling: 7-6/4-1 (1st in Pac-12 Championships/6th at NCAA Championships)

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PAC-12 FINISHES
Baseball: 17-13/T5th
Men's Basketball: 8-12/T9th
Women's Basketball: 3-15/11th
Beach Volleyball: 5-5/4th
Men's Cross Country: 9th
Women's Cross Country: 12th
Football: 2-7/T-9th
Men's Golf: 1st (13th Pac-12 title)
Women's Golf: 7th
Gymnastics: 4-3/6th
Lacrosse: 3-4/T-3rd
Soccer: 5-5-1 (T-5th)/16 points
Softball: 3-21/9th
Men's Swimming/Diving: 1st (back-to-back conference champions)
Women's Swimming/Diving: 5th
Men's Tennis: 4-2/4th
Women's Tennis: 6-4/5th
Men's Track: 9th
Women's Track: t-9th
Volleyball: 14-6/T-3rd
Wrestling: 4-1/1st (won Pac-12 title)

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2023-24 ATTENDANCE BREAKDOWN
Football: 8 home events with 393,756 total attendance (49,220 per game)
Men's Basketball: 15 home events with 124,751 total attendance (8,317 per game)
Hockey: 26 home events with 124,503 total attendance (4,798 per game)
Baseball: 33 home events with 95,094 total attendance (2,882 per game)
Gymnastics: 5 home events with 10,431 total attendance (2,086 per match)
Volleyball: 13 home events with 25,464 total attendance (1,959 per game)
Women's Basketball: 16 home events with 30,949 total attendance (1,934 per game)
Wrestling: 4 home events with 6,107 total attendance (1,527 average/excluding Iowa State dual at Chandler High School)
Softball: 33 home events with 36,273 total attendance (1,099 per game)
Soccer: 10 home events with 9,333 total attendance (933 per game)
Lacrosse: 9 home events with 3,275 total attendance (364 per game)

Our 7th person on the court ??

We finished the season ranked at No. 12 in NCAA average attendance all because of our amazing Sun Devil fans! See you back in the fall to pack Mullett and Desert Financial Arena once again!#ForksUp pic.twitter.com/WcHfoTdUbv
— Sun Devil Volleyball (@SunDevilVB) February 8, 2024

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DEPARTMENT HONORS/AWARDS
TOM HANSEN AWARD: Ashley Menne/Ryggs Johnston
LINDA VOLLSTEDT AWARD: JJ Van Niel
BILL KAJIKAWA AWARD: Lindsay Looney/Ryggs Johnston
FRANK KUSH AWARD: TBD
HEATHER FARR STUDENT-ATHLETE AWARD: Ashley Menne

STAFF HONORS AWAY FROM ASU
--Howard Twitty inducted into the Arizona Golf Hall of Fame (October of 2024)

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SPORT RECAPS
BASEBALL
WILLIE BLOOMQUIST/THIRD SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JUNE 11, 2021
32-26 OVERALL/17-13 PAC-12 (T5th)
Team hit .313, which led the Pac-12, and also led the league in on-base percentage (.420) and hits (651). Sophomore outfielder Kien Vu earned All-America honors while redshirt freshman utility player Brandon Compton was named a Freshman All-American in addition to earning Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. Vu became the 133rd All-American in ASU history, earning third-team honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association. The sophomore finished the season with the highest batting average in the Pac-12 at .413 (fifth nationally). Vu is the fourth under head coach Willie Bloomquist, joining Joe Lampe and Nate Baez (2022) and Luke Keaschall (2023). The NCBWA named Compton as a first-team Freshman All-American as a designated hitter as well, marking him the 37th Freshman All-American in program history. He is the third Freshman All-American under Willie Bloomquist, joining Jacob Tobias and Ryan Campos from 2022 Junior catcher Ryan Campos then was named the 134th All-American in program history, earning third team honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association.

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MEN'S BASKETBALL
BOBBY HURLEY/NINTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH APRIL 8, 2015
14-18 OVERALL/8-12 PAC-12 (T9th)
CLICK HERE FOR MEN'S BASKETBALL YEAR-BY-YEAR AND COACHING RECORDS
Sun Devil men's basketball had more than 124,000 fans show up to watch the Sun Devils compete at home, as Bobby Hurley's squad once again attracted an average of over 8,000 fans per game (8,317). Hurley reached a couple milestones in the 2023-24 campaign, his ninth at the helm in Tempe. He secured his 150th victory as the head coach of Sun Devil Men's Basketball over Utah on Jan. 4. The win makes him just the third coach in program history to win 150 games at ASU. Hurley also collected his 75th win in Pac-12 play during the season, the most of any coach in program history (Pac-10/12 era). Junior Frankie Collins was named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team as well as receiving honorable mention All-Pac-12 distinction. Collins led the conference and finished tied for eighth nationally with 84 steals, which broke Fat Lever's 42-year-old previous record of 76 steals set in 1982. Arizona State picked up wins over NCAA Tournament teams Colorado and Washington State while also knocking off NIT participants SMU, San Francisco, and Utah. The Sun Devils started 4-0 in Pac-12 play for just the fourth time in program history and the first time since 2007-08.

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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
NATASHA ADAIR/SECOND SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JUNE 21, 2022
11-20/ 3-15 IN PAC-12 (11th)
CLICK HERE FOR WOMEN'S BASKETBALL YEAR-BY-YEAR AND COACHING RECORDS
Jalyn Brown and Jaddan Simmons were recognized by the Pac-12 as Brown, who transferred to ASU from Louisville, was named All-Pac-12 honorable mention in her first year as a Sun Devil. Simmons, a four-year Sun Devil and graduate, earned Pac-12 All-Defense honorable mention recognition for the second straight season. ASU concluded the season averaging only 12.4 turnovers per game. Only head coach Natasha Adair's first Sun Devil squad in 2022-23 (12.3) and the 2017-18 Sun Devils (11.7) had fewer turnovers.

--ASU women's basketball showing poise, promise in rebuild under coach Natasha Adair (by Jayla French, Cronkite News/Feb. 9, 2024)
--ASU women's basketball head coach Natasha Adair is confidence in her vision (by Aya Abdeen, State Press/Mar. 21, 2024)

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BEACH VOLLEYBALL
KRISTEN ROHR/FIRST SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JUNE 2, 2023
21-10/5-5 IN PAC-12 (4th at Pac-12s)
Led by first-year ASU head coach and 2024 Pac-12 Coach of the Year Kristen Rohr, Arizona State had a stellar season in 2024. In the final season as a member of the Pac-12, the team went 21-10 (5-5 Pac-12) and made it to the NCAA Tournament for the first time, earning a No. 12 seed. The 21 wins tied the ASU record for wins in a season. ASU had raked in 11 ranked wins this season, the previous record was held at three during the 2019 season. Before this season, there were 13 total ranked wins throughout team history. In the rankings, Arizona State was No. 12 in the final AVCA Coaches Poll. The Sun Devils were ranked for the entire season, the first time the program has been ranked for more than four weeks. The highest ranking was No. 10 on March 5, which was tied for the highest ranking in team history. After an incredible season, the awards rolled in for the Sun Devils, making this the most decorated season the program has seen. Arizona State saw its first All-Americans as sophomore Daniella Kensinger and freshman Ava Williamson were both AVCA Second Team All-Americans. Additionally, Williamson and sophomore Arden Besecker were named an AVCA Top Flight pair for Flight 2 after they went 15-3 at the twos for the first half of the year.
--ASU's Venture Challenges helps volleyball player develop clothing line (by Scott Bordow, ASU News/Oct. 28, 2022)

GULF SHORES, HERE WE COME ??

For the first time in team history, WE ARE GOING TO THE TOURNAMENT??#SandDevils /// #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/jN7fAdz0ee
— Sun Devil Beach VB (@SunDevilBeachVB) April 28, 2024

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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
RYAN RAY/SECOND SEASON
PAC-12 FINISHES: MEN (9th) AND WOMEN (12th)
The Sun Devils competed in three regular season meets in 2023, two of which were held in Arizona. They ventured to Flagstaff for the George Kyte Invitational, where six women placed in the top-20 in individual finishes (6th/Claire Le Gallo, 8th/Sadie Heeringa, 11th/Kayla Case, 14th/Jenna Lee, 15th/Lindsey Reed, 16th/Mia Chavez). To close out September, the Sun Devils went down to Tucson for the Dave Murray Invitational, where Sadie Heeringa (21:29.1/11th place) and Lindsey Reed (22:47.4/31st place) posted personal best times in the 6K run to help the team finish fifth. In the men's 8k, local product Johnathan Estrada (Desert Visa High School) took 18th place (25:10.5), an impressive showing after also recording ASU's top time in Flagstaff weeks prior. At the regular season finale in Riverside, California, the Sun Devils tallied multiple new personal-bests. The women claimed fourth, courtesy of Sadie Heeringa (20:38.5/9th place) earning a personal best by a minute and Claire Le Gallo posting ASU's second best time of the race (20:52.7/17th). The men were powered again by Estrada (24:12.3/16th place), who earned a new personal-best by 38 seconds. The season concluded with the Pac-12 Championships at Chambers Creek Regional Park in Washington. The men had four underclassmen earn top-75 finishes (60th/Tyler Schierenberg, 62nd/Johnathan Estrada, 72nd/Kristian Kimberlin and 74th/Ethan Bukowski). Senior Sadie Heeringa was the top Sun Devil on the women's team at 59th place (21:06.4).

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FOOTBALL
KENNY DILLINGHAM/FIRST SEASON /// HIRED NOV. 27, 2022
3-9 OVERALL/2-7 PAC-12 (T-9)
Head Coach Kenny Dillingham brought a new level of energy and passion to the field during his first season at the helm of his alma mater. Highlights from Dillingham's first season in Tempe included a season-opening victory over Southern Utah, where the Maroon & Gold overcame a three-hour weather delay to secure a 1-0 start. Despite battling mid-season injuries that plagued the QB position, Dillingham led his team to conference victories over Washington State and UCLA. The Sun Devils also held national runner-up Washington to only three field goals and nearly upset the top-5 Huskies on the road. ASU sold out Mountain America Stadium two straigh games (USC and Colorado), the first time the stadium has been sold out multiple games in a row since 2007. Attendance was 54,166 against USC on Sept. 23, the highest recorded in Tempe since November 25, 2017. Running back Cam Skattebo was recognized as one of the top all-around players in the nation. Skattebo was one of three finalists for the Paul Hornung Award, given to the most versatile player in college football. He was officially Arizona State's first non-specialist finalist for a major national award since Terrell Suggs won the Lombardi, Nagurski, and Hendricks Award after a legendary 2002 campaign. Defensive lineman B.J. Green was named to the All-Pac-12 second team, while defensive lineman C.J. Fite earned Pac-12 honorable mention honors for Freshman Defensive Player of the Year.

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MEN'S GOLF
MATT THURMOND/EIGHTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JULY 25, 2016
NCAA FINISH: 16th at NCAA REGIONALS
PAC-12 CHAMPIONS
Team won its 13th Pac-12 title (first since 2008) on April 26-28 but saw its national title hopes close when it finished sixth at the Rancho Santa Fe Regional, as ASU was one of five top-10 teams to not make championship. Junior Preston Summerhays won the Sahalee Players Championship in Washington. The team also won the CPC Invitational (Oct. 30-31), the Cabo Collegiate (Mar. 3-5) and ASU's Thunderbird Collegiate (April 12-13). Wenyi Ding earned first-team All-America honors, the first Sun Devil freshman to earn the honor since Alejandro Canizares in 2002-03, and also took home Pac-12 Player and Freshman of the Year as Matt Thurmond earned Pac-12 Coach of the Year. The 2024 Pac-12 champion Sun Devil men's golf program notched four PING GCAA All-Americans for the third time in the past four seasons, while Matt Thurmond earned his fourth GCAA West Region Coach of the Year honors in the past seven seasons. Thurmond guided ASU to the 2024 Pac-12 Championship, his fourth career Conference crown, fifth in league history behind Stan Wood (12), Randy Lein (10), Bud Finger (five) and Conrad Ray (five).

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WOMEN'S GOLF
MISSY FARR-KAYE/NINTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JUNE 26, 2015
FINISHED 7th IN PAC-12/16TH AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
Arizona State made the NCAA Championship for the 38th time, tying Stanford for the most in the nation, as Surprise, Arizona native Ashley Menne became one of the most decorated golfers in school history. Menne earned WGCA and Golfweek Honorable Mention All-American honors thanks to an outstanding senior season in leading Arizona State to a final ranking of No. 15 nationally. She shot 21 rounds of par or better, including eight rounds in the 60s. This resulted in five top-10 and seven top-20 finishes. Arizona State (-42/822) won the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational team championship while Menne claimed the individual title, both in record-breaking fashion, as she now has the best 54-hole score vs. par in the history of Sun Devil Women's Golf, breaking Brandie Burton's 35-year-old record. By virtue of her selection to the WGCA All-American Honorable Mention Team Menne is the first Sun Devil since Olivia Mehaffey (2017-21) to earn All-American honors in all four years. Menne joins some exclusive company by earning a fourth All-American distinction. She is only the fourth four-time All-American in program history, joining Olivia Mehaffey, Azahara Munoz (2006-09) and Kellee Booth (1995-98). Team also won the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate.

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GYMNASTICS
JAY SANTOS/EIGHTH SEASON
JAY NAMED HEAD COACH MAY 27, 2016
8-5 OVERALL/6th at PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
NCAA FINISH: 16
The Gym Devils finished the 2024 season ranked No. 16 on Road to Nationals, which was the second-consecutive year in the top 20 and seventh-straight season ending in the top 25. The Gym Devils earned a spot in the postseason for the sixth-straight season, seven including the canceled 2020 postseason that the team was set to qualify for. Head coach Jay Santos has been at the helm for each of those seasons. After finishing in the top two in the second round at the California Regional, ASU moved on to the regional finals for the second-straight year and the third time in the last four years. Two Gym Devils qualified as individuals to the NCAA Championships in Jada Mangahas (bars) and Anaya Smith (vault). Smith scored a 9.9375 on the biggest stage to be the national runner-up and earn First Team All-America status, the first All-American on vault since 2010. Smith was also All-Pac-12 First Team on vault. The Gym Devils put together a solid regular season, remaining in the top 25 with an NQS of 196.920. The team finished the regular season with a winning record for the third-consecutive season, the longest such streak since the early 2000s. ASU hasn't had a losing record since 2017. The season high of 197.600 came on senior night against Southern Connecticut, which is the 11th-highest team score in ASU history. The beam score of 49.550 at that meet is tied for the sixth-highest in ASU history, the highest the Sun Devils have earned since 2007. At Southern Utah, the Gym Devils scored a 49.475 on vault, which is the eighth-highest vault score in team history.

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HOCKEY
GREG POWERS/NINTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH NOV. 18, 2014
24-8-6 OVERALL
Hockey finished with a program-best 24 wins in 2023-24, including victories over eventual 2024 national champion Denver and four nationally ranked opponents. ASU boasted the sixth-best winning percentage in the country (.711). The team earned two holiday tournament trophies after defeating Clarkson and No. 17 Cornell for the inaugural Adirondack Winter Invitational Championship and Harvard and Omaha for the Desert Hockey Classic championship. Senior Lukas Sillinger set a program record for points in a single season with 48. Sillinger announced his return for his fifth and final year of collegiate eligibility in the upcoming 2024-25 season. Four-year Sun Devil Matthew Kopperud continued an unprecedented career as he stamped his name in the program record books. The Colorado native secured single season records in goals and game-winning goals, while his 11 career game-winning goals and 41 career power play goals both set program records. ASU finished the season as one of the country's best scoring offenses with an average of 3.39 goals per game. With a 26.5 percent success rate, the Sun Devils boasted the sixth-best power play squad in the country. Sun Devil Hockey attracted nearly 4,798 fans per game, which ranked fifth in the NCAA, as it had 124,503 fans pass through the gates for it 26 home games.
Read the full hockey 2023-24 season recap

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LACROSSE
TARYN VANTHOF/SECOND SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JULY 5, 2022 /// CLICK HERE FOR FINAL STATISTICS
9-10 OVERALL/3-4 PAC-12 (T-3RD)
Despite the sub-.500 record, Sun Devil Lacrosse made waves this season in the second year of the Taryn VanThof era after posting a program-best 3-0 record to start the season. Eight of the team's 10 losses came to Top-25 opponents, including the final loss of the season to No. 19 Stanford which came in the Semifinal round of the Pac-12 Tournament. The team posted 15 goals in the loss which was a Cardinal-high goals allowed in 2024. Despite the loss, senior defender Zoe Mazur etched her name atop the Pac-12 and ASU draw control career record books after tallying 19 in the season finale and totaling 167 on the season and 330 in her career. The records broken after the semifinal game included: Pac-12 single-game record, ASU single-game record, Pac-12 career draw control record, and Pac-12 single-season record. Lacrosse saw improvements from 2023 after having three Pac-12 All-Conference nominees and earning four Pac-12 weekly honors after having just one All-Conference and one weekly award the season prior. The team was led by 12 seniors and graduates including standouts in their final season, Mina Scott and Zoe Mazur, whose draw control domination was noted above. Scott recorded a career-high 47 goals and led the team with 68 points. She ended her Sun Devil days in the recordbooks, finishing fourth in in goals (95) and fifth in assists (30) and sixth in points (125). The young talent in sophomore attacker Lydia Oldknow led the offensive charge as she recorded a goal in every game this season and led the team with 48 goals and 10 hat tricks. The team recorded double-digits in all six home wins and saw 17 goals in five of the six matches on home turf. Sun Devil lacrosse is set to enter the Big 12 alongside some familiar foes in SDSU, UC Davis, Colorado, and Florida.

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SOCCER
GRAHAM WINKWORTH /// SEVENTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH NOV. 29, 2016 /// CLICK HERE FOR PDF OF FINAL STATISTICS
10-7-1 OVERALL/5-5-1 PAC-12 (T5th/16 points)/NCAA 0-1/25 DIRECTORS' CUP POINTS
Soccer continued its recent run of success with a second straight trip to the NCAAs and its third in the past four seasons. The team won 10 games for the third time under coach Winkworth, and it was the fifth time in the past six seasons with at least nine victories. ASU took advantage of its home field with a 6-1-3 record in home games, including a 1-0 win over No. 11 USC on October 19. Lieske Carleer, Enasia Colon, and Pauline Nelles were each named to the Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team. Colon finished fourth in the Pac-12 with 22 points. Nelles was second in the Pac-12 with a .804 save percentage and fourth with 10 wins and 82 saves. She was named the Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week two times on her way to setting the ASU record with nine shutouts. In addition, Carleer and Nelles were each named Academic All-District® by the CSC.

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SOFTBALL
MEGAN BARTLETT/SECOND SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH JUNE 22, 2022
20-31 OVERALL/3-21 PAC-12 (9th)
Sun Devil softball battled through a variety of situations to finish 20-31 in the second season under head coach Megan Bartlett. The Sun Devils went 1-1 at the Pac-12 Tournament with a win over Oregon State in the first round. ASU also continued its home success with 17 wins at Farrington Stadium, extending its run of finishing .500 or better in every season at Club Farrington. The team's 17 triples were the most since 1996 and tied for the ninth-most in program history. They also stole 71 bases to rank sixth in the ASU record book. Three different players had at least 10 steals, including Kayla Lissy, who was 14-for-14, which is the fifth-most steals without being caught in team history. Kelsey Hall was named to the Pac-12 All-Conference Third Team, while Libby Walsh was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. Tanya Windle was named to the NFCA West Region Third Team. ASU also had Alesia Denby, Hall, Audrey LeClair, Marissa Schuld, and Windle named CSC Academic All-District®.

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MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
BOB BOWMAN/EIGHTH SEASON (NINTH YEAR AT ASU/SEVENTH SEASON)
NAMED HEAD COACH APRIL 24, 2015
NCAA FINISH: 1st/PAC-12: 1st (back-to-back Pac-12 champions)
Men's Swimming was able to reach new heights in the 2023-24 season, claiming the program's first national title in men's swimming and being ranked No. 1 in the country for the entire 23-24 season. The team won seven national titles at the NCAA Championships, with León Marchand leading the way winning three national titles in the 200 breast, 400 IM and the 500 free for a total of eight in his Sun Devil career, the most for an athlete that has donned the maroon & gold. Ilya Kharun won his first national title in the 200 fly and Zalan Sarkany going the distance and becoming a national champion in the 1650 free. The team had 14 all-americans in total en route to its first national title and went back-to-back as Pac-12 champions that included ten different Sun Devils claiming conference titles in 17 events, winning the conference title by 302.5 points after winning 16 of the 18 events. The team went 9-0-1 in duals during the season, tying with No. 2 California during the regular season and beating out No. 4 NC State on Oct. 20, and taking care of business against No. 9 Stanford during the season. The team broke 15 school records over the course of the 2023-24 season and cemented their place in the history books for years to come.
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WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
BOB BOWMAN/EIGHTH SEASON (NINTH YEAR AT ASU/EIGHTH SEASON)
NAMED HEAD COACH APRIL 24, 2015
NCAA FINISH: 24th/PAC-12: 5th
On the women's side, they improved their finish at NCAA Championships for the second straight year, finishing 24th led by Lindsay Looney, who had a podium finish in the 200 fly and placing 16th in the 500 free at NCAA's. Looney collected the Elite 90 award which is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site and earned All-American status in three events at the national championships. In the 400 free relay, the quartet of Charli Brown-Erin Milligan-Looney-Maluka broke a school record of 3:13.52 to finish 19th at NCAA's, but all earning All-America honors. At the Pac-12 Championships, Looney became a three-time Pac-12 champion by winning the 500 free and broke the school record in the 200 free with a time of 1:52.14 to claim second. She was also named the Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year. Deniz Ertan and Alexa Reyna also had their first podium finish at Pac-12 Championships with Ertan finishing second (15:58.40) and Reyna finishing in third (16:40.82) in the 1650 free. For the team, they 5-6 in duals and defeated No. 23 UCLA in the fall season. The team finished ranked No. 23 at the end of the year as voted by the CSCAA.

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MEN'S TENNIS
MATT HILL/SEVENTH SEASON (EIGHTH YEAR)
NAMED HEAD COACH JUNE 29, 2016
18-10 OVERALL/4-2 IN PAC-12 (Advanced to Round of 32 in NCAA Tournament)
Men's Tennis finished their best program since reinstatement ending at No. 20 in the polls after being consistently ranked in the Top-25 from February on. The team recorded an 18-win season which was the most wins since 1991 and advanced to the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament, eventually falling to No. 6 Wake Forest, though despite the 4-3 loss, the Sun Devils were just the third team to put three points on the board against Wake Forest in their 28 wins. The most notable win was the upset over No. 13 Michigan in the program's first-ever ITA Indoor Championship tournament appearance, and was one of eight wins over a ranked team this season. Among the five name to the Pac-12 All Conference teams, the season standouts were freshman Bor Artnak, junior Murphy Cassone and senior Jacob Bullard. Artnak had an individual-high ranking of #55 in the ITA singles rankings at one point in the season, competing primarily from the second position and amassed a 13-4 singles record. Alongside Max McKennon, the duo was ranked in the ITA doubles polls, opening the first poll at #15, but falling as the season went on. Cassone had a stellar season, picking up a season-high #3 ranking in the ITA singles rankings after defeating then-No. 4 Ozan Baris in the Diablos Invitational. He was a consistent top-15 player and was an at large bid for the NCAA singles tournament and earned the automatic Pac-12 doubles team bid alongside Jacob Bullard, despite the pair not playing together from the first position until mid-April. Cassone advanced to the quarterfinal of both rounds before falling in third-set tiebreakers for both matches, but secured All-American honors for both singles and doubles, with Bullard earning the doubles All-American nod. Prior to Cassone's two All-American nods in 2023 and 2024, the program had not had an All-American since Jeff Williams and Ed Carter were named doubles All-Americans in 1999. Cassone is just the third player in program history to earn multiple singles All-American honors, and is the first player to earn both singles and doubles All-American honors since Sargis Sargsian in 1994.

SUN DEVIL MEN'S TENNIS MOST WINS 1981-PRESENT
1991: 21-10
1985: 19-13
1982: 19-14
2024: 18-10
1988: 18-9

A season to remember ?? pic.twitter.com/xWj3xrnEQu
— Sun Devil Men's Tennis (@SunDevilMTennis) June 13, 2024

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WOMEN'S TENNIS
SHEILA McINERNEY/40th SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH AUGUST 16, 1984
15-10 OVERALL/6-4 IN PAC-12 (5th) /// FULL SEASON RECAP
In Sheila McInerney's final season, she reached the NCAA Tournament for the 36th straight year and a 15-win campaign, finishing fifth in Pac-12 and closed out the regular season with six straight wins over ranked opponents. The most notable victory came early in the season where the Sun Devils defeated No. 7 Ohio State 4-1 for their first win over the Buckeyes since 1990. For the Sun Devils, they also managed to make the round of 32 after a comeback victory over Northwestern in the first round of the NCAA Tournament before falling to Pepperdine in the ensuing round. The dynamic duo of Chelsea Fontenel and Patricija Spaka were selected to the NCAA Doubles Tournament after going 11-7 but fell in the round of 32. During the regular season the Sun Devils managed a 4-3 victory over the Wildcats to win their sixth straight over the team down south. For the entirety of the 2024 season the maroon & gold were ranked and reached as high as No. 23 in the nation by the ITA. Domenika Turkovic/Patricija Spaka duo were ranked as best as No. 27 in the nation while Giulia Morlet was the highest ranked Sun Devil all season, being ranked No. 54 and going 10-5 in singles.

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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK
DION MILLER/FIFTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH MAY 15, 2019
NCAA FINISHES: MEN t-24th (10 pts) // WOMEN (DNC)
The Sun Devils delivered a historic performance at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston in March, as the quartet of Justin Robinson-Kaleb Simpson-Jayden Davis-Gamali Felix teamed up to go 3:02.35 to win a national title in the 4x400 relay. They set a new school record, facility record, a world-leading indoor time and the collegiate lead this season. Bringing the school its first Indoor relay title, they did so by outlasting Florida (3:02.53) and Texas A&M (3:03.35).

Throughout the Indoor season, the Sun Devils received a big boost from usual stars like Justin Robinson and Adriana Tatum, while also profiting from an influx of new talent via Jayden Davis, Saira Prince, Kaleb Simpson, Tierra Robinson-Jones, Alex Johnson, Brandon Lloyd and Jasmine Haskell, among many others.

Across four regular season Indoor meets, the Sun Devils totaled 15 titles and two new school records.

School record. Facility record. Fastest collegiate time this season. World-leading indoor time.

All in a day's work ? pic.twitter.com/D01TIUMr5D
— Sun Devil Track and Field/XC (@SunDevilTFXC) March 9, 2024

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MEN'S AND WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK
DION MILLER/FIFTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH MAY 15, 2019
NCAA FINISHES: MEN t-42nd (6 pts) /WOMEN DNS (0 pts).
Eleven Sun Devils qualified to compete at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, marking the fourth consecutive season the team has sent 11 to the national meet. After capturing a national title in the 4x400 at NCAA Indoors, the Sun Devils were in contention to bring home the Outdoor 4x400 relay, too. Jayden Davis, Justin Robinson, Kaleb Simpson and Gamali Felix teamed up to go 3:00.87 to place fourth overall, setting the fourth-fastest time in team history in the process. In addition to those four Sun Devils earning All-American honors, Robinson doubled up in the 400m, placing eighth overall (45.92) to become a four-time Outdoor All-American. Robinson was joined by Dayton Carlson as the two Sun Devils to earn individual All-American status, as Carlson placed 15th in the 800m (1:48.66), the second time in his career he's been top-15 at NCAAs in the 800m. Adriana Tatum was the only Sun Devil to qualify for multiple individual events, as she competed in the 100m and 200m while at Hayward Field in Eugene.

At the Pac-12 Championships in early May, the Sun Devils were propelled by the winning 4x400 relay of Davis-Simpson-Nicholas Ramey-Felix that went 3:01.79. The 2024 Outdoor season was defined by the rewriting of the team's record books and the influx of new talent all across the team. Kaleb Simpson (100m/10.09) and Adriana Tatum (100m/11.01, 200m/22.36) each set new school records, while the Sun Devils received a big boost from first-year freshmen and newcomers. Seven of their 11 NCAA qualifiers were first-year Sun Devils via freshmen Jayden Davis, Alex Johnson and Saira Prince, plus transfers in Brandon Lloyd, Ines Lopez, Nicholas Ramey and Kaleb Simpson.

One week out. pic.twitter.com/zKeahkZ2su
— Sun Devil Track and Field/XC (@SunDevilTFXC) May 29, 2024

The '23-24 season was a good one ??

Dion Miller's fifth season at the helm saw a number of records and achievements, as both new and familiar faces carved out their own Sun Devil legacies.

Full season recap ??
— Sun Devil Track and Field/XC (@SunDevilTFXC) July 9, 2024

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TRIATHLON -- 2023 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
CLIFF ENGLISH/EIGHTH YEAR (SEVENTH SEASON/EIGHTH YEAR)
NAMED HEAD COACH NOV. 13, 2015
The Sun Devils took hold of the USA Triathlon team national titles record in a single division (Queens had six in Division II) after recording 999 team points and defeating Queens, San Francisco and the University of Denver on Nov. 11 to be crowned 2023 USA DI national champions. Two Sun Devils earned podium finishes after sophomore Naomi Ruff crossed the finish line in 1:03:32 to earn second place and senior Amber Schlebusch followed in third place with her time of 1:03:49. Sophomore Heidi Jurankova (1:04:06) finished in fifth. Freshman Zoe Mari Adam crossed the finish line in her first National Championship as the Sun Devil's fourth racer, coming in 15th place with a time of 1:05:16. Trailing closely behind, sophomore Faith Dasso (1:05:42) earned the 21st spot to cap the scoring for the Sun Devils. Adding to the three All-Americans in Ruff, Schlebusch, and Jurankova, English was named the 2023 Division I Coach of the Year.

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VOLLEYBALL
JJ VAN NEAL /// FIRST SEASON /// HIRED DEC. 29, 2022
28-7 OVERALL/14-6 IN PAC-12 (T-3rd) /// 64 DIRECTORS' CUP POINTS (9TH/SWEET SIXTEEN)
CLICK HERE FOR PDF OF FINAL STATISTICS /// SEASON RECAP

In a historic 2023 season, Arizona State went 28-7 under first-year head coach JJ Van Niel. The Sun Devils reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015, winning two matches for the first time in program history. Arizona State had its second-highest win total in a season in program history with 28, which was the most wins in a season this century. The win percentage of .800 was the best the program has had. To start the season, the Sun Devils went 14-0 (undefeated in non-conference and two conference wins), the third-best start in team history and the best start by a new head coach. ASU has had 20 sweeps this season, the most in program history by five. There have been three different streaks of three-straight sweeps and one streak of seven in a row, the longest in Sun Devil history. Additionally, there were six teams that made the NCAA Tournament on the schedule, with ASU going 5-4 against those teams in the regular season. The team was ranked in the AVCA Coaches Poll for the last 10 weeks of the regular season, reaching as high as No. 15. Van Niel was the second first-year Sun Devil head coach to be ranked 10 or more weeks, joining Debbie Brown in 1983. The Sun Devils finished the year at No. 16 in the rankings, the first time finishing a season ranked since 2014 and the highest final ranking since 1995. This 2023 squad is the most decorated in program history. The team set single-season program records for most AVCA All-America honors (three), most AVCA All-District nods (five), most Pac-12 postseason awards (six) and most Pac-12 weekly awards (five).

?2023 Season Recap?

What a season it was! Read all about the numerous records broken and milestones reached in the best season this program has seen this century ??#ForksUp /// #O2V
— Sun Devil Volleyball (@SunDevilVB) December 21, 2023

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WATER POLO
PETRA PARDI (SECOND FULL SEASON)
NAMED HEAD COACH MAY 22, 2022
23-8 OVERALL/2-5 IN MPSF (1-1 in MPSF TOURAMENT)
The 2024 Sun Devil Water Polo team had a balance of youth and experience, and managed its second winningest season under head coach Petra Pardi, achieving 23 wins and reaching the 20-win mark for the first time since 2017, ultimately becoming the seventh team in program history to reach the mark. The team featured nine new faces, seven of them freshman and showing diversity of hosting players from all over the world with athletes coming from Spain, New Zealand, Netherlands, Canada and Hungary. The Sun Devils got off to a blistering 10-1 start, the third best start in program history, and went 11-2 at home. The team went 12-9 against ranked opponents this season and managed two top-10 victories over No. 9 UC San Diego and No. 10 Michigan at the Triton Invitational, reaching No. 7 in the CWPA polls. The Sun Devils were scoring machines the entire season, reaching double-digit goals in 22 of 31 games this year, and reaching the 20-goal mark seven times this season. In the season opener against Cal Lutheran, the maroon & gold set the mark for most goals in a game with 26. Many records were broken throughout the 2024 season with senior Luca Petovary rewriting the record books in more ways than one. She became the program's all-time goal scoring leader with 252 goals in her career and breaking the single-season record with 122 goals this season alone, which also broke the MPSF record for most goals in a season, a record that stood for 27 years. The senior also broke the program and MPSF record for most goals in a game with ten against Mount. St Mary's on March 1, then achieved the record for most points in a season with 151 points. She became the second player in program history to surpass 300 career points and was named MPSF Player of the Year, the first Sun Devil to earn the honor and was named MPSF Player of the week three times. California transfer Millie Quin made an impact compiling 73 goals on the season, ranking second in the MPSF and tied for fifth for goals in a season. Quin and Petovary became the first Sun Devil duo to surpass 100 points each in a single season. Both Quin and Petovary were named to All-MPSF teams, Petovary was named to All-MPSF First Team and Quin being named to All-MPSF Second Team respectively. Newcomer Sanne Kejizer arrived in Tempe in January and was the starting goalie in the cage. She managed 214 saves in her first year as a Sun Devil, including a 20-save game against No. 20 Wagner on Jan. 16. In 2025, the Sun Devils will look to build off of the momentum made in 2024 with its young assets ready to make their mark.

?? MPSF PLAYER OF THE YEAR ??

After a record-breaking season, Luca Petovary earns the program's first @MPSFSports Player of the Year award after leading the conference with 120 goals and 148 points this season!#ForksUp /// #O2V pic.twitter.com/68VYvWKZmC
— Sun Devil Water Polo (@SunDevilWP) April 24, 2024

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WRESTLING
ZEKE JONES/TENTH SEASON
NAMED HEAD COACH AUGUST 9, 2014
6th AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP/1st IN PAC-12
An individual national champion, a fourth consecutive top-seven finish at NCAAs and four All-Americans in 2023-24 happened for Zeke Jones and the Sun Devils. It was business as usual for the Sun Devils this season, who continue to establish themselves as one of the country's elite programs. 125-pounder Richard Figueroa won the team's first individual NCAA title since 2019 (Zahid Valencia), defeating No. 3 Drake Ayala (Iowa) in the final to become the 10th individual champion in team history. Figueroa went 5-0 at the T-Mobile Center, knocking off two top-three seeds, to help the Sun Devils place sixth. He was joined in the finals session by Jacori Teemer, as the duo marked the first time since 2011 that the Sun Devils had multiple NCAA finalists. Figueroa, Kyle Parco (fifth), Teemer (second) and Cohlton Schultz (sixth) earned All-American status at the championships in Kansas City, marking the fourth consecutive season the Sun Devils have had at least four AAs. Parco, Teemer and Schultz, now four-time AAs, are among an elite club of just eight Sun Devils to earn four-time AA honors in team history. Weeks before KC, the Sun Devils added another Pac-12 title, winning their fourth in the past five years in Corvallis. It was the 24th conference title in team history, as the Sun Devils bid adieu to the Pac-12 by having five individual conference champions (Figueroa, Parco, Teemer, Schultz and Jesse Vasquez). The Sun Devils marched into the postseason on a mission, winning five of their last seven duals of the regular season, beating polished programs like Pittsburgh, Oregon State, Stanford and Lehigh. The attention now shifts to 2024-25, where the Sun Devils will join the vaunted Big-12 Conference and are expected to return seven of eight NCAA qualifiers from this season.

Made for March. pic.twitter.com/6Rta0rR3gD
— Sun Devil Wrestling (@ASUWrestling) March 26, 2024

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