ASU 2008-2009 Athletic Season by the numbers

July 02, 2004

Check out some of the interesting numbers from the 2008-2009 athletic season at ASU, with additions to come throughout the month...<separator></separator>1 The Sun Devil Volleyball program hosted the first Arizona Collegiate Sand Volleyball Tournament in April at the Victory Lane Sports Complex.<separator></separator>3 ASU Baseball has taken home the last three Pac-10 Championships under head coach <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/murphy_pat00.html">Pat Murphy</a>.<separator></separator>3 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/kipnis_jason00.html">J… Kipnis</a>, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/leake_mike00.html">Mike Leake</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/murphy_pat00.html">Pat Murphy</a> were selected as Pac-10 Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year and Coach of the Year respectively.<separator></separator>4 Four Sun Devil student-athletes were named consensus Academic All-Americans, including <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/leake_mike00.html">Mike Leake</a> (baseball), <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-golf/mtt/munoz_azahara00.html">Az… Munoz</a> (women's golf) and <a href="/sports/w-softbl/mtt/cochran_kaitlin00.html">Kaitlin Cochran</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/mapes_jessica00.html">… Mapes</a> (softball).<separator></separator>4 Four Wrestlers had ties to the Arizona State program who competed at the USA Wrestling World Team Trials. Former Sun Devil Danny Felix won the 55kg freestyle division, earning a spot on Team USA.<separator></separator>4 The softball team has made four consecutive College World Series appearances, the longest streak in program history, under fourth-year head coach <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/myers_clint01.html">Cl… Myers</a>.<separator></separator>6 A half-dozen ASU coaches have won national championships, including <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/erickson_dennis00.html… Erickson</a> (football), <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/lein_randy00.html">Randy Lein</a> (men's golf), <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-track/mtt/kraft_greg00.html">Greg Kraft</a> (men's and women's track and field), <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/myers_clint01.html">Cl… Myers</a> (softball), <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/tierneywalker_dorsey00.h… Tierney-Walker</a> (men's and women's swimming and diving) and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-golf/mtt/luellen_melissa00.html">… Luellen</a> (women's golf).<separator></separator>6 ASU hosted six NCAA postseason events hosted this past year, including a men's basketball regional (at University of Phoenix Stadium), women's golf regional, softball regional, softball super regional, baseball regional and baseball super regional.<separator></separator>7 The women's golf team won their seventh national championship this last May in Maryland.<separator></separator>8 The women's basketball team advanced to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three seasons.<separator></separator>8 Sun Devil women's cross country teams rank eighth for consecutive trips made to the NCAA Cross Country Championships (ASU has appeared 11 straight times).<separator></separator>10 Ten Sun Devils were drafted by the three major professional leagues. Righthander <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/leake_mike00.html">Mike Leake</a>, the eighth overall pick by the Cincinnati Reds, and centerfielder <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/kipnis_jason00.html">J… Kipnis</a>, taken in the second round by the Cleveland Indians, were among six baseball players taken in the 2009 MLB draft. The NFL selected <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/fanaika_paul00.html">P… Fanaika</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/nolan_troy00.html">Troy Nolan</a> in the seventh round of the '09 draft, while four-year starting forward <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/pendergraph_jeff00.htm… Pendergraph</a> and guard <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/harden_james00.html">J… Harden</a>, who went No. 3 to the Oklahoma City Thunder, were picked up in the 2009 NBA draft.<separator></separator>10 Sophomore <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/robles_anthony00.html"… Robles</a> became the 10th Sun Devil to earn Pac-10 wrestler of the year honors, winning his first Pac-10 title and garnering All-American honors this past season.<separator></separator>11 Just short of a dozen members of the ASU men and women's cross country teams earned Academic All-Pac-10 honors in fall of 208.<separator></separator>12 A dozen ASU teams finished ranked in the top-25 nationally.<separator></separator>13 Jersey number of <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/harden_james00.html">J… Harden</a>, the third pick in the NBA draft, 2008-09 Pac-10 Player of the Year and the only first team All-American in school history.<separator></separator>17 All but four of the 21 sports at ASU advanced to NCAA Championship play.<separator></separator>19 Men's basketball finished the season ranked 19th in both the AP and ESPN/ USA Today Coaches' Poll, marking the first time in school history that ASU stayed ranked in the top 25 all season long.<separator></separator>77 number of Arizona State student-athletes who graduated in either December or May of the 2008-09 school year.<separator></separator>82 Number of consecutive weeks that the women's cross country team has appeared in the Cross Country Coaches Association top-25 poll, dating back to Oct. 12, 1998.<separator></separator>125 Weight that <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/robles_anthony00.html"… Robles</a>, who is the lightest Sun Devil to garner All-American honors, wrestled at this past season.