Football (2025): ASU’s unexpected, astonishing, where-did-this-come-from run to the Peach Bowl ended with a double-overtime loss, 39-31, to the Texas Longhorns.

Football (1987): After years of waiting, the Sun Devils finally made it to the Rose Bowl for the first time. ASU registered a 22-15 victory over Big Ten champ Michigan in John Cooper's second season as head coach.

Wrestling (1985): With their 28-15 victory over Michigan, the Sun Devils recorded their 200th in program history in a dual held in Columbus, Ohio.

Football (1983): ASU posted a solid 32-21 victory over Oklahoma in its first major network television appearance since 1980. Twenty-eight seconds into the final quarter, ASU's Alvin Moore scored from a yard out to give the Devils a 25-21 margin. On the Devil's next possession, QB Todd Hons connected with speedster Ron Brown on a 52-yard pass play for the game's final score.

Ice hockey (2025): With his second career hat trick, Ryan Kirwan spearheaded a victory over Robert Morris to advance to the Desert Hockey Classic championship game. Kirwan's hat trick is the 11th in ASU program history and led the ASU offense in the 7-3 victory over the Colonials. 

Ice hockey (2025): ASU steamrolled the Cornell Big Red to defend its title as Desert Hockey Classic champions at Mullett Arena on Saturday night. The Sun Devils earned a 4-0 shutout victory at the hands of redshirt junior goaltender Gibson Homer. Ryan Kirwan won the Desert Hockey Classic's Most Valuable Player after collecting a five-point weekend, capped off by four goals and an assist. 

Ice hockey (2024): The Arizona State ice hockey team became the 2024 Desert Hockey Classic champions after coming out on top over Omaha in overtime. Ryan O'Reilly scored his third goal of the weekend to tie the game in the third period, and the Sun Devils won in overtime thanks to Kyle Smolen's breakaway game-winner. 

Wrestling (1977): The Sun Devils traveled to Seattle and captured the 100th victory in program history by defeating host Washington, 30-8.

Men's basketball (2000): Eddie House ties the Pac-10 record with 61 points at California in a 111-108 double-overtime thriller.

Wrestling (1963): The team recorded its first victory on the mats by defeating Cal Poly Pomona, 38-0, in a dual at CS Los Angeles. ASU was 1-1 heading into the dual with both results coming by forfeit.

Men's tennis (2018): ASU plays its first match since 2008 against Duke.

Volleyball (2025): Graduate setter Argentina Ung earned CSC Academic All-America Third Team honors, a first for Sun Devil Volleyball since 2022 and the 11th nod in team history.

Wrestling (2025): Amazon Prime releases “Unstoppable,” a biographical sports film starring Jharrel Jerome as Anthony Robles, an ASU wrestler born without a right leg. Despite facing a top-ranked opponent in his senior year, Robles brought home an NCAA Wrestling Championship in 2011. Jennifer Lopez plays Judith Robles, Anthony’s mom and associate athletic director at ASU. 

Ice hockey (2017): Anthony Croston tallies ice hockey’s first hat trick as the Sun Devils shut down Southern New Hampshire 11-0.

Gymnastics (2025): Emily White came through with a 9.900 on floor to clinch a close competition as Sun Devil Gymnastics took first place at the Wasatch Classic with a 195.675, beating Boise State, San Jose State and Iowa State.

Ice hockey (2025): Ryan Kirwan, Noah Beck and Bennett Schimek were named to the Hobey Baker Memorial Award watchlist. Award criteria include candidates exhibiting the exceptional character traits of the award's namesake, Hobey Baker. A legendary American hero, Baker was a World War I fighter pilot known as America's most outstanding amateur athlete in his day, excelling at hockey and football at Princeton University. Award candidates must demonstrate strength of character both on and off the ice, contribute to the integrity of his team and display outstanding skills in all phases of the game. 

Men’s track and field (2025): After winning the men's 400m in the second-fastest time in the country at the Corky Classic, Sun Devil Track and  Field's Jayden Davis has been named the Big 12 Conference's Men's Athlete of the Week. He posted the ninth-best 400m time in Sun Devil Men's Indoor team history while setting the program's third-fastest 4x4. 

Water polo (2004): The Sun Devils traveled to Ann Arbor for the Michigan Invitational and rebounded from a tough 6-5 overtime loss earlier in the day to No. 9 Indiana by blowing out Marist, 20-2. The 20 goals and 18-point margin of victory were the highest in program history. Tessa Wyborny led the offensive charge with four goals and three assists, while rookie Ashley Bower accounted for three goals and three assists.

Men's basketball (2020): The Sun Devils make one of the best comebacks in school history across all sports in a 66-65 win over Arizona on an Alonzo Verge Jr. layup with under 10 seconds remaining. Arizona led by 22 with 5:35 left in the first half (37-15) and 17 with just over two minutes left. ASU outscored the Wildcats 25-8 and tied the game with under 12 minutes left. The Sun Devils led for only 4:35 but got 24 points from Remy Martin and 15 points and seven rebounds from Rob Edwards.

Water polo (2007): The U.S. Water Polo Coaches Association released its preseason rankings, with the Sun Devils earning their highest starting position in the poll at No. 7.

Wrestling (1972): Despite dropping the first nine duals of the year, including two earlier in the day, the Sun Devils rebounded to defeat UC Santa Barbara, 33-9, as part of the UCLA Quadrangular in Los Angeles. The win was the first of the year for the team and the first in the career of John Wadas, the program's second head coach.

Volleyball (2008): Jason Watson is named volleyball head coach.

Men's basketball (1998): Getting 27 points from Jeremy Veal, including nine in overtime, the men's basketball team snapped a 14-game losing streak against ranked teams by defeating No. 4 Stanford 90-87 in Palo Alto.

Gymnastics (2025): Behind a dynamic floor rotation, Sun Devil Gymnastics earned its first Big 12 win by scoring a season-high 195.950 to beat Iowa State's 195.825 at Hilton Coliseum.

Water polo (2003): The opening day for the team's second year of play was historic again as the Sun Devils shut out UC Santa Cruz, 14-0. Eight different Sun Devils scored in the game, including Gili Kollan and Tessa Wyborny, who scored three each, and Katie Davis, who added two. Both freshmen, Lizzie Houck and Kristie Meyer, tended the nets and kept UCSC off the score sheet defensively.

Gymnastics (2020): Arizona State took down No. 10 Cal 196.300-196.250 on Saturday at Desert Financial Arena for the first win over a top-10 team since 2014. First-year student Hannah Scharf won the vault title with a 9.875, and senior Morgan Wilson competed in the all-around for the first time since 2016.

Track and field (2025):  At the New Mexico Team Open at the Albuquerque Convention Center, Dayton Carlson broke his own Men's 800m indoor school record, and one day prior, first-year student Taylor Brown set the fastest women's 600m in team history at 1:30.30.

Water Polo (2003): In their second season of play and the 30th game all-time, the unranked Sun Devils recorded their first upset victory as they handed visiting No. 19 Pacific a 10-6 setback at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center. ASU jumped out to a 5-0 lead through the first quarter and continued to score in each quarter to take the game. Tessa Wyborny and Bryn Kuech each scored twice to pace the team to victory.

Water polo (2006): Todd Clapper leads the team on deck for the first time as its head coach and watches his No. 16 Sun Devils down host Cal Baptist, 10-5, at the Lancer Invitational for his first coaching victory at ASU.

Men's swimming and diving (2016): The men's swimming team defeated Arizona for the first time since 2002.

Water polo (2002): The newest varsity team on campus began play as host to Santa Clara in a pair of games at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center. The Sun Devils dropped their first game of the day, 8-6, in overtime to the Santa Clara Broncos. With 5:06 remaining in the first quarter of play, Ashley Orzalli netted the program's first goal and added another later in the game, while Kim Yost scored four in the team's debut. The Sun Devils rebounded later to defeat the visiting Broncos, 9-2. 

Lacrosse (2018): Sun Devil Lacrosse picks up their first Division I win in program history, defeating Kennesaw State on the road, 14-6.

Water polo (2008): On the second day of the Stanford Invitational, the No. 10 Sun Devils recorded the most significant upset victory in the program's short existence as they knocked off No. 2 USC, 8-5. Addison McGrath netted four goals to pace the offense, and Caylinn Wallace halted 10 shots on goal to preserve the victory ASU took in the first quarter with a quick 3-0 lead through one before holding 4-1 and 7-3 leads. The win provided another bit of history as ASU's victory marked the first time since the NCAA began sponsoring water polo (2001) that a team outside of the top 5 had defeated a top 3 team (predominantly USC, UCLA and Stanford).

Men's tennis (2018): Men's tennis won 4-2 over Loyola Marymount in its first victory of the season and first since 2008.

Track and field (2007): Amy Hastings traveled to Seattle, Washington, with several of her distance teammates to compete in the Husky Classic and walked away with a time of 15:30.17 in the 5,000m run, setting the American collegiate record. A personal best and school record by over 15 seconds (she previously had run the record of 15:45.45), Hastings broke the 15:34.5 set in 1981 by Virginia's Margaret Groos. Hastings automatically qualified for the NCAA indoor championships with the run that saw her finish 41 seconds ahead of the race's runner-up.

Football (2025): Charlie Ragle, assistant head coach/special teams coordinator, was named one of the distinguished Arizona winners by the National Football Foundation, Valley of the Sun Chapter.

Men's basketball (2003): ASU scores season-high 108 points by topping the USC Trojans at home.

Men's basketball (2014): ASU beats No. 2 Arizona 69-66 at Wells Fargo Arena.

Lacrosse (2018): Attacker Kerri Clayton received Alpha Lacrosse Player of the Week honors after scoring 12 goals, helping the Sun Devils defeat Stetson and Kennesaw State.

Lacrosse (2025): Sun Devil Lacrosse's 21-1 statement win over Detroit Mercy on Saturday was one for the record books. The one goal allowed to UDM marked the fewest goals in a game in program history, and the win ties a program-best start to a season at 3-0. 

Women’s track and field (2025): First-year student Judy Chepkoech set a new school record in the Women's 3,000m (8:59.58), taking down a 10-year-old mark set by Shelby Houlihan (9:03.71).

Wrestling (2025): Cohlton Schultz captured the 100th win of his storied collegiate career on Senior Day in Sun Devil Wrestling's loss to No. 20 Oklahoma at Mullett Arena. 

Men’s basketball (2020): Remy Martin earns Pac-12 Player of the Week for the third time in his career after leading ASU to a road sweep for the first time since 2010. 

Wrestling (1990): A record home crowd of 5,497 fans were on hand to see the Sun Devils defeat visiting Oklahoma State, 19-16, inside the Student Activity Center (Wells Fargo Arena).

Track and field (1999): Marcus Brunson clocked a time of 6.06 in the 55m dash at the MPSF indoor championships in Reno, Nevada, and crushed the previous school record of 6.17 (LaMonte King) to win the event title at the league meet. His mark also established a meet record.

Water polo (2008): The program's all-time leading scorer and its first, First Team All-American, Addison McGrath, went on a scoring binge in the team's home contest with No. 4 Hawai'i. She set a single-game scoring record with seven goals on the night. It was not enough, though, as the Rainbow Wahine escaped with a 13-12 decision over the No. 8 Sun Devils.

Baseball (1990): The Sun Devils and UCLA Bruins play an 18-inning game that lasts five hours and 36 minutes. It is the longest game in school history. The Devils won 6-5.

Wrestling (1991): The team traveled to Palo Alto, California, where it set a Pac-10 record by capturing its seventh championship crown in a row, breaking the tie it held with Oregon State. Marco Sanchez (134) and Ray Miller (158) each captured individual titles to help lead the Sun Devils to their title with 112 points, ahead of runner-up CS Bakersfield's 101.5 points scored in the two-day tournament.

Gymnastics (2020): ASU scored the 18-highest score in program history, and highest since 2006, to tie with No. 13 Washington, each team earning a 196.875. Cairo Leonard-Baker scored a 9.900 or better in the three events she competed in (vault, bars, floor).

Women’s track and field (2007): Sarah Stevens defended her MPSF shot put crown in style as she hit a mark of 17.72m (58-01.75) to set a meet record at the MPSF Indoor Championships in Seattle, Wash.

Women’s track and field (2006): Jacquelyn Johnson, in her only appearance in the pentathlon at the MPSF Indoor Championships, easily won the conference title as she set a meet record of 4,207 points at the championships in Seattle, Washington.

Women’s track and field (2009): In her final indoor conference meet, Sarah Stevens went out in style as she won her third weight throw title in a row with a meet record toss of 21.58m (70-09.75) at the MPSF indoor championships in Seattle. With the victory and her shot put crown that would follow the next day, Stevens ended her MPSF career with four-consecutive shot put titles, three-consecutive shot put titles and a sweep of the two throwing events in each of her final three seasons.

Women’s track and field (2008): While taking a break from the pentathlon, Jacquelyn Johnson continued to keep herself busy as she won the 60m hurdles, helped the 4x400m relay to victory, and captured the title in the long jump at the MPSF indoor championships in Seattle. Her long jump victory, however, also came with a school and meet record leap of 6.50m (21-04.00) and helped her qualify for the NCAA meet, where she earned All-America honors.

Wrestling (1993): ASU traveled to Boise, Idaho, and captured the Pac-10 championship crown for the ninth time in only its 15th year as a conference member. The victory came in dominating fashion as ASU scored 152.75 points to set a Pac-10 championships record (CS Bakersfield broke the Sun Devils' record three years later by scoring 155.0 in 1996).

Men’s track and field (2008): Two weeks before setting the indoor collegiate record, Ryan Whiting grabbed two more records in the event as he easily won the shot put at the MPSF indoor championships in Seattle. Whiting raised his school record in the event to 21.47m (70-05.25) and established a new meet record.

Track and field (2025): The Sun Devils broke three school records at the first Big 12 indoor championships, via Jayden Davis (men's 400m), Adriana Tatum (women's 200m), and the women's 4x1400 medley relay.

Baseball (1973): Eddie Bane strikes out 19 batters in a 9-0 victory over Cal State Northridge. Bane did not allow a baserunner, retiring 27 in a row for the only perfect game in Sun Devil Baseball history.

Swim and dive (2025): Sun Devil Swim and Dive became the 2025 Big 12 champions, giving the women's team their first conference championship and the men's team their first Big 12 championship in program history. For the men's team, this was their third-straight conference championship as they won the last two Pac-12 championships.

Lacrosse (2018): Sun Devil Lacrosse takes down Presbyterian, 23-5, at Sun Devil Soccer and Lacrosse Stadium in the first-ever home game in program history. The 23 goals represent the highest single-game total in ASU's inaugural season.

Men's golf (2020): Sun Devil Men’s Golf wins the Cabo Collegiate with a great final round. The Sun Devils got 3-under-par 68sfrom freshman David Puig, sophomore Cameron Sisk and first-year student Ryggs Johnston and jumped 36-hole leader Arizona in tough wind to take an 8-stroke victory at 20-under-par 832 (281-277-274) at the Cabo Collegiate. Their third-round total of 274 was 10-under par. Arizona State and Texas A&M were the only teams to break par in the windiest conditions of the three-day event.

Lacrosse (2025): The Sun Devil Men's Golf team led the tournament all three days and clinched the win at the Cabo Collegiate for the second year in a row. A 15-under-par 838 (276-279-288) gave the team a 5-stroke cushion ahead of No. 6 Oklahoma State at Twin Dolphin Golf Club.

Softball (2025): Pitcher Kenzie Brown pitched herself into the ASU record book in a 1-0 win over BYU in the program's Big 12 opener. Her 18 strikeouts tied for second-most in program history — and tied for most in a seven-inning game —  while setting the mark for a conference contest.

Men's basketball (1981): Arizona State, led by Byron Scott's 25 points on 11-of-14 field goals, goes into Corvallis and beats unbeaten and top-ranked Oregon State 87-67 on the final day of the regular season. Sam Williams added 19 points and Fat Lever 14 for ASU, who led 40-20 at the half. ASU shot 17-of-22 (.773) in the first half.

Baseball (1968): Jeff Pentland throws our third no-hitter (seven innings), a 10K/1B 1-0 win over Wyoming at Scottsdale Stadium.

Baseball (1971): Roger Schmuck begins a hitting streak that will last 45 games, a school record. The 45-game is the third longest streak in NCAA history.

Women’s track and field (2007): For the first time in its history, the women's track and field program claimed a national team title as ASU scored 38 points to edge LSU (33) and Tennessee (30) for the NCAA indoor track and field championships crown in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Jacquelyn Johnson defended her pentathlon crown (4,393 points), Sarah Stevens captured the shot put title (18.16m) and the 4x400m relay of Bridgette Williams, Johnson, Shauntel Elcock and Latosha Wallace held off Tennessee at the line to put the Sun Devils on the top step of the podium.

Women’s track and field (2006): Amy Hastings recorded another first in ASU history, becoming the first Sun Devil woman to win a national title in a distance event on the track as she won the 5,000m run at the NCAA indoor championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Hastings, the only Sun Devil to win a Pac-10 title in cross country, finished first in the race in 15:51.63 and earned her sixth career All-America honor.

Ice hockey (2025): First-year center Cullen Potter was one of seven rookies selected for the NCHC All-Rookie Team, with 13 goals and eight assists for 21 points through 32 games. 

Men's track and field (2008): In helping the men to their first national title indoors, Kyle Alcorn and Ryan Whiting played significant roles in jump-starting the team scoring on the first day of the two-day NCAA championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Whiting, in the field, dominated the shot put competition where, on his fifth throw of six, Whiting let it fly with a mark of 21.73m (71-03.5), nine inches past the previous mark set in 1977. On the track, Alcorn took the baton as the anchor leg of the distance medley relay and brought the team from fifth place to national runners-up with a school-record 9:32.49. The next day, the No. 14-ranked Alcorn would continue his success by winning the 3,000m national title.

Water polo (2004): In their first season of play as members of the MPSF, the toughest water polo conference in the nation, the Sun Devils had dropped their first three league games of the season before recording their first as they handed visiting Pacific a 13-4 defeat at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center. No. 17 ASU got two goals each from Katie Hedley, Heather Rempfer, and Kimberlee Stevens, while seven others added one apiece.

Men's basketball (1991): Making its first NCAA tournament appearance in 10 seasons, Bill Frieder led ASU to a 79-76 NCAA tournament win over Rutgers in Atlanta. Ike Austin leads the way with 25 points on 11-of-15 shooting, while Tarence Wheeler also gets 25 points. ASU trailed 36-30 at the half but had 11 steals and shot 29-of-54 (.537) from the field in the win.

Men's track and field (2009): One day after Ryan Whiting won his second indoor shot put title in a row, Jason Lewis recorded a personal-best throw by nearly three feet to capture the weight throw and give ASU a sweep of the men's throws at the NCAA indoor championships in College Station, Texas. Lewis, ranked fourth in the nation heading into the meet, advanced to the finals in sixth place (through three throws) and then took the lead for good in the fifth round with his school-record toss of 22.88m (75-00.75) which surpassed his previous PR of 22.04m (72-03.75). Lewis left the meet with two All-America honors (the first two of his career) and 15 team points, the most by any Sun Devil on the weekend, to help ASU to fifth overall as a team (25 points).

Track and field (2008): Not only did the women successfully defend their indoor national title from 2007, but they were also joined as team champions by the ASU men, who captured their first indoor crown. The women scored 51 points and the men 44 to take the top spots. Kyle Alcorn won the men's 3,000m run, and Ryan Whiting set a collegiate record (21.73m) to win the shot put to lead ASU with the program's first two indoor national titles. The women were led by an NCAA record from Jacquelyn Johnson in the pentathlon (4,496 points) as she claimed her third title in the event. All told, nine men and nine women each earned All-America honors to help their respective teams to victory.

Wrestling (1985): Eddie Urbano became the second Sun Devil wrestler to win an individual national title as he defeated Jim Heffernan (Iowa), 4-1, in the final at 150 pounds. Urbano, who won his crown in Oklahoma City, joined Curley Culp as the program's NCAA champions.

Wrestling (2018): Zahid Valencia became the 11th NCAA individual champion in Sun Devil Wrestling history, defeating Penn State’s Mark Hall for the 174 pound title at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena.

Wrestling (1995): Markus Mollica joined Dan St. John as the program's only multiple NCAA champions as he defeated Mark Branch (Oklahoma State), 5-3, in the final of the 167-pound division at the NCAA championships in Iowa City, Iowa. Mollica's title was the fifth for a Sun Devil in the past seven years and the seventh overall (at the time).

Wrestling (2011): On the final night of the 2011 NCAA wrestling championships, ASU stole the show as Anthony Robles and Bubba Jenkins were crowned national champions of their respective weight classes, bringing the crowd of 17,687 fans to their feet in a pair of exciting matches. The wins, which gave the Sun Devils two finalists and two champions in the same year for the first time since 1993, punctuated two impressive careers as the seniors wrestled their final matches on the raised stage inside the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The wins also made ASU the only program in the nation that year to have multiple champions, as eight other schools each had one champion that night.

Wrestling (1988): With seven All-Americans and 93 team points scored, the Sun Devils walked away from Ames, Iowa, with the NCAA Division I wrestling championship crown. The only program west of Oklahoma to capture a Division I title in wrestling, ASU edged out runner-up Iowa (85.5) and host Iowa State (83.75) for the title. Mike Davies (190) led the way by finishing second while six of his teammates earned All-America honors with three third-place finishes and one each taking fourth, fifth and sixth.

Men's basketball (2003): Behind Ike Diogu's 22 points, men's basketball wins its first NCAA tournament game since 1995 with an 84-71 victory over John Calipari's Memphis Tigers.

Wrestling (1993): Wrestlers Shawn Charles and Ray Miller completed their senior seasons at the NCAA championships by collecting the fourth All-America honors of their careers to become the first Sun Devils to earn the national honor in all four years they competed. Both advanced to the finals, where Charles dropped a 7-5 decision to Tony Furler (Nebraska) at 126 pounds before Miller defeated Shaon Fry (Missouri), 6-2, to win the national title at 167 pounds. Along with Miller's title, Marcus Mollica won a title at 158 pounds to give ASU multiple champions in the same NCAA event for the first time in program history.

Wrestling (2003): Top-seeded Eric Larkin scored a 10-8 decision over second-seeded Jared Lawrence (Minnesota) in the 149-pound final at the NCAA championships in Kansas City, Missouri, giving the Sun Devil his fourth All-America honor and capping an undefeated 34-0 season. The fourth, four-time All-American in program history, Larkin, the Pac-10 Wrestler of the Year, also was named the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler (OW) before being selected for the Dan Hodge Award.

Wrestling (1996): Marcus Mollica became just the third Sun Devil to earn four All-America honors in a career as the senior finished fourth at 167 pounds in the NCAA championships in Minneapolis. Mollica, who won national titles in 1993 and 1995, dropped a 4-3 decision to Charles Burton (Boise State) in the third-place match.

Wrestling (1990): Dan St. John became the first Sun Devil to capture multiple NCAA individual titles as he won his second title in a row, this time taking the 167-pound division with a 6-3 decision over Brad Traviolia (Northwestern) in College Park, Maryland. St. John won the 158-pound crown one year earlier by defeating Joe Pantaleo (Michigan) in the final. In that match, the score was tied, 1-1, at the end of regulation before St. John won the overtime session, 3-1.

Wrestling (1967): Already a star on the mats and the football field for the Sun Devils, Curley Culp added to his successful collegiate career by capturing the heavyweight national title at the NCAA wrestling championships in Kent, Ohio. The program's first national champion, Culp impressively went 4-0 as he won his first match with a 15-5 superior decision before pinning two foes in a row (1:50 and 3:46). Culp captured the title in just 51 seconds as he pinned Nick Carallo (Adams State), his third fall in a row.

Lacrosse (2018): Midfielder Emily Glagolev scored a sudden-death goal as Sun Devil Lacrosse captured a 12-11 overtime victory over California, representing the program's first win over a Pac-12 opponent.

Wrestling (1965): Three ASU wrestlers placed among the top 4 in their respective weight classes at the NCAA wrestling championships at Wyoming and collected the first All-America honors in program history. Glenn McMinn Sr., advanced to the final at 115 pounds where he fell to Tadaaki Hatta (Oklahoma State), 9-6; Buzz Hayes took fourth at 147 pounds with a 10-4 loss to Mark Scureman (Army) in the third-place match; and Charlie Tribble finished third at 177 pounds by pinning Roger Mickish (Oklahoma) in 1:40.

Water polo (2009): Two scoring records were set at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center today as the Sun Devils blasted visiting Cal Lutheran, 25-6, in the opening game of the ASU Invitational. The goals scored by ASU are the most in program history for one game, while first-year Lynlee Smith scored seven to tie the single-record that Addison McGrath set one year earlier. The 19-point margin of victory also is the highest in program history.

Soccer (2007): Kevin Boyd was named women's soccer head coach. 

Ice hockey (2019): Goaltender Joey Daccord played at ASU from 2016-2019 before becoming the first Arizona State player to sign an NHL entry-level contract on April 1, 2019.

Men's basketball (2006): Herb Sendek is named Sun Devil Men's Basketball head coach.

Water polo (2005): Looking to rebound from a tough 12-0 shutout loss to No. 1 UCLA one day before, the Sun Devils came out on fire — especially goalie Caylinn Wallace — and upset No. 8 UC Santa Barbara, 8-7, in overtime at home. Wallace was the catalyst as she halted a program record of 22 shots on net, including her final game stop on a penalty shot that preserved the win. Offensively, Katie Hedley had three goals, and Holly Newman added a pair to lead the team to victory.

Wrestling (2003): Just 12 days after winning his first national title and collecting the fourth All-America honor of his career, Eric Larkin was presented with the Dan Hodge Award, which is widely regarded as the “Heisman Trophy” of wrestling and is given annually to the most dominant wrestler in the nation. With a flawless 34-0 record while competing at 149 pounds, Larkin scored bonus points in 20 of his wins, including 11 victories by fall, two by technical fall, and seven significant decisions. Only three times all season did the final buzzer sound with his opponent within three or fewer points on the scoreboard. Larkin, at the time only the second Pac-10 wrestler to earn the award, closed his career with a record of 123-12, which ranked him sixth on the all-time victories list at ASU.

Ice hockey (2019): On April 4, 2019, goaltender Joey Daccord became the first-ever Sun Devil to play in an NHL game against the Buffalo Sabres. The Ottawa Senators selected him in the seventh round, 199th overall, of the 2015 NHL entry draft, making him the first Sun Devil to be drafted and not play anywhere collegiately but Arizona State.

Track and field (1980): A great tradition began on this date, as the first Sun Angel Track Classic was held at Sun Angel Stadium. Hundreds of the top collegiate and professional athletes from around the world competed in what has remained one of the top meets in the Southwest each and every season. Jesse Owens, the former Ohio State sprinter and Olympic champion, was the meet honoree for the inaugural classic.

Track and field (1984): The program hosted the fifth Sun Angel Track Classic in Tempe with four of ASU's men entertaining the crowd on hand as it set a collegiate record that remains intact today as of the 2009 season. The Pete Richardson, Eddie Davis, Treg Scott and Mike Stahr team combined to compete in the 4x800m relay and crossed the finish line in 7:08.96 to set a standard that remains the oldest on the books for collegiate relay records.

Baseball (2001): The Sun Devils scored a run in their 350th consecutive game, establishing a new NCAA record. ASU would score in 506 straight games, a streak that lasted from 1995 to 2004.

Baseball (1995): The Sun Devils lost 8-7 at USC in 11 innings, marking the first game of an eventual NCAA record of 506 consecutive games scored, which stretched into the 2004 season.

Wrestling (2009): Kelsey Campbell, the first female member of the Sun Devil wrestling program, won the Asics U.S. Wrestling Nationals in Las Vegas, Nevada, capturing the 59-kilogram women's freestyle division and earning a place on Team USA. A two-time national women's collegiate champion, Campbell upset top-seeded Deanna Rix (NYAC), 1-0, 1-0, to win her first senior national event.

Wrestling (2014): Member of the 1988 national championship team Zeke Jones returned to his alma mater as head coach.

Track and field (1976): After three losses, the ASU men scored a 95-47 defeat of visiting Northern Arizona to record the team's first victory at the newly renovated Joe Selleh Track at Sun Angel Stadium in Tempe. After calling Goodwin Field home from 1937-67, Joe Selleh Track and Field was opened on campus and used until 1976, when a $3 million renovation on the site added the grandstand, scoreboard and other amenities to the facility that the Sun Devils have called home ever since.

Men’s golf (2004): ASU alumni Phil Mickelson wins the Masters  Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, his first major championship in nearly 12 years as a professional golfer.

Water polo (2008): For the third time this season and just the sixth all-time, the Sun Devils defeated a top 5-ranked team, handing No. 4 San Diego State a 10-7 loss at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center in Tempe. Ranked sixth nationally, ASU jumped out to a 3-0 lead before taking a 5-3 halftime lead and an 8-6 lead heading into the fourth quarter. Caylinn Wallace had eight saves, Addison McGrath netted three goals, and Lauren Hayes, Katy Lawlor and Kelly Phelps scored twice.

Gymnastics (2019): Cairo Leonard-Baker earned Second Team All-America honors on the uneven bars after scoring a 9.900 at nationals. This was her first postseason All-American honor of her career and the first for any Gym Devil since Mary Atkinson in 2010, which was earned on vault. The last uneven bar in the all-around was won by Ashley Kelly in 2006.

Wrestling (2009): Kelsey Campbell competed in the 2009 Pan-American Wrestling Championships in Maracaibo, Venezuela, and finished with a silver medal in the 59-kilogram women's freestyle division. The tournament was the first international event in which Campbell represented the U.S.

Water polo (2008): After winning 10 of its last 11 games with a nine-game winning streak and its only loss to No. 1 UCLA, ASU was rewarded with its highest national ranking as it climbed to No. 4 in the weekly poll.

Beach volleyball (2019): With an intense three-set win by Katelyn Carballo and Katie Cross on court two to clinch it, No. 6 seed ASU upset No. 3 seed Cal 3-2 in the opening round of the Pac-12 championships.

Men's golf (2000): Under Coach Randy Lein and individual winner Paul Casey, the men's golf team won its sixth straight Pac-10 title.

Track and field (1963): Mike Barrick, Henry Carr, Ron Freeman and Ulis Williams traveled to Walnut, California to compete in the Mt. SAC Relays and returned home with a relays title in the mile relay and a world record. The Sun Devils clocked in at 3:04.5 to set the new standard if it lasted until 1966. Carr, Freeman and Williams all went on to be Olympians, with Carr and Williams running the fourth and third leg, respectively, of the gold medal 1964 U.S. team.

Men's golf (1999): Paul Casey rallies from eight strokes back on the final day of the Pac-10 championship in Seattle by posting a 10-under 60. Casey had 11 birdies, including six straight starting at the third hole. It marked the second straight Pac-10 title for Casey.

Water polo (2006): At the MPSF championships in Irvine, California, the No. 9 Sun Devils took on the host No. 6 Anteaters and played the program's longest game as the contest ended with ASU winning, 13-12, in four overtimes. Tied at 10-10 at the end of regulation, ASU took an 11-10 lead after the first of two overtime sessions before UCI scored twice to take the game to sudden victory. After a scoreless first period of sudden victory, Tessa Wyborny gathered a pass, moved in on goal and softly lobbed a shot over the extended goalie to end the game. Rowie Webster scored five goals in the game, with Ashley Bower and Wyborny adding two each.

Men's golf (2016): Jon Rahm wins the Pac-12 individual title in Salt Lake City.

Beach volleyball (2024): In a historic season, the Sun Devils made their first-ever NCAA championship appearance, backed by 21 wins (tying the record for most wins) and its best start in program history of 6-0. ASU fell to Cal Poly in the first round. 

Wrestling (2009): Shawn Charles is named wrestling head coach.

Softball (2011): No. 1 Arizona State softball locked up the second Pac-10 title in program history with a 3-1 win over No. 11 Stanford. The win pushed ASU's Pac-10 win streak to 12, the longest in program history, as first-year student Dallas Escobedo moved to 26-3.

Track and field (2007): Two Sun Devils added their names to the history books at the Pac-10 championships at Stanford as Sarah Stevens won two titles and Aaron Aguayo won one on the first day of the championships. Stevens captured the shot put and discus events on the same day, making her the fifth woman in Pac-10 history to sweep both throws in the same meet. Aguayo became the 11th athlete in conference history to win the same event four times in a career as he took the steeplechase. He was the second man to win four titles in a distance event (1,500m or longer) with Oregon's Steve Prefontaine (3-mile run).

Baseball (2009): The Sun Devils win and clinch their third straight Pac-10 Championship with an 8-0 win over Oregon. It is the first time a school has won three straight conference titles since before the merger in 1999.

Track and field (2008): On their home track, the Sun Devil women ran away with their third Pac-10 championship in a row as ASU scored 186.5 points to win by 69.5 points over Stanford (117), the most significant margin of victory in Pac-10 history. The point total was just three off the record (189.5) set by UCLA. The Sun Devils captured titles in three of the four throwing events with Jessica Pressley winning the shot put and discus and Sarah Stevens taking the hammer; Charonda Williams swept the 100m and 200m events; Jacquelyn Johnson set a Pac-10 record while winning the heptathlon (one week earlier) as the 4x400m relay of Jeavon Benjamin, Jordan Durham, Shauntel Elcock and Dominique' Maloy capped the win with their relay title.

Swimming (2009): Dorsey Tierney-Walker is named Swimming head coach.

Administration (2024): Two-time Sun Devil alumni Graham Rossini was named Sun Devil Athletic Director on May 23, 2024. He joined Sun Devil Athletics in March 2021 as senior associate athletics director. He was promoted in fall 2023 to executive senior associate athletic director/chief business officer before the promotion to AD. He is an ASU alum and veteran of 20+ years in the sports business at the MLB and Power 5 level.

Track and field (1981): The ASU men scored 133 points and won the Pac-10 championships at Stanford, marking the first time the program won the conference title in only its third year in the Pac-10. Head Coach Len Miller was selected as the Pac-10 Coach of the Year, and LaMonte King was the Athlete of the Year after he won the 200 and the long jump and joined Ron Brown, Greg Moore and Dwayne Evans on the champion 4x100m relay. Dan Raby added a title in the 1,500m run, and Howard Henley won the 400m dash to help ASU win.

Women's golf (2016): The Sun Devils won the eighth national title in program history as the nation’s leader in NCAA titles.

Baseball (2009): Mike Leake is named the Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year for the second straight year, the first back-to-back winner in Pac-10 history. Meanwhile, Jason Kipnis won the Pac-10 Player of the Year Award, the third consecutive season a Sun Devil has won the award.

Women's basketball (1996): Charli Turner Thorne is named women's basketball head coach.

Wrestling (1991): Zeke Jones won the first of his five world championship crowns as the former Sun Devil wrestler captured the 52kg freestyle title at the World Cup of Wrestling in Toledo, Ohio.

Men's golf (2019): Four Sun Devils earn GCAA All-Americans for the first time since 2009.

Wrestling (2011): Anthony Robles, a three-time All-American and 2011 NCAA champion at 125 pounds for the Arizona State University wrestling program, accepted a pair of honors at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles. While he was voted as the recipient of the ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete with a Disability, his acceptance speech for the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance was on par with what his Sun Devil career was: inspirational.

Men's golf (2001): Chez Reavie wins 2001 U.S. Public Links title (July 14, 2001)

Women's golf (2002): Melissa Luellen is named head coach.

Track and field (1952): Bill Miller became the first Sun Devil track and field athlete to compete in the Olympics as he represented the United States at the 1952 Helsinki Games. Competing in the javelin, Miller also became the first ASU track and field athlete to medal as he took the silver with a toss of 72.46m after taking the initial lead through the first round of competition.

Ice hockey (2021): Josh Doan was drafted in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft on July 24, 2021, by the Arizona Coyotes, the same club his father, Shane Doan, played for and captained for 20 years (1996–17). Doan completed two seasons (2021–23) at ASU and signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Arizona Coyotes in spring 2023.

Track and field (1952): Bill Miller became the first Sun Devil track and field athlete to compete in the Olympics as he represented the United States at the 1952 Helsinki Games. Competing in the javelin, Miller also became the first ASU track and field athlete to medal as he took the silver with a toss of 72.46m after taking the initial lead through the first round of competition.

Men's golf (2016): Matt Thurmond named head coach. 

Water polo (2018): Bente Rogge won a gold medal with Team Netherlands at the European Water Polo Championships.

Wrestling (1996): Townsend Saunders finished second in the 68kg freestyle division at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, giving the former Sun Devil his first Olympic medal after finishing seventh in 1992. A four-time Pan-American champion, Saunders earned only the second Olympic wrestling medal in ASU history.

Swimming and diving (1997): Mark Bradshaw is named Swimming/Diving head coach.

Water polo (2001): Six months before its first season as a varsity program, Arizona State announced that it had hired Vicki Gorman as its first head coach.

Track and field (1996): Maicel Malone ran with Team USA at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and helped the relay to a gold medal as the Americans won the race in 3:20.91. With the win, Malone became the first American woman in Sun Devil track and field history to earn a gold medal and only the second in the program's history to win a gold medal after Ria Stalman (Holland) won the discus in 1984.

Wrestling (1992): Zeke Jones became the first wrestler in Sun Devil history to capture an Olympic medal, winning the silver medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. Jones, then a two-time world champion, finished second in the 52kg freestyle division. He closed his international competition career 1997 with five world titles, seven total medals at world-level events, and four Pan-American championship medals (one gold).

Water Polo (2005): Todd Clapper is named the head coach.

Baseball (2007): A standout player for Sun Devils Baseball from 1983 to 1985, the San Francisco Giants’ Barry Bonds hit a career home run 756 to surpass Hank Aaron for the most in Major League Baseball history. Bonds finished his career with 762 home runs total and a debated legacy due to performance-enhancing drug allegations.

Men's basketball (2012): James Harden became the second Sun Devil to earn a gold medal in men's basketball as USA topped Spain 107-100 in the London Olympics. Harden joins Joe Caldwell, who earned his gold in Tokyo in 1964. Eric Boateng (Great Britain) and Ike Diogu (Nigeria) also played in the Olympics, as ASU tied Duke and Wake Forest for most men's basketball players in the 2012 Olympics.

Women’s track and field (1984): Entering the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, no woman with ties to the ASU program had won a medal at the Olympics in track and field. Following the Games, however, two former Sun Devils had claimed medals, with both coming in a close contest in the women's discus. Ria Stalman (Holland) took the lead in the first round with a toss of 64.50m, but Leslie Deniz (USA) took over the lead in the fifth of six rounds with her toss of 64.86m. On the final throw of the competition, Stalman responded and won the event with her mark of 65.36m, giving the former Sun Devils gold and silver

Gymnastics (1980): John Spini is named gymnastics head coach.

Women's tennis (1984): Sheila McInerney is named women's tennis head coach.

Cross country (2004): Louie Quintana was named ASU's cross country head coach.

Men’s golf (2004): Phil Mickelson. Billy Mayfair. Jeff Quinney. You can add Josele Ballester to the list of Sun Devils to win the most coveted amateur trophy in golf as he won the 124th U.S. Amateur Sunday afternoon 2-up over Iowa's Noah Kent. He did it on his 21st birthday at Hazeltine in the 36-hole match.

Volleyball (2017): Sanja Tomasevic earned her first win as a head coach in the season opener against Weber State. The team won in straight sets and later won another match that day against North Dakota State.

Volleyball (2023): JJ Van Niel earned his first win as a head coach, dominating FGCU on the road in straight sets. In the match, the team set a program record hitting percentage of .493.

Track and field (2004): After placing eighth in his initial appearance in the Olympics, Dwight Phillips returned to the Games in Athens and won the gold medal in the long jump from the opening attempt. The former Sun Devil opened the competition with a mark of 8.56m and, through three rounds of preliminary action, the closest mark to his was 8.32m. After two fouls and two passes, Phillips hit the board in the final round to post a leap of 8.35m, which measured as the third-best mark of the event.

Men's golf (2000): Jeff Quinney becomes the third Sun Devil men's golfer to win the U.S. Amateur with a thrilling 30-foot putt to clinch the win.

Volleyball (2006): Sydney Donahue set the ASU single-match digs record with 50 against LMU. That also set an NCAA record. Impressively, she did it in a sweep over the Lions. That win also gave the Sun Devils the tournament title. 

Football (1958): ASU football played its first game in Sun Devil Stadium.

Volleyball (2015): Macey Gardner set the ASU kills record in the Sun Devils' sweep of Cal. She ended her career with 1,882 total kills.

Cross country (1983): Lynn Nelson broke a tie with Sabrina Peters for the most individual wins in a season in program history as she defeated the field in a dual at Kansas with a winning time of 17:58.0 to take her fourth race of the year.

Volleyball (2015): The Sun Devils were ranked No. 5 in the AVCA Coaches Poll, the highest ranking for an ASU volleyball squad in program history.

Ice hockey (2015): Connor Schmidt netted the first goal in Sun Devil hockey program history during Arizona State’s first game in NCAA Division I as they closed out the University of Arizona 8-1.

Cross country (2005): Brooke Bennett won her second race of the season as she captured the ASU Invitational at Kiwanis Park in Tempe, taking the event 17:55. Her second win of the season moved her to fourth on the all-time wins list at ASU and the fourth ASU woman to win more than one race in a season.

Men's golf (1992): Randy Lein is hired as the men's golf coach, a hiring that would result in six straight Pac-10 titles from 1995 to 2000 and a national title in 1996.

Volleyball (1987): Regina Stahl set the ASU single-match assists record with 90 against Washington in the five-set win.

Football (1996): Jake Plummer throws, catches, and runs for a touchdown, all in the final 7:53, to lead ASU to a 42-34 win at UCLA.

Football (1978): Quarterback Mark Malone led the Sun Devils to an upset victory over second-ranked USC. ASU won 20-7 in front of a state-record crowd of 71,138 in the newly expanded Sun Devil Stadium.

Ice hockey (2022): ASU played its first game in Mullett Arena, defeating Colgate 2-0.  The game marked the program's first win in the new arena and goaltender TJ Semptimphelter's first career shutout. The first-ever goal in Mullet Arena was scored by hometown hero Josh Doan, son of Arizona Coyotes legend Shane Doan. The Sun Devils went on to win the next five-straight games, including home sweeps of Colorado College and Alaska Anchorage and an upset victory over then-No. 6 North Dakota. 

Football (1953): Danny Seivert returns a punt 85 yards for a touchdown as the Sun Devils defeat West Texas State 39-20 at Goodwin Stadium.

Track and field (1964): Two Sun Devil sprinters displayed impressive speed on this day. Henry Carr captured the first gold medal in ASU track and field history by winning the 200m dash in a then-Olympic record 20.3. Carr entered the Olympiad as the reigning world record holder, having run 20.2 earlier in the year.

Baseball (1977): Earning the beloved nickname “Mr. October,” former ASU superstar Reggie Jackson blasted three home runs to cement the decisive win in Game 6 of the 1997 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Lacrosse (2018): Vice President for University Athletics Ray Anderson announces the establishment of the Sun Devil Lacrosse program, becoming Arizona State's 25th varsity sport. With the addition of Arizona State, the Pac-12 Conference officially sponsored the six programs necessary to form a conference.

Volleyball (2019): Down 2-0, the Sun Devils came back to beat No. 21 Washington State on the road. First-year student Iman Isanovic had a career-high 20 kills in the upset.

Football (1961): Frank Kush had the most wins in Sun Devil football coach history after a 24-23 victory over Oregon State. This gave Kush his 28th victory.

Track and field (1964): On the final day of competition at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, a pair of Sun Devils, Ulis Williams and Henry Carr, helped Team USA to a gold medal in the 4x400m relay, giving Carr his second gold of the Games. Williams ran the third leg and Carr was the anchor for a team that ran 3:00.7 to break the world and Olympic records in the event that were set at the 1960 Games by Team USA (3:02.2). Williams had competed in the final of the 400m dash and finished fifth overall.

Men's Golf (2024): Sun Devil Men's Golf head coach Matt Thurmond has been inducted into the Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame as one of two members in the class of 2024. Thurmond, in his ninth season at the helm of the Sun Devils, was officially inducted at the GCAA Hall of Fame Reception & Awards Dinner on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Men's golf (2012): Freshman Jon Rahm wins the Bill Cullum Invitational, the first of 11 collegiate tournaments. He fires a 12-under 204 to win by three strokes at Wood Ranch Golf Club in Simi Valley, California.

Football (1992): UCLA crossed the 50 just four times at the Rose Bowl as ASU shutout UCLA, 20-0, ending its NCAA-record 245 straight games with a score dating to 1971. Kevin Galbreath set an ASU record with 44 rushes and notched 183 yards.

Football (1981): Mike Pagel outplayed Stanford star John Elway, completing 26 of 34 passes for 466 yards in a 62-36 victory. Pagel broke four Pac-10 records and seven school marks.

Baseball (2013): Dustin Pedroia, a standout player for ASU's baseball team who earned accolades like the Golden Spikes Award and multiple All-Pac-10 selections, wins the World Series as a member of the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox downed the St. Louis Cardinals in six games to win the franchise's eighth overall championship and third in 10 years. 

Wrestling (2000): Eric Albarracin, a former Sun Devil wrestler, represented the United States at the World Military Championships and earned a silver medal in the 54kg freestyle competition at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. His medal is the first earned by a former ASU wrestler in a military championship event.

Baseball (2007): As a member of the Boston Red Sox, ASU alumni Dustin Pedroia captured his first World Series championship in his rookie year at second base. 

Football (1973): Ben Malone rushed 250 yards in a single game against Oregon State.

Golf (2018): Papago Golf Course became the new home for Sun Devil Men's and Women's Golf with unveiling of their new state-of-the-art practice facility, The Thunderbirds Golf Complex. Designed by Sun Devil alumnus and five-time PGA Major Championships winner Phil Mickelson, who is known for his short-game expertise, the four-acre practice area consists of five practice greens, four practice bunkers and a three-acre fairway and rough designed to practice every possible golf shot.

Cross country (1968): For the fourth time of the season, Jerry Jobski won a race for the Sun Devils, this time winning the dual with New Mexico in 20:39.5. Jobski's four victories in 1968 also were the only four of his career and set the school record for both wins in a season and career wins.

Volleyball (2012): ASU swept No. 6 USC at home. Macey Gardner led the team with 13 kills.
 

Triathlon (2016): Sun Devil Triathlon won the national championship to end its first season as a program.

Triathlon (2017): Sun Devil Triathlon won its second consecutive national championship in as many years as a program, defending its title from 2016. Freshman Hannah Henry won the individual title.

Lacrosse (2015): Vice President for University Athletics Ray Anderson announced that Courtney Martinez Connor would be the first head coach in program history. Martinez Connor joined the Sun Devil Lacrosse Program after a successful career as a lacrosse analyst for ESPN and the Big Ten Network. Martinez Connor was an All-American lacrosse player at the University of Maryland, winning five NCAA championships in College Park.

Football (1982): As of 1984, the seven longest field goals in ASU history were off of Luis Zendejas' foot, including a school-record 55-yarder against Oregon State in 1982.

Volleyball (2006): In a 3-1 win at No. 24 Oregon, Arizona State set team and individual rally-scoring block records. The team record set was total solo blocks with 13, while Nina Reeves took the top spot in the ASU record books for solo blocks with 6.

Cross country (2000): Lisa Aguilera ran 20:25.0 to win the NCAA West Region Championships in Fresno, California, giving the women's program its first individual title in a championship meet. Eric Owers won the men's WAC title in 1962 for the men's first championship title, while Amy Hastings would follow Aguilera in 2004 as the first conference winner for the women when she captured the Pac-10 title.

Men's basketball (2003): Ike Diogu is named first preseason AP All-American in Sun Devil history.

Football (1965): The Sun Devils won 7-6 at Homecoming against a 14-point favorite Washington State team, which came to Tempe with a 7-1 record and a shot at the Rose Bowl.

Ice hockey (2015): The team notches its first OT win in program history with a goal by first-year student forward Jordan Masters to defeat Lake Superior State, 3-2. The win also marked a Division I team's first sweep and road sweep. 

Men's basketball (2006): Herb Sendek earns his first Sun Devil head coach win with a 69-52 win over Cal State San Bernardino.

Ice hockey (2024): ASU ice hockey made history with a 3-2 victory over Omaha to pick up their first NCHC win in program history. Scottsdale native David Hymovitch cemented the Sun Devil victory with his first career goal at Mullett Arena.

Cross country (1962): Just four months after joining the newly created Western Athletic Conference, Arizona State hosted the conference's inaugural championship event by conducting the cross country meet at Papago Park in Phoenix. The Sun Devils finished fourth overall as a team, while sophomore Eric Owers won the individual title in 15:56.3.

Men’s basketball (2024): Joson Sanon was named Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week, the conference announced as part of their weekly awards. Since ASU's transition to the new league, Sanon is the first Sun Devil to win a Big 12 Player of the Week award.

Cross country (2007): For the second time in three years, the women's team ended its season on the podium as the Sun Devils scored 251 points to finish fourth overall at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. Jenna Kingma (21:01) and Ali Kielty (21:08) led the charge, earning All-American honors as they finished 37th and 42nd, respectively. The team's finish led an academic year of success. The 2008 track and field team won the indoor NCAA title and took second outdoors, making ASU the second women's program in NCAA history to place in the Top 4 in all three meets in the same academic year.

Cross country (2001): Lisa Aguilera and Fasil Bizuneh led their respective ASU teams at the NCAA championships and earned All-American honors, becoming the first two-time cross country All-Americans in program history. Aguilera placed 18 overall in 21:05, and Bizuneh took 22 in 31:06.6 to help ASU place 23 in the women's race and 20 in the men's race, respectively, in Greenville, S.C.

Cross country (2006): Following a third-place finish at the Pac-10 meet and runner-up at the NCAA West Region race, Aaron Aguayo capped his senior season at the NCAA championships by placing ninth overall in Terre Haute, Indiana. Aguayo, who ran the 10,000m course in 31:06.0, recorded the highest individual placement at the NCAA meet in men's program history and the second-best overall finish in ASU history behind Lisa Aguilera's fifth-place run in 2000.

Cross country (2000): Although the temperature in Ames, Iowa, for the NCAA championships was just 17 degrees, Lisa Aguilera recorded the top finish in ASU history as she took fifth place in the freezing 6,000m race, crossing the finish line in 20:46.3. The previous record-low finish for the women came a year earlier, as Kelly MacDonald took 36th at the national meet.

Cross country (2005): Amy Hastings again spearheaded another historical moment for ASU cross country. She became the only three-time All-American in program history by placing 11th overall (20:09) while leading the women to a fourth-place team finish and its first trophy (Top 4) at the national meet. The team of Hastings, Jenna Kingma, Anna Masinelli, Victoria Jackson, Rachel Ellison, Cassie Rios and Corey Randall combined to score a school record-low 191 points to make the podium for the first time.

Wrestling (1992): Lee Roy Smith led the Sun Devils to a 23-15 victory at Clarion to open the 1992–93 season, the first without Bobby Douglas as the program's head coach. Smith went on to lead ASU for nine seasons and compiled a 91-58-1 overall dual record while his teams captured five Pac-10 Conference championships.

Volleyball (2019): On senior night, ASU took down No. 22 WSU to complete the season sweep. It was the second-ranked win of the year for the Sun Devils.

Cross country (2004): In only their third NCAA championship appearance, the ASU men made the most of its trip to Terre Haute, Indiana, as they recorded a pair of school records by placing eighth nationally and scoring 351 points. Their previous two visits to the meet produced a 14th-place finish in 1999 and a 20th-place showing in 2001. Aaron Aguayo collected the first of his two All-America honors as he finished 22nd overall in 31:28 to pace the men's team.

Cross country (1999): One year after the women, the men advanced to their first NCAA championship appearance, where Fasil Bizuneh led the team to a 14th-place finish (391 points). Bizuneh placed 19th overall (31:01) to pace the team in Bloomington, Indiana, while Kelly MacDonald joined Bizuneh as an All-American as she finished 36th overall (17:30) in the women's race. The duo combined to five ASU multiple All-Americans in the same season for the first time in program history.

Wrestling (1992): One day after his first coaching victory at the program's helm, Lee Roy Smith led the Sun Devils to a 35-9 defeat of host Cleveland State to record the 300th victory in the program's history.

Women’s cross country (2024): First-year student Judy Chepkoech became the 10th individual and first first-year student in team history to earn All-American honors after placing 30th (19:59.0) in the women's 6K at the NCAA cross country championships in Madison, Wisconsin. Chepkoech was also the first Sun Devil to reach the NCAA championships since Shelby Houlihan in 2014.

Football (1991): The Sun Devils crushed Arizona, 37-14, to end a nine-year winless streak against the Wildcats.

Ice hockey (2024): ASU completed the shocking series sweep of the unanimous No. 1-ranked Denver with five goals from four different skaters at Magness Arena. The 5-2 win is a benchmark and series sweep for the young NCAA Division I program, which embarked on its first season in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference in 2024. 

Cross country (2003): A pair of ASU women's runners earned their first All-America honors. Amy Hastings (25th) and Desiree Davila (44th) garnered awards at the NCAA Championships in Waterloo, Iowa. This marked the first time the program had multiple All-Americans in the same season on one team (twice ASU had a season with one man and one woman earning the national accolade). Hastings finished with a time of 20:32.9, and Davila followed at 20:50.8.

Cross country (1998): Making their initial appearance at the NCAA Championships in Lawrence, Kansas, the ASU women scored 534 points and placed in a tie for 23rd place. The meet marked the first of 11 consecutive years ASU reached the NCAA meet (as of the 2008 season), the eighth-longest streak in NCAA history. Priscilla Hein led the team that day, earning All-America honors (the first for an ASU woman) by placing 39th overall in 17:42.6.

Wrestling (1974): For the first time in the program's history, a Sun Devil earned All-America honors in cross country as Larry Lawson garnered the national honor by finishing 16th at the NCAA championships. Lawson covered the 10,000m course in 30:22.9 at the meet held in Bloomington, Indiana.

Wrestling (1974): The Bobby Douglas Era got underway in impressive fashion as Douglas' Sun Devils went 3-0-1 in four duals held at Bakersfield, California, all on the same day. ASU opened Douglas's tenure with a 30-15 defeat of the host Roadrunners and then took down UC Santa Barbara, 25-12. After tying UCLA, 15-15, ASU finished the day with a 28-9 defeat of San Jose State. Douglas would go on to coach the program for 18 years, build an overall record of 226-74-, six and lead his teams to nine Pac-10 championships and the 1988 NCAA Wrestling Championship, making ASU the most western school to win the Division I wrestling crown in NCAA history.

Volleyball (2024): Sun Devil Volleyball became the outright 2024 Big 12 Regular Season Champions, winning the program's first conference title in team history and the first Big 12 title across all sports for ASU. ASU also clinched the Big 12's auto-bid to the NCAA tournament.

Football (1969) For the first time in the then-eight-year history of the Western Athletic Conference, the Sun Devils were the league's football champions. The Sun Devils clinched the title in front of a sellout crowd at Sun Devil Stadium in a 38-24 victory over Arizona in their final game.

Football (1975): In the ASU-UA game in Tempe, with the 9-1 Wildcats leading the 10-0 Sun Devils 14-3, John Jefferson laid out horizontally to make a spectacular grab of an 8-yard pass. This pulled the Sun Devils to within four points, starting ASU's rally to win 24-21. The play is forever known in Sun Devil lore as "The Catch."

Volleyball (2024): Wrapping up the regular season with a perfect 13-0 record in Tempe, Sun Devil Volleyball defeated UCF in straight sets (25-19, 25-16, 25-21) at Desert Financial Arena, celebrating winning the 2024 Big 12 championship following the victory.

Football (1957): The 47-7 home victory over Arizona completed an undefeated Sun Devil season. The team scored 57 touchdowns in the season, a record that wasn't broken until 1971.

Football (2024): ASU routs the University of Arizona, 49-7, to bring home the Territorial Cup and punch its ticket to the Big 12 championship. After his three-touchdown day, Cam Skattebo was named the Bob Moran Most Valuable Player.

Men’s basketball (1996): Eddie House tied a Great Alaska Shootout Tournament record with seven three-pointers vs. Maine.

Men’s basketball (2024): The Sun Devils won their fourth nonconference tournament championship in the Bobby Hurley era, defeating Saint Mary's to win the Acrisure Classic Championship.

Football (2018): Arizona State hires Herman Edwards as the 24th coach in Sun Devil Football history.

Football (1970): ASU's 10-6 victory over Arizona completed Frank Kush's first year coaching an undefeated Sun Devil football team. ASU scored 10-0, taking the title of Western Athletic Conference champion for the second year. The team scored 270 touchdowns in the season, more than every team before.

Wrestling (2002): With their 36-9 victory over conference foe Portland State, the Sun Devils recorded the 400th win in program history in front of its home fans inside Wells Fargo Arena.

Football (2024): Sun Devil Football capped its first season in the Big 12 by defeating Iowa State, 45-19, to win the Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship at AT&T Stadium. The win clinched a spot in the College Football Playoff and gave the Sun Devils their first outright conference title since 1996. Sam Leavitt accounted for four touchdowns, and Cam Skattebo scored three touchdowns.

Ice hockey (2024): Sun Devil Hockey netminder Luke Pavicich is named the National Collegiate Hockey Conference's Goaltender of the Week for Week 10 of the 2024–25 season.

Men's basketball (2017): The ​​No. 16 Sun Devils went into Allen Fieldhouse, took down the No. 2 Kansas Jayhawks 95-85, and improved to 9-0 on the season.

Volleyball (2024): For the second season, Sun Devil Volleyball boasts four AVCA Pacific All-Region honorees, and head coach JJ Van Niel is the AVCA Pacific Region Coach of the Year. The four earning all-region nods are Geli Cyr, Claire Jeter, Mary Shroll, and Argentina Ung, a second-straight region recognition for the latter three and a first for Cyr. 

Football (2006): Dennis Erickson is hired as ASU's head coach.

Wrestling (1981): Billy Rosado, in his fourth world-level competition, won the 48kg freestyle division at the World Super Championships in Nagoya, Japan, and gave the former Sun Devil his third medal on the world stage. Rosado's victory also is the first senior-level world title won by a Sun Devil wrestler in program history.

Football (1978): Arizona State and Rutgers collided in the inaugural Garden State Bowl, with the Sun Devils taking a 34-18 win. The Sun Devils came from behind to score the victory after trailing 10-0 late in the second quarter. Sun Devil receiver John Mistler was named MVP for his efforts in catching seven passes for 148 yards.

Football (1973): ASU defeated Pittsburgh 28-7 in the 1973 Fiesta Bowl. Pitt scored a touchdown in the first minute of play, but only the Sun Devils scored during the remainder of the game as ASU won its third consecutive Fiesta Bowl.

Men's basketball (2018): Big shots by Remy Martin and Rob Edwards lifted Arizona State to its first win at home over the No.1 team as it topped Kansas 80-76. ASU held Kansas without a field goal in the final 4:58, as ASU didn't get its first lead under just over two minutes left when Rob Edwards hit a three-pointer.

Football (1972): The Sun Devils won their third consecutive bowl title after defeating Missouri in the Fiesta Bowl. Arizona State All-American Woody Green scored four touchdowns and carried 25 times for 202 yards. Quarterback Danny White passed for 226 yards and two touchdowns. The Sun Devils gained a total of 718 yards, more than any team in the history of the post-season bowl games.

Football (1973): Frank Kush celebrated his 9th victory over state rival Arizona. The Sun Devils defeated the Wildcats 55-19. ASU went 11-1, tying with Arizona for the top spot in the Western Athletic Conference.

Football (1977): Dennis Sproul completed 23 of 47 passes for 336 yards in the Fiesta Bowl VII. He was named the offensive player of the game and earned the first-ever Art Bodine Sportsmanship Award, which the officials voted on.

Football (1975): One of the most significant victories in Arizona State's football history was the 17-14 victory over Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl. The Sun Devils were undefeated 11-0 but were still the underdogs to the Cornhuskers, co-champions of the Big Eight. The victory led ASU to No. 2 in the final Associated Press and United Press International standings.

Football (1971): The Sun Devils and Florida State's Seminoles combined to make the Fiesta Bowl the most spectacular opening game in collegiate bowl history. In a contest of continual offensive one-upmanship, the two teams combined for 83 points, the most in modern bowl game history. The Sun Devils scored on a 1-yard run by Woody Green with only 34 seconds left in the fourth quarter to defeat the Seminoles 45-38.

Football (2005): Led by quarterback Rudy Carpenter, who threw 467 yards and four scores, Arizona State rolled up an Insight Bowl record 678 yards in total offense to a 45-40 win over Rutgers University. Combined with its 27-23 win over Purdue in the Sun Bowl one year earlier, the 45-40 win over Rutgers gave ASU its first back-to-back bowl victories in nearly 20 years.

Football (1970): The Sun Devils conquered a fine UNC team and a raging Atlanta blizzard to begin their march into the national collegiate grid in the '70 Peach Bowl. The Sun Devil trademark of blazing speed earned the 48-26 victory for ASU, as J.D. Hill, Monroe Eley, Bob Thomas and Joe Spagnola led the way for Arizona State.
Football (1987) Arizona State won its second bowl game in a row, including its fourth in its last five tries, defeating Air Force 33-28 in the Freedom Bowl.

Football (1997): Sun Devil running back Rudy Burgess scored on a 19-yard screen pass from Sun Bowl MVP Sam Keller with 43 seconds remaining to give ASU a 27-23 come-from-behind victory over heavily-favored Purdue. This was the Sun Devil's first bowl victory since the 1997 Sun Bowl.
Football (2004) Quarterback Michael Martin finished his career with a 17-7 win over Iowa in the Sun Bowl. This Sun Bowl appearance marked the first time in 10 years that ASU played bowl games in consecutive seasons.