ASU Football: Sun Devils land pair of safeties as ASU cracks top 25 for recruiting class of 2025
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Sun Devils land two highly regarded defensive backs With the additions of two defensive backs over the weekend, paired with receiver Adrian Wilson and linebacker Isaiah Iosefa, has Arizona State football inside the top 25 in the recruiting class of 2025, according to 247sports.com. Coach Dillingham said despite the loss of starting defensive back Ed Woods and standout receiver Elijhah Badger, the program is “absolutely trending.”
Trending, indeed. Dillingham and company has the program sitting at No. 18 nationally for the class of 2025, which only grew over the weekend with the four additions, including three-star safety Benjamin Alefaio and four-star safety Rylon Dillard-Allen.
The Sun Devils also sit at No. 3 in the Big 12 conference before the official move.
“People want to be here,” Dillingham harped. “This is not a fallback plan. There are people all over the country who want to be here. This isn’t ‘Let me check out things and see if Collapse
ASU Football: QB Jaden Rashada to enter transfer portal
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Jaden Rashada will explore other schools after one year at Arizona State Arizona State freshman quarterback Jaden Rashada plans to hit the transfer portal after just one year in Tempe, as confirmed by his social media Thursday.
In Gods Hands. pic.twitter.com/etjZmjimk7— Jaden Rashada 5️⃣ (@jadenrashada) April 19, 2024
Rashada played in three games for the Sun Devils during the 2023 season and dealt with a lingering knee injury during his first year. In those three games, the talented quarterback flashed signs of major talent while dealing with an onslaught of injuries and chaos in head coach Kenny Dillingham’s first year.
Rashada threw for 485 yards and four touchdowns in the three games played, with the only game played in its entirety being the first game of the 2023 season against Southern Utah.
Jaden Rashada’s first touchdown pass as a Sun Devil is good for 47 yards! ASU leads 14-7 with running clock under 5 minutes until half. Collapse
ASU Basketball: Roster moves, updated portal tracker
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This will be updated as roster moves and news breaks The Expand
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This will be updated as roster moves and news breaks The Arizona Wildcats have been the upper echelon of the Pac-12 conference in hoops, giving coach Bobby Hurley and his Sun Devils fits. Now, imagine the vast majority of a conference on par (give or take) with the Wildcats. Tough, huh?
Hurley has major retooling to do as Arizona State braces for the move to the Big-12, the toughest conference in men’s hoops.
RETURNING:
Guard Adam Miller
Center Shawn Phillips Jr. (Undecided)
IN:
Forward Basheer Jihad
OUT:
Transfer Portal: Guard Jamiya Neal
Transfer Portal: Guard Braelon Green
Transfer Portal: Forward Akil Watson
Graduate/Pro: Guard Jose Perez
Transfer Portal: Guard Frankie Collins
Eligibility: Zane Meeks
Eligibility: Alonzo Gaffney
Transfer Portal: Bryant Selebangue
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ASU Football: Ra’Shaad Samples leaving for Oregon as assistant coach
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ASU’s passing game coordinator will join Dillingham’s former program TEMPE - Ra’Shaad Samples will take over as the Oregon running backs coach and assistant head coach under head coach Dan Lanning. Samples served as the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator at Arizona State.
Like a game of chess, the Arizona State and Oregon are trading pieces once again. Samples is will jump to the Kenny Dillingham’s former team in the Pacific Northwest after one season in Tempe. Samples is regarded as one of the most highly-touted young coaches in the nation, most notably for his recruiting, and aided in the Texas to Tempe pipeline.
Samples played football for Skyline High School in Dallas before having to medically retire. The 29-year-old’s coaching career began at Houston from 2016-17 before eventually spending a year at the University of Texas as an assistant wide receivers coach.
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ASU Swim and Dive: Bob Bowman leaves for Texas just days after winning National Championship
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Bowmans undisclosed departure is a major loss for the program TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State Swim and Dive coach Bob Bowman has left the program for undisclosed reasons and has been named Director of Swimming and Diving, head coach for the University of Texas, with news breaking from the Longhorns X (formerly Twitter) page. His sudden departure comes just two days after leading the Sun Devils to to the programs first-ever National Championship.
Bowman, who spent nine years in Tempe, had built up the ASU swim and dive program from nothing as the program had been cut by the university back in 2008. He guided the program top-5 finishes in the conference in eight of his nine seasons.
The highly acclaimed coach is most notable for coaching Michael Phelps during his Olympic dominance, prior to joining the Sun Devils prior to the 2015-16 season. Last season, he brought home the Pac-12 title as well as finishing runner up in the NCAA Collapse
ASU Hockey: Former Sun Devil Josh Doan scores twice in NHL debut
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Former ASU forward Josh Doan writes storybook beginning to career A more perfect script could not have been written Tuesday night in Mullett Arena as former Arizona State forward Josh Doan scored twice in his NHL debut with the Arizona Coyotes in the arena where he so comfortably blossomed.
Son of Coyotes’ all-time leading goal scorer, Shane Doan, Josh was destined for hockey in the desert. His playing days for the Jr. Coyotes of the Coyotes Hockey Association prepped him for an inevitable calling from them years later when the Coyotes selected Doan with the 37th overall pick of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. But before the Doan nameplate was stitched onto the back of another Coyotes sweater, the standout from Scottsdale introduced NCAA Division I hockey to the Tempe campus.
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Captain Josh Doan was an important factor in brining hockey culture to the Tempe campus during his Collapse
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ASU Football: Sun Devils land commits from receiver Adrain Wilson and linebacker Isaiah Iosefa
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Arizona State gains two commitments during recruiting weekend Kenny Dillingham, along with new wide receivers coach Hines Ward, had a successful weekend landing two recruits during visits to Tempe. The Sun Devils’ recruiting class added two players, one on offense and one on defense, to a recruiting class gaining momentum as efforts heat up across the country.
Arizona State landed a four-star recruit in wide receiver Adrian Wilson from Pflugerville, Texas. The Devils also gained a three-star linebacker, Isaiah Iosefa, from Waipahu, Hawaii.
The 2025 ASU recruiting class now ranks 18th nationally and third in the Big 12, according to 247Sports.
Four-star receiver Adrian Wilson, standing at 6-foot-1 and 170 pounds, is the No. 182 overall recruit in the class of 2025. After a visit on April 19 to ASU, Wilson verbally committed to the Sun Devils. He expects to be an early enrollee at the university in the spring of 2025.
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ASU Swim and Dive: Leon Marchand to leave ASU, turn pro ahead of Olympics
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The accomplished swimmer led ASU to its first national title Former Arizona State swimmer Leon Marchand is set to turn pro following a overflow of success with the Sun Devils, which he proved to have nothing left to prove at the collegiate level.
On heels of winning its first national title, ASU swim and dive finds itself in a bind with the departure of former Sun Devil head coach Bob Bowman who left for the University of Texas, coupled with the most accomplished swimmer turning pro.
Leon Marchand Pro -#swim #swimming #roadtoparis #2024 #olympics #texas #goingpro #asu #swimswam #leonmarchand pic.twitter.com/Ri2AOKGP3n— SwimSwam (@swimswamnews) April 12, 2024
Marchand’s legacy in Tempe will be scattered throughout the record books and trophy cases he filled. According to the former ASU coach, the transition to pro was already planned before Bowman departed to Texas.
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VIDEO: Willie Bloomquist speaks on shutout loss to Utah
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ASU Basketball: Ball State transfer forward Basheer Jihad has committed to Arizona State
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The big man led Ball State in scoring, rebounding and blocks in 2023 Arizona State has landed its first transfer since the end of the season, with the announcement of Ball State forward Basheer Jihad, who spent the last three seasons with Ball State and will play out his final year of eligibility in Tempe.
Jihad averaged 18.6 points, 8 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks while playing an average of 32.6 minutes a game in his final season. He also led the Cardinals in scoring, rebounding and blocks in 2023.
The 6-foot-9, 239-pound big man shot just over 45 percent from the field and over 35 percent from beyond the arc, but only 72.5 percent from the charity line. He was second-team All-MAC and First Team All-District by the the National Association of Basketball Coaches. He also earned conference co-player of the week three times.
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ASU Baseball: Sun Devils crumble in midweek defeat at GCU
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Arizona State failed to execute on both sides of the ball in 5-3 loss PHOENIX — Fresh off being swept by the Pac-12’s premier team in Corvallis, Oregon, Arizona State (15-18, 6-9 Pac-12) let a midweek game slip away against crosstown opponent Grand Canyon (17-15, 9-3 WAC).
The 5-3 loss Tuesday night from Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark evened ASU’s non-conference record to 9-9 as the Devils went for the season sweep of the Lopes. Both sides of the ball hurt with maroon and gold as the offense stranded 12 runners on base, nine of which were in scoring position. Defensively, the Sun Devils committed three errors in the field, leading to three unearned runs.
It has been difficult sledding for Willie Bloomquist’s team, winning five in a row just two weeks ago to losing four in a row.
From the bottom of the first inning, the shaky play began for ASU. Two singles along with an error led to the first Antelope runs of the game with freshman pitcher Cole Carlon getting the Collapse
ASU Hockey: Four Sun Devils sign contracts to next level
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Sun Devils extend careers after historic seasons in Tempe An upperclassmen-heavy Arizona State (24-8-6) roster will bid farewell to four fixtures in head coach Brian Chambers’ lineups after four Sun Devils signed professional contracts for the 2024-25 season.
Senior forward Matthew Kopperud, graduate student forwards Tyler Gratton and Brian Chambers, and defenseman Brandon Tabakin are among the next generation of ASU hockey players to turn pro after a record-setting season for the young program.
Senior Forward Matthew Kopperud
Senior forward Matthew Kopperud signed an amateur tryout agreement with the Bridgeport Islanders, the American Hockey League affiliate for the New York Islanders, for the 2024-25 season.
Kopperud is second all-time in career points and goals at ASU. His 11 game-winning goals and 41 career power-play goals are the most in ASU history.
Transaction: The Bridgeport Islanders have signed forward Matt Collapse
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ASU Football: Defensive back Ed Woods to enter the transfer portal
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Sun Devils DB will move on Arizona State has taken another blow, courtesy of the transfer portal, with Defensive Back Ed Woods entering his name into the mix.
Wood’s decision to leave ASU comes on the heels of a wild week for the Sun Devils where quarterback Jaden Rashada and wide receiver Elijah Badger, both of whom also decided to enter the portal. ASU head coach Kenny Dillingham was caught off guard, describing the move by Woods a “Curveball”.
“Obviously Ed’s a good player,” Dillingham said Monday. “I really want Ed to succeed in life. Hopefully that’s here and I think I can help him get to where he wants to go. But if that’s not here, then that is a loss for us. That is a position that we got to go get a guy. That wasn’t one, to be honest, that I expected.”
The junior defensive back was expected to be in line to start at cornerback for the Sun Devils this fall as he had been taking first team reps all spring. Woods had featured in 32 Collapse
ASU Football: ASU set to hire Steelers legend Hines Ward as receiver coach
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The two-time Super Bowl champion will bring experience and respect to the WR group Arizona State football is set to hire Hines Ward as the programs next wide receiver coach, according to ESPN college football writer Pete Thamel, who reported the hire via X (formerly Twitter).
While no contracts have been released as of yet, Ward, who visited ASU practice earlier in the week, has verbally agreed to continue his coaching career in Tempe. The former NFL receiver spent 14 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers where he won Super Bowl XL and Super Bowl XLIII. He retired in 2012 with a Hall of Fame worthy resume, which includes Super Bowl XL MVP, Pittsburgh Pro Football Hall of Fame, Steelers Ring of Honor Steelers All-Time Team, four-time Pro Bowler and three-time Second-Team All-Pro on top of his 1,000 receptions, 85 touchdowns and 12,083 receiving yards.
Ward began his coaching career back in Pittsburgh as an offensive intern with the Collapse
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils stay hot with walk-off win over GCU
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Arizona State extended its winning streak to five with a 9-8 win TEMPE, Ariz.— After taking the series against Arizona in on the Wildcats’ home turf, the Sun Devils wilted away on a four-game skid that included a loss to Utah Valley and sweep by a lowly Washington State who was slated to finish last in the conference in the coaches preseason poll.
Head coach Willie Bloomquist and Arizona State (15-14, 6-6 Pac-12) knew they had to get off the schneid.
And after a gutsy, come-from-behind victory in Las Vegas, which saw the Sun Devils overcome a six-run deficit after the first inning against UNLV and rattle off a four-run inning, they rode the momentum to swing their season around. Now after taking down Grand Canyon University, the Sun Devils have catapulted back into the playoff bubble thanks to a five-game win streak.
Tuesday night’s walk-off win versus crosstown rival GCU proved the fight that Bloomquist and others see in the team despite the Collapse
ASU Volleyball: Sun Devils land outside hitter Kiylah Presley ahead of 2024 season
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The 6-foot hitter rallied impressive numbers through three years on varsity Arizona State women’s volleyball will be bolstering the 2024 roster with incoming freshman Kiylah Presley. Hailing from Bishop McNamara High School in Laurel, Maryland, the 6-foot pin hitter will join coach JJ Van Niel and the Sun Devils as they search for another successful season.
“The first thing that jumped out at us when we watched Kiylah was her overall athleticism,” Niel said. ”She plays the game high above the net and will add a different kind of physicality to our team.”
Presley earned numerous honors her senior year at Bishop McNamara, highlighted by her Under Armour All-American nod. She also earned First Team All-Conference three times, Honorable Mention All-Met and Second Team All-Met.
She was named MaxPreps Player of the Match six times during her junior season, including MaxPreps Player of the Year. During her senior year, she earned MaxPreps Player of the Match twice.
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