The Top Five Sun Devil Sports Stories of 2008

Our friends at Fanster.com are compiling a list of the top 25 Phoenix sports stories of 2008. Find out which Arizona State stories made the cut—and let us know which stories you would’ve added.
 

Our friends over at Fanster.com have been running down the top 25 Phoenix sports stories of the year over the last month or so. The list has been dominated by pro sports stories, but a handful of Arizona State items have nudged their way in.

Unfortunately, they’ve not been terribly positive. Here’s the list:

• No. 22: Led by pitcher Katie Burkhart, ASU wins its first ever national championship in softball. link
• No. 20: Ike Davis and Brett Wallace stage a fight and then get ousted from the Super Regionals by Fresno State. link
• No. 13: The ASU hoops team is snubbed by the NCAA Tournament selection committee – in favor of UofA no less. link
• No. 11: The high hopes of Sun Devil football fans are dashed in a school-record six-game losing streak. link

At Echo from the Buttes, we’re not big on lists of four items. Three? OK. Five? Even better. So what ASU sports story of 2008 would you nominate to round out the list?

May we suggest: heptathlete Jacquelyn Johnson winning her sixth and seventh NCAA championships en route to an appearance in the Olympics, James Harden and Jeff Pendergraph delaying their NBA careers to return to Tempe, or the Rudy Carpenter era ending with a loss to Arizona.

What’s Your Take, Sun Devils?
What Sun Devil sports story would you add to the list? Let us know in the comments below!

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