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Top-Ranked Cardinal Meets No. 7 Virginia in ACC Semifinal

No. 1 Stanford will play in an ACC Championship semifinal on Thursday against fifth-seed Virginia

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Stanford defeated then-No. 1 Virginia 2-1 on October 12 this season at home - handing the Cavaliers their first loss of the year ... has scored at least two goals in all six matches against Virginia, posting an 13-9 advantage in scoring ... Virginia head coach Steve Swanson served as Stanford's head coach from 1996-99, guiding the Cardinal to an overall record of 49-28-4, two Pac-10 championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances in his four seasons at the helm of the program

QUICK PASSES

  • Stanford won the 2025 regular-season ACC title and entered the week ranked No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches and TopDrawerSoccer polls ... is the only program to have reached the College Cup in each of the past two seasons ... prior to this week, held the No. 1 national ranking for two weeks this season (weeks of August 25 and September 1) ... Stanford spent three weeks ranked No. 1 according to United Soccer Coaches last season ... has been ranked in each of the last 45 United Soccer Coaches polls dating back to October 4, 2022 ... has recorded at least 15 wins in each of the last 19 seasons in which it has played 15 matches (played just 12 matches during the 2020-21 season) and has reached 20 wins in 10 of those seasons ... is the winningest program in California since 2010, compiling 297 victories
  • Stanford's 2-0 victory over Boston College on September 25 was No. 400 on The Farm for Paul Ratcliffe, who now carries a 407-73-42 (.820) record at Stanford
  • The Cardinal has scored at least three goals in 12 of the first 17 matches of the year, has reached the five-goal plateau eight times, and has scored at least six goals four times … totaled a season-best eight goals in the regular-season finale at California - the most for Stanford since scoring 15 against Prairie View A&M on November 15, 2019 ... 69 combined goals over the 17 matches are the most through 17 matches in program history - surpassing the 66 scored in the first 17 of the 2017 season ... scored more goals this season (38) through nine matches than it did throughout the 2024 season (35 goals in 23 matches)
  • Stanford is averaging a national-best 23.47 shots per game, having posted at least 20 in 11 of the first 17 matches, and leads the nation in scoring offense (4.06 goals per game)
  • The Cardinal enters Thursday's match carrying a 61-7-9 overall record over its last 77 matches and has won nine straight contests
  • Stanford has conceded just 14 goals so far this season, has posted seven shutouts, and has managed a clean sheet in 39 of its last 73 contests overall … is outscoring its opposition 37-7 over the last nine matches
  • The Cardinal owns a 130-7-10 record at Cagan Stadium since the start of the 2014 season, but had an unbeaten streak of 34 straight home matches (32-0-2) snapped on October 10, 2024 vs. No. 1 Duke ... is 10-0-0 at home so far this season and is outscoring opponents 43-4 in those matches
  • Stanford has won two of the last eight College Cups - most recently capturing the title in 2019 ... made its 12th appearance in the College Cup a year ago, including its second in as many years ... has made six appearances in the College Cup Final ... is 3-3 in national championship matches
  • Jasmine Aikey was named All-ACC first team ... was on the midseason watch list for the MAC Hermann Trophy ... has been named ACC Offensive Player of the Week on October 14 and October 31 this year ... has contributed at least a point in 13 of the first 17 matches this season, has scored in five of her last eight, and has a goal in 10 of the 17 contests this season ... scored in three straight from August 24 to September 4 and four straight from September 25 to October 12 ... leads the team in total points with 33 (team-high 13 goals and seven assists) and has contributed four game-winners ... has managed three braces this season and owns six multi-goal games in her career ... has contributed 35 career goals to rank tied for 10th in Stanford history ... was ranked No. 47 on TopDrawerSoccer's Preseason Top 100 Players list and checked in at No. 11 on the Midseason list ... was named a member of the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week on September 30
  • Mia Bhuta was on the preseason watch list for the MAC Hermann Trophy ... was named TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Best XI first team and tabbed the No. 6 player on TopDrawerSoccer's Preseason Top 100 list ... started the first 48 of a possible 49 matches in her career and has started 53 of her 56 career matches played
  • Caroline Birkel was named All-ACC first team and All-ACC Freshman team ... has started every match in goal this year ... is the first Stanford true freshman to start in goal since Jane Campbell started 18 matches in 2013 ... was ranked No. 96 on TopDrawerSoccer's Midseason Top 100 Freshmen list
  • Elise Evans was named All-ACC first team ... was on the midseason watch list for the MAC Hermann Trophy ... was named ACC co-Defensive Player of the Week and a member of the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week on August 19 ... contributed a pair of assists in Stanford's 7-0 victory vs. San Francisco to open the season before adding a goal vs. No. 16 Santa Clara in the second match of the year ... has contributed five goals this season ... was named TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Best XI second team and tabbed the No. 20 player on TopDrawerSoccer's Preseason Top 100 list before checking in at No. 2 on the Midseason list
  • Lily Freer has played the second-most minutes among Cardinal field players, including the full 90 in eight matches ... was ranked No. 2 on TopDrawerSoccer's Midseason Top 100 Freshmen list
  • Shae Harvey was named All-ACC second team ... contributed her first career multi-goal match and her second career match with at least one goal and an assist by managing a brace against Virginia Tech on October 9 ... has totaled 12 points in her last seven matches after contributing a pair of assists  in a 4-0 victory over Syracuse on September 28 ... was ranked No. 61 on TopDrawerSoccer's Preseason Top 100 Players list and checked in at No. 74 on the Midseason list ... has started 61 of a possible 65 career matches
  • Brooke Holden entered as a substitute in the 60th minute vs. San Francisco and went on to score a brace, notching goals in the 82nd and 87th minutes ... is the first Cardinal since at least 2000 to record a brace in her collegiate debut
  • Joelle Jung has a point in seven of her 15 matches played this year ... notched a goal and two assists against Saint Mary's on August 24 to post her first career match with a goal and an assist ... contributed two assists vs. Virginia Tech on October 9
  • Andrea Kitahata was named All-ACC first team ... was named ACC Offensive Player of the Week on October 21 ... contributed at least one point in each of the first six matches this season and has a point in 14 of the 17 matches this year ... has scored in four consecutive contests entering Thursday, also scored in four straight contests from September 11-28, and has a goal in nine of the last 12 overall ... ranks second on the team in points with 32 (team-high 13 goals and six assists) ... scored a brace in consecutive matches at Miami (October 19) and vs. SMU (October 25) and has four career multi-goal games ... scored a goal and added two assists at Pitt on September 14 ... has scored 35 career goals to rank tied for 10th in Stanford history ... was a preseason All-ACC selection and was tabbed the No. 70 player on TopDrawerSoccer's Preseason Top 100 list before checking in at No. 20 on the Midseason list
  • Eleanor Klinger recorded her first career multi-goal match with a brace at No. 6 USC on September 4 ... recorded her first career multi-assist match with two vs. Virginia Tech on October 9 ... has contributed two matches with a goal and an assist this season (at Pitt on September 14 and vs. Syracuse on September 28)
  • Charlotte Kohler was named All-ACC second team ... has managed at least a point in 13 of the first 17 matches this season, including each of the last seven, and has contributed four game-winners - including the game-winner to defeat No. 1 Virginia and No. 7 Florida State ... contributed three assists vs. SMU on October 25 ... had a string of three straight matches with a goal from August 21-28 ... posted her first career multi-goal match with two against Arizona on August 28
  • Allie Montoya scored in each of Stanford's first four matches, and has contributed at least one point in eight of her 11 matches played this season ... has scored six goals and added five assists to manage 17 points
  • Y-Lan Nguyen was named All-ACC Freshman team ... was ranked No. 77 on TopDrawerSoccer's Midseason Top 100 Freshmen list

NOW AND LATER

  • The 38th annual Ally ACC Women's Soccer Tournament began Sunday, November 2, with first-round matchups on campus sites before moving to First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. for the semifinals and final this weekend
  • Stanford, the No. 1 overall seed after winning the regular-season title, will play in an ACC Championship semifinal on Thursday against fifth-seed Virginia
  • Kickoff between the Cardinal and Cavaliers is set for 5 p.m. PT and Glenn Davis and Kacey White will have the broadcast call on ACC Network
  • Should the Cardinal advance to the ACC Championship final on Sunday, it would meet the winner of No. 2 seed Notre Dame and No. 3 seed Duke
  • The ACC championship will be broadcast live on ESPN with a kickoff set for 9 a.m. PT on November 9

ACC CHAMPIONS

  • Stanford clinched its first ACC regular-season championship by way of an 8-2 win at California on October 30
  • The Cardinal entered the match with an identical ACC record as Notre Dame, but the Irish dropped a decision to Pitt on the road which allowed Stanford to secure the title outright
  • The conference title was Stanford's seventh overall since 2015 after winning the Pac-12 in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022
  • The Cardinal has won 16 conference titles in program history

CARDINAL IN THE TOP 10

  • Stanford opened the season at No. 7 in the United Soccer Coaches poll, has spent three weeks at No. 1, and has been ranked in the Top 10 throughout the year
  • The Cardinal has been ranked in the top three in each of the last 12 polls
  • Prior to this season, the Cardinal last carried the No. 1 overall ranking according to United Soccer Coaches for three consecutive weeks starting on September 2 last year
  • The top ranking last year was the first for Stanford since finishing the 2019 season as the national champion
  • The ACC has held the No. 1 ranking in all but one week this season ... North Carolina, Duke, Stanford, Virginia and Notre Dame have all occupied the top spot
  • In the last 34 weeks of the United Soccer Coaches Poll, dating back to 2023, an ACC team has been ranked No. 1 in all but three polls

LAST TIME OUT

  • Finishing the regular season on the road at California on October 30, Stanford put up a season-high eight goals to record an 8-2 victory over the Golden Bears
  • Teamed with a Notre Dame loss, the win clinched Stanford’s first ACC regular-season championship in outright fashion as the Cardinal and Notre Dame entered Thursday with identical conference records atop the standings
  • The Cardinal scored early and often in the victory, with sophomore Charlotte Kohler finding the back of the net in just the third minute
  • Eleanor Klinger made it 2-0 in the 20th minute before the first of two goals from Jasmine Aikey handed Stanford a 3-0 lead in the 26th minute
  • Former cardinal Lumi Kostmayer got the Bears on the board early in the second half, but Aikey buried a free kick from just outside the box in the 61st minute to respond and run the tally to 4-1
  • Three more Cardinal goals, including tallies from Andrea Kitahata in the 75th, Brooke Holden in the 82nd and Jaden Thomas in the 84th, extended the Cardinal lead to 7-1
  • After Cal put back a rebound following a blocked penalty kick from Stanford goalkeeper Kaiya Jota in the 85th minute, junior Erica Grilione scored her first goal of the season in the 89th minute to put the finishing touches on the rout
  • Stanford’s starting goalkeeper, Caroline Birkel, was credited with three saves over nearly 80 minutes in goal before being replaced by Jota

ALL-CONFERENCE HAUL

  • Having clinched the regular-season ACC title, Stanford was well-represented in the conference end of year awards process
  • Elise Evans was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year, Caroline Birkel was selected ACC Goalkeeper of the Year, and Paul Ratcliffe was named ACC Coach of the Year
  • Jasmine Aikey, Birkel, Evans and Andrea Kitahata were named to the All-ACC first team, while Shae Harvey and Charlotte Kohler landed on the second team
  • Having turned in spectacular first seasons on The Farm, Birkel and Y-Lan Nguyen were named to the ACC All-Freshman team
  • For Ratcliffe, the conference Coach of the Year selection is his 10th overall, including his first since being named Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2018
  • Evans is Stanford’s sixth Defensive Player of the Year selection, including the first since Naomi Girma earned the Pac-12’s top defender award in 2021
  • Birkel’s selection runs Stanford’s Goalkeeper of the Year list to three, joining Jane Campbell (2015) and Ryan Campbell (2023) who had previously garnered the honor in the Pac-12
  • Birkel is the first freshman to win ACC Goalkeeper of the Year honors since the award’s inception in 2022
  • Stanford’s four first-team honorees, and six selections across the three All-ACC teams, were each the most of any program in the conference
  • Kitahata was the lone Cardinal listed on the preseason All-ACC squad prior to the year

AIKEY NAMED ACC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

  • Senior Jasmine Aikey has twice been named ACC Offensive Player of the Week, earning the award on October 14 and October 31
  • With the two this year, Aikey has earned five weekly selections in her career ... she was named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week once during the 2022 and 2023 seasons before earning ACC Defensive Player of the Week on September 17, 2024
  • Aikey most recently earned the award after scoring a pair of goals with two assists to help Stanford to an 8-2 victory at Cal on October 30
  • Aikey scored in the 26th minute and and added a free-kick goal in the 61st to defeat Cal, with her first of the afternoon serving as the game-winner
  • Pitt's Abby Reisz was named the final Defensive Player of the Week of the season
  • Having led Stanford to a 2-0 week that included a 2-1 victory over No. 1 Virginia, Aikey was named ACC Offensive Player of the Week on October 14
  • Aikey scored a goal in each of Stanford’s two victories, including tallying the Cardinal’s first goal of the second half in a 5-0 win over Virginia Tech on October 9
  • She went on to score the match’s opening goal in the 27th minute to give Stanford an early 1-0 lead over the top-ranked Cavaliers on October 12
  • Cal's Teagan Wy was named Defensive Player of the Week that week

SPREADING THE WEALTH

  • Fifteen different players have scored goals this season, and three more have contributed an assist, as 18 players have factored into points
  • Jasmine Aikey has contributed 13 goals and seven assists for a team-best 33 points, while Andrea Kitahata has scored 13 goals and added six assists for 32 points
  • Charlotte Kohler has scored seven goals while adding a team-high 10 assists for 24 points, and Shae Harvey has posted 16 points on four goals and eight assists

FRESHMEN READY TO PLAY

  • Freshman goalkeeper Caroline Birkel has started every match of her inaugural campaign on The Farm, while Lily Freer has started all but four while logging 1,138 minutes - including the full 90 in eight contests
  • Fellow freshmen Brooke Holden and Y-Lan Nguyen have also played in all 17 matches this season
  • Holden entered as a substitute in the 60th minute vs. San Francisco and went on to score a brace, notching goals in the 82nd and 87th minutes to become the first Cardinal since at least 2000 to record multiple goals in her collegiate debut ... she has totaled six goals overall this season
  • Nguyen made her first collegiate start at Pitt on September 14, managing an assist in the match ... has now started seven matches in her freshman season
  • Freshman Milly Bray has contributed a goal and two assists, Nguyen has tallied a goal and an assist in 982 minutes, and Ava Harrison has assisted on one tally
  • In addition to the freshmen debuts, sophomore Kaiya Jota also made her collegiate debut in goal against San Francisco in the season opener

A FEW TO WATCH

  • Junior Mia Bhuta was among the 43 players named to the 2025 Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy Watch List prior to the start of the season
  • Seniors Jasmine Aikey and Elise Evans were listed on the updated midseason watch list announced on October 7
  • The Hermann Trophy is presented annually by the Missouri Athletic Club and is the nation’s highest individual honor recognizing the National Player of the Year as determined by voting of Division I head coaches who are members of United Soccer Coaches
  • The award is named in honor of the late Robert Hermann, the legendary St. Louis, Mo., businessman and soccer executive who founded the National Professional Soccer League, the first pro soccer league in the United States which became the North American Soccer League. He was inducted in the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame in 2012 ... Hermann was inducted in the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame in 2012
  • A Cardinal player has claimed three of the last eight MAC Hermann trophies, with Andi Sullivan earning the award in 2017, followed by Catarina Macario becoming a back-to-back winner in 2018 and 2019 ... Kelley O'Hara was the first Stanford player to win the MAC Hermann Trophy at the conclusion of the 2009 season ... O'Hara was followed by Christen Press (2010) and Teresa Noyola (2011) to bring Stanford's total to six winners
  • North Carolina junior forward Kate Faasse was named the winner of the 2024 Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy after guiding the Tar Heels to the national title

THEY HAVE THE ANSWER

  • The Cardinal has allowed just 14 goals this year, but when it has conceded, it has often been quick to respond with a counterpunch
  • Stanford allowed its first goal of the season to then-No. 16 Santa Clara on August 17 with the clock reading 88:51, but freshman Milly Bray got that goal back for the Cardinal just 24 second later
  • Saint Mary's scored in the 52nd minute on August 24, but Jasmine Aikey and Stanford responded for a goal in the 55th to regain all the momentum
  • After USC's Jaiden Anderson netted a goal in the final ticks of the 80th minute on September 4, Eleanor Klinger completed a brace with a goal in the 83rd
  • Stanford allowed a goal at Miami in the 66th minute only to respond with one from Andrea Kitahata in the 79th
  • Most recently, the Cardinal allowed a goal in the 49th minute at California on October 30, but responded with a goal of its own from Jasmine Aikey in the 61st
  • A second Cal goal in the 85th-minute was answered by a strike from Erica Grilione in the 89th

HOME SWEET HOME

  • Stanford owns a 130-7-10 record at Cagan Stadium since the start of the 2014 season
  • Stanford's 1-1 draw with Washington on October 14, 2023 ended a string of 21 straight wins at home – a stretch that dated back to October 3, 2021 … the Cardinal would extend it's unbeaten streak to 34 straight matches (32-0-2) before No. 1 Duke snapped the string with a 4-1 victory on October 10, 2024
  • The Cardinal is 10-0-0 so far this season at home and has outscored the opposition 43-4
  • The Cardinal went 7-2-1 last year at home and outscored the opposition 20-9
  • Stanford has managed unbeaten home slates in six of the last 11 seasons
  • Including a 7-0 victory over San Francisco this season, Stanford is unbeaten in its last 37 home openers (36-0-1) dating back to 1989 ... lone tie came vs. Portland in 2013
  • The Cardinal is outscoring opponents 130-14 with 26 shutouts over those 37 home openers
  • Stanford owns a 37-4-1 record overall in home openers in program history (since 1984)
  • Stanford had a 43-match unbeaten streak at home snapped during the 2020-21 season with a 1-0 loss to Cal on March 20 ... went 42-0-1 over the span, which began at the beginning of the 2017 season ... played to a 1-1 draw vs. then-No. 7 Santa Clara on September 16, 2018 for the only tie over the 43-match string

HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING

  • Stanford has scored 17 goals in the first 15 minutes of a match this year, including nine in the first 10 and five within five minutes of kickoff
  • Eleanor Klinger's goal just 39 seconds into the match at Pitt on September 14 is the quickest tally for the Cardinal this year, and the fastest for a Cardinal player since Christen Press scored in 23 seconds against BYU on November 14, 2009
  • The Cardinal has also been quick coming out for the second half, collecting 12 goals in the first 15 minutes, and four in the first 10 minutes, of the second-half whistle ... Jasmine Aikey has the fastest second-half goal, striking for one in the 46th minute against Syracuse on September 28
  • So far this season, Stanford has scored 33 goals in the first half and 36 in the second half of matches

SUCCESS UNDER RATCLIFFE

  • This fall marks the 23rd season under the direction of Knowles Family Director of Women's Soccer Paul Ratcliffe
  • Ratcliffe is Stanford's all-time winningest soccer coach with a 407-73-42 record in his tenure on The Farm
  • Ratcliffe has guided Stanford to three national championships, six NCAA finals, 11 conference titles, 11 College Cup appearances, a berth in the NCAA third round in 15 of the past 19 seasons, and a spot in the NCAA Tournament in 21 of his 22 seasons

AYE AYE, CAPTAINS!

  • Stanford named a quartet of players team captains ahead of the 2025 season - juniors Mia Bhuta and Shae Harvey, senior Elise Evans and redshirt senior Andrea Kitahata
  • Evans and Kitahata were both voted team captains a year ago, while Bhuta and Harvey are first-year captains on The Farm

REPRESENTING THE SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM

HOME OF CHAMPIONS

  • Stanford is the all-time leader with 137 NCAA team championships (70 men, 67 women), and 173 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 49 seasons, dating back to the 1976-77 campaign
  • The Cardinal has also produced 565 NCAA individual champions and 658 overall
  • Stanford has won the Learfield Directors’ Cup in 26 of the possible 31 seasons, including a 25-year streak from 1995-2019

CARDINAL ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE

  • Tierna Davidson, Naomi Girma and Sophia Smith won gold playing with Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics
  • While 2024 marked the first Olympic gold for the trio, the Olympic medal was the second of Davidson’s career after helping the U.S. to a bronze at the Tokyo Games in 2020
  • Jane Campbell, an alternate with Team USA in 2024, also earned bronze playing alongside Davidson in Tokyo
  • Catarina Macario (United States) and Ali Riley (New Zealand) were also selected for the Games, but withdrew due to injury
  • Riley was set to play in her fifth Olympic Games with New Zealand, while Macario previously joined Davidson and Campbell in winning bronze in Tokyo
  • One of the top defenders in the world, Girma played every minute of the Olympics for the United States at center back, helping the U.S. post four clean sheets in the six matches
  • Proving herself a weapon on the attack for the United States, Smith scored three goals and added two assists ... she was directly involved in a goal in four of the USA’s six matches at the 2024 Olympics
  • Davidson missed the group stage final and the quarterfinal match in Olympic play, but returned to the starting lineup and the U.S. backline for the semifinal and gold-medal matches – a pair of 1-0 victories over Germany and Brazil
  • With three more added to the list, Stanford women’s soccer has now had seven former players win gold with the U.S. in Olympic competition – compiling 10 gold medals in total
  • Julie Foudy, who was on the broadcast call for the final against Brazil, was the first to capture gold, doing so in 1996 and then again in 2004 ... Nicole Barnhart and Rachel Buehler teamed for gold in 2008 before being joined by Kelley O’Hara on the 2012 gold-medal squad
  • Prior to guiding the United States to the top of the podium, Davidson, Girma and Smith led Stanford to national championships while on The Farm ... furthermore, each player ultimately became the No. 1 overall pick in their respective NWSL draft classes ... Davidson was a member of the 2017 national champions before being selected No. 1 overall in the 2019 NWSL draft ... Smith and Girma were both sophomores on the 2019 national championship squad before going No. 1 overall in 2020 and 2022, respectively
  • In addition to the 2024 Paris Games, seven former Cardinal represented their countries in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
  • The Farm produced five players for Team USA, including Alana Cook, Girma, Kelley O'Hara, Smith and Andi Sullivan ... all but O'Hara (fourth World Cup) were making their inaugural appearance in the World Cup
  • Kyra Carusa made her World Cup debut with Ireland, while Riley captained New Zealand - earning the country's first World Cup victory ... for Riley, the 2023 World Cup was her fifth with The Ford Football Ferns
  • Stanford's five U.S. World Cup members were the most of any program in the nation, followed by North Carolina and Santa Clara with two

#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
  • Included in the medal winners were Tierna Davidson, Naomi Girma and Sophie Smith who earned gold for Team USA in women's soccer
  • 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 (including Jane Campbell with the U.S. Women's National Team), 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