A Historic Year

Stanford produced one of its most successful seasons in school history in 2018-19, matching school records with six NCAA championships and seven national titles overall.

The Cardinal captured NCAA crowns in women's volleyball, women's swimming and diving, men's gymnastics, women's water polo, women's tennis and men's golf. Stanford's six titles matched its own NCAA record for an academic year, with the Cardinal also winning six in 1996-97. Stanford rounded out the athletic campaign with a seventh national championship in lightweight rowing.

One year after overtaking rival UCLA and concluding 2018 as the nation's all-time leader in NCAA team championships, Stanford increased its lead in 2019. The Cardinal's total now stands at 123, five more than UCLA's 118.

Meanwhile, Stanford extended one of the most recognizable streaks in college athletics, having now won at least one NCAA team championship for 43 consecutive years. During Jaquish & Kenninger Director of Athletics Bernard Muir's seven-year tenure, Stanford has won 20 NCAA championships and 28 national titles overall.

After a runner-up finish to North Carolina in 1994, Stanford has claimed 25 consecutive Learfield IMG College Directors' Cups, presented annually to the most successful intercollegiate athletic department in the nation. Stanford compiled 1,503.75 points, with Michigan (1,272.25), Florida (1,156.75), Texas (1,148.50) and USC (1,075.75) comprising the top five.

Additionally, the Cardinal secured its record sixth women's Capital One Cup, which recognizes cumulative top-10 finishes in both NCAA championships and final coaches' polls. Stanford has won three straight women's trophies and six overall in nine years of the Capital One Cup program. The Cardinal finished with 183 points in the competition's scoring system, topping second-place UCLA by 61 points.

Among the notable student-athlete accomplishments: junior Kathryn Plummer of women's volleyball selected as the winner of the 89thAAU James E. Sullivan Award, freshman Brody Malone of men's gymnastics becoming the first gymnast in school history to win three NCAA titles in one season and senior Ella Eastin earning six All-America honors while leading women's swimming to its third NCAA title in a row.

Stanford was equally prolific in the classroom, with 11 programs earning perfect 1,000 multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores, measuring data collected over a span of four academic years. Additionally, 12 varsity teams earned APR Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA. The fourth year of the Rubenstein-Bing Student-Athlete Civic Engagement (ACE) Program also yielded positive results, as 20 student-athletes joined their peers from Duke in a three-week, immersive summer service volunteer program with visits to South Africa, Vietnam, China and Peru. The Cardinal also was honored with 14 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, highlighted by Makenzie Fischer's selection as the Academic All-American Team Member of the Year to go along with her Peter J. Cutino Award as the nation's top women's water polo player.
 

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