--Sanja Tomasevic Timeline
--Search for fruitful future for family led ASU volleyball head coach to citizenship (by Nick Pietrzycki, ASU State Press/Mar. 22, 2021)
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The 2022 season saw the Sun Devils finishing ninth in the Pac-12 in Tomasevic's sixth season, going 7-13 in conference play. The biggest highlight was when ASU upset No. 15 Washington in five sets on the road. The Sun Devils had season sweeps of Cal and Oregon State. It’s the second-straight season of sweeping Cal, and the first season sweep of OSU since 2019.
In the fifth year under head coach Tomasevic, Arizona State earned three wins over ranked opponents, all against Pac-12 teams during a five-match winning streak. The Sun Devils earned a season sweep over Colorado for the first time since 2011 and Tomasevic got her first victories over UCLA and Utah. She also coached Iman Isanovic to making the All-Pac-12 Team, the first to make the team since 2017.
The 2020-21 Sun Devil Volleyball season was unlike any that has been played before with competition starting in January rather than in the fall. In her fourth season, Tomasevic and the Sun Devils went 6-14 and finished in ninth place in the conference with a roster made up of primarily underclassmen (82 percent). Arizona State earned two wins over ranked opponents, opening the season with a win at No. 8 Washington and beating No. 16 Oregon in Tempe towards the end of the season.
In her third season as head coach, Tomasevic led her team to their best season under her control. The Sun Devils finished 17-14 overall with a 9-11 record in the Pac-12. ASU placed 8th in the conference, their best finish since 2015. The team swept rival Arizona for the first time since 2007. It was also the first sweep over both Oregon schools since 2002.
Tomasevic led ASU to a 14-18, 5-15 Pac-12 record in 2018, the biggest improvement in program history since 2012. After a rebuilding season in 2017, the Sun Devils improved immensely, earning four more wins in the season total and five more in conference play. The Sun Devils were ranked in the AVCA Coaches Poll at No. 25 on Oct. 8, the first time being ranked since 2015. ASU had three wins against top-15 teams this season, the most in a single year since 2015.
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— Sun Devil Volleyball (@SunDevilVB) March 9, 2021
Arizona State University’s Vice President for University Athletics and Athletics Director Ray Anderson announced Tomasevic as the eighth head coach of the Sun Devil Volleyball program on Wednesday, December 21, 2016.
Tomasevic served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for ASU's indoor program in 2016, where the Sun Devils capped the year with three straight home wins, including a five-set thriller over Pac-12 rival Arizona. Following the season, Tomasevic was named the interim head coach for the indoor team.
Prior to her time in Tempe, Tomasevic spent two years at the University of Miami, where she helped the Hurricanes reach back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances. The 2015 season also marked Miami's second straight season with 20-plus wins. Tomasevic went to Miami after spending two seasons at Texas-San Antonio (UTSA) as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Roadrunners.
The Serbia native played eight years professionally, including the final two as a co-captain of POMI Casalmaggiore in Italy. She was named to four All-Star Games and was named the Best Server at the 2010 European Challenge Cup. She won three league championships, including back-to-back Greek titles with Panathinaikos in 2009 and 2010.
A two-time All-American and the 2005 Asics and CVU.com National Player of the Year at the University of Washington, Tomasevic led the Huskies to four NCAA tournament appearances, including the 2005 National Championship, and a pair of Pac-10 Conference titles. In October of 2016, Tomasevic became just the second individual volleyball player to be inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame. It was announced on May 10, 2016.
The former outside hitter ended her collegiate career as Washington's all-time leader in points (2,159.5), kills (1,795) and service aces (156). She is one of only five players in Huskies history to record 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs.
Tomasevic graduated from Washington in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in communications.
Tomasevic has a daughter, Stella.
| Year | Record | Pac-12 Record (Finish) | NCAA |
| 2022 | 13-19 | 7-13 (9) | N/A |
| 2021 | 14-17 | 7-13 (9) | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 6-14 | 6-14 (9) | N/A |
| 2019 | 17-14 | 9-11 (8) | N/A |
| 2018 | 14-18 | 5-15 (11) | N/A |
| 2017 | 10-22 | 0-20 (12) | N/A |
| Totals | 74-104 | - | - |