Stanford's success in 2020-21 was even more impressive considering the abbreviated seasons experienced by many of its programs due to the COVID-19 global pandemic and accompanying county restrictions.
The Cardinal extended one of the most recognizable streaks in college athletics, winning at least one NCAA team championship for the 45th straight season, the longest such streak in the country.
The NCAA titles came from women's basketball, which edged Arizona 54-53 for its first national championship since 1992, and men's gymnastics, which defended its NCAA crown to win for the seventh time in school history.
Stanford also added a third national championship, with synchronized swimming capturing its ninth title in program history and first since 2016 while hosting the event at Avery Aquatic Center.
Stanford completed a sweep of the Capital One Cup, matching its dual victory achievement from 2017-18 and remaining the only school to claim both titles in the same season. The Cardinal has won four consecutive women's Capital One Cup trophies and seven overall. On the men's side, Stanford collected its third Capital One Cup victory and first since 2017-18.
Stanford nearly repeated its 2017-18 success and made it a clean sweep of all three national awards, but finished second in a tight race behind Texas in the final Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup standings. The Cardinal, which totaled 1195.75 points behind Texas' 1252, had previously captured the Directors' Cup for 25 consecutive seasons from 1995-2019, following a runner-up finish to North Carolina in 1993-94.
Three years after overtaking rival UCLA as the nation's all-time leader in NCAA team championships, Stanford enters the 2021-22 campaign with 128, nine more than the Bruins' 119.
Among the other notable achievements: 13 conference championships (includes regular season and tournament), 10 individual national champions, 12 Coach of the Year honors and 88 All-Americans.
Stanford's commitment to academic achievement remained as strong as ever, registering an overall graduation rate of 96 percent in the latest Graduation Success Rate (GSR), with 16 varsity teams earning a 100 percent graduation rate. The Cardinal also produced 22 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, seven NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients and four NCAA Elite 90 Award honorees.
- Year in Review
- National Championships (3)
- Individual National Champions (10)
- National Player of the Year (2)
- National Freshman of the Year (1)
- All-Americans (88)
- Conference Championships (13)
- Conference Player of the Year (11)
- Conference Freshman of the Year (6)
- Coach of the Year (12)
- All-Conference (110)
- Conference All-Academic (448)
- Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (11)
- CoSIDA Academic All-America (22)
- Elite 90 Award (4)
- NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships (7)
- Misc. Top Awards
| Sport | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Women's Basketball | NCAA |
| Synchronized Swimming | USA Artistic Swimming |
| Men's Gymnastics | NCAA |
| Sport | Student-Athlete | All-Conference Honor |
|---|---|---|
| Football | Thomas Booker | All-Pac-12 First Team (All-Purpose/Special Teams), All-Pac-12 Second Team (Defensive Line) |
| Drew Dalman | All-Pac-12 First Team (Offensive Line) | |
| Simi Fehoko | All-Pac-12 First Team (Wide Receiver) | |
| Jet Toner | All-Pac-12 Second Team (Kicker) | |
| Malik Antoine | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (Defensive Back) | |
| Houston Heimuli | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (Fullback) | |
| Austin Jones | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (Running Back) | |
| Kyu Blu Kelly | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (Defensive Back) | |
| Davis Mills | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (Quarterback) | |
| Nathaniel Peat | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (Return Specialist) | |
| Curtis Robinson | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (Linebacker) | |
| Walter Rouse | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (Offensive Line) | |
| Ryan Sanborn | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (Punter) | |
| Thomas Schaffer | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (Defensive Line) | |
| Michael Wilson | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (Wide Receiver) | |
| Men's Basketball | Oscar da Silva | All-Pac-12 First Team, All-Defensive Team |
| Jaiden Delaire | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention, Pac-12 Most Improved Player | |
| Ziaire Williams | Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention | |
| Bryce Wills | Pac-12 All-Defensive Honorable Mention | |
| Women's Basketball | Kiana Williams | All-Pac-12 |
| Lexie Hull | All-Pac-12 | |
| Haley Jones | All-Pac-12 | |
| Anna Wilson | Pac-12 All-Defensive Team | |
| Cameron Brink | Pac-12 All-Freshman Team, All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention | |
| Men's Cross Country | Charles Hicks | All-Pac-12 First Team |
| Alek Parsons | All-Pac-12 First Team | |
| Cole Sprout | All-Pac-12 First Team | |
| Callum Bolger | All-Pac-12 Second Team | |
| Devin Hart | All-Pac-12 Second Team | |
| Ky Robinson | All-Pac-12 Second Team | |
| Women's Cross Country | Ella Donaghu | All-Pac-12 First Team |
| Zofia Dudek | All-Pac-12 First Team | |
| Julia Heymach | All-Pac-12 First Team | |
| Christina Aragon | All-Pac-12 Second Team | |
| Jessica Lawson | All-Pac-12 Second Team | |
| Fencing | Haley Koo | All-Western Fencing Conference |
| Donghwan Park | All-Western Fencing Conference | |
| Irene Yeu | All-Western Fencing Conference | |
| Joy Yun | All-Western Fencing Conference | |
| Men's Soccer | Will Richmond | All-Pac12 First Team |
| Zach Ryan | All-Pac12 First Team | |
| Andrew Thomas | All-Pac12 First Team | |
| Charlie Wehan | All-Pac12 First Team | |
| Keegan Hughes | All-Pac-12 Second Team | |
| Gabe Segal | All-Pac-12 Second Team | |
| Keegan Tingey | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention | |
| Field Hockey | Corinne Zanolli | America East Offensive Player of the Year, All-America East First Team, America East All-Academic Team |
| Sarah Johnson | All-America East First Team | |
| Megan Frost | All-America East Second Team | |
| Caroline Guden | All-America East Rookie Team | |
| Isabelle Pilson | America East All-Academic Team | |
| Men's Volleyball | Kyler Presho | All-MPSF Honorable Mention |
| Nathan Lietzke | All-MPSF Freshman Team | |
| Will Rottman | All-MPSF Freshman Team | |
| Women's Volleyball | Caitie Baird | All-Pac-12 Conference, All-Pac-12 Freshman Team |
| Elena Oglivie | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention | |
| Women's Water Polo | Emalia Eichelberger | All-MPSF First Team |
| Sarah Klass | All-MPSF First Team | |
| Chloe Harbilas | All-MPSF Second Team | |
| Jewel Roemer | All-MPSF Second Team | |
| Hannah Shabb | All-MPSF Honorable Mention | |
| Softball | Alana Vawter | All-Pac-12 First Team, All Pac-12 Freshmen Team |
| Taylor Gindlesperger | All-Pac-12 Second Team | |
| Teaghan Cowles | All-Pac-12 Third Team | |
| Emily Young | All-Pac-12 Third Team | |
| Montana Dixon | All-Pac-12 Defensive Team | |
| Women's Soccer | Kiki Pickett | All-Pac-12 First Team |
| Maya Doms | All-Pac-12 Second Team | |
| Belle Briede | All-Pac-12 Third Team | |
| Civana Kuhlmann | All-Pac-12 Third Team | |
| Amy Sayer | All-Pac-12 Freshmen Team | |
| Samantha Williams | All-Pac-12 Freshmen Team | |
| Men's Tennis | Axel Geller | All-Pac-12 First Team |
| Arthur Fery | All-Pac-12 Second Team | |
| Women's Tennis | Michaela Gordon | All-Pac-12 First Team |
| Angelica Blake | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention | |
| Emma Higuchi | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention | |
| Women's Golf | Rachel Heck | All-Pac-12 First Team |
| Angelina Ye | All-Pac-12 First Team | |
| Men's Golf | Barclay Brown | All-Pac-12 First Team |
| Henry Shimp | All-Pac-12 Second Team | |
| Ethan Ng | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention | |
| Barclay Brown | All-Pac-12 Newcomer Team | |
| Michael Thorbjornsen | All-Pac-12 Newcomer Team | |
| Karl Vilips | All-Pac-12 Newcomer Team | |
| Women's Rowing | Mathilda Kitzmann | Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year |
| Esther Briz Zamorano | All-Pac-12 First Team | |
| Kelsey McGinley | All-Pac-12 First Team | |
| Meg Saunders | All-Pac-12 First Team | |
| Men's Rowing | Peter Chatain | All-Pac-12 First Team |
| Lacrosse | Ali Baiocco | All-Pac-12 First Team |
| Kyra Pelton | All-Pac-12 First Team | |
| Mikaela Watson | All-Pac-12 First Team | |
| Jacie Lemos | All-Pac-12 Second Team | |
| Galen Lew | All-Pac-12 Second Team | |
| Genesis Lucero | All-Pac-12 Second Team | |
| Baseball | Brendan Beck | All-Pac-12 First Team |
| Nick Brueser | All-Pac-12 First Team | |
| Zach Grech | All-Pac-12 First Team | |
| Brock Jones | All-Pac-12 First Team | |
| Joey Dixon | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention | |
| Vincent Martinez | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention | |
| Jacob Palisch | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention | |
| Christian Robinson | All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention | |
| Men's Water Polo | Tyler Abramson | All-MPSF First Team |
| Quinn Woodhead | All-MPSF First Team | |
| Beck Jurasius | All-MPSF Second Team | |
| Andrew Chun | All-MPSF Honorable Mention | |
| Soren Jensen | All-MPSF Honorable Mention | |
| Ethan Parrish | All-MPSF Honorable Mention |
| Sport | Student-Athlete |
|---|---|
| Women's Golf | Rachel Heck • ANNIKA Award, PING WGCA Player of the Year |
| Synchronized Swimming | Jacklyn Luu • U.S. Collegiate |
| Sport | Student-Athlete |
|---|---|
| Women's Golf | Rachel Heck • PING WGCA Freshman of the Year |
| Sport | Student-Athlete | All-America |
|---|---|---|
| Women's Basketball | Kiana Williams | WBCA; USBWA (2nd Team) Associated Press (3rd Team) |
| Haley Jones | USBWA (HM); Associated Press (HM) | |
| Beach Volleyball | Xolani Hodel | AVCA (1st Team) |
| Sunny Villapando | AVCA (1st Team) | |
| Field Hockey | Corinne Zanolli | NFHCA (1st Team) |
| Men's Cross Country | Charles Hicks | NCAA |
| Charles Hicks | NCAA | |
| Women's Cross Country | Ella Donaghu | NCAA |
| Julia Heymach | NCAA | |
| Fencing | Haley Koo | NCAA foil (2nd Team) |
| Irene Yeu | NCAA epee (2nd Team) | |
| Joy Yun | NCAA saber (2nd Team) | |
| Donghwan Park | NCAA saber (HM) | |
| Wrestling | Jaden Abas | NCAA (7th - 149 pounds) |
| Shane Griffith | NCAA (1st - 165 pounds) | |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | Amalie Fackenthal (4) | 200 Medley Relay, 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay (2nd Team) |
| Brooke Forde (4) | 400 IM, 500 Freestyle, 800 Freestyle Relay, 200 Breaststroke (2nd Team) | |
| Anya Goeders (2) | 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay (2nd Team) | |
| Daria Lenz (1) | Platform Diving (2nd Team) | |
| Lauren Pitzer (1) | 800 Freestyle Relay | |
| Allie Raab (5) | 200 Medley Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 200 Breaststroke (2nd Team), 100 Breaststroke (2nd Team) | |
| Janelle Rudolph (2) | 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay | |
| Morgan Tankersley (1) | 800 Freestyle Relay | |
| Emma Wheal (6) | 200 Medley Relay, 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 100 Butterfly (2nd Team), 400 Freestyle Relay (2nd Team), 50 Freestyle (2nd Team) | |
| Men's Swimming & Diving | Jonny Affeld (1) | 400 Free Relay |
| Shane Blinkman (1) | 400 Med Relay (2nd Team)w | |
| Conor Casey (1) | 1 mtr Diving | |
| Preston Forst (3) | 800 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 200 Freestyle (2nd Team) | |
| Mason Gonzalez (2) | 800 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay | |
| Ethan Hu (2) | 100 Butterfly (2nd Team), 400 Med Relay (2nd Team) | |
| Alex Liang (1) | 400 IM (2nd Team) | |
| Luke Maurer (3) | 800 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 400 Med Relay (2nd Team) | |
| Daniel Roy (2) | 200 Breaststroke, 400 Med Relay (2nd Team) | |
| Grant Shoults (3) | 800 Free Relay, 1650 Freestyle (2nd Team), 500 Freestyle (2nd Team) | |
| Noah Vigran (1) | Platform Diving (2nd Team) | |
| Men's Soccer | Zach Ryan | United Soccer Coaches (1st Team) |
| Women's Golf | Rachel Heck | WGCA 1st Team |
| Angelina Ye | WGCA 1st Team | |
| Women's Water Polo | Sarah Klass | ACWPC 1st Team |
| Jewel Roemer | ACWPC 1st Team | |
| Emalia Eichelberger | ACWPC 1st Team | |
| Chloe Harbilas | ACWPC 3rd Team | |
| Hannah Constandse | ACWPC Honorable Mention | |
| Men's Outdoor Track & Field | Charles Hicks (2) | 5,000 (2nd Team), 10,000 (1st Team) |
| Ky Robinson (1) | 3,000 Steeplechase (1st Team) | |
| Women's Track & Field | Christina Aragon (1) | 1,500 (1st Team) |
| Ella Donaghu (2) | 1,500 (1st Team), 5,000 (2nd Team) | |
| Julia Heymach (1) | 5,000 (1st Team) | |
| Allie Jones (1) | Heptathlon (2nd Team) | |
| Virginia Miller (1) | Javelin (1st Team) | |
| Lacrosse | Ali Baiocco | IWLCA Second Team |
| Men's Gymnastics | Brandon Briones (2) | All-Around, Vault |
| Ian Gunther (3) | Still Rings, Pommel Horse, Parallel Bars | |
| Riley Loos (3) | Still Rings, Floor, High Bar | |
| Brody Malone (4) | All-Around, High Bar, Still Rings, FloorBrody Malone (4) | |
| Zach Martin (1) | Vault | |
| Curran Phillips (1) | Vault | |
| Blake Sun (1) | Parallel Bars | |
| Synchronized Swimming | Grace Alwan | U.S. Collegiate |
| Hailee Heinrich | U.S. Collegiate | |
| Ava Jih-Schiff | U.S. Collegiate | |
| Caitlin Klauer | U.S. Collegiate | |
| Jacklyn Luu | U.S. Collegiate | |
| Audrey Nguyen | U.S. Collegiate | |
| Alexandra Suarez | U.S. Collegiate | |
| Emmanuella Tchakmakjian | U.S. Collegiate | |
| Baseball | Brendan Beck | ABCA (1st Team), D1Baseball (2nd Team), NCBWA (2nd Team), Collegiate Baseball (2nd Team), Baseball America (3rd Team), Perfect Game (3rd Team) |
| Zach Grech | NCBWA (2nd Team) | |
| Brock Jones | D1Baseball (2nd Team), Baseball America (2nd Team), Perfect Game (2nd Team) | |
| Men's Water Polo | Tyler Abramson | ACWPC 1st Team |
| AJ Rossman | ACWPC 1st Team | |
| Quinn Woodhead | ACWPC Honorable Mention | |
| Men's Rowing | Peter Chatain | IRCA 1st Team |
| Trey Holterman | IRCA 1st Team | |
| Flynn Traeger | IRCA 2nd Team | |
| James Wright | IRCA 2nd Team | |
| Women's Rowing | Esther Briz Zamorano | CRCA 1st Team |
| Kaitlyn Kynast | CRCA 1st Team | |
| Kelsey McGinley | CRCA 1st Team | |
| Nicole Pofcher | CRCA 1st Team | |
| Meg Saunders | CRCA 1st Team | |
| Lightweight Rowing | Isabella Duan | CRCA 1st Team |
| Johanna Francis | CRCA 1st Team | |
| Sailing | Michelle Lahrkamp | ICSA All-America Women's Skipper, ICSA All-America Honorable Mention Coed Skipper |
| Sammy Pickell | ICSA All-America Women's Crew | |
| Telis Athanasopoulos Yogo | ICSA All-America Coed Skipper | |
| Patricia Gerli | ICSA All-America Honorable Mention Women's Crew |
| Sport | Conference |
|---|---|
| Women's Basketball | Pac-12 |
| Pac-12 Tournament | |
| Men's Cross Country | Pac-12 |
| Women's Cross Country | Pac-12 |
| Men's Water Polo | MPSF Tournament |
| Field Hockey | America East Tournament |
| Men's Soccer | Pac-12 |
| Lacrosse | Pac-12 |
| Pac-12 Tournament | |
| Men's Tennis | Pac-12 |
| Sailing | PCCSC Coed |
| PCCSC Women's | |
| PCCSC Team |
| Sport | Student-Athlete | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Women's Basketball | Anna Wilson | Pac-12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year |
| Lacie Hull | Pac-12 Sixth Player of the Year | |
| Men's Rowing | Peter Chatain | Pac-12 Athlete of the Year |
| Men's Soccer | Zach Ryan | Pac-12 Player of the Year |
| Wrestling | Shane Griffith | Pac-12 Wrestler of the Year |
| Field Hockey | Corinne Zanolli | America East Offensive Player of the Year |
| Women's Soccer | Kiki Pickett | Pac-12 Defender of the Year |
| Women's Golf | Rachel Heck | Pac-12 Golfer of the Year |
| Men's Gymnastics | Brody Malone | MPSF Gymnast of the Year |
| Baseball | Brendan Beck | Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year |
| Men's Swimming & Diving | Noah Vigran | Pac-12 Men's Diver of the Meet (Pac-12 Championships) |
| Sport | Student-Athlete | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Cross Country | Charles Hicks | Pac-12 Freshman of the Year |
| Women's Cross Country | Zofia Dudek | Pac-12 Freshman of the Year |
| Men's Soccer | Mark Fisher | Pac-12 Player of the Year |
| Women's Water Polo | Jewel Roemer | MPSF Newcomer of the Year |
| Wrestling | Jaden Abas | Pac-12 Freshman of the Year |
| Women's Golf | Rachel Heck | Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year |
| Sport | Coach | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Women's Basketball | Tara VanDerveer | Naismith Coach of the Year, USBWA National Coach of the Year, Pac-12 Coach of the Year |
| Beach Volleyball | Andrew Fuller | AVCA Collegiate Beach Coach of the Year, Pac-12 Coach of the Year |
| Men's Cross Country | J.J. Clark | USTFCCCA West Region Coach of the Year |
| Ricardo Santos | Pac-12 Coach of the Year | |
| Women's Cross Country | J.J. Clark | USTFCCCA West Region Coach of the Year, Pac-12 Coach of the Year |
| Synchronized Swimming | Megan Abarca | USA Artistic Swimming Collegiate Coach of the Year |
| Wrestling | Jason Borrelli | Pac-12 Coach of the Year, Dan Gable Coach of the Year (WIN Magazine) |
| Field Hockey | Tara Danielson, Patrick Cota, Steve Danielson | NFHCA West Region Staff of the Year |
| Women's Golf | Anne Walker | Pac-12 Women's Golf Coach of the Year |
| Men's Tennis | Paul Goldstein | Wilson ITA Northwest Region Coach of the Year |
| Men's Gymnastics | Thom Glielmi | MPSF Coach of the Year |
| Thom Glielmi, Syque Caesar, Mark Freeman | CGA National Coaching Staff of the Year |
| Sport | Student-Athlete |
|---|---|
| Men's Basketball | Oscar da Silva |
| Men's Cross Country | Alek Parsons |
| Women's Cross Country | Ella Donaghu |
| Women's Volleyball | Meghan McClure |
| Wrestling | Nathan Traxler |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | Brooke Forde |
| Men's Swimming and Diving | Alex Liang |
| Women's Rowing | Grace McGinley |
| Men's Tennis | William Genesen |
| Women's Tennis | Emily Arbuthnott |
| Baseball | Zach Grech |
| Sport | Student-Athlete | All-America |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Basketball | Oscar da Silva | Second Team |
| Women's Basketball | Lexie Hull | First Team |
| Kiana Williams | Second Team | |
| Men's Soccer | Zach Ryan | First Team |
| Andrew Thomas | First Team | |
| Women's Soccer | Madison Haley | First Team |
| Kiki Pickett | Second Team | |
| Women's Volleyball | Meghan McClure | First Team, Academic All-America of the Year |
| Football | Thomas Booker | Noah Williams |
| Drew Dalman | Second Team | |
| Jet Toner | Second Team | |
| Noah Williams | Second Team | |
| Softball | Emily Young | Third Team |
| Baseball | Brendan Beck | First Team, Academic All-America of the Year |
| Tim Tawa | Second Team | |
| Brock Jones | Second Team | |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | Brooke Forde | First Team, Academic All-America of the Year |
| Women's Tennis | Emily Arbuthnott | First Team |
| Men's Water Polo | Tyler Abramson | Second Team |
| Wrestling | Shane Griffith | Second Team |
| Men's Tennis | Axel Geller | Third Team |
| Men's Swimming & Diving | Alex Liang | Third Team |
| Sport | Student-Athlete |
|---|---|
| Fencing | Lucas Orts |
| Men's Swimming | True Sweetser |
| Women's Swimming | Ella Eastin |
| Lacrosse | Jacie Lemos |
| Women's Volleyball | Tami Alade |
| Jordan Burgess | |
| Meghan McClure |
| Sport | Student-Athlete |
|---|---|
| Men's Water Polo | Larsen Weigle |
| Women's Water Polo | Sophie Wallace |
| Women's Rowing | Grace McGinley |
| Baseball | Owen Cobb |
| Sport | Student-Athlete | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Synchronized Swimming | Jacklyn Luu | Solo |
| Jacklyn Luu, Emmanuella Tchakmakjian | Duet | |
| Hailee Heinrich, Audrey Nguyen, Caitlin Klauer | Trio | |
| Grace Alwan, Hailee Heinrich, Ava Jih-Schiff, Caitlin Klauer, Jacklyn Luu, Audrey Nguyen, Alexandra Suarez, Emmanuella Tchakmakjian | Team | |
| Wrestling | Shane Griffith | 165 pounds |
| Women's Swimming and Diving | Brooke Forde | 400 IM |
| Women's Golf | Rachel Heck | |
| Lightweight Rowing | Lydia Garnett (coxswain), Martha Yates, Isabella Duan, Johanna Francis, Maddie Lloyd | Varsity Four |
| Men's Gymnastics | Brody Malone | High Bar, All-Around |