ASU athletes make most of 2004
 ASU’s student athletes had an outstanding year in 2004. Here is
a quick look at some of the highlights, sorted by sport.
Baseball:
- Finished the 2004 season 41-18 and earned national No. 1 seed
in NCAA Tournament.
- Dustin Pedroia earned his third straight first-team all-Pac-10
selection.
- Travis Buck earned a spot on the USA Baseball National Team
and won gold medal at FISU World University Games in Tainan, Taiwan.
Cross Country:
- Women’s team finished ninth at the NCAA championship
and runner-up at both the regional and Pac-10 championships.
- Amy Hastings became first Sun Devil to win a conference
title. She was also a regional runner-up and All-American and chosen
as the Pac-10 Cross Country Athlete of the Year.
- The men’s team finished with school record finishes
at the Pac-10 (2nd), Regional (2nd) and NCAA championships (8th).
All three finishes had school records for low points in a meet.
- Aaron Aguayo was third at the Pac-10 meet and was an
All-American at the NCAA meet.
Diving:
- Joona Puhakka won the NCAA 3-meter springboard competition.
He became the first two-time diving champion in the history of ASU.
Football:
- Sun Devils finished 8-3, tied for third place in the Pac-10
conference. The team will play in the Vitalis Sun Bowl against Purdue
Dec. 31 in El Paso.
- Seven Sun Devils were named to the Pac-10 All-Academic teams,
led by first-teamers Jason
Burke and Grayling
Love. Burke, a sophomore long snapper, carries a 3.89 GPA in
economics, while Love, a junior offensive lineman, holds a 3.48 GPA
in finance.
- Burke, Love and sophomore placekicker Jesse
Ainsworth were named to the 2004 CoSIDA Academic All-District
VIII first team, marking the first time ASU has had more than two
student-athletes named to that squad. Ainsworth is undeclared on
his major and holds a 3.62 cumulative GPA, while Love is a second-time
all-district honoree after he was a second-team academic all-district
selection last season. ASU led the Pac-10 with the most student-athletes
represented and was one of three schools in the district with three
members on the 24-member list.
- Senior quarterback Andrew Walter
became the ASU and Pac-10 career touchdown pass leader and finished
his career with 85, surpassing the 77 that John Elway threw in
his Stanford career (1979-82). Walter also became just the sixth
quarterback in Pac-10 history to throw for 10,000 yards and finishes
fifth on the league's career list with 10,617 yards.
- Thirteen Sun Devils earned 2004 All-Pac-10 Conference
honors, including freshman tight end Zach
Miller who was named the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. Junior offensive
lineman Grayling
Love and senior safety Riccardo
Stewart were first-team All-Pac-10 selections, while four Sun Devils
were second-team honorees and six student-athletes earned honorable-mention
accolades.
- Miller and redshirt freshman Chris
MacDonald were named first-team Freshman All-Americans by the
Sporting News and Rivals.com.
- Retired the jersey of former Sun Devil linebacker Pat Tillman.
Tillman, a Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year and former professional
with the Arizona Cardinals, was killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan
in April.
Volleyball:
- Sydney Donahue and Colette Meek named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman
team.
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