Arizona State University Athletics
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| University | Arizona State University |
| Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
| NCAA | Division I / FBS |
| Athletic director | Ray Anderson |
| Location | Tempe, Arizona |
| Varsity teams | 25 |
| Football stadium | Sun Devil Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Wells Fargo Arena |
| Baseball stadium | Phoenix Municipal Stadium |
| Mascot | Sparky |
| Fight song | "Maroon & Gold" |
| Colors | Maroon and Gold |
| Website | thesundevils |
The Arizona State Sun Devils are the athletic teams representing Arizona State University. ASU has nine men's and eleven women's varsity teams competing in the NCAA Pac-12 Conference. The mascot was adopted in 1946; earlier nicknames were the Normals and later, the Bulldogs. The Sun Devil mascot, Sparky, was designed by former Disney illustrator Bert Anthony. ASU's chief rival is the University of Arizona Wildcats.
ASU has 23 NCAA team national championships, including baseball (five times), women's tennis (three times), men's gymnastics (one), men's track and field (one), men's indoor track and field (one), women's outdoor track and field (two times), women's indoor track and field (one), wrestling (one), men's golf (two times), women's golf (thirteen times), softball (two times), and women's swimming and diving (seven times). These combine for a total of 55 team national championships. ASU also has numerous individual NCAA national champions in different sports. Additionally, the baseball team has appeared in the College World Series 22 times, the men's basketball team has participated in 13 NCAA tournaments, including 3 Elite Eight appearances, and the ASU football team won the Rose Bowl in 1987 and the Fiesta Bowl in 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, and 1982.
ASU varsity teams won national championships in men's archery 15 times, women's archery 21 times, mixed archery 20 times, men's badminton 13 times, women's badminton 17 times and mixed badminton 10 times, all of which are not recognized by the NCAA.
Arizona State University currently sponsors teams in 9 men's and 14 women's NCAA sanctioned sports, following the 2015 elevation of the men's ice hockey club team to varsity status: In the fall of 2015, Arizona State announced the addition of women's triathlon and women's lacrosse. Triathlon will begin competition in the fall of 2016, with lacrosse starting competition in the spring of 2018. In spring 2016, ASU announced the reinstatement of men's tennis, which had been dropped after the 2007–08 school year, but did not set a definite date for the resumption of play.
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