Year in Sports: 2012 highlights
On Jan. 27, the Sun Devil gymnastics team defeated the No. 15 Wildcats. The win not only set season records, but also career highs for many of the team members.
The atmosphere was electric in Wells Fargo Arena as Arizona State beat their rival the Arizona Wildcats in the State Farm Territorial Cup Series, March 4. Carrick Felix contributed 23 points to the Sun Devils' 87-80 victory.
The women's basketball team also defeated Arizona the same weekend with a final score of 70-63. Here, Promise Amukamara (10) drives past Arizona’s Layana White.
The Sun Devil water polo team hosted the Golden Bears of California March 10 and Ianeta Hutchinson had 13 saves, as the No. 5 ranked Sun Devils beat Cal for the first time since 2009.
The ASU softball team swept the Diamond Devil Invitational at Farrington Stadium in March. Along with a strong defensive effort, Katelyn Boyd contributed two home runs to a 13-5 win over New Mexico State.
New head football coach Todd Graham watches his players practice during the first day of spring drills.
Members of the Sun Devil Marching Band provided some musical spirit for the spring football game.
Steve Patterson (left) shakes hands with ASU President Michael Crow following the announcement that Patterson, ASU’s chief operating officer of Sun Devil Athletics and managing director of the Sun Devil Sports Group, has been appointed ASU's vice president for university athletics and athletics director.
The fourth-ranked Arizona State women’s golf team finished in second place at the 2012 PING/ASU Invitational at the ASU Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz., April 1. Sophomore Justine Lee finished in a tie for 11th after recording a career low first round total of 67 on March 30.
ASU's track and field team wrapped up the 33rd Sun Angel Classic, April 7, with many athletes putting on their best show of the season so far. Sophomore Bryan McBride finished second in the high jump with a career outdoor best of 2.20m (7-2.50) to Olympian Jamie Nieto.
In the season-opening football game against Northern Arizona University, Sun Devils show their loyalty to Arizona State's new coach. ASU beat the Lumberjacks 63-6.
Arizona State played the University of Illinois in one of its pre-Pac-12 season games. Here, quarterback Michael Eubanks dives into the end zone on a keeper play to score the final touchdown for the Sun Devils – contributing to their win over Illinois.
Coach Graham works to motivate the Sun Devils at Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo., for the team's first road game of the season against Missouri.
It took two overtimes, but the Sun Devils Women's Soccer Team emerged victorious over Southern California 5-4 in their Sept. 28 game. McKenzie Berryhill (left), USC's Alex Quincey (center) and Christina Schedel are full of grimaces as they compete to head a ball early in the game.
ASU fans shake hands with the football team as the team leaves the field in Berkeley's Memorial Stadium where more than 50,000 fans gathered to watch the Sun Devils defeat the Golden Bears 27-17.
The Devils were pretty in pink – and pretty effective – as they swept Oregon State 3-0 in the Dig Pink volleyball match, Oct. 19.
Rashad Ross (15) celebrates his first touchdown with Kevin Ozier in the Senior Day / Military Appreciation Day home football game against the Washington State Cougars. Ross had a second touchdown in the fourth quarter of the game.
ASU employee Kristina Rogers accepted a marriage proposal from Brendan Mallon of the National Guard during a timeout in the game.
Arizona State took the field in Wildcat Stadium to play the University of Arizona for the Territorial Cup, Nov. 23, in a rivalry that dates back to 1899. Here, ASU quarterback Taylor Kelly pushed would-be tackler Vince Miles to the ground. Kelly rushed for 47 yards and threw for 191.
In what was for many Sun Devils the high point of 2012, ASU defeated the Wildcats in Tucson 41-34 to bring the Territorial Cup home.