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For the fifth consecutive year, ASU was recognized by the Institute of International Education as the No. 1 public university in the U.S. for hosting international students. According to the IIE’s 2025 Open Doors report, ASU has held the top spot eight of the past 10 years, and this year it ranks ahead of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Purdue University and the University of California, Berkeley.
Sun Devil International Student-Athletes by Sport
Men's Basketball
Ben Defty, Germany
Joel Foxwell, Australia
Jonathan Griman, Venezuela
Emmanuel Innocenti, Ivory Coast
Filip Malesevic, Serbia
Paulius Murauskas, Lithuania (Murauskas chosen Preseason Big 12 Newcomer of the Year)
Ajak Nyuon, Australia
Jokubas Rudaitis, Lithuania
Marcus Vaughns, Australia
Woman's Basketball
Heloisa Carrera, Brazil
Martina Fantini, Italy
Beach Volleyball
Tori Clement, Canada
Kristin Gilmour, Canada
Ronni Lavie, Israel
Sydney McDermott, Canada
Shira Tal, Israel
Football
Nicholas McLarty, Australia
Kirtland Vakalahi, Australia
Men's Golf
Oscar Couilleau, France
Raul Gomez, Spain
Kris Kim, England Pongsapak Laopakdee, Thailand
Bryan Newman, South Africa
Anh Minh Nguyen, Vietnam
Peer Wernicke, Germany
Women's Golf
Natalia Aparicio, Italy
Johanna Axelsen, Denmark
Kate Dillon, Ireland
Patience Rhodes, England
Pimpisa “Fai” Rubrong, Thailand
Amelia Wan, England
Gymnastics
Reese Grolla, Canada (Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week/Jan. 14, 2026) Jenna Timmons, Canada
Ice Hockey
Richard Baran, Slovakia
Jack Beck, Canada
Nathan Behm, Canada
Rylan Brown, Canada
Nic Chin-DeGraves, Canada
Chase Hamm, Canada
Olivier Houde, Canada
Matthew Mayich, Canada
Sean McGurn, Canada
Filip Nordberg, Sweden
Lukas Sawchyn, Canada
Daniel Shlaine, Russia
Samuel Urban, Slovakia Jonas Woo, Canada
Soccer
Maria Camila Agudelo Sanchez, Colombia
Linden Alkema, Netherlands
Mya Angus, Canada
May Balmer, England
Sierra Bergen, Canada
Kierra, Blundell, Canada
Lucy Fazackerley, England
Miki Hayashi, Japan
Ella Kettles, Canada
Maja Madon, Slovenia
Amy Medley, Canada
Ella Opkvitne, Norway
Isabela Puccinelli, Brazil
Jenna Whinney, England
Men's Swim & Dive
Sergio De Celis Montalban, Spain
Mario Del Valle - Mexico
Parker Deshayes, Canada
Reece Grady, England
Daniel Marinov, Norway
Mattia Mauri, Switzerland
Oliver Munn, Sweden
Nathan Muratory, France
Filip Senc-Samardzic, Canada
Brayden Taivassalo, Canada
Kristupas Trepocka, Lithuania
Tolu Young, Fiji
Women's Swim & Dive
Rowynn Biffart, Canada
Saeren Brett, England
Albane Cachot, France
Lia Csulak, Hungary
Shane Golland, Israel
Jordan Greber, Canada
Kayden Hayes, Canada
Monica Leydar, Venezuela
Eleaunah Phillips, Canada
Belis Sakar, Turkey
June Selin Tran-Hansen, Norway Alexia Sotomayor, Peru
Julia Ullmann, Switzerland
Lucie Vasquez, France
Men's Tennis
Pablo Aunion, Spain Nikola Djsoic, Switzerland
Jan Klimas, Czech Republic
Milos Mikovic, Serbia
Xavi Palomar, Spain Ofek Shimanov, Israel
Niels Villard, France (Jan. 20 Big 12 Player of the Week)
Women's Tennis
Karin Altori, Israel
Zlata Bartanusz, France
Nanami Goto, Japan
Sarang Lim, South Korea
Aiya Nupbay, Kazakhstan
Sara Svetac, Croatia (Big 12 First-Team Singles Honors)
Lily Taylor, Australia
Emilija Tverijonaite, Lithuania (2025-26 Big 12 Player of the Year)
Men's Track & Field
Gidion Lemashon, Kenya
Dennis Rono, Kenya
Women's Track & Field
Omolola Kuponiyi, England
Kate Odumoso, Nigeria
Susmita, India
Triathlon
Zoe Mari Adam, Puerto Rico
Alice Alessandri, Italy
Maja Brinkman, Namibia
Alexandra Campbell, Canada
Sidney Clement, Canada
Jimena De La Peña, Mexico
Sonja De Koning, England (2025 National Freshman of the Year)
Cara Macdonald (Triathlon)
Kahtrin Ritter, Austria
Brooke Rousselle, Canada
Emma Rysavkova, Czech Republic
Luna Sraka, Slovenia
Volleyball
Isabella Costantini, Brazil
Ella Hope, Canada
Živa Labinjan, Slovenia
Aurora Papac, Croatia
Maéva Schalk, France
Antonina Serafinowska, Poland
Una Vajagić, Serbia
Water Polo
Itziar Almeda, Spain
Camelia Bouloukbachi, France
Jelena Butic, Croatia
Bridget Cranley, Australia
Kat Featherstone, Canada
Kiara Heerink, Netherlands
Dominika Kardos, Hungary
Laura Kardos, Hungary
Sydney Krushen, Canada
Noga Levinshtetin, Israel
Hajar Perez Azzouz, Spain
Miya Tirosh, Israel
Tatum Van Der Elst, Netherlands
Iris Vreeling, Netherlands
Wrestling
Azizbek Fayzullaev (Uzbekistan)
2026-2027 SUN DEVIL INTERNATIONAL STUDENT-ATHLETES BY NATION
Australia
Bridget Cranley (Water Polo)
Joel Foxwell (Men's Basketball)
Nicholas McLarty (Football)
Ajak Nyuon (Men's Basketball)
Lily Taylor (Women's Tennis)
Kirtland Vakalahi (Football)
Marcus Vaughns (Men's Basketball)
Austria
Kathrin Ritter (Triathlon)
Brazil
Heloisa Carrera (Women's Basketball)
Isabella Costantini (Volleyball)
Isabela Puccinelli (Soccer)
Canada
Mya Angus (Soccer)
Jack Beck (Ice Hockey)
Nathan Behm (Ice Hockey)
Sierra Bergen (Soccer)
Rowynn Biffart (Women's Swim & Dive)
Kierra Blundell (Soccer)
Ryland Brown (Ice Hockey)
Alexandra Campbell (Triathlon)
Sidney Clement (Triathlon)
Tori Clement (Beach Volleyball)
Nicholas Degraves (Ice Hockey)
Parker Deshays (Men's Swim & Dive)
Kat Featherstone (Water Polo)
Kristin Gilmour (Beach Volleyball)
Jordan Greber (Women's Swim & Dive)
Reese Grolla (Gymnastics)
Chase Hamm (Ice Hockey)
Kayden Hayes (Women's Swim & Dive)
Ella Hope (Volleyball)
Oliver Houde (Ice Hockey)
Ella Kettles (Soccer)
Sydney Krushen (Water Polo)
Cara Macdonald (Triathlon)
Matthew Mayich (Ice Hockey)
Sydney McDermott (Beach Volleyball)
Sean McGurn (Ice Hockey)
Amy Medley (Soccer)
Eleaunah Phillips (Women's Swim & Dive)
Brooke Rousselle (Triathlon)
Lukas Sawchyn (Ice Hockey)
Filip Senc-Samardzic (Men's Swim & Dive)
Brayden Taivassalo (Men's Swim & Dive)
Jenna Timmons (Gymnastics)
Jonas Woo (Ice Hockey)
Colombia
Maria Camila Agudelo Sanchez (Soccer)
Croatia
Jelena Butic (Water Polo)
Aurora Papac (Volleyball)
Sara Svetac (Women's Tennis)
Czech Republic
Jan Klimas (Men's Tennis)
Emma Rysavkova (Triathlon)
Denmark
Johanna Axelsen (Women's Golf)
England
May Balmer (Soccer)
Saeren Brett (Women's Swim & Dive)
Lucy Fazackerley (Soccer)
Reece Grady (Men's Swim & Dive)
Kris Kim (Men's Golf)
Omolola Kuponiyi (Women's Track & Field)
Patience Rhodes (Women's Golf)
Amelia Wan (Women's Golf)
Jenna Whinney (Soccer)
Fiji
Tolu Young (Men's Swim and DIve)
France
Zlata Bartanusz (Women's Tennis)
Camelia Bouloukbachi (Water Polo)
Albane Cachot (Women's Swim & Dive)
Oscar Couilleau (Men's Golf)
Nathan Muratory (Men's Swim & Dive)
Maéva Schalk (Volleyball)
Lucie Vasquez (Women's Swim & Dive)
Niels Villard (Men's Tennis)
Germany
Ben Defty (Men's Basketball)
Peer Wernicke (Men's Golf)
Hungary
Lia Csulak (Women's Swim & Dive)
Dominika Kardos (Water Polo)
Laura Kardos (Water Polo)
India
Susmita (Women's Track & Field)
Ireland
Kate Dillon (Women's Golf)
Israel
Karin Altori (Women's Tennis)
Shane Golland (Women's Swim & Dive)
Ronni Lavie (Beach Volleyball)
Noga Levinshtein (Water Polo)
Ofek Shimanov (Men's Tennis)
Shira Tal (Beach Volleyball)
Miya Tirosh (Water Polo)
Italy
Alice Alessandri (Triathlon)
Natalia Aparicio, Italy (Women's Golf)
Martina Fantini (Women’s Basketball)
Ivory Coast
Emmanuel Innocenti (Men's Basketball)
Japan
Nanami Goto (Women's Tennis)
Miki Hayashi (Soccer)
Kazakhstan
Aiya Nupbay (Women's Tennis)
Kenya
Gidion Lemashon (Men's Track & Field and Cross Country)
Dennis Rono (Men's Track & Field and Cross Country)
Lithuania
Paulius Murauskas (Men's Basketball)
Jokubas Rudaitis (Men's Basketball)
Kristupas Trepocka (Men's Swim & Dive)
Emilija Tverijonaite (Women's Tennis)
Mexico
Jimena De La Peña (Triathlon)
Mario Del Valle (Men's Swim and Dive)
Namibia
Maja Brinkman (Triathlon)
Netherlands
Linden Alkema (Soccer)
Sonja De Koning (Triathlon) (2025 National Freshman of the Year)
Jasmijn Dikmans (Water Polo)
Kiara Heerink (Water Polo)
Tatum Van Der Elst (Water Polo)
Iris Vreeling (Water Polo)
Nigeria
Kate Odumoso (Women's Track & Field)
Norway
Daniel Marinov (Men's Swim & Dive)
Ella Opkvitne (Soccer)
June Selin Tran-Hansen (Women's Swim & Dive)
Peru
Alexia Sotomayor (Women's Swim & Dive)
Poland
Antonina Serafinowska (Volleyball)
Puerto Rico
Zoe Mari Adam (Triathlon)
Russia
Daniel Shlaine (Ice Hockey)
Serbia
Filip Malesevic (Men's Basketball)
Milos Mikovic (Men’s Tennis)
Una Vajagić (Volleyball)
Slovakia
Richard Baran (Ice Hockey)
Samuel Urban (Ice Hockey)
Slovenia
Živa Labinjan (Volleyball)
Maja Madon (Soccer)
Luna Sraka (Triathlon)
South Africa
Bryan Newman (Men's Golf)
South Korea
Sarang Lim (Women's Tennis)
Spain
Itziar Almeda (Water Polo)
Pablo Aunion (Men's Tennis)
Sergio De Celis Montalban (Men's Swim & Dive)
Raul Gomez Montalva (Men's Golf)
Xavi Palomar (Spain)
Hajar Perez (Water Polo)
Sweden
Oliver Munn (Men's Swim & Dive)
Filip Nordberg (Ice Hockey)
Switzerland
Nikola Djsoic (Men's Tennis)
Mattia Mauri (Men's Swim & Dive)
Julia Ullmann (Women's Swim & Dive)
Thailand
Pongsapak Laopakdee (Men's Golf)
Pimpisa “Fai” Rubrong (Women's Golf)
Turkey
Belis Sakar (Women's Swim & Dive)
Uzbekistan
Azizbek Fayzullaev (Wrestling)
Venezuela
Jonathan Griman (Men's Basketball)
Monica Leydar (Women's Swim & Dive)
Vietnam
Anh Minh Nguyen (Men's Golf)