List of Arizona State University athletes

Arizona State University has graduated a number of athletes. This includes graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of ASU who are notable for their achievements within athletics, sometimes before or after their time at ASU. Other alumni, including non-playing coaches and athletic administrators, can be found in the list of Arizona State University alumni. The first recorded sporting event in the history of what was originally the Tempe Normal School was a baseball game played in 1891; the first football team was fielded in 1896. Since 1947, ASU's athletic teams have been known as the Sun Devils after previously being known as the Bulldogs and unofficially as the Normals or Owls. The university is a member of the Big 12 Conference and fields teams in 26 varsity sports, comprising some 600 student-athletes.
ASU has historically produced notable athletes in baseball, football, swimming, track and field, and wrestling, among other sports., ASU is second among all NCAA universities with 117 alumni who have played in Major League Baseball and has the most inductees into the College Baseball Hall of Fame, and more than 200 Sun Devil student-athletes have competed in the Olympic Games, winning a total of 66 medals.
Well-known American football athletes include six members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including Curley Culp and Randall McDaniel, as well as Pat Tillman. ASU's contributions to MLB include Barry Bonds, Dustin Pedroia, Reggie Jackson and Rick Monday. Other notables include basketball players Eddie House and James Harden among 30 all-time National Basketball Association players, swimmers Léon Marchand and Melissa Belote, and golfers including six-time major tournament winner Phil Mickelson and two-time winner Jon Rahm. Other ASU athletes have played professionally in the National Hockey League, Women's National Basketball Association, National Women's Soccer League, Ultimate Fighting Championship, PGA Tour and LPGA Tour, as well as internationally.
For size reasons, this list contains six partial lists covering baseball, basketball, football, golf, swim and dive, and track and field.

Golf

Softball

Name	Years played at ASU	Notes	Ref.
	2005–2008	Pitcher, played in National Pro Fastpitch
	2006–2009	2011 gold medalist at the Pan American Games, played in National Pro Fastpitch
	2008–2011
	2011–2014	Pitcher; later a graduate manager for ASU softball, represented Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics
		Represented Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics
	2018
	2014–2017
	2017–2018
	1993–1997	Head softball coach, San José State
	2014–2017

Soccer

Name	Years played at ASU	Notes	Ref.
	2012–2015	Played in the National Women's Soccer League and the Norwegian Toppserien
	2002–2004	Played in Women's Professional Soccer and the National Women's Soccer League
	2012
	2018–2022	Played in Liga MX Femenil and for the Mexico women's national team
	2018–2022
	2018–2022	First Sun Devil soccer player to be an All-American since 2002; played in the NWSL and USL Super League
	2016–2019
	2012–2015	Played in the NWSL
	2021	Jamaican international
	2000–2003	Played in Women's Professional Soccer and the National Women's Soccer League; 2011 Women's World Cup champion; 2012 Olympian representing the U.S.; interim coach of the Utah Royals
	2002–2005
	2017–2018	Played professionally in England
	2022–2023	2024 Olympian representing New Zealand
	2018-2019	Played professionally in the U.S. and Germany
	2005–2008
	2018-2021
	1998–2000
	2020–2022

Tennis

Name	Years played at ASU	Notes	Ref.
		Professional tennis player
		Chilean tennis player
	2010–2013	Professional tennis player
	2021–2024	Professional tennis player
		NCAA doubles champion at Auburn University before transferring to ASU
	1982–1983	Professional tennis player
	1999–2002	Professional tennis player
	2022–2024	Professional tennis player
	2016–2018	Professional tennis player
		Professional tennis player
		1992 Olympian representing Canada
	2017–2018
	2017–2021	Professional tennis player
		Professional tennis player
		Professional tennis player
	1971–1974	Professional tennis player
	1999–2002	Professional tennis player
		2024 Olympian representing the U.S.
	2001–2003	Professional tennis player
		Professional tennis player and coach
	1991–1992	Professional tennis player
	2014-2017	Professional tennis player
	1968–1972	Professional tennis player; collegiate doubles champion, 1972
		Professional tennis player
	1984–1986
	1997–2001	Professional tennis player
	1970	Professional tennis player
	2018–2019	Professional tennis player
	1994–1995	First NCAA men's singles champion in ASU history; three-time Olympian representing Armenia
		1996 Olympian representing the Dominican Republic
		Professional tennis player and coach
	2021–2025	Latvian tennis player
	2019–2022	Professional tennis player

Wrestling and combat sports

Name	Years played at ASU	Notes	Ref.
		Served in the U.S. Army; MMA coach
	2001–2005	Wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
	1998–2001	Three-time All-American
	2022–2024	Freestyle wrestler; competed in the 2024 Summer Olympics
		Represented Canada in wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
		ASU's first female wrestler; represented the U.S. at the 2012 Summer Olympics
	2014–2017	Wrestler and MMA fighter
	2004–2005	Wrestler and MMA fighter
		Represented the U.S. in wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
	1985–1987	Wrestler and MMA fighter
	1993	Represented the U.S. in wrestling at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics
		MMA fighter
	2010–2011	2011 national champion at 157 lbs, professional MMA fighter
	1987–1990	Represented the U.S. in the 1992 Summer Olympics and served as an Olympic coach in 2004, 2008 and 2012; ASU wrestling head coach since 2014
		Wrestler; professional MMA fighter
		Professional MMA fighter
		Wrestler; professional MMA fighter
	2008–2011	2011 national champion at 125 lbs, profiled in the 2024 film Unstoppable
	1976–1978	Represented the U.S. at the 1976 Summer Olympics
		Wrestler; professional MMA fighter
		Represented the U.S. at the 1996 Summer Olympics
	1989–1990	Represented the U.S. at the 1996 Summer Olympics
	1977–1980	Wrestler and wrestling coach at ASU; MMA fighter
		MMA fighter; ASU assistant wrestling coach

		MMA fighter
	2016–2020	2019 NCAA freestyle champion
	2003–2005	Two-time All-American and MMA fighter; first heavyweight MMA or boxing champion of Mexican-American descent
		MMA fighter

Other athletics

Name	Years played at ASU	Notes	Ref.
		Archer; represented the U.S. at the 1996 Summer Olympics
	1983–1984	Archer; gold medalist for the U.S. at the 1987 Pan American Games and 1988 Summer Olympics
		Captain of the 1996 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team; graduated 2003
		Water polo; represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics
	2016–2019	Hockey goaltender; first ASU hockey player to play in the National Hockey League
		Triathlete; represented Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
	2021–2023	Hockey forward
	2002–2005	Gymnast; collegiate coach at Washington, Nebraska, Georgia and North Carolina
		Badminton; represented the U.S. at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics
		Water polo; represented China at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics
		Professional esports player; known for Counter-Strike
	1992–1995	Volleyball
	1985–1986	Gymnast
	1985–1986	Gymnast
		Archer; represented the U.S. at the 1996 Summer Olympics
	1984–1987	Badminton; three-time national men's doubles and singles champion, four-time All-American; 1992 Olympian representing the U.S.
	1976–1980	Gymnast; coached Nia Dennis and Gabby Douglas
		Badminton; represented the U.S. at the 1992 Summer Olympics
		Sports shooting; 1960 Olympian representing the U.S.
	1980–1984	Archer; represented the U.S. at the 1976, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics
	2018-2020	Triathlete
		Archer; represented the U.S. at the 1984 Summer Olympics
	2021–2025	Hockey defenseman
	2017–2020	Hockey defenseman
	2024–2025	Hockey forward; highest-drafted ASU hockey player, 32nd overall in the 2025 NHL Draft
		Water polo; represented the Netherlands at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics
		Water polo; represented the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Olympics
		Gymnast
	1991–1994	Volleyball player
		Sports shooting; 2016 Olympian representing the U.S.
	2024–2025	Ice hockey
		World-champion bareback bronc rider; 1968 intercollegiate bareback riding champion
	1983–1986	Volleyball; represented the U.S. in the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics and won bronze in 1992
		Water polo; represented Australia at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics
		Archer; represented Great Britain at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics
	2009–2012	Volleyball player