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Utah Athletics | 2022-23 Accomplishments
COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
- Back-to-back most successful years in competition across all sport programs:
- Most conference titles in one season in school history, 2022-23:
- 7 teams; 5 Pac-12, 1 RMISA (Skiing), 1 ASUN (Lacrosse) winning 10 regular season and tournament or championship game titles.
- Previous high was 8 total championships in 2004-05 (Mountain West Conference)
- In 2021-22, Utah won 6 total championships by 4 teams (2 Pac-12, 1 RMISA, 1 ASUN)
- Most teams qualifying for NCAA Championships or Bowl Game in school history for second year in a row (8)
- Most conference titles in one season in school history, 2022-23:
- 28th in final LEARFIELD Director’s Cup rankings, highest for Utah since the program began in 1993-94. Previous best was 37th in 1997-98.
- 23rd in final winter Learfield Cup rankings, Utah’s highest in final winter standings in 25 years; 2nd year in a row (24th last year)
- Mark Harlan was named Cushman & Wakefield Athletics Director of the Year, presented by NACDA
- Cross-Country, 12th place at NCAA Championship; all-time program best
- Football, Rose Bowl
- Skiing, NCAA Championship Meet (1st place)
- Won fourth consecutive NCAA championship (16th national championship for program)
- Claimed four individual NCAA titles
- Women’s Slalom (Madison Hoffman)
- Women’s Giant Slalom (Madison Hoffman)
- Women’s 5K Freestyle (Novie McCabe)
- Women’s 20K Classic (Novie McCabe)
- Women’s Basketball, NCAA Tournament (Sweet 16)
- Gymnastics, NCAA Championships, 3rd place (Regional champs)
- Two individual national titles, All-Around and Beam (Maile O’Keefe)
- Men’s Tennis, NCAA Tournament (second round)
- Lacrosse, NCAA Tournament
- Softball, NCAA Tournament, Women’s College World Series
- Regional champ, Super Regional champ (hosted both), as No. 15 overall seed
- First Super Regional Win, first trip to WCWS since 1994
Conference Titles – Team: (10 total regular season or tournament/championship game by 7 teams)
- Football (won Pac-12 Championship Game 47-24 over No. 4 USC)
- Skiing (RMISA regular season and championship meet) and NCAA Champion
- Women’s Basketball (Pac-12 regular season co-champions; tie with Stanford)
- Gymnastics (Pac-12 regular season co-champs and championship meet)
- Men’s Tennis (Pac-12 regular season co-champions; tie with USC and Arizona)
- Lacrosse (ASUN regular season and tournament)
- Softball (Pac-12 tournament)
Wins over Top 10 Teams (11)
Football: Beat USC twice (when ranked #7 and #4)
Men’s Basketball: Beat Arizona (#4)
Women’s Basketball: Beat Stanford (#3)
Men’s Tennis: Beat Harvard (#7)
Softball: Beat Stanford, swept three-game series (#5); beat UCLA (#2); beat UW (when ranked #5 and #9)
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ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS
- Utah recorded its fifth consecutive year at 93-percent or higher in the NCAA Graduation Success Rate report for 2022, scoring 93-percent for the second consecutive year, tying for second among Pac-12 departments behind Stanford. This record stretch includes a school-record 95-percent figure in 2018, followed by 94-percent rates in 2019 and ’20 and a 93-percent figure in ‘21.
- 109 Utah student-athletes graduated in either Fall 2022, or Spring or Summer 2023.
- Utah saw four teams earn perfect 1000 scores in multi-year Academic Progress Rate and 12 teams earned perfect 1000 single-year scores.
- 3.355 GPA for 2022-23 ranks third in program history
- 3.384 GPA for Spring 2023 ranks fourth all-time; 3.328 in Fall 2022 ranks sixth all-time
- Skiing – Men’s & Women’s
- Madison Hoffman, Skiing (women’s slalom)
- Madison Hoffman, Skiing (women’s giant slalom)
- Novie McCabe, Skiing (women’s 5K freestyle)
- Novie McCabe, Skiing (women’s 20K classic)
- Maile O’Keefe, Gymnastics (All-Around)
- Maile O’Keefe, Gymnastics (Beam)
- Clark Phillips III, Football (Jim Thorpe Award)
- Alissa Pili, Women’s Basketball (Naismith Player of the Year)
- Kyle Whittingham, Football (Dodd Trophy Coach of the Year)
- Lynne Roberts, Women’s Basketball (Naismith Coach of the Year)
- Maile O’Keefe, Gymnastics (AAI Award)
- Football (won Pac-12 Championship Game 47-24 over No. 4 USC)
- Skiing (RMISA regular season and championship meet)
- Women’s Basketball (Pac-12 regular season co-champions; tie with Stanford)
- Gymnastics (Pac-12 regular season co-champs and championship meet)
- Men’s Tennis (Pac-12 regular season co-champions; tie with USC and Arizona)
- Lacrosse (ASUN regular season and tournament)
- Softball (Pac-12 tournament)
- *Cross Country (tied for first at Pac-12 Championship meet with Colorado, 66 pts.; officially 2nd by tie-breaker)
- Clark Phillips (5), CB, Football (Unanimous First Team: AFCA, AP, FWAA, Walter Camp, Sporting News)...fourth for Utah, and first non-kicker/punter
- Dalton Kincaid, TE, Football (Third Team AP)
- Lander Barton, LB, Football (Freshman All-America Second Team)
- Simote Pepa, DT, Football (Freshman All-America Honorable Mention)
- Madelyn Robinson, Volleyball (Honorable Mention AVCA)
- Emily Venters, Cross Country (12th-place at NCAA Championships)
- Emily Venters, Indoor Track & Field (USTFCCCA First Team; 5th place 5000m)
- Emily Venters, Outdoor Track & Field (USTFCCCA First Team; 2nd place 10000m)
- Emily Venters, Outdoor Track & Field (USTFCCCA First Team; 3rd place 5000m)
- Simone Plourde, Indoor Track & Field (USTFCCCA First Team, 4th place, 3000m)
- Simone Plourde, Outdoor Track & Field (USTFCCCA First Team, 7th place, 5000m)
- Simone Plourde, Outdoor Track & Field (USTFCCCA Second Team, 1500m)
- Dinedye Denis, Outdoor Track & Field (USTFCCCA Honorable Mention, 400m Hurdles)
- Novie McCabe, Women’s Nordic Skiing (20K Classic, First Team* / National Champ)
- Novie McCabe, Women’s Nordic Skiing (5K Freestyle, First Team* / National Champ)
- Sophia Laukli, Women’s Nordic Skiing (20K Classic, First Team, 3rd place)
- Sophia Laukli, Women’s Nordic Skiing (5K Freestyle, First Team, 4th place)
- Sydney Palmer-Leger, Women’s Nordic Skiing (20K Classic, First Team, 5th place)
- Madison Hoffman, Women’s Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom, First Team* / National Champ)
- Madison Hoffman, Women’s Alpine Skiing (Slalom, First Team* / National Champ)
- Katie Parker, Women’s Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom, Second Team, 10th place)
- Samuel Hendry, Men’s Nordic Skiing (20K Classic, First Team, 4th place)
- Luke Jager, Men’s Nordic Skiing (10K Freestyle, Second Team, 6th place)
- Walker Hall, Men’s Nordic Skiing (10K Freestyle, Second Team, 8th place)
- Gustav Vøllo, Men’s Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom, Second Team, 7th place)
- Wilhelm Normannseth, Men’s Alpine Skiing (Slalom, First Team, 2nd place)
- Alissa Pili (3), Women’s Basketball (WBCA; Second-team AP & USBWA)
- Gianna Kneepkens, Women’s Basketball (WBCA Honorable Mention)
- Andrei Ungur, Men’s Swimming (100 Back, First Team, 5th place)
- Holly Waxman, Women’s Diving (1m, Second Team, 15th place)
- Maile O’Keefe, Gymnastics (NCAA First Team all-around / National Champ)
- Maile O’Keefe, Gymnastics (NCAA First Team, bars)
- Maile O’Keefe, Gymnastics (NCAA First Team, beam; WCGA first-team regular season beam / National Champ)
- Maile O’Keefe, Gymnastics (NCAA First Team, floor)
- Cristal Isa, Gymnastics (Beam - NCAA First Team & WCGA second-team regular season)
- Cristal Isa, Gymnastics (Bars - NCAA Second Team)Â
- Grace McCallum, Gymnastics (NCAA First Team on bars)
- Abby Brenner, Gymnastics (NCAA Second Team on bars)
- Makenna Smith, Gymnastics (NCAA First Team on vault)
- Kara Eaker, Gymnastics (WCGA First Team regular season on beam)
- Jaedyn Rucker, Gymnastics (WCGA Second Team regular season on vault)Â
- Mariah Lopez, P, Softball (NFCA Third Team)
- Ellessa Bonstrom, IF, Softball (D1Softball Second Team)
- Abby Brenner, Gymnastics (Pac-12 Vault champion)
- Novie McCabe, Women’s Skiing (RMISA 5K freestyle)
- Novie McCabe, Women’s Skiing (RMISA 20K classic)
- Wilhelm Normannseth, Men’s Skiing (RMISA Slalom)
- Emily Venters, Track & Field (Pac-12 Outdoor 10,000 meters)
- Simone Plourde, Track & Field (Pac-12 Outdoor 1,500 meters; meet record)
- Charlee Linton, Track & FIeld (USTFCCCA)
- Sten van Beurden, Men’s Tennis (ITA Mountain)
- Lynne Roberts, Women’s Basketball (Pac-12)
- Andrew McMinn, Lacrosse (ASUN)
- Roeland Brateanu, Men’s Tennis (Pac-12)
- Miles Havlick, Nordic Skiing (RMISA)
- JJ Johnson, Alpine Skiing (RMISA)
- Emily Venters, Cross-Country (Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year)
- Clark Phillips III, CB, Football (AP Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year)
- Lander Barton, LB, Football (Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year)
- Alissa Pili, Women’s Basketball (Pac-12 Player of the Year; coaches vote)
- Wilhelm Normannseth, Men’s Skiing (RMISA MVP - Slalom)
- Gustav Vøllo, Men’s Skiing (RMISA MVP - Giant Slalom)
- Luke Jager, Men’s Skiing (RMISA MVP - Classic)
- Novie McCabe, Women’s Skiing (RMISA MVP - Freestyle)
- Maile O’Keefe, Gymnastics (Pac-12 Specialist of the Year)
- Tyler Bradbury, Lacrosse (ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year)
- Ryan Stines, Lacrosse (ASUN Freshman of the Year)
*School-record 8 CSC Academic All-Americans (previous record was 5 in 2002-03)
- Luke McDivitt, Men’s Swimming & Diving (CSC Academic All-America 2nd Team; CSC Academic All-District)
- R.J. Hubert, Football (CSC Academic All-America 2nd Team; CSC Academic All-District)
- Samuel Hendry, Men’s Skiing (CSC Academic All-America 1st team; CSC Academic All-District)
- Tyler Bradbury, Lacrosse (CSC Academic All-America 1st team; CSC Academic All-District)
- Novie McCabe, Women’s Skiing (CSC Academic All-America 1st team; CSC Academic All-District)
- Madison Hoffman, Women’s Skiing (CSC Academic All-America 3rd team; CSC Academic All-District)
- Maile O’Keefe, Gymnastics (CSC Academic All-America 1st team; CSC Academic All-District)
- Abby Paulson, Gymnastics (CSC Academic All-America 2nd team; CSC Academic All-District)
- Javier Barcos, Men's Golf (GCAA All-America Scholar)
- Hunter Howe, Men's Golf (GCAA All-America Scholar)
- Martin Leon, Men's Golf (GCAA All-America Scholar)
- Braxton Watts, Men's Golf (GCAA All-America Scholar)
- Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA Scholar All-America Team)
- Volleyball (USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award)
- Beach Volleyball (USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award)
- Cole Brams, Lacrosse (USILA Scholar All-American)
- Bryson Barnes, Football (CSC Academic All-District)
- Connor O’Toole, Football (CSC Academic All-District)
- Karene Reid, Football (CSC Academic All-District)
- Courtney Brown, Soccer (CSC Academic All-District)
- Kaitlyn Conley, Soccer (CSC Academic All-District)
- Haley Farrar, Soccer (CSC Academic All-District)
- Kylee Geis, Soccer (CSC Academic All-District)
- Maryn Granger, Soccer (CSC Academic All-District)
- Kamry Bailey, Volleyball (CSC Academic All-District)
- Allie Olsen, Volleyball (CSC Academic All-District)
- Emily Smith, Volleyball (CSC Academic All-District)
- Amelia Van Der Werff, Volleyball (CSC Academic All-District)
- Noah Carlson, Men’s Swimming & Diving (CSC Academic All-District)
- Parker McOmber, Men’s Swimming & Diving (CSC Academic All-District)
- Preston Planells, Men’s Swimming & Diving (CSC Academic All-District)
- Katie Hale, Women’s Swimming & Diving (CSC Academic All-District)
- Kayla Miller, Women’s Swimming & Diving (CSC Academic All-District)
- Lexi Mills, Women’s Swimming & Diving (CSC Academic All-District)
- Charity Pittard, Women’s Swimming & Diving (CSC Academic All-District)
- Kennady McQueen, Women’s Basketball (CSC Academic All-District)
- Jenna Johnson, Women’s Basketball (CSC Academic All-District)
- Gianna Kneepkens, Women’s Basketball (CSC Academic All-District)
- Luke Jager, Men’s Skiing (CSC Academic All-District)
- Wilhelm Normannseth, Men’s Skiing (CSC Academic All-District)
- Maile O’Keefe, Gymnastics (CSC Academic All-District)
- Haley Denning, Softball (CSC Academic All-District)
- Jordyn Gasper, Softball (CSC Academic All-District)
- Kendall Lundberg, Softball (CSC Academic All-District)
- Dakota Duffalo, Baseball (CSC Academic All-District)
- Jaden Harris, Baseball (CSC Academic All-District)
- Randon Hostert, Baseball (CSC Academic All-District)
- Blake Whiting, Baseball (CSC Academic All-District)
- Anastasia Goncharova, Women’s Tennis (CSC Academic All-District)
- Samantha Horwood, Women’s Tennis (CSC Academic All-District)
- Grace Andrews, Beach Volleyball (CSC Academic All-District)
- Madison Tattini, Women’s Tennis (CSC Academic All-District)
- Keelah Barger, Cross Country/Track & Field (CSC Academic All-District)
- Lauren Peterson, Cross Country/Track & Field (CSC Academic All-District)
- Simone Plourde, Cross Country/Track & Field (CSC Academic All-District)
- Emily Venters, Cross Country/Track & Field (CSC Academic All-District)
- Rachel Whipple, Cross Country/Track & Field (CSC Academic All-District)
- Keelah Barger, Track & Field (USTFCCCA All-Academic)
- Josefine Eriksen, Track & Field (USTFCCCA All-Academic)
- Morgan Jensen, Track & Field (USTFCCCA All-Academic)
- Emily Martin, Track & Field (USTFCCCA All-Academic)
- Simone Plourde, Track & Field (USTFCCCA All-Academic)
- Emily Venters, Track & Field (USTFCCCA All-Academic)
- Erin Vringer, Track & Field (USTFCCCA All-Academic)
- Bella Williams, Track & Field (USTFCCCA All-Academic)
- Utah Baseball Team (ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award)
- Utah recorded its fifth consecutive year at 93-percent or higher in the NCAA Graduation Success Rate report for 2022, scoring 93-percent for the second consecutive year, tying for second among Pac-12 departments behind Stanford. This record stretch includes a school-record 95-percent figure in 2018, followed by 94-percent rates in 2019 and ’20 and a 93-percent figure in ‘21.
- 109 Utah student-athletes graduated in either Fall 2022, or Spring or Summer 2023.
- Utah saw four teams earn perfect 1000 scores in multi-year Academic Progress Rate and 12 teams earned perfect 1000 single-year scores.
- 3.355 GPA for 2022-23 ranks third in program history
- 3.384 GPA for Spring 2023 ranks fourth all-time; 3.328 in Fall 2022 ranks sixth all-time
- 34 straight semesters (17 years) with a departmental semester GPA of 3.00 or higher (current streak started in fall 2006) through Spring 2023
- 56 consecutive semesters that the gymnastics program has earned a team semester GPA of 3.000 or higher
- 3 teams have earned a team semester GPA of 3.00 or higher for 31 straight semesters (men’s skiing, women’s cross country, volleyball)Â
- SPRING 2023
- 66 student-athletes with a perfect semester GPA of 4.00
- 218 (44.6%) student-athletes earned Dean’s List honors – highest in school history
- 391 (79.9%) student-athletes made the Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll (3.00+ GPA) – highest in school history was 86% in SP20
- FALL 2022
- 69 (13.6%) of all student-athletes with a perfect semester GPA of 4.00
- 202 (39.7%) of all student-athletes earned Dean’s List honors – highest in school history was 43% in FA20
- 382 (75.2%) of all student-athletes made the Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll (3.00+ GPA) – highest in school history was 86% in SP20
- Since July 1, 2022, student-athletes have logged 816 hours into HelperHelper (this number will increase by the end of the academic year).
- Ute Academy Leadership Program: 21 student-athletes participated in a nine-week leadership program, which ended in a 7-day service expedition in the village of Sumaco, Ecuador. Student-athletes helped the village build the infrastructure needed for their village’s outhouses. 11 student-athletes joined the service trip, representing the sports of MBB, WBB, Diving, MLA, XC/Track, and WGY.
- Legacy of Lowell Day of Service: Men’s Swim volunteered at Tracy Aviary and Softball and Women’s Swim/Dive volunteered at the Utah Food Bank.
- Crimson Council Trunk-or-Treat: community event where all teams dressed up and handed out candy to kids prior to the WSO game. Student-athletes interacted and provided candy to over 150 kids in the community.
- Holiday Dinner and Canned Food Drive:Â over 500 pounds of food collected and donated to the Utah Food Bank.
- Valentine’s Dinner and Teddy Bear/Card Drive: 50 teddy bears and over 100 cards collected and donated to Primary Children’s Hospital.
- Elementary School Visits: many student-athletes from different teams have visited elementary schools across the valley, including a career night at Riley Elementary.
- Utah Special Olympics: Gymnastics, Volleyball and Women’s Swim/Dive volunteered to help organize and run the basketball tournament for the Olympic Games.
- Utah Athlete in Service Award Recipient: Lizzy De Cecco (Swim/Dive). Presented annually by the Bennion Center to a student-athlete who has completed at least 40 hours of service within the last year.
- Crimson Council Huntsman Cancer Fundraiser: planning to focus our 2023-2024 service on Huntsman Cancer Institute to create a coordinated effort throughout athletics.
- Swim/Dive: clothing drive for Encircle (LGBTQ+ Youth Resource Center). Â Team has logged 531 hours, to date.
- Gymnastics: volunteered with Girls on the Run, which empowers girls through sports. Team has logged 168 hours, to date.
- Softball: volunteered for the Legacy of Lowell service event and participated in both the Holiday Dinner food drive and Valentine’s Dinner stuffed animal drive and card writing. Team has logged 84 hours, to date.
 Baseball
- Four Utes were named Pac-12 All-Conference, headlined by First Team honorees in left-handed pitcher Micah Ashman and first baseman Jayden Kiernan. Outfielder TJ Clarkson and right-handed pitcher Zac McCleve were named All-Conference Honorable Mention.
- Kiernan posted a .402 batting average–just two points short of the Pac-12 regular season batting title–and the first .400 clip in a full season by a Utah player since 2011.
- Ashman led the Pac-12 in saves for much of the regular season before finishing second in the league with nine–the most saves by a Utah pitcher since 2016. He was one of seven Pac-12 pitchers named to the Midseason Watch List for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award.
- Clarkson (14) and Davis Cop (10) led Utah in home runs, marking the first season in the Pac-12 era that the team had multiple hitters with double-digit homers.
- McCleve reset the program record with 107 career appearances on the mound, and finished his career ranking tied for third in program history with 12 saves.
- Dakota Duffalo, Jaden Harris, Randon Hostert and Blake Whiting each were named College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District.
- In April 2023, the University of Utah Board of Trustees granted contingency approval for a proposed on-campus baseball stadium. A fundraising drive is underway for the proposed stadium, which would be built on Guardsman Way at the site of the current Utah Baseball practice field, and could open as early as 2025.
- Defeated No. 4 Arizona on Dec. 1 at home, for Utah’s first victory over an AP-ranked opponent since 2019 and first under second-year head coach Craig Smith.
- The last time Utah beat a team ranked as high as No. 4 was Dec. 30, 2002, defeating No. 1 Alabama.
- It was Utah’s largest margin of victory over an AP Top-5 team since defeating #4 Arizona 76-51 in the 1998 Elite 8 (March 31).
- Compiled a record of 17-15 overall, 10-10 in Pac-12 games.
- Utah ranked in the top 20 in the nation in four major statistical categories:
- 11th in defensive rebounds per game (28.03)
- 12th in rebounds per game (39.19)
- 12th in defensive field goal percentage (39.7%)
- 19th in defensive three-point field goal percentage (30.2%)
- Branden Carlson earned first-team NABC All-District, first-team All-Pac-12 by vote of coaches, and first-team AP All-Pac-12.
- Marco Anthony earned honorable mention Pac-12 All-Defensive Team recognition.
- Finished the season three places higher (7th) than preseason prediction (10th), and improved by six wins in both overall record and Pac-12 record
- This was the greatest win-total increase by a Utah basketball team in 10 years, since its first two years in the Pac-12
- First 5-0 start in Pac-12 play since joining the league and first time since 2004-05 to start league play 5-0, when Utah was in the Mountain West
- 7-3 start in Pac-12 play was best 10-game start to Pac-12 play since 2014-15 (8-2)
- Regular-season Pac-12 co-champion, and reached Sweet 16 of NCAA tournament as a No. 2 seed, highest in program history
- Third trip to Sweet 16 and first since 2005-06
- Magical season came to an end in a last-second loss to eventual national champion LSU in the Greenville (S.C.) Regional
- Hosted First and Second Rounds of NCAA tournament at the Jon M. Huntsman Center and defeated No. 15 seed Gardner-Webb and No. 10 seed Princeton.
- Utah's 103 points against Gardner-Webb were the most points scored in an NCAA Tournament game by the Utes
- Alissa Pili's 33 points against Gardner-Webb were second-most by a Ute in an NCAA Tournament game (previous: Kim Webb, 35, in 2003 against DePaul)
- Junior Alissa Pili earned All-America honors from the WBCA, AP (second-team) and USBWA (second-team) and was Pac-12 Player of the Year, the first Ute to win the honor
- Pili was one of four finalists for the Naismith Player of the Year Award
- Head Coach Lynne Roberts earned her first Pac-12 Coach of the Year award and was one of four finalists for the national Naismith Coach of the Year
- Ascended to ranking of No. 3 in AP poll on March 1, highest in program history
- Spent 13 weeks ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll, and 19 consecutive weeks ranked in AP poll, more than doubling the program record
- Tied for regular season Pac-12 Championships, first in program history
- Defeated then-No. 3 Stanford, the highest-ranked team Utah has beaten in program history, to clinch a share of the title with the Cardinal.
- The Utes won 27 or more games for just the fourth time in program history
- Finished the season with a record of 27-5, tying for the second-most wins in a season in program history (28-4 in 200-01; 27-5 in 2007-08; 27-7 in 2005-06).
- First time Utah has had an undefeated home record in the Pac-12 Era (16-0).
- Utah ended the season the nation's No. 4 scoring team and ranked in the top 10 nationally in five major statistical categories:
- No. 4 field-goal percentage (48.4)
- No. 8 scoring margin (+16.8)
- No. 4 in scoring (82.8)
- No. 6 in assists per game (18.3)
- No. 5 in free throws per game (16.5)
- Earned highest team finish at NCAA Championships in the history of the program, placing 12th, led by All-American Emily Venters’ 12th-place individual finish. Previous team best was 16th place in 2019, also under head coach Kyle Kepler.
- For Venters it was her second USTFCCCA All-America Award, and the ninth in program history
- Venters’ time and placement were second-highest by a Utah student-athlete at the NCAA Championships. Â
- Placed second at the NCAA Mountain Regional, highest team finish in program history, to secure first ever automatic bid to the NCAA Championships.
- Emily Venters, Simone Plourde and Keelah Barger earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors for their finishes at the NCAA Mountain Regionals. Venters paced the Women of Utah with a seventh-place finish.
- Tied for Pac-12 Championship and officially finished second by tie-breaker.
- Second consecutive second-place finish at the conference championship meet, led by Emily Venters’ second-place finish.
- Venters became the second Utah runner to earn back-to-back first-team All-Pac-12 honors.
- Venters was joined on the All-Pac-12 list by Simone Plourde.
- Won the Roy Griak Invitational, led by Emily Venters’ first-place individual finish.
- Finished 8th as a team at Nuttycombe Invitational, led by Emily Venters’ 6th-place individual finish.
- Reached highest ranking of No. 7 nationally by the USTFCCCA entering the NCAA Championships.
- NCAA Indoor Championships: Simone Plourde finished fourth in the 3,000 and Emily Venters fifth in the 5,000 — the two highest finishes ever by Utah athletes in that meet. In addition, it was Utah’s highest finish at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships (21st place)
- Plourde and Venters earned first-team All-America honors by the USTFCCCA, the first time Utah has had two athletes earn All-America (on any team) in the same year in indoor track & field.
- Outdoor
- Placed 15th overall (16 points; tied with USC), highest total and finish in program history
- The Utes were tied for the second-highest finisher among Pac-12 teams with the Trojans at the championships.
- Emily Venters and Simone Plourde each earned two All-America awards
- Venters earned first-team honors in both the 10000m (2nd place) and 5000m (3rd place)
- The last Ute to garner two first-team awards in the same championships was Jill Molen back in 1982 – the inaugural year the NCAA Championships were held on the women side.
- Venters is just the third Woman of Utah to earn multiple first-team accolades in her career, joining Grayson Murphy (2017-18, steeplechase) and Molen (1982, 5k/10k).
- Venters is the only Ute to have three first-team distinctions to her name between the indoor and outdoor season
- Plourde earned first-team honors in the 5000m (7th place) and second-team honors in the 1500m.
- Dinedye Denis was honorable mention All-America in the 400m hurdles.
- Venters and Plourde are just the second pair of Utes to earn multiple All-America awards in the same championships since Molen (NCAA) and Carla Pittelkow (AIAW) did so in 1982.
- Venters earned first-team honors in both the 10000m (2nd place) and 5000m (3rd place)
- Utah scored its most points at a Pac-12 Championship meet, doubling its previous best with 45 total points, and recording its highest team finish (9th).Â
- Emily Venters won the Pac-12 10,000-meter title (32:32.98), becoming the first Utah runner to win a Pac-12 individual title.
- Simone Plourde won the Pac-12 1,500-meter title, breaking the conference (and school) record (4:09.48), becoming Utah’s second individual to win a Pac-12 championship.
- Emily Venters: Nation’s fastest collegiate time in the 10,000-meter run this season and sixth-fastest all-time (31:48.35 at the Stanford Invitational, 3/31/23).
- Simone Plourde: School-record & second-fastest collegiate 5,000 meters in the nation in 2023 (15:21.19) at Bryan Clay Invitational.
- Plourde set a school-record 1,500-meter (4:10.04) at Drake Relays, the fourth-fastest time in the nation this season.
- Placed 15th overall (16 points; tied with USC), highest total and finish in program history
- Won second consecutive Pac-12 Championship, with 47-24 triumph over No. 4 USC in the title game, earning a Rose Bowl berth for the second year in a row.
- No. 8 in final CFP rankings, and ranked No. 10 in final AP Top 25, 11th in final AFCA Coaches Poll.
- Head Coach Kyle Whittingham was a finalist for the Dodd Trophy National Coach of the Year
- CB Clark Phillips III was a finalist for the Thorpe Award and a semifinalist for the Bednarik Award.
- Phillips III earned unanimous All-America honors, the fourth Ute to do so, and first offensive or defensive unanimous All-American in program history
- Phillips III was named AP Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
- All-Americans: Clark Phillips III unanimous first-team; Dalton Kincaid (AP third-team),Â
- All-Pac-12: First Team – Dalton Kincaid (TE, Sr.), Braeden Daniels (OL, Jr.), Sataoa Laumea (OL, So.), Clark Phillips III (CB, Jr.); Second Team – Junior Tafuna (DT, So.), Karene Reid (LB, So.); Honorable Mention – Devaughn Vele (WR, So.), Jonah Elliss (DE, So.), R.J. Hubert (S, Sr.), Cole Bishop (S, So.), Cameron Rising (QB, Jr.), Keaton Bills (OL, So.)
- Lander Barton named Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year
- R.J. Hubert named second-team College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America
- Four earned CSC Academic All-District honors: Bryson Barnes, R.J. Hubert, Connor O’Toole and Karene Reid.
- Javier Barcos named second-team All-Pac-12 after fourth-place finish at Pac-12 Championships, second-highest by a Utah Utes player
- Barcos earned an invitation to the NCAA’s Morgan Hill Regional as an individual
- Barcos earned his first collegiate victory at the Oregon State Invitational, finishing 4-under to collect first place.
- Top team finish of the season was a tie for second place at the Bandon Dunes tournament, with Oregon State, just one stroke behind champion Oregon.
- Program-best four student-athletes were named GCAA All-America Scholars (Javier Barcos, Hunter Howe, Martin Leon, Braxton Watts)
- Third-place finish at NCAA Championships for third year in a row
- Posted highest score in NCAA Championships semifinal round (198.225), and highest in school postseason history.
- Maile O’Keefe earned the first NCAA All-Around title by a Red Rock since 1999, with a score of 39.7625, and the first NCAA beam title by a Ute since 2007, with the fifth perfect 10.0 of her storied career to win the title.
- O'Keefe now holds four NCAA individual titles, which ranks second in program history
- O’Keefe joins Georgia Dabritz as the only Red Rocks in history to record a Perfect 10 at the NCAA Championships
- O'Keefe and Grace McCallum were the NCAA runners-up on bars (9.95) and Cristal Isa was runner-up on beam (9.9625)
- 5 All-Americans (9 awards):
- Maile O’Keefe – First-team in all-around, and on bars, beam and floor
- Cristal Isa – First-team on beam and second-team on bars
- Grace McCallum – First-team on bars
- Abby Brenner – Second-team on bars
- Makenna Smith – First-team on vaultÂ
- 4 All-Pac-12 (5 awards):
- Jaedyn Rucker – First-team on vault
- Maile O’Keefe – First-teamon bars and beam
- Kara Eaker – First-team on beam
- Cristal Isa – First-team on beam
- Pac-12 Champions (won third consecutive Pac-12 championship meet)
- NCAA Regional Champion
- Qualified for 47th consecutive NCAA Finals meet; only school to compete in every championship
- ASUN regular season champion for second year in a row with perfect 9-0 record in conference play
- Won the ASUN Championship to earn its first-ever berth into the NCAA Championships.
- Andrew McMinn ASUN Coach of the Year for second year in a row
- Tyler Bradbury earned second consecutive ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year award
- Ryan Stines named ASUN Freshman of the Year
- 8 All-ASUN Conference honors: First Team – Joey Boylston, Samuel Cambere, Tyler Bradbury, Jordan Hyde; Second Team – Colby Plotts, Jared Andreala, Cole Brams, Koa Todd
- 3 ASUN All-Freshman choices: Ryan Stines, Nikko DiPonio, Colin Lenskold.
- Cole Brams was named USILA Scholar All-American
- Utah won its fourth consecutive NCAA team championship (16th national championship for program), becoming the first team in the combined-gender era of NCAA skiing (since 1983) to win four straight national team titles.
- Since director of skiing Fredrik Landstedt’s arrival at Utah in Summer 2018, Utah has won the NCAA Championship each year it has been awarded.
- Four individual NCAA titles, the most by a school at a single NCAA Ski Championships since 2018
- Women’s slalom (Madison Hoffman)
- Women’s giant slalom (Madison Hoffman)
- Women’s 5k freestyle (Novie McCabe)
- Women’s 20k classic (Novie McCabe)
- 13 All-America awards (across 10 student-athletes)
- Madison Hoffman (First Team Women’s Giant Slalom; First Team Women’s Slalom)
- Sophia Laukli (First Team Women’s 5K Freestyle; First Team Women’s 20K Classic)
- Novie McCabe (First Team Women’s 5K Freestyle; First Team Women’s 20K Classic)
- Samuel Hendry (First Team Men’s 20K Classic)
- Wilhelm Normannseth (First Team Men’s Slalom)
- Walker Hall (Second Team Men’s 10K Freestyle)
- Luke Jager (Second Team Men’s 10K Freestyle)
- Sydney Palmer-Leger (First Team Women’s 20K Classic)
- Katie Parker (Second Team Women’s Giant Slalom)
- Gustav Vøllo (Second Team Men’s Giant Slalom)
- RMISA conference champion
- Hendry, Hoffman and McCabe each were named CSC Academic All-Americans, giving the Utah Ski Team three such honorees for the first time in program history.
- Taliana Kaufusi led the team in scoring with 12 points on six goals, and led in shots on goal with 17.
- In Pac-12 play, Utah defeated Arizona and Oregon State, and earned ties against No. 15 USC, Cal and Colorado.
- Program-record five student-athletes earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honors: Courtney Brown, Kaitlyn Conley, Haley Farrar, Kylee Geis and Maryn Granger. The previous high was four in 2014.
- Maryn Granger became the first Ute to earn Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week honors since 2019.
Softball
- Won first Pac-12 tournament championship
- Defeated No. 2 UCLA 7-4 in championship game in Tucson, Ariz.
- Earned first Women’s College World Series berth since 1994, sixth in program history
- Achieved highest ranking in program history (No. 7)
- Won first NCAA Tournament Super Regional, defeating San Diego State in best-of-three series at Dumke Family Softball Stadium.
- Won NCAA Regional at Dumke Family Softball Stadium with undefeated weekend that included two wins over Ole Miss and and one over Southern Illinois.
- Two Utes earned All-America honors:
- Ellessa Bonstrom
- Mariah Lopez
- Program-record 8 All-Pac-12 honorees and All-Region picks
- Utes coaching staff was named ATEC/NFCA Pacific Region Coaching Staff of the Year and D1Softball.com Coaching Staff of the Year
- 42 wins tied for fourth-most in school history, and .724 winning percentage ranked third
- 15 wins in Pac-12 play were most in program history (since entering Pac-12 in 2011-12)
- Recorded a sweep of a team ranked inside the top five for the first time in program history (No. 5 Stanford).
- Statistically, raised team batting average by nearly 40 points from 2022, to .327, and lowered team ERA from 3.62 to 2.86 from 2022 to 2023.
- Broke program record for stolen bases in a season (99) and finished 15th in the NCAA in runs scored (351).
- Mariah Lopez became the first Ute to receive two Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week awards in one season.
- Lopez was the first Ute to ever receive two Division I Wilson/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Pitcher of the Week in one season.
- Karlie Davison became the first Ute to earn the Pac-12 Freshman and Player of the Week awards simultaneously.
- Andrei Ungur earned first-team All-America honors with a fifth-place finish in the 100 back in a school-record 44.58.
- Ungur became just the fourth Utah All-American in the 100 back and the first since Jim Giottonini in 1993.
- Diver Luke McDivitt earned CSC Academic All-America 2nd Team
- The quartet of Andrei Ungur, Jaek Horner, Ryan Garstang and Finn O'Haimhirgin earned a bronze medal in the 200 medley relay at the Pac-12 Men's Swimming Championships.
- Andrei Ungur won a silver medal and set a school record in the 100 backstroke at the Pac-12 Championships.
- Utah's divers achieved at least one top three finish in each of the first five events at the conference championships, the most podium finishes the program has ever achieved in a single year.
- Diver Holly Waxman earned second-team All-America honors in the 1m dive by placing 15th, the highest finish by a Ute in the 1m event in program history
- Holly Waxman became the first female Utah diver to medal twice at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing on the podium in the 1m and 3m.
- Sent multiple divers (Holly Waxman and Kathryn Grant) to nationals to compete in multiple events for the first time in program history
- Utah's divers achieved at least one top three finish in each of the first five events at the conference championships, the most podium finishes the program has ever achieved in a single year.
- Lizzy DeCecco received the 2022 Utah Athletes in Service Award
- Earned first Pac-12 regular season title; co-champs with USC and Arizona
- Advanced to Pac-12 Championship match for first time in history, falling to USC
- Roeland Brateanu was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year for the first time
- Three All-Pac-12: First Team – Geronimo Espin Busleiman, Franco Capalbo; Second Team – Francisco Bastias
- Ranked No. 17 in the nation entering NCAA Championships
- Captured both the singles (Geronimo Espin Busleiman) and doubles (Berk Bugarikj and Patrik Trhac) titles at the ITA Intermountain Regional for the first time in program history.Â
- First win in program history over Cal and second against Stanford
- Defeated 7th-ranked Harvard to win the San Diego InviteÂ
- Roeland Brateanu was named ITA Mountain Region Coach of the Year
- Sten van Beurden was named ITA Mountain Region Assistant Coach of the Year
- Geronimo Espin Busleiman was named ITA Mountain Region Senior of the Year
- Espin Busleiman also qualified for the NCAA Singles Championships
- Pac-12 Honorable Mention: Marcela Lopez, Madison Tattini, Kaila BarksdaleÂ
- Marcela Lopez was named ITA Mountain Region Rookie of the Year
- Beat Cal for the first time in school history with a 4-3 score
- Most Pac-12 wins since 2015 (4)
- Madelyn Robinson was named honorable mention AVCA All-America, marking the seventh season in a row a Ute outside hitter has been an All-American.
- KJ Burgess became Utah’s third ever AVCA Pacific South Region Freshman of the Year, and Madelyn Robinson earned All-Region honors for the second year in a row. Burgess was also on the Pac-12 All-Freshman team and Robinson earned All-Pac-12 honors for the third straight season.
- Program-record four Utes earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honors: Kamry Bailey, Allie Olsen, Emily Smith and Amelia Van Der Werff.
- Utah Volleyball was ranked in the AVCA Coaches Poll for 45 consecutive weeks (dating back to 2019), which tied a school-record for most consecutive weeks ranked set during the 2000-02 seasons.
- Utah swept two top-25 opponents at home, beating #15 Washington and #24 USC at the Huntsman Center.Â
- Madelyn Robinson ranked third in the Pac-12 and 12th in the nation with 4.51 kills per set, and Vanessa Ramirez was third in the conference with 4.04 digs per set.Â
- KJ Burgess ranked fourth in the Pac-12Â and 37th in the nation in hitting percentage (.376), and fifth in the Pac-12 and 60th in the nation in blocks per set (1.20). She ranked in the top-five in the nation in both categories among freshmen.
- Allie Olsen was fifth in the Pac-12 in hitting percentage (.363) and 51st in the nation.Â
- Utah recorded the most wins in Pac-12 play in program history after defeating Oregon twice during the season.Â
- The Utes recorded their first win at the Pac-12 Championships since 2018, defeating Oregon 3-1.Â
- Katie McAlister, Amaya Messier, and Kylie Pitzak led the team with 14 wins. Messier and McAlister played on court one all season, while Pitzak played primarily on court four.Â
- Grace Andrews was named CSC Academic All-District, marking the first selection in program history.Â
- The Utes earned notable wins over Santa Clara and Texas as well.
2021-22 Accomplishments
2020-21 Accomplishments
2019-20 Accomplishments
2018-19 Accomplishments
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