SERIES NOTABLES
Stanford and NC State will play regular-season games against one another for the first time in program history ... most recently met in the opening game of the 2021 College World Series ... Stanford defeated NC State twice in the 2006 NCAA Regional hosted by Texas
LEADING OFF
- Stanford is unranked this week after spending time in the rankings for three straight weeks from March 10 to March 24 and reaching as high as No. 14 in the nation according to D1Baseball on March 17 ... has scored 313 runs in 48 games this season – an average of 6.52 runs per game ... snapped a string of 11 consecutive losses in ACC play with an 11-6 victory at No. 4 Clemson on April 13 (swept by Cal, Virginia and #25 Georgia Tech before losing first two at No. 4 Clemson), but has lost 17 of its last 21 ACC games after being swept by Notre Dame, dropping two-of-three to Wake Forest and taking two-of-three from Boston College last weekend ... is 16-5 in nonconference play, but 9-18 in the ACC ... has been swept inp four series of three-or-more games this year for just the third time in program history (also swept four times in 1980 and 2015) ... was picked to finish eighth in the ACC standings according to the league’s coaches ... has made 19 College World Series appearances, including having reached Omaha in three of the last four seasons ... 19 appearances are seventh-most in the nation ... returned 1,476 of 1,899 at bats (78%) and 469.2 of 481 innings (97.6%) from last year
- Charlie Bates returned to the lineup and went 3-for-3 with his first career home run on May 6 at Santa Clara after missing the previous 24 games due to injury ... has batted 5-for-11 (.455) with three runs scored and a homer in three games played since his return to the lineup ... hit .636 (7-for-11) with six runs scored, two doubles, two triples and one RBI in the four-game series vs. Washington ... has hit safely in 16 of his 22 games played this year
- Temo Becerra has hit safely in 37 of the 48 games this season, including five of his last seven entering the weekend ... had a 14-game hitting streak dating back to 2024 snapped on February 21 ... has compiled 16 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI contests this year ... is batting .340 (32-for-94) with 14 runs scored, six doubles, two triples, a homer and 19 RBIs in ACC play ... batted .375 (12-for-32) with six runs scored, a double and 11 RBIs in February ... hit .340 (18-for-53) with eight runs scored, four doubles, a triple and 13 RBIs in April
- Trevor Haskins has hit safely in eight of his last nine games and 11 of his last 13 ... had an 11-game hitting streak to start the year snapped on March 2 vs. Xavier, but has hit safely in all but seven of his games played this season ... leads the team in multi-hit games (22) and multi-RBI contests (13) ... has homered six times, compiled six doubles and driven in 21 runs while scoring 19 and batting .336 (38-for-113) in ACC play ... fell a triple short of the cycle in each of the final two games at Clemson, going 4-for-6 in both contests ... batted .600 (9-for-15) with five runs scored, two doubles, two homers and five RBIs in the series at Clemson to post a 1.133 slugging percentage and a .600 on-base percentage ... homered in five consecutive games from February 21-28 - the first player to hit a homer in five consecutive games since Brock Jones managed the feat in six straight from May 15-25, 2022 ... was named ACC and NCBWA National Player of the Week on February 24 after batting .389 (7-for-18) with five runs scored, two doubles, three homers and 11 runs batted in while guiding Stanford to a 4-0 week that included a victory at Cal State Fullerton and three more vs. Washington ... hit .389 (7-for-18) with six runs scored, a double, four homers (one in each game) and 12 RBIs in a four-game series against Washington from February 21-24 ... finished the month of February hitting .366 (15-for-41) with a team-best 13 runs scored, three doubles, five homers and 17 RBIs to post an .805 slugging percentage ... launched three homers and scored 15 runs while driving in nine in March ... batted .359 (23-for-64) with 13 runs scored, eight doubles, four homers and 12 RBIs in April to post a .672 slugging percentage
- Ethan Hott is batting .417 (10-for-24) with six runs scored, four doubles, a homer and eight RBIs in May ... has connected for three homers after being held homerless in his first 52 games (157 at bats) ... has a hit in 20 of his last 32 games played and has managed 13 multi-hit games this season, including multiple hits in two of his last three entering the weekend ... batting .394 (28-for-71) with 15 runs scored, five doubles, two homers and 19 RBIs in ACC play ... hit .393 (11-for-28) with five runs scored, two doubles, two homers and nine RBIs in 10 games played in March
- Brandon Larson contributed a pinch-hit, walk-off single to hand Stanford a 6-5 victory in 10 innings over Santa Clara on April 1 ... has managed a pair of three-hit games this season ... homered in back-to-back games vs. Xavier (March 2) and at No. 4 North Carolina (March 7) - the latter being a grand slam as part of a six-RBI day against the Tar Heels
- Luke Lavin went 3-for-3 with the go-ahead RBI in the 10th inning of a come-from-behind victory at Cal State Fullerton on February 17 ... connected for his first career home run - a two-run shot - in a 4-0 victory over UC Davis on April 7 and added his second at Santa Clara on May 6
- Cort MacDonald missed 21 games from February 21 to March 29 due to injury ... went 0-for-24 upon his return to the lineup on April 1, but has since posted three doubles and batted 10-for-28 (.357) with three runs scored and four RBIs in his last seven games
- Tatum Marsh is batting .367 (11-for-30) with nine runs scored and three doubles in May ... has hit safely in 25 of his last 28 and has reached in all but two of his games played this season ... had a string of 37 consecutive games reaching base safely snapped on May 2 at Boston College ... has hit safely in all but nine of his games played this season ... is batting .371 (33-for-89) with 17 runs scored, five doubles, two homers and 15 RBIs in ACC play ... fell a single short of the cycle on February 16 at Cal State Fullerton, including connecting for a go-ahead three-run home run in the sixth inning for his first collegiate round-tripper ... had a seven-game hit streak snapped in the finale vs. Duke on March 16 ... batted .370 (10-for-27) with a team-high 13 runs scored, two doubles, two triples, a homer and seven RBIs while managing a .528 on-base percentage (aided by five walks and four hit-by-pitches) in February ... hit .356 (16-for-45) with 10 runs scored, four doubles, a homer and eight RBIs in March ... batted .386 (22-for-57) with 11 runs scored, three doubles, a homer and eight RBIs in April
- Jimmy Nati has launched three home runs in the last two games, including a pair against GCU on May 10 ... had a 14-game hit streak snapped on April 6 vs. #25 Georgia Tech ... has hit safely in all but nine games this season ... fell a triple shy of the cycle while driving in six runs against UC Davis on April 21 ... has contributed 21 extra-base hits (eight doubles, 13 home runs) ... has homered seven times and scored 21 runs while driving in 17 in ACC play ... had an 11-game hitting streak to start the year snapped on March 2 vs. Xavier, also ending a 15-game hitting streak dating back to 2024 ... batted .351 (13-for-37) with eight runs scored, three doubles and seven RBIs in the month of February ... connected for seven home runs and three doubles while scoring 18 runs and driving in 16 during the month of March ... launched three homers and drove in 13 with 12 runs scored in April
- Brady Reynolds fell a double short of the cycle against UC Davis on April 21 ... had a six-game hit streak snapped at No. 4 North Carolina on March 8 ... owns 15 multi-hit games ... has contributed 19 extra-base hits (nine doubles, two triples, eight home runs) ... is batting .321 (27-for-84) with 25 runs scored, seven doubles, a triple, two homers and nine RBIs in ACC play ... homered in back-to-back games to close the series at Cal State Fullerton on February 16 and 17 ... has compiled six multi-RBI games this year and has contributed 27 RBIs in total ... drove in 13 runs while batting .364 (12-for-33) with eight runs scored, two doubles and three homers in February ... batted .375 (21-for-56) with 16 runs scored, four doubles, four home runs and 10 RBIs in March
- Rintaro Sasaki is batting .346 (9-for-26) with seven runs scored, four doubles, two homers and seven RBIs in May ... has hit safely in 34 of his first 38 collegiate games and has reached in all but seven contests after opening his career with a string of 14 straight games reaching safely ... has compiled multiple hits in 14 games this season ... has homered five times and driven in 16 runs in ACC play ... posted a multi-homer game on March 15 vs Duke, including a walk-off three-run homer to hand Stanford an 11-1 run-rule victory ... batted .429 (6-for-14) with three runs scored, three homers and eight RBIs vs. Duke ... had a seven-game hit streak snapped at No. 4 North Carolina on March 8 ... drove in four runs in his collegiate debut at Cal State Fullerton on February 15 and owns seven multi-RBI games ... batted a team-best .378 (14-for-37) with six runs scored, two doubles and 11 RBIs while posting a .477 on-base percentage in the month of February ... connected for four home runs while scoring six runs and driving in 14 during the month of March ... named Preseason National Freshman of the Year according to Baseball America and is the favorite to win ACC Freshman of the Year according to Baseball America and D1Baseball
- Charlie Saum was listed on the midseason watch list for the Buster Posey Award ... broke a scoreless game with a fifth-inning solo home run at No. 4 North Carolina in Stanford's series-clinching 7-0 shutout victory over the Tar Heels on March 9 ... owns 10 extra-base hits (six doubles, four homers) this year ... has compiled seven multi-hit games this season ... connected for three home runs while scoring 11 runs and driving in 10 during the month of March
THIS WEEK
- Stanford will hit the road again this week, traveling to NC State for a three-game ACC series to wrap up the regular season
- The first two games of the series are set for 3 p.m. PT on Thursday and Friday, while Saturday's finale will feature a 10 a.m. PT first pitch
- All three games against the Wolfpack will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra and broadcast live on KZSU 90.1 FM
- Andrew Sanders and Andrew Ciencin will have the broadcast call on Thursday and Friday, while Sanders and Sean Adler will provide the call on Saturday
UP NEXT
- Following the three games at NC State, the Cardinal will remain in North Carolina for the ACC Baseball Championship tournament
- The tournament begins Tuesday and runs through Sunday from Durham Bulls Athletic Park
A LOOK BACK
- Stanford dropped two-of-three to Grand Canyon in nonconference play last weekend, salvaging the series with a 16-15 victory in 10 innings on Sunday
- Stanford took a 3-2 lead into the ninth inning on Friday only to have the Lopes steal the 4-3 victory with two runs in the final frame ... Grand Canyon got a clutch two-out, two-RBI double from Emilio Barreras to take its first lead of the day in the ninth ... the comeback victory spoiled a stellar start from sophomore Joey Volchko as the right-hander tossed a career-best seven innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on eight hits and three walks
- For the second consecutive game, Stanford held a late lead only to have it slip away against Grand Canyon on Saturday, this time surrendering six runs in the eighth as the Lopes flipped a 6-4 deficit into a 10-6 advantage en route to clinching a series win over the Cardinal ... the long ball accounted for all of Stanford’s offense in the game, as Jimmy Nati launched a pair of homers within the first three innings ... the Stanford second baseman connected for a three-run shot in the first inning before sending a solo homer out to left field in the third ... knotted at four apiece in the bottom of the seventh, freshman Rintaro Sasaki broke the tie with a towering two-run homer to right-center field
- Stanford celebrated its seven senior players on Senior Day Sunday by coming from behind to earn a 16-15 walk-off victory over Grand Canyon in 10 innings ... the Cardinal scored the game-winner without a hit in the 10th as Grand Canyon reliever Gray Bailey walked Ethan Hott before hitting Tatum Marsh, Jimmy Nati and Rintaro Sasaki to force in the winning run ... the Cardinal fell behind 8-0 as GCU scored two in the first, five in the second and one in the third, but rallied to take a 13-9 lead after six, scoring four in the fifth and six in the sixth ... GCU managed to reclaim a 15-14 lead headed to the bottom of the ninth, but Stanford scored once in the ninth on a Brett Blair single and walked off with the win in the 10th
BIG INNINGS KEYING VICTORIES, HURTING LATELY
- Stanford has managed 26 innings scoring at least four runs this season, posting a 17-4 record in games in which is manages at least one big inning
- The Cardinal's high-water mark for a single inning is seven runs - managed twice this season on February 23 vs. Washington and February 28 vs. Xavier
- Big innings have also been the undoing of Stanford lately, as the Cardinal has allowed 21 such innings in the last 30 games, going 10-20 over the span
- The Cardinal led in all three games of a series at Virginia from March 27-29, but the Cavaliers used a big inning each contest to erase the deficit and eventually earn a series sweep over Stanford
- Stanford enters the weekend carrying a 5-16 record when allowing a big inning this season, having dropped 16 of the last 18 when allowing a big inning
ACC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
- Beginning this spring with the 2025 ACC Baseball Championship in Durham, N.C., all 16 teams in the ACC will compete in a single-elimination championship
- The championship will be six days as it has in previous years, running from Tuesday, May 20, through Sunday, May 25, 2025, from Durham Bulls Athletic Park
- Since 2006, the ACC Baseball Championship has been played in a pool play or round-robin style format ... the tournament last expanded its field size in 2017, moving from 10 to 12 teams
- Under the new format, the top four seeds in the championship will be based off the performance in the regular season and will receive a double-bye into the quarterfinal round, which is scheduled to be held on Thursday and Friday ... seeds five through eight will earn a bye into Wednesday’s second round ... seeds 9-16 will begin play with four first-round games on Tuesday
- The single-elimination championship format will feature four games per day on Tuesday (first round) and Wednesday (second round) ... two quarterfinal games will take place on both Thursday and Friday, while Saturday will host the two semifinal contests ... Sunday will host the championship game
- The ACC Baseball Championship returns to Durham for the 14th time overall and the ninth time since 2009
A TALE OF TWO SEASONS
- The Cardinal opened the season 9-0 and owned a 15-3 record headed into a three-game series with California on March 21
- Stanford has gone 10-20 since the start of that series with Cal, including going 4-17 in ACC play over that span
- Overall this year, Stanford has is 16-5 in nonconference play, but 9-18 against the ACC
- Pitching has seemingly been the biggest difference, as the Cardinal has pitched to a 4.57 ERA in nonconference play, while boasting an 8.28 ERA in conference play ... Stanford has allowed 11 homers in nonconference play, but has surrendered 31 to ACC foes
- Stanford's offense has batted .316 with 42 doubles, seven triples and 30 homers in the 21 nonconference games while hitting .289 with 40 doubles, three triples and 30 homers in 27 ACC games
CALIFORNIA KINGS
- Stanford is the winningest Division I program in California since the 2017 season, compiling 315 victories
- UC Santa Barbara has won 307 games since 2017, followed by UC Irvine (296) UCLA (294) and Sacramento State (269)
MIDWEEK MAGNIFICENCE
- Stanford was outstanding in midweek games this year, going 5-1 with a pair of victories over UC Davis and one apiece over Sacramento State, Santa Clara and San Jose State
- The lone loss came in the final midweek game of the year at Santa Clara, as the Cardinal was unbeaten in its first five midweek games
- The Cardinal batted .293 with 11 doubles, two triples and eight home runs in midweek contests, outscoring the opposition 34-21 in the six contests
- Stanford's pitching staff was stellar, registering a 2.42 ERA while limiting opponents to a .228 average against and striking out 59 hitters in 52 innings
- Junior Nick Dugan started the first five midweek games this season, going 4-0 with a 2.31 ERA and one complete game in those contests
READY TO PLAY RIGHT AWAY
- David Esquer wrote three freshmen into his Opening Day lineup, as Charlie Bates, Tatum Marsh and Rintaro Sasaki earned starts in their collegiate debuts
- The three freshmen are the most for the Cardinal in an Opening Day lineup since Adam Crampton, Kody Huff and Brock Jones started game one in 2020
- All three players have been key contributors this season, with Marsh batting a team-best .371 with 43 runs scored, 12 doubles, two triples, three home runs and 24 RBIs ... Marsh fell a single short of the cycle on February 16 at Cal State Fullerton, including connecting for a go-ahead three-run home run in the sixth inning for his first collegiate round-tripper, and has made a handful of spectacular defensive plays in the outfield - including a diving catch at Virginia on March 29 that earned the No. 3 spot on SportsCenter's Top 10 plays
- Sasaki has driven in 38 runs while batting .283 with 23 runs scored, eight doubles - including a three-RBI double to help spark a comeback victory over Cal State Fullerton on February 16 - and seven home runs ... Sasaki homered three times in the series vs. Duke from March 14-16 while batting .429 with three runs scored and eight RBIs
- While limited due to injury, Bates hit .636 (7-for-11) with six runs scored, two doubles, two triples and one RBI in the four-game series vs. Washington from February 21-24 and has totaled a team-best three triples to go along with three doubles, a homer and 15 runs scored through his 21 games played
COMEBACK CARDINAL
- The Cardinal has managed 11 come-from-behind victories this season, including four in the seventh inning or later
- Stanford has also managed five victories in its last at bat this season, including four walk-off wins
- Most of the comebacks have come in the first two-thirds of the game as the Cardinal is 2-16 when trailing after six innings and 2-11 when trailing after seven
- Stanford erased a pair of five-run deficits in the final two games of a four-game set at Cal State Fullerton on February 16 and 17
- The Cardinal trailed 8-4 after two innings and 11-6 after three on February 16, but scored four in the fifth, three in the sixth and one in the seventh to earn a 14-11 victory
- The Cardinal trailed 5-0 after two innings, 6-3 after six and 7-3 after eight on February 17, but scored four in the ninth and two in the 10th to win 9-7
- The comebacks continued in week two of the season, as Stanford erased two more late-inning deficits against Washington
- Stanford trailed 9-7 in the sixth inning on February 22 before scoring four in the bottom of the sixth to eventually earn an 11-9 victory
- The Cardinal trailed 3-0 headed to the sixth on February 23, but scored seven runs in the sixth en route to a 9-5 victory over the Huskies
- Stanford allowed the first two runs in a game vs. Xavier on February 28, trailing 2-0 in the third, before responding with 10 unanswered runs to earn the 10-2 victory
- Stanford allowed three runs in the first inning at No. 4 North Carolina on March 7 before outscoring the Tar Heels 7-3 over the final five frames to win 13-9
- The Cardinal allowed the first run on March 14 vs. Duke, but responded with five unanswered to defeat the Blue Devils 5-1
- Stanford trailed 4-0 headed to the third inning, but scored five in the third and four in the fourth to eventually defeat Duke 10-5 on March 16
- Stanford allowed four runs in the top of the first inning vs. Santa Clara on April 1, and trailed 5-4 in the seventh, before walking off with a 6-5 victory in 10 innings
- Stanford trailed 5-2 in the eighth inning before scoring four in the eighth and eventually winning 7-6 in 12 innings over Wake Forest on April 25
- Most recently, Stanford trailed 8-0 headed to the bottom of the third, 8-7 after five and 15-14 headed to the bottom of the ninth before scoring once in the ninth and once in the 10th to earn a 16-15 comeback victory in walk-off fashion over Grand Canyon on May 11 in the series finale with the Lopes
- The comeback in the final game at Cal State Fullerton on February 17 marked the first comeback in the ninth inning or later since defeating Washington State 5-3 in nine innings on April 5, 2024 despite trailing 3-1 headed into the final frame
- The Cardinal managed 10 come-from-behind victories a year ago, including two in the seventh inning or later
THE BATS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT
- The Cardinal offense has been pretty strong throughout the season, batting .301 with 313 runs scored, 492 hits, 82 doubles, 10 triples, 60 home runs and 294 RBIs while slugging .474 and posting a .380 on-base percentage
- Stanford is averaging 6.52 runs per game, 10.25 hits per game, 1.71 doubles per game and 1.25 home runs per game
- The Cardinal had a string of 16 straight games with a home run snapped on March 21 (29 home runs over the span) - the longest streak of games with a homer since belting 52 homers in an 18-game span from May 1 - June 3, 2022 ... Stanford has homered in all but 15 games this season
- Trevor Haskins has been one of the most dangerous hitters this year, compiling 44 runs scored, 12 doubles, 13 homers, 41 RBIs and a .589 slugging percentage, while Brady Reynolds has scored 37 runs to go along with nine doubles, two triples, eight homers and 27 RBIs while batting .310 and slugging .548
- Haskins leads the team in multi-hit games with 22 and also paces the squad in multi-RBI games with 13
- Reynolds has hit safely in 26 of his 44 games this season, compiling 15 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI contests
- Jimmy Nati has scored 42 runs to go along with eight doubles, 13 homers and 44 RBIs while batting .298 and slugging .548
- Haskins has hit safely in all but seven of his games played this year, Nati and Tatum Marsh have hit safely in all but nine, and Becerra has hit safely in all but 11
- Marsh paces the squad in average, batting .371 with 12 doubles, two triples and three homers while scoring 43 runs and driving in 24 ... Marsh had a string of 37 consecutive games having reached safely end on May 2 at Boston College, but he has reached in all but two of his games played this year
- Rintaro Sasaki reached in each of his first 14 collegiate games, and has reached in all but seven while posting 14 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI contests
- Sasaki has hit safely in all but 14 contests to start his career, and posted his first three home runs in a series vs. Duke - including a two-homer game on March 15
- The Cardinal offense guided Stanford to a 9-0 start in the month of February, batting .340 with 81 runs scored, 19 doubles, five triples and 10 homers to post a .529 slugging percentage and a .434 on-base percentage
- Stanford's offense batted .291 with 102 runs scored, 22 doubles, a triple and 26 home runs in the month of March to boast a .478 slugging percentage
- Stanford hit .355 with 42 runs scored, 55 hits, 10 doubles, two triples and four home runs in four games to open the season at Cal State Fullerton
- Stanford hit .315 with 29 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples and five home runs to post a .524 slugging percentage in a four-game sweep of Washington in week two
- Stanford split a four-game series with Xavier in week three, batting .305 with 25 runs scored, seven doubles, a triple and six home runs
- Stanford managed 10 extra-base hits (five doubles, five home runs) and scored 21 runs over three games in a road series victory at No. 4 North Carolina to start ACC play
- Stanford swept an ACC home series against Duke, hitting .323 with two doubles, a triple and nine home runs to outscore the Blue Devils 26-7
CARDINAL TABBED EIGHTH IN PRESEASON POLL
- Preparing for its first season in the ACC, Stanford was picked to finish eighth in the conference standings according to the league’s coaches
- The Cardinal, which has made a trip to the College World Series in three of the last four seasons, is looking for a bounce-back year after missing the NCAA Tournament in 2024
- Virginia, one of four ACC squads to reach the College World Series a year ago, was selected as the 2025 ACC preseason favorites after garnering 13 of the 16 possible first-place votes ... Florida State and North Carolina, both of which made the College World Series in 2024, were slotted in second and third places, respectively ... the Seminoles logged 230 total points and two first-place votes, while the Tar Heels earned 217 total points
- Clemson recorded the final first-place vote and totaled 214 points as they were projected as the fourth-place finisher ... reigning ACC Champion Duke was slotted as the fifth-place team, earning 182 total points
- Wake Forest was tabbed as the sixth-place finisher with 171 total points, while NC State was picked narrowly behind the Demon Deacons with 168 total points ... like Florida State, North Carolina and Virginia, NC State also made a trip to the 2024 Men’s College World Series
- Stanford (143 points), Louisville (128) and Georgia Tech (113) rounded out the top 10 of the ACC’s preseason poll
- Seven of the 16 ACC teams entered the 2025 season ranked in the D1Baseball and Baseball America Top 25 polls, including Virginia checking in at No. 2 according to D1Baseball and No. 5 by Baseball America ... Clemson, Duke, Florida State, NC State, North Carolina and Wake Forest also entered the year ranked by the publications
GOODBYE PAC-12, HELLO ACC
- The 2024 season was Stanford's final in the Pac-12 conference, as the Cardinal joined Bay Area rival California as new members of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2025
- Stanford was one of the oldest members of the Pac-12 Conference, joining the then Pacific Coast Conference, founded in 1915, for the 1918 season
- The Cardinal won 21 Pac-12 titles, with the first coming in 1924 and the last in 2023
- The ACC sent eight teams to the NCAA Tournament in 2024, including an NCAA-record tying four teams to the Men’s College World Series
- Five ACC baseball programs competed in the Super Regional round with four teams earning the right to host a year ago
- The ACC has placed at least one team in each of the last 18 College World Series and at least six teams in each of the last 20 NCAA Tournaments
HOME OF CHAMPIONS
- Stanford is the all-time leader with 137 NCAA team championships (71 men, 66 women), and 170 national championships overall (77 men, 91 women, 2 coed)
- So far this athletic year, Stanford has won national titles in artistic swimming, women's sailing and women's water polo
- Including this year's title in women's water polo, the Cardinal owns the most recognizable streak in college athletics, having won at least one NCAA team title during each of the last 49 seasons, dating back to the 1976-77 campaign
- Entering the 2024-25 athletic year, the Cardinal has also produced 562 NCAA individual champions and 645 overall
- Stanford has won the Learfield Directors’ Cup in 26 of the possible 30 seasons, including a 25-year streak from 1995-2019
#OLYMPIANSMADEHERE
- Stanford concluded the 2024 Paris Olympic Games with a school-record 39 medals, shattering its previous best while cementing its reputation on the world’s biggest stage as the nation’s top collegiate program
- The 39 medals were 12 more than the previous record of 27 at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games
- Stanford’s haul of 39 medals (12 gold, 14 silver, 13 bronze) was the most by any school at one Olympics
- Cardinal student-athletes medaled in 13 of Stanford's 36 varsity sports: artistic swimming, women’s basketball, women’s fencing, men’s gymnastics, sailing, men’s rowing, women’s soccer, women’s swimming and diving, men’s track and field, men’s volleyball, women’s volleyball, men’s water polo, women’s water polo
- The Cardinal boasted 19 first-time medalists - a total that ranks second in school history behind the 21 at the 2008 Beijing Games
- If Stanford was a country in the 2024 Games, it would have finished tied with Canada for 11th place
- Boasting a school-record 59 Olympians with Cardinal ties, Stanford won at least 20 medals for the sixth time in school history (2020, 2016, 2008, 1996, 1924)
- The Cardinal’s 59 Olympians (20 male, 39 female) represented 14 countries across 20 varsity sports
- In addition to the 59 qualifiers, Stanford’s Olympic representation also included five alternates, one national team head coach and three national team assistant coaches
- For the third straight Olympics, Stanford totaled more Team USA selections (37) than any other school, reinforcing its status as the preeminent training ground for U.S. national team competition
- Stanford has won 128 medals combined over the last five Summer Games
- All told, Stanford’s affiliates have captured 335 overall medals (162 gold, 93 silver, 80 bronze) from 196 medalists, and the Cardinal has produced at least one medalist in every Olympics in which the U.S. has competed since 1912