SERIES NOTABLES
Stanford and Washington are familiar foes, having competed against one another in the Pac-12 prior to departing for the ACC and Big Ten in 2025, respectively ... Stanford has won three of the five series against Washington under David Esquer (did not play in 2020 or 2021 due to COVID)
LEADING OFF
- Stanford 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 ... went 22-33 overall and 11-19 in the Pac-12 to finish eighth in the Pac-12 standings last year - it’s final season in the conference before joining the ACC ... hit .283 as a team (fifth in the Pac-12) with 296 runs scored, 110 doubles (fifth in the Pac-12), seven triples and 55 home runs in 2024 ... averaged 5.38 runs per game and 2.00 doubles per game (fourth in the Pac-12) a year ago ... pitched to a 6.53 ERA with 517 strikeouts in 481 innings pitched last season ... finished the 2024 season +90 in strikeouts after striking out 427 times offensively ... averaged 9.67 strikeouts per nine innings to rank second in the Pac-12 and 34th nationally last season ... returns 1,476 of 1,899 at bats (78%) and 469.2 of 481 innings (97.6%) from last year
- Temo Becerra has hit safely in all four games this season and carries a 14-game hitting streak dating back to 2024 (.333, 17-for-51, 7 R, 2 2B, 3B, 10 RBIs) ... is batting .429 (6-for-14) with four runs scored and six RBIs this season ... has compiled three multi-RBI games in four games played this year
- Brett Blair reached in his final game of the 2024 season and will look to extend his streak into the 2025 campaign
- Trevor Haskins has hit safely in all four games this season and has scored five runs with a double and two RBIs
- Brandon Larson reached in his final three games of the 2024 season and will look to extend his streak into the 2025 campaign
- Luke Lavin reached in his final game of the 2024 season and has now reached in three straight entering the weekend series with Washington
- Cort MacDonald has reached in all four games this year and eight straight dating back to 2024
- Tatum 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 ... has hit .500 (7-for-14) with six runs scored, two doubles, a triple, a homer and five RBIs over his first four collegiate games (three starts)
- Jimmy Nati has hit safely in all four games this season and carries an eight-game hitting streak dating back to 2024 (.333, 12-for-36, 5 R, 4 2B, 9 RBIs)
- Brady Reynolds has homered in back-to-back games entering the weekend series with Washington ... has reached in all four games this year and owns a share of the team lead with eight RBIs ... has compiled three multi-RBI games in four games played this year
- Jake Sapien carries over a three-game hitting streak into the 2025 season (.375, 3-for-8, R) ... has reached in five straight dating back to 2024
- Rintaro Sasaki has hit safely in each of his first four collegiate games, batting .389 (7-for-18) with three runs scored, two doubles and a team-best eight RBIs ... drove in four runs in his collegiate debut at Cal State Fullerton on February 15 ... has been 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 has compiled three doubles through the first four games of the year after totaling two in 32 games played a year ago
- Matt Scott is a preseason All-American according to Baseball America (second team) and Perfect Game (third team)
- Joey Volchko is a preseason All-American according to Baseball America (second team) and Perfect Game (third team)
THIS WEEK
- Stanford will open the 2025 home slate this weekend when it welcomes former Pac-12 foe Washington to Sunken Diamond for four games
- The first two games of the set with the Huskies, including Friday's home opener, will begin at 2:05 p.m., while games three and four are scheduled for 1:05 p.m. first pitches on Sunday and Monday
- All four games will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra and broadcast live on KZSU 90.1 FM
UP NEXT
- After the four games with Washington, Stanford will remain home to host Xavier in a four-game series next weekend
- The two teams will open the set on Friday at 2:05 p.m., play a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 1:05 p.m. and conclude the series on Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
UPCOMING PROMOTIONS
- Join us for our home-opening weekend this week and snag a magnet schedule at the Stanford Athletics table, while supplies last
- Kids 8th grade and under can also participate in our first Sunday Runday of the season and run the bases after the game on February 23
- We'll be giving out Stanford flags at game one of the doubleheader against Xavier on Saturday, March 1, while supplies last
A LOOK BACK AT TWO BIG COMEBACKS
- Stanford opened the season with a four-game sweep of Cal State Fullerton on the road last weekend
- The Cardinal batted .355 and totaled 42 runs on 55 hits, including 10 doubles, a triple and four home runs, in the four-game series played
- Stanford never trailed in the season-opening doubleheader on Saturday, but had to erase five-run deficits on Sunday and Monday
- The Cardinal trailed 8-4 after two innings and 11-6 after three on Sunday, 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 Monday, but scored four in the ninth and two in the 10th to win 9-7
- The Cardinal managed 10 come-from-behind victories a year ago, including two in the seventh inning or later
- Monday’s game 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
A SIGH OF RELIEF
- Stanford's relief corps impressed in the four-game series to open the season at Cal State Fullerton, with eight relievers combining for a 2-0 record with a pair of saves over 21 innings of work
- Ben Reimers made two appearances, contributing four scoreless innings while allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out one
- Trevor Moore and Ryan Speshyock both tossed 3 2/3 innings out of the bullpen, with Speshyock earning a victory and striking out six and Moore recording five strikeouts
- Aidan Keenan was used in the closer role in Fullerton, logging 2 1/3 innings while earning a victory and a save over his two outings
- Ty Uber allowed just one run with two strikeouts over 3 1/3 innings while converting a save in his two appearances
THE BATS ARE HOT EARLY
- 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
- All nine Stanford starters collected a hit in the season opener Saturday, while all but one starter had a hit in both Sunday and Monday's victories
- Four different players, namely Temo Becerra, Trevor Haskins, Jimmy Nati and Rintaro Sasaki, have hit safely in all four games to start the year, while Haskins, Tatum Marsh, Brady Reynolds, Charlie Saum and Sasaki have each managed a pair of multi-hit games
- Becerra and Reynolds have contributed three multi-RBI games through the first four contests, while Marsh and Sasaki have each posted a four-RBI game
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
- Marsh and Sasaki have been key contributors through four games this season, with Marsh batting .500 with six runs scored, two doubles, a triple, a home run and five 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
- Sasaki has driven in a team-high eight runs while hitting .389 with three runs scored and two doubles - including a three-RBI double to help spark a come-from-behind victory over Cal State Fullerton on February 16
FIREMEN AT THE BACK OF THE BULLPEN
- Stanford relievers Trevor Moore and Toran O’Harran are among the 76 players named to the initial 2025 Watch List for the 20th Annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, presented to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I Baseball
- Moore made a team-high 28 appearances, including one start, in 2024, compiling a 3-1 record with one save over 57 innings ... his 28 appearances were second-most in the Pac-12 and ranked 69th in the nation ... the native of Golden, Colo. struck out 57 hitters to average 9.00 strikeouts per game a year ago before earning the Russ Ford Outstanding Relief Pitcher Award as the top reliever in the Cape Cod League over the summer
- O’Harran made 24 appearances, including one start, last year, compiling a 2-4 record with seven saves over 39 1/3 innings ... his 24 appearances were second-most on the team and his seven saves ranked fifth in the Pac-12 and 56th nationally ... the native of Rocklin, Calif. struck out 50 hitters to average 11.44 strikeouts per game and limited opponents to a .226 average against in 2024
- The Southeastern Conference led the way with the most representatives with nine players ... the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12 Conference and Mid-American Conference followed with six players each, while the American Athletic Conference and Sun Belt Conference each had five
OPENING WEEKEND NOTES
- Stanford opened the season against Cal State Fullerton for the fourth straight season and 12th time since 2000 (13th time overall) ... with a four-game sweep this year, Stanford is now 8-4 in the 12 season-opening series (24-13 overall record) since 2000
- Including a 13-1 victory this year, Stanford is 50-16-1 overall on Opening Day since 1959 and has won six of its last 10 games to open a season
- The Cardinal has played 28 opening weekend series of three-or-more games since 1959 and is 19-9 in those series ... Stanford has compiled a 58-28 record over the 86 games in those sets
2024 SEASON IN REVIEW
- Stanford went 22-33 overall and 11-19 in the Pac-12 to finish eighth in the Pac-12 standings last year - it’s final season in the conference before joining the ACC
- Having lost a handful of key contributors, including nine to the MLB Draft in 2023, Stanford had to rely heavily on new faces across the diamond in 2024 … the Cardinal returned just seven pitchers who had appeared in a game at Stanford entering 2024, with those hurlers combining for 173 1/3 of Stanford's 577 innings (30%) from 2023 … offensively, Stanford returned three position players with more than 15 starts from 2023 - Owen Cobb, Malcolm Moore and Jake Sapien … the Cardinal returned only 769 of its 2,354 (33%) at bats from 2023, and brought back just 27 of its 117 home runs (23%) … Stanford lost 392 runs, 527 hits, 107 doubles, nine triples, 90 home runs and 377 RBIs from the 2023 squad as the eight non-returning hitters batted a combined .332 during the 2023 season … on the mound, Stanford lost 403 2/3 innings, 36 wins, 40 starts, 16 saves and 493 strikeouts from the 2023 squad
- The Cardinal hit .283 as a team (fifth in the Pac-12) with 296 runs scored, 110 doubles (fifth in the Pac-12), seven triples and 55 home runs ... averaged 5.38 runs per game and 2.00 doubles per game (fourth in the Pac-12)
- Stanford pitched to a 6.53 ERA with 517 strikeouts in 481 innings pitched ... finished the season +90 in strikeouts after striking out 427 times offensively ... averaged 9.67 strikeouts per nine innings to rank second in the Pac-12 and 34th nationally
- The Cardinal lost 11 of the last 13, 12 of its last 15, and 27 of the last 41 overall, including a 10-game losing streak which proved the longest for the Cardinal since at least 1959
- Stanford went 21-17 when scoring at least three runs in a game, but 1-16 when falling short of three runs - the only victory being Stanford's 2-1 win over No. 6 Oregon State on May 22
- M. Moore was drafted 30th overall in first round of 2024 MLB Draft, while Cobb signed with the Yankees as a free agent ... with Moore’s selection, Stanford has had a first-round pick in each of the last two seasons after Tommy Troy was selected 12th overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2023
- Following a standout freshman campaign, Christian Lim was named Freshman All-America second team according to D1Baseball, Baseball America and Perfect Game
- Cobb and Lim were named Pac-12 All-Conference, and Cobb was named to the All-Defensive Team, prior to the start of the 2024 Pac-12 Baseball Tournament
- In addition to the two on the All-Conference squad, M. Moore and Jimmy Nati were named honorable mention
ALL-AMERICANS ON THE FARM
- Right-handers Matt Scott and Joey Volchko were named Preseason All-Americans according to Baseball America and Perfect Game
- Both players landed on Baseball America's second team, while Perfect Game tabbed them third team
- Stanford’s Friday starter as a sophomore in 2024, Scott went 4-10 with a 5.96 ERA and a Pac-12-best 103 strikeouts (41st nationally) over 80 innings in 16 appearances ... Scott managed a 2.86 strikeout-to-walk ratio (103 strikeouts compared to 36 walks) while averaging 11.59 strikeouts per game to rank second in the Pac-12
- Volchko went 2-1 with a 5.70 ERA, one save and 53 strikeouts over 42 2/3 innings in 20 appearances, including six starts, as a freshman in 2024 ... he averaged 11.18 strikeouts per game and limited the opposition to a .256 average against
- Both players spent the summer of 2024 playing for the USA Collegiate National Team, with Volchko making one start and allowing one run on one hit with seven strikeouts over four innings in a 2-1 victory over select members of the Coastal Plain League on June 30 ... Scott made one start and allowed one hit with two strikeouts over four scoreless innings in a 6-0 victory over Chinese Taipei on July 3
CALIFORNIA KINGS
- Stanford is the winningest Division I program in California since the 2011 season, compiling 492 victories
- UCLA has won 488 games since 2011, followed by UC Santa Barbara (482), UC Irvine (472) and Cal State Fullerton (433)
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
GROWING TOP TALENT ON THE FARM
- The Cardinal boasted a handful of players in the D1Baseball preseason player rankings entering the 2025 season
- Stanford was one of three programs, and the only ACC squad, that featured three starting pitchers in the top 150, with Matt Scott (No. 22), Joey Volchko (No. 36) and Christian Lim (No. 43) all earning selections
- Trevor Moore is one of the nation's top relievers, tabbed No. 18 on the D1Baseball preseason player rankings list
- Jimmy Nati checked in at No. 26 among third basemen, while Rintaro Sasaki was the No. 15 first baseman entering his first year on The Farm
- Sasaki was the Preseason National Freshman of the Year according to Baseball America, ranked No. 1 in the freshman class according to Baseball America and No. 3 according to Perfect Game, and was the favorite to win ACC Freshman of the Year according to D1Baseball
- Freshman Charlie Bates was also lauded in the preseason, ranking No. 7 in the class according to Perfect Game and No. 16 by Baseball America
- The Cardinal featured three players on Perfect Game's Preseason Top 101 Sophomores list, with Volchko (No. 5), Aidan Keenan (No. 70) and Lim (No. 78) selected
- Scott was the lone Cardinal to earn a spot on the Perfect Game Preseason Top 100 Juniors list, landing at No. 23
RETURNERS GALORE
- Having used new faces across the diamond in 2024, Stanford now features a 2025 squad rich with experience
- Stanford returns all but one start and 469.2 of 481 innings (97.6%) from last year, with the lone lost start being Nate Fleischli’s 1.0 IP vs. UNLV on February 19, 2024
- The Cardinal returns 1,476 of 1,899 at bats (78%) from last year, including 85 of its 110 doubles, five of its seven triples, and 32 of its 55 home runs
RINTARO HAS ARRIVED
- Rintaro Sasaki, the top-ranked high school baseball player in Japan, is in his first season on The Farm
- Sasaki has been tabbed the preseason National Freshman of the Year according to Baseball America and is the preseason Freshman of the Year pick in the ACC according to D1Baseball and Baseball America
- He entered the year ranked No. 1 among freshmen according to Baseball America and No. 3 according to Perfect Game
- Rintaro made his stateside debut last summer for the Trenton Thunder in the Draft League before finishing with an outstanding nine-game stint in the Appy League over which he slashed .391/.913/1.508 with three home runs and eight RBIs
- The power-hitting first baseman graduated from Hanamaki-Higashi High School in March of 2024, enrolled at Stanford for the spring quarter last year, and began practicing with the program upon his arrival in March
- While he practiced with the team during the 2024 campaign, Sasaki did not play in a game for the Cardinal
- "We are excited to welcome Rintaro into our Stanford family," David Esquer said following Sasaki's signing. "He may be the most high-profile international prospect to play college baseball in the United States in a long time. His power bat plays right into our style of play, and we look forward to him contributing immediately to help us achieve our goals of competing for and winning national titles."
- Sasaki hit a Japanese high school record 140 home runs, and was projected to be selected first overall in the Nippon Professional Baseball Draft, but forewent the Draft to attend Stanford
- According to scouts, in addition to boasting elite raw power, Sasaki has also shown an advanced approach at the plate - walking twice as many times as he struck out
- Training under his father, Hiroshi Sasaki, Sasaki posted an impressive slash line of .413/.514/.808 during his high school career
- Shohei Ohtani starred for Hanamaki-Higashi (while being coached by the elder Sasaki) before signing with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, while Yusei Kikuchi also prepped under Sasaki at Hanamaki-Higashi before playing for the Saitama Seibu Lions
- Helping to blaze a trail for Japanese high school players looking to play in the United States, Sasaki chose to attend Stanford for the quality of education and to take steps toward achieving his dream of playing in Major League Baseball
REPPING THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE
- Matt Scott and Joey Volchko were selected to play with the 2024 United States Collegiate National Team following the conclusion of the season
- Scott pitched for the U.S. in the International Friendship Series vs. Chinese Taipei while Volchko played for Team USA in a Summer League tour
- Scott's squad swept all five games against Chinese Taipei and Volchko and the U.S. went 3-1 in four games on the summer circuit
- The International squad also defeated the Summer Tour group 4-3 in a Fourth of July game
- Scott got the start in the finale against Chinese Taipei, working four scoreless innings and allowing just one hit and a walk with two strikeouts
- Volchko got the start against the Coastal Plain League's best, allowing one run on one hit with seven strikeouts over four innings in a 2-1 victory for the Collegiate National Team
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
- Often considered one of the most beautiful college baseball facilities in the country, Klein Field at Sunken Diamond is the home to Stanford baseball
- The “Sunken Diamond” name comes from the excavation to provide fill for the earthen berm within which Stanford Stadium was built in 1921, leaving a large, sunken field
- The fixed seating capacity of Klein Field at Sunken Diamond is 2,113 ... with the addition of disabled seating and general admission lawn seating, the total capacity of the facility is 4,000
- The original dimensions were 360 feet to left field, 350 to right field, and 500 feet to center field ... in 1978, a new seven-foot high fence was installed, bringing the dimensions to the current 335 to both left and right fields, and 400 to center field ... the outfield fence was increased to 10 feet in 1995
- Sunken Diamond features ample foul ground from first to third base, with home plate sitting approximately 70 feet from the backstop
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
FAMILY ON THE FARM
- Stanford has a handful of players on this year's roster with ties back to The Farm
- Trevor Moore's father, Tim, played baseball at Stanford in 1992 and was a fifth-round pick of the Chicago White Sox that season
- Ben Reimers' father, Tom, played baseball at Stanford from 1994-96 and helped the Cardinal to a conference title in 1994 and a trip to the College World Series in 1995 ... was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 15th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft
- Nate Stiveson's grandfather, James, played football at Stanford and was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity
- Charlie Bates' first breath was literally taken on The Farm, born at Stanford Hospital in 2005
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 remain 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
HOME OF CHAMPIONS
- Stanford is the all-time leader with 136 NCAA team championships (71 men, 65 women), and 167 national championships overall
- The Cardinal owns the most recognizable streak in college athletics, having won at least one NCAA team title during each of the last 48 seasons, dating back to the 1976-77 campaign
- 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