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Dec 13, 2023 | 
azbigmedia.com | Zora Carrier
Universities across the country have seen a consistent decrease in their student enrollment numbers throughout the past few years, except for colleges in Arizona. Northern Arizona University (NAU) and Grand Canyon University (GCU) specifically are contradicting the trend and setting record breaking numbers of incoming freshmen.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Zora Carrier |Alexis Davis
TEMPE – Arizona State outside hitter Shania Cromartie shows up whenever her number is called – whether it’s on the court or by a sister. At the age of 8, Cromartie played on her city league team with 14-year-old girls, including her middle sister Shamiria. More than a decade later, Cromartie, a junior who spent three years playing volleyball for Mississippi State before transferring to ASU, is an essential component of a Sun Devils team making its 20th NCAA tournament appearance.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Zora Carrier |Lucas Gordon
TEMPE – When the final whistle blew on the 2022 women’s volleyball season, the Arizona State Sun Devils found themselves in a familiar position. For the sixth time in the last seven years, the team finished the season with a record below .500 and missed another opportunity to play in the postseason. After spending nearly a decade toward the bottom of the Pac-12 standings, the ASU administration decided it was time to make a change in the volleyball program. On Dec.
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Nov 21, 2023 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Zora Carrier |Lucas Gordon
GOODYEAR – When the world shut down three years ago, children across the country were forced to stay in their houses for months due to COVID-19. While most kids took time off from school and responsibilities to play video games, catch up on TV shows and sleep the days away, one 14-year-old mastermind took to his Scottsdale backyard to create one of the most popular sports leagues in the country.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Zora Carrier |Jordy Fee-Platt |Alex Wakefield |Reece Andrews
TEMPE – College sports programs everywhere have been through unprecedented challenges over the last five years. The COVID-19 pandemic was tremendously damaging, and the recovery process from that period is still ongoing for many universities. However, the ASU football program has dealt with more than its fair share of issues beyond the pandemic. In three years, ASU has grappled with COVID-19 restrictions, the fallout from NCAA recruiting violations, and a midseason coaching change.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Zora Carrier |Jordy Fee-Platt |Reece Andrews
TEMPE – College sports programs everywhere have been through unprecedented challenges over the last five years. The COVID-19 pandemic was tremendously damaging, and the recovery process from that period is still ongoing for many universities. However, the ASU football program has dealt with more than its fair share of issues beyond the pandemic. In three years, ASU has grappled with COVID-19 restrictions, the fallout from NCAA recruiting violations, and a midseason coaching change.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Zora Carrier |Lucas Gordon |Reece Andrews
TEMPE – With an opportunity to end 6th-ranked Oregon’s College Football Playoffs hopes Saturday, ASU coach Kenny Dillingham’s thought process for the game is unlike any other this season. One season removed from Oregon’s coaching staff as the offensive coordinator, Dillingham likened this week’s game to a chess match. Standing on one side of the board is Dillingham, who is making decisions based on what he knows about Oregon’s program.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Zora Carrier |Jake Brown
PHOENIX – In 2007, Phoenix native Ted Aust was recruited by Arizona State from Villanova. Aust, a senior transfer, was invited to the house of Pat Murphy, who was the Sun Devils’ legendary baseball coach. There, Aust met World Series-winning second baseman Craig Counsell, who was also visiting. Murphy ensured Aust would have a role in the Sun Devils bullpen once he recovered from Tommy John surgery.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Zora Carrier |Jonah Krell |Griffin Greenberg
PHOENIX – Long before Jamie Boggs rose to become Grand Canyon University’s Vice President of Athletics, she was still roaming campus — but as a student. This was back in the mid-1990s, when GCU, said Boggs, was “a modest campus, but still (had) a very warm feel.” Growing up a few miles away from the school, she took piano and singing lessons at the College of Arts and Media while still in high school, along with an English summer school class after graduation.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Zora Carrier |Hayden Cilley |Bennett Silvyn
TEMPE – The final first practice in the Pac-12 Conference for the Arizona State men’s basketball team this season prompted the inevitable question. How does coach Bobby Hurley feel about the last season of Pac-12 play?
