Who had the greatest single season in the history of Sun Devil Athletics?
Depends on what you are looking for, but all of them below are solid trips down the maroon and gold memory lane.
Keep in mind these are single seasons at ASU only that registered nationally. Not every super Sun Devil is listed, as you can find a list of every All-American or national champion on our site. Those listed below gave are incredible seasons at the highest level. There is no consideration for a person's career, professional or Olympic achievements here, these are simply the top single-seasons in ASU history. National champions, Pac-12 record holders the best in their sports for one year are the ones listed here.
(NOTE: this page is under construction, so thanks for your patience as we gather all the information. If you have someone you want to be on this page, email Doug Tammaro at tammaro@asu.edu. Just know this is a work in progress. It is by no means complete, plenty of great Sun Devil accomplishments to be added. Thanks!)
2020-21 TURNER WASHINGTON/TRACK AND FIELD
Washington earned three NCAA titles in 2021 and became the third male in NCAA history to win the indoor/outdoor shot titles and discus title in the same year after John Godina (1995 at UCLA), and Ryan Whiting (2010 at ASU). He ended the season leading the NCAA in both the shot (21.07m/69-1.5) and discus (66.26m/217-5) and earned his second NCAA title in 2021 on June 9 when he won the outdoor shot with a 21.10m/69-2.75 throw on his third throw of the day, setting a new PR and increasing his collegiate lead. He was NCAA indoor champion in the shot put with a fifth-round throw of 21.36m/70'1" at the NCAA Championships.
2018-19 – ZAHID VALENCIA/WRESTLING
Zahid Valencia's junior season (2018-2019) would have to be considered his best. Although he was the undefeated and a 32-0 NCAA champion at 174 pounds during his sophomore season, it was during his junior season that he overcame uncharacteristic mid-season losses to the third and top-ranked wrestlers in the nation to beat them in the NCAA semifinal and NCAA final. He was victorious over the undefeated and top ranked Mark Hall in the final match for the second consecutive year to defend his national title.
2010-11 – ANTHONY ROBLES/WRESTLING
Anthony Robles will forever be remembered as one of the best wrestlers in Sun Devil history and one of the most courageous athletes the sport has ever seen. He was born without his right leg and defied the odds to win three consecutive Pac-10 titles at 125 pounds and captured the NCAA title at the same weight during his senior campaign in 2011. He finished the season a perfect 36-0 with an ASU-record of 24 technical falls. He dominated No. 2 seed Matt McDonough in the NCAA final, 7-1 to capture ASU’s 10th individual wrestling NCAA title. Robles was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012. Robles won various awards for his merit and perseverance, including the Outstanding Wrestling Award at the 2011 NCAA tournament, the coveted “Jimmy V” Award and Best Male Athlete with a Disability at the 2011 ESPY’s.
2011 – DALLAS ESCOBEDO/SOFTBALL
Had a stellar freshman season, helping the Sun Devils win the 2011 WCWS Championship, and finishing the season with a 37-3 record and 1.51 ERA. Started 38 of the squad's 66 games, notching 326 total strikeouts and allowing only 58 runs. Dallas etched her name in Sun Devil lore as she became second in team history in single-season wins behind Katie Burkhart's 41 wins in 2008. Earned All-American First Team accolades, as well as Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week twice (Feb. 7-13, Apr. 18-24). Also received USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week honors for the week of Feb. 16. Top awards included Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, WCWS All-Tournament Team and WCWS co-Most Outstanding Player.
2008 – KATIE BURKHART/SOFTBALL
Katie Burkhart guided the Sun Devils to their first NCAA Championship in program history, compiling a stellar 0.75 ERA on the year with a 41-5 record, including the shutout championship game against Texas A&M. The 41 wins were 20th in NCAA history and her 513 strikeouts were 16th. She pitched two perfect games on the year (March 14 vs. Santa Clara and Feb. 22 vs. Illinois State) and earned her second consecutive first-team All-American. How good was she in the postseason? She pitched all 10 games and was 9-0 with one save with 60 innings pitched and allowed just 25 hits and two earned runs (only three total). She had six shutouts and struck out 95 while walking only 11 and faced just 22 batters over the minimum in the entire posteason.
2008 – JACKIE JOHNSON/WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
Jacquelyn Johnson had a long and storied career for Arizona State track & field, winning multiple Pac-10 and NCAA titles. She dominated the pentathlon and heptathlon events for indoor and outdoor track & field. During her senior year in 2008, she won the Pac-10 and NCAA championships in both the pentathlon (indoor) and heptathlon (outdoor). She scored 6,053 points in the heptathlon to win handily, with Minnesota’s Liz Roehrig coming in second place with 5,811 points. This capped off an impressive career for Johnson, as she became the first and only four-time NCAA champion in the heptathlon or the male equivalent, the decathlon.
2007 – THOMAS WEBER/FOOTBALL
Kicking off his college career with a bang, Weber had a historical freshman campaign. He made 24-of-25 field goal attempts and 46-of-48 PATs. He scored 118 points, tying him for the most in a season in school history. He was the 2007 Lou Groza Award winner, the first freshman to receive the award and was one of three freshmen named to the AP All-American First Team and was the second ASU kicker named to the Walter Camp All-America Second Team. He was also named a First-Team Freshman All-American by The Sporting News, CollegeFootballNews.com, Scout.com and Rivals.com. The conference recognized him by naming him to the First Team All-Pac-10 and was named the Pac-10 Special Teams Player of the Week three times, as well as earning Pac-10 All-Academic First Team honors.
2004-05 – JOONA PUHAKKA/MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Joona Puhakka, a Finland native, took home the win for NCAA and Pac-10 titles in 2004-05. Puhakka was named NCAA Diver of the Year with his sweep in the 3m dive and 1m dive, along with being named the Pac-12 Diver of the year. He set three ASU Diving records for the 3m dive and the 1m dive. He competed with his home country, Finland, in the 2000 (Sydney), and 2004 (Athens) Olympics.
2002-03 – ERIC LARKIN/WRESTLING
Eric Larkin had a stellar collegiate career at Arizona State and compiled a 123-12 overall record. He won Pac-10 titles all four years at three different weight classes (133, 141 and 149). He was a four-time All-American wrestler and at 149 pounds during his senior year he finished as the NCAA champion with a perfect 34-0 record. This was long overdue as he had fourth, third and second place finishes in the 133- and 141-pound weight classes during his freshman, sophomore and junior seasons, respectively. He defeated No. 2 seed Jared Lawrence of Minnesota by a score of 10-8 to cap off his perfect season. He won the Outstanding Wrestling Award at the 2003 NCAA tournament as well the prestigious Dan Hodge Trophy, awarded annually to the nation’s best wrestler.
2002 – TERRELL SUGGS/FOOTBALL
The 2002 season was a special one for Suggs, He set an NCAA record 24 sacks and was a unanimous First-Team All-American. He finished 2002 with the most tackles for loss in the nation (31.5) and tied for most forced fumbles (6) in the Pac-10. Other honors he earned include 2002 All-Pac-12 selection, 2002 Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year, inaugural Ted Hendrick's Award in 2002 for the top defensive end in the nation, Lombardi Award recipient, Bronko Nagursi Trophy recipient, Rotary Lombardi Award, Bill Willis Trophy recipient and finally Pac-10's Morris Trophy recipient.
1999-2000 -- EDDIE HOUSE/MEN'S BASKETBALL
One of the best-known players in the nation his senior year, led by his Pac-10 record matching 61-point outburst at California on Jan. 8 in a 111-108 double-overtime win. The first Pac-10 player to notch four 40-point games in one season as he had 46 vs. San Diego State, 42 vs. Penn State and 40 vs. UCLA. Posted eight 30-point games and set ASU records in points (736) and points per game (23.0). Also led the team in assists (111) and steals (74). Tenth in Pac-10 in assists per game (3.47), second in steals (2.31) and sixth in free-throw percentage (.835). Outscored 55 Division I teams on Jan. 8 with his 61 points, and it marked just the sixth time since 1978 that a player had more than 60 points in a game involving two Division I teams. The 61 points matched Lew Alcindor's mark set in 1967. Was the only senior on a team with six true freshmen and led ASU to just its fourth 19-win season in the past 17 years, including a 10-8 mark in the Pac-10 that was tied with NCAA Sweet Sixteen participant UCLA for fourth place. Also became the first player to earn Pac-10 Player of the Week three straight weeks in one season and became just the fourth player to earn the award four times in a season. Ended the season as the nation's fourth-leading scorer at 23.0 ppg and earned Pac-10 Player of the Year.
1999-2000 -- ATTILA CZENE/MEN'S SWIMMING
Attila Czene in his only season at ASU set two individual records and was a member of three school record-setting relay teams. Czene was only a Sun Devil for one season but brought with him a wealth of knowledge after winning the 200 IM (individual medley) bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics and the gold medal in 1996. Czene, a 2010 Sun Devil Hall of Fame inductee, went on to become the sixth NCAA champion in ASU men’s swimming and diving history by matching the world record in the short course 200m IM at 1:54.65.
1998-99 -- GRACE PARK/WOMEN'S GOLF
Grace Park won the 1999 NCAA individual title and finished the 1998-99 season ranked No. 1 by the Golfweek Collegiate Rankings and was winner of GolfStat Cup. She claimed medalist honors in four of her six spring outings at the NCAA Championship (1-under 212), The Pac-10 Championships (5-under 211), the Ping/ASU Invitational (3-over 219) and the Arizona Invitational (3-over 219) and also won the 1998 Japan TOPY Cup in the fall. Her five tournament wins tied the school record.
1989-90 -- MAICEL MALONE/WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
Maicel Malone, a 2002 Sun Devil Hall of Fame inductee, won numerous Pac-10 and NCAA titles in both individual events and relays and went on to be a part of the United States Olympic gold medal-winning 4x400m relay at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta. It was during the 1990 track & field season that Malone really shined, winning both Pac-10 and NCAA titles in the 400m dash at the indoor championships in March then again at the outdoor championships in June. She was also the Pac-10 champion in the 200m dash at the Pac-10 Indoor Track & Field Championships and part of the NCAA-winning 4x400m relay at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
1989-90 -- SHANE COLLINS/MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
Shane Collins was a multi-sport athlete in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was drafted in the second round of the 1992 NFL Draft to play defensive end for the Washington Redskins, but football may not have even been his best sport. He excelled in the shot put event in track & field, winning both the Pac-10 and NCAA titles in the shot put during his sophomore season. He threw a distance of 20.20m to win the 1990 NCAA title.
1980-81 -- COLEEN RIENSTRA/WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
Rienstra won the 1981 indoor and outdor high jump national tite after winning the 1980 outside title, as she was the first multiple champion in the women’s program. The 1994 ASU Hall of Fame inductee's indoor win marked the first indoor title won in program history for either men and women. Rienstra earned three NCAA individual titles and was a three-time All-American high jumper and with a performance of 6'-1 ¼" she claimed the AIWA crown. In 1981 with a leap of 6’3” she then went on to claim the AIWA indoor championship. She went on to win the gold medal at the 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival and the 1987 Pan American Games.
1967 -- GARY GENTRY/BASEBALL
Gentry was named the National Player of the Year by The Sporting News in 1967 as he struck out 229 batters, a NCAA single-season record at the time and a total that remains second only to 2007 College Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Derek Tatsuno. He finished 1967 with a nation's best 17-1 record and a 1.14 ERA. In two starts at the 1967 College World Series, he allowed only two earned runs in 23 innings for a miniscule 0.78 ERA. Included in those two starts was a 14-inning complete game win over Stanford in which he struck out 15 and scored the winning run. His other start in Omaha was a complete-game, 7-2 win over Oklahoma State in which he struck out 16. His 31 strikeouts are the second-most in a single CWS as ASU won the 1967 title.
Depends on what you are looking for, but all of them below are solid trips down the maroon and gold memory lane.
Keep in mind these are single seasons at ASU only that registered nationally. Not every super Sun Devil is listed, as you can find a list of every All-American or national champion on our site. Those listed below gave are incredible seasons at the highest level. There is no consideration for a person's career, professional or Olympic achievements here, these are simply the top single-seasons in ASU history. National champions, Pac-12 record holders the best in their sports for one year are the ones listed here.
(NOTE: this page is under construction, so thanks for your patience as we gather all the information. If you have someone you want to be on this page, email Doug Tammaro at tammaro@asu.edu. Just know this is a work in progress. It is by no means complete, plenty of great Sun Devil accomplishments to be added. Thanks!)
2020-21 TURNER WASHINGTON/TRACK AND FIELD
Washington earned three NCAA titles in 2021 and became the third male in NCAA history to win the indoor/outdoor shot titles and discus title in the same year after John Godina (1995 at UCLA), and Ryan Whiting (2010 at ASU). He ended the season leading the NCAA in both the shot (21.07m/69-1.5) and discus (66.26m/217-5) and earned his second NCAA title in 2021 on June 9 when he won the outdoor shot with a 21.10m/69-2.75 throw on his third throw of the day, setting a new PR and increasing his collegiate lead. He was NCAA indoor champion in the shot put with a fifth-round throw of 21.36m/70'1" at the NCAA Championships.
2018-19 – ZAHID VALENCIA/WRESTLING
Zahid Valencia's junior season (2018-2019) would have to be considered his best. Although he was the undefeated and a 32-0 NCAA champion at 174 pounds during his sophomore season, it was during his junior season that he overcame uncharacteristic mid-season losses to the third and top-ranked wrestlers in the nation to beat them in the NCAA semifinal and NCAA final. He was victorious over the undefeated and top ranked Mark Hall in the final match for the second consecutive year to defend his national title.
2010-11 – ANTHONY ROBLES/WRESTLING
Anthony Robles will forever be remembered as one of the best wrestlers in Sun Devil history and one of the most courageous athletes the sport has ever seen. He was born without his right leg and defied the odds to win three consecutive Pac-10 titles at 125 pounds and captured the NCAA title at the same weight during his senior campaign in 2011. He finished the season a perfect 36-0 with an ASU-record of 24 technical falls. He dominated No. 2 seed Matt McDonough in the NCAA final, 7-1 to capture ASU’s 10th individual wrestling NCAA title. Robles was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012. Robles won various awards for his merit and perseverance, including the Outstanding Wrestling Award at the 2011 NCAA tournament, the coveted “Jimmy V” Award and Best Male Athlete with a Disability at the 2011 ESPY’s.
2011 – DALLAS ESCOBEDO/SOFTBALL
Had a stellar freshman season, helping the Sun Devils win the 2011 WCWS Championship, and finishing the season with a 37-3 record and 1.51 ERA. Started 38 of the squad's 66 games, notching 326 total strikeouts and allowing only 58 runs. Dallas etched her name in Sun Devil lore as she became second in team history in single-season wins behind Katie Burkhart's 41 wins in 2008. Earned All-American First Team accolades, as well as Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week twice (Feb. 7-13, Apr. 18-24). Also received USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week honors for the week of Feb. 16. Top awards included Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, WCWS All-Tournament Team and WCWS co-Most Outstanding Player.
2008 – KATIE BURKHART/SOFTBALL
Katie Burkhart guided the Sun Devils to their first NCAA Championship in program history, compiling a stellar 0.75 ERA on the year with a 41-5 record, including the shutout championship game against Texas A&M. The 41 wins were 20th in NCAA history and her 513 strikeouts were 16th. She pitched two perfect games on the year (March 14 vs. Santa Clara and Feb. 22 vs. Illinois State) and earned her second consecutive first-team All-American. How good was she in the postseason? She pitched all 10 games and was 9-0 with one save with 60 innings pitched and allowed just 25 hits and two earned runs (only three total). She had six shutouts and struck out 95 while walking only 11 and faced just 22 batters over the minimum in the entire posteason.
2008 – JACKIE JOHNSON/WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
Jacquelyn Johnson had a long and storied career for Arizona State track & field, winning multiple Pac-10 and NCAA titles. She dominated the pentathlon and heptathlon events for indoor and outdoor track & field. During her senior year in 2008, she won the Pac-10 and NCAA championships in both the pentathlon (indoor) and heptathlon (outdoor). She scored 6,053 points in the heptathlon to win handily, with Minnesota’s Liz Roehrig coming in second place with 5,811 points. This capped off an impressive career for Johnson, as she became the first and only four-time NCAA champion in the heptathlon or the male equivalent, the decathlon.
2007 – THOMAS WEBER/FOOTBALL
Kicking off his college career with a bang, Weber had a historical freshman campaign. He made 24-of-25 field goal attempts and 46-of-48 PATs. He scored 118 points, tying him for the most in a season in school history. He was the 2007 Lou Groza Award winner, the first freshman to receive the award and was one of three freshmen named to the AP All-American First Team and was the second ASU kicker named to the Walter Camp All-America Second Team. He was also named a First-Team Freshman All-American by The Sporting News, CollegeFootballNews.com, Scout.com and Rivals.com. The conference recognized him by naming him to the First Team All-Pac-10 and was named the Pac-10 Special Teams Player of the Week three times, as well as earning Pac-10 All-Academic First Team honors.
2004-05 – JOONA PUHAKKA/MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Joona Puhakka, a Finland native, took home the win for NCAA and Pac-10 titles in 2004-05. Puhakka was named NCAA Diver of the Year with his sweep in the 3m dive and 1m dive, along with being named the Pac-12 Diver of the year. He set three ASU Diving records for the 3m dive and the 1m dive. He competed with his home country, Finland, in the 2000 (Sydney), and 2004 (Athens) Olympics.
2002-03 – ERIC LARKIN/WRESTLING
Eric Larkin had a stellar collegiate career at Arizona State and compiled a 123-12 overall record. He won Pac-10 titles all four years at three different weight classes (133, 141 and 149). He was a four-time All-American wrestler and at 149 pounds during his senior year he finished as the NCAA champion with a perfect 34-0 record. This was long overdue as he had fourth, third and second place finishes in the 133- and 141-pound weight classes during his freshman, sophomore and junior seasons, respectively. He defeated No. 2 seed Jared Lawrence of Minnesota by a score of 10-8 to cap off his perfect season. He won the Outstanding Wrestling Award at the 2003 NCAA tournament as well the prestigious Dan Hodge Trophy, awarded annually to the nation’s best wrestler.
2002 – TERRELL SUGGS/FOOTBALL
The 2002 season was a special one for Suggs, He set an NCAA record 24 sacks and was a unanimous First-Team All-American. He finished 2002 with the most tackles for loss in the nation (31.5) and tied for most forced fumbles (6) in the Pac-10. Other honors he earned include 2002 All-Pac-12 selection, 2002 Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year, inaugural Ted Hendrick's Award in 2002 for the top defensive end in the nation, Lombardi Award recipient, Bronko Nagursi Trophy recipient, Rotary Lombardi Award, Bill Willis Trophy recipient and finally Pac-10's Morris Trophy recipient.
1999-2000 -- EDDIE HOUSE/MEN'S BASKETBALL
One of the best-known players in the nation his senior year, led by his Pac-10 record matching 61-point outburst at California on Jan. 8 in a 111-108 double-overtime win. The first Pac-10 player to notch four 40-point games in one season as he had 46 vs. San Diego State, 42 vs. Penn State and 40 vs. UCLA. Posted eight 30-point games and set ASU records in points (736) and points per game (23.0). Also led the team in assists (111) and steals (74). Tenth in Pac-10 in assists per game (3.47), second in steals (2.31) and sixth in free-throw percentage (.835). Outscored 55 Division I teams on Jan. 8 with his 61 points, and it marked just the sixth time since 1978 that a player had more than 60 points in a game involving two Division I teams. The 61 points matched Lew Alcindor's mark set in 1967. Was the only senior on a team with six true freshmen and led ASU to just its fourth 19-win season in the past 17 years, including a 10-8 mark in the Pac-10 that was tied with NCAA Sweet Sixteen participant UCLA for fourth place. Also became the first player to earn Pac-10 Player of the Week three straight weeks in one season and became just the fourth player to earn the award four times in a season. Ended the season as the nation's fourth-leading scorer at 23.0 ppg and earned Pac-10 Player of the Year.
1999-2000 -- ATTILA CZENE/MEN'S SWIMMING
Attila Czene in his only season at ASU set two individual records and was a member of three school record-setting relay teams. Czene was only a Sun Devil for one season but brought with him a wealth of knowledge after winning the 200 IM (individual medley) bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics and the gold medal in 1996. Czene, a 2010 Sun Devil Hall of Fame inductee, went on to become the sixth NCAA champion in ASU men’s swimming and diving history by matching the world record in the short course 200m IM at 1:54.65.
1998-99 -- GRACE PARK/WOMEN'S GOLF
Grace Park won the 1999 NCAA individual title and finished the 1998-99 season ranked No. 1 by the Golfweek Collegiate Rankings and was winner of GolfStat Cup. She claimed medalist honors in four of her six spring outings at the NCAA Championship (1-under 212), The Pac-10 Championships (5-under 211), the Ping/ASU Invitational (3-over 219) and the Arizona Invitational (3-over 219) and also won the 1998 Japan TOPY Cup in the fall. Her five tournament wins tied the school record.
1997-98 -- GRACE PARK/WOMEN'S GOLF
Was named the 1998 Rolex/Dudley College Player of the Year and won the first tournament she played in as a freshman at the Rolex Fall Preview (6-under 210). She then helped ASU to its second straight NCAA Championship (fifth in six years). She also won the NCAA West Regional and the 1997 NCAA Rolex Invitational.
1996 -- DERRICK RODGERS/FOOTBALL
Derrick Rodgers took a very unconventional path to Arizona State and eventually the NFL. Following high school, Rodgers served a four-year stint in the Air Force. He then played two seasons at Riverside (Calif.) Community College before joining the Sun Devils in 1996. His impact was felt immediately, as he finished third on the team with 56 tackles on the season, behind only Scott Von der Ahe and Pat Tillman. Rodgers led the team with 23 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, four forced fumbles, and a safety. Rodgers earned consensus first-team all-America honors in his first and only season of Division I football. Rodgers' stellar season helped him become the third round draft pick of the Miami Dolphins in the 1997 NFL Draft. Rodgers played with the Dolphins from 1997-2002, and then the New Orleans Saints in 2003 and 2004. Rodgers recorded 345 tackles during his eight-year NFL career. In his rookie year, Rodgers started 14 of 15 games and recorded 56 tackles, five sacks, forced three fumbles and recovered one. Over his career, he averaged 43 tackles per season.
1991-92 -- PHIL MICKELSON/MEN'S GOLF
Lefty became only the second golfer to win three NCAA titles with his 17-under performance at the 1992 NCAA Championships at the The Championship Course in Albuquerque, N.M., as his 72-hole total of 217 tied an NCAA record, which included a career-low 63 in the first round. Earned first-team All-America honors for the fourth time in his career. Earned outright medalist honors four times, tied for first at another tournament and lost a playoff in another in 12 appearances.
1989-90 -- MAICEL MALONE/WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
Maicel Malone, a 2002 Sun Devil Hall of Fame inductee, won numerous Pac-10 and NCAA titles in both individual events and relays and went on to be a part of the United States Olympic gold medal-winning 4x400m relay at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta. It was during the 1990 track & field season that Malone really shined, winning both Pac-10 and NCAA titles in the 400m dash at the indoor championships in March then again at the outdoor championships in June. She was also the Pac-10 champion in the 200m dash at the Pac-10 Indoor Track & Field Championships and part of the NCAA-winning 4x400m relay at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
1989-90 -- SHANE COLLINS/MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
Shane Collins was a multi-sport athlete in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was drafted in the second round of the 1992 NFL Draft to play defensive end for the Washington Redskins, but football may not have even been his best sport. He excelled in the shot put event in track & field, winning both the Pac-10 and NCAA titles in the shot put during his sophomore season. He threw a distance of 20.20m to win the 1990 NCAA title.
1980-81 -- COLEEN RIENSTRA/WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
Rienstra won the 1981 indoor and outdor high jump national tite after winning the 1980 outside title, as she was the first multiple champion in the women’s program. The 1994 ASU Hall of Fame inductee's indoor win marked the first indoor title won in program history for either men and women. Rienstra earned three NCAA individual titles and was a three-time All-American high jumper and with a performance of 6'-1 ¼" she claimed the AIWA crown. In 1981 with a leap of 6’3” she then went on to claim the AIWA indoor championship. She went on to win the gold medal at the 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival and the 1987 Pan American Games.
1967 -- GARY GENTRY/BASEBALL
Gentry was named the National Player of the Year by The Sporting News in 1967 as he struck out 229 batters, a NCAA single-season record at the time and a total that remains second only to 2007 College Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Derek Tatsuno. He finished 1967 with a nation's best 17-1 record and a 1.14 ERA. In two starts at the 1967 College World Series, he allowed only two earned runs in 23 innings for a miniscule 0.78 ERA. Included in those two starts was a 14-inning complete game win over Stanford in which he struck out 15 and scored the winning run. His other start in Omaha was a complete-game, 7-2 win over Oklahoma State in which he struck out 16. His 31 strikeouts are the second-most in a single CWS as ASU won the 1967 title.