Stanford’s 6619 undergraduates and 8192 graduate students are distinguished by their initiative, love of learning and commitment to the larger world. Independent thinkers and relentlessly curious, students at Stanford bring pas- sion and imagination to everything they do. Stanford students work hard, and they play with equal energy and enthusiasm. From public service to performing arts, from intramural sports to student gov- Student-athletes at Stanford have ernment, undergraduates take part in accepted the challenge of pursuing numerous activities beyond the class- excellence both in the classroom and room. on the playing field. It is often said that Stanford offers the best of both worlds – top flight academics and unparalleled athletics. Stanford students come from all over the world, including all 50 states and 68 countries. The University still enjoys the original 8,180 acres of grassy fields, eucalyp- tus groves and rolling hills that were the Stanford’s generous legacy. It is one of the most picturesque campuses in the nation, comfortably set in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area. Stanford University is recognized as one of the world’s great universities. Stanford’s faculty is one of the most distinguished in the nation, including 18 Nobel Laureates and four Pulitzer Prize winners. There are over eight million volumes in Stanford’s nearly two dozen libraries. Student Athletes match their colle- Black Enterprise ranked Stanford Stanford players earn meaningful giate playing career with a presti- as the No. 7 University for African- degrees most often in four years. gious Stanford education. Stanford American students in 2006. Athletes are also eligible to apply University is consistently ranked as for a fifth year of study in order to one of the best overall colleges in Everyone at Stanford is committed pursue a Masters degree in many the nation. According to a 2007 U.S. to the full experience of a student- departments. News and World Report, Stanford athlete. Each player has access to ranked as follows nationally: the Athletic Academic Resource Center (AARC). In the AARC, finding • No. 4-T University the balance between academics • No. 2 School of Education and athletics is key. Counselors • No. 2 Graduate School of Business and tutors work with student-ath- • No. 2 Engineering Program letes to make their academic lives • No. 2-T Law School as smooth as possible. Stanford Athletics is one of the most THE PAC-10 CONFERENCE respected and admired collegiate athletic Stanford teams consistently excel in the programs in the nation. During each of the Pac-10, one of the nation’s best and deep- past 13 years, Stanford has won the presti- est conferences. Stanford teams won five gious Directors’ Cup awarded to the most Pac-10 titles in 2006-07, capturing league outstanding collegiate athletic program in crowns in women’s basketball, women’s the nation. Stanford has also won at least cross country, men’s swimming and diving, one national title in each of the past 31 women’s tennis and women’s volleyball. years, most recently with the country’s best The men’s swimming and diving team has teams in women’s cross country, men’s golf captured an unbelievable 26 consecutive and synchronized swimming in 2006-07. Pac-10 championships. STANFORD CHAMPIONSHIP FACTS Total National Championships: 107 Total NCAA Championships: 94 (NCAA Rank: No. 2) Total Men’s NCAA Championships: 58 (NCAA Rank: No. 3) Total Women’s NCAA Championships: 36 (NCAA Rank: No. 1) Total Individual NCAA Championships: 402 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Many Stanford student-athletes continue their success in international competition with numerous Olympic and World champi- ons. Many current and former Stanford stu- dent-athletes and coaches participate in the Olympics in a variety of sports. Stanford was represented by 43 affiliates at the most recent Olympic Games that took place in 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Cardinal totaled 17 medals – three gold, seven silver and seven bronze. Stanford student-athletes have had tremendous success in many sports. During and after their collegiate careers, Stanford student-athletes are renowned for their excellence in their chosen sports. • Olympic Gold Medalists • NBA World Champions • Super Bowl Champions • Pro Football Hall of Famers • Grand Slam Golf Champions • World Series Champions • Cy Young Award Winners • World Cup Soccer Champions • American & World Record Holders • Grand Slam Tennis Champions Stanford alumni are some of the most distinguished people in the world today. These include leaders in government, medicine, business, law, politics, educa- tion, sports and entertainment, among other fields. Stanford’s diverse alumni includes the founders of Nike, Yahoo!, Hewlett-Packard and Google, a U.S. President, numerous elected government officials, Supreme Court justices, actors, actresses, athletes, a former Miss America and the first Stanford alums range from the “Father of American woman in space, to name a few. the Internet” Vincent Cerf and author John Steinbeck to Academy Award-win- ning actresses Jennifer Connelly and Reese Witherspoon … or top athletes Bob Mathias, Jim Plunkett, Tiger Woods, Summer Sanders and John McEnroe. Companies founded by Stanford graduates include: • Cisco Systems • Nike • Cypress Semi • The Learning Company • eBay • Silicon Graphics • E*Trade • Sun Microsystems • Excite • Tandem • Hewlett-Packard • Trilogy • IDEO • Varian Associates • Intuit • Yahoo! • Netflix Maples Pavilion Maples Pavilion Home of Stanford Basketball One of the best environ- ments for college basketball is Maples Pavilion at Stanford University. Built in 1969, Maples Pavilion has been host to several of the top collegiate With seats full of games in the nation. enthusiastic Maples Pavilion, which Stanford fans, underwent a $26-million reno- Maples Pavilion is a difficult stop for vation that was completed opposing teams. prior to the 2005-06 campaign, is ushering in a new era of great basketball that benefits both student-athletes and fans alike. Maples Pavilion serves as home for not only the men’s and women’s basketball teams, but the nationally-ranked ities with speaker systems, in addition to a new four-sided, women’s volleyball program as well. state-of-the-art, center-hung scoreboard with video and The renovation, financed entirely through private dona- replay capability. The concourse will be physically separated tions, enhances the college athletic experience for both the from the original building. The gap between the original student-athletes and the fans. It includes a new covered building and the new concourse was done for two reasons; 29,000 square foot concourse around the exterior of the first to preserve the integrity of the architectural design and seating area, state-of-the-art concession and restroom facil- secondly to create an open garden feel that is present throughout buildings on the Stanford campus. The renova- Series Records vs. Opponents at Maples Pavilion tion also includes new playing court floor, upgraded locker Alabama 1-0 Indiana 1-0 San Diego 2-0 rooms, student-athlete lounges, a state-of-the-art strength Arizona 23-3 Iowa State 2-0 San Diego State 2-2 and conditioning room and training room, a news media Arizona State 25-1 Kansas State 1-0 San Francisco 11-4 Arkansas 1-0 Long Beach State 3-3 San Francisco State 3-2 center, and new meeting rooms. Auburn 2-0 Loyola Marymount 1-0 San Jose State 5-6 The seating configuration features a new lower seating Biola 2-0 LSU 0-1 Santa Clara 13-2 bowl that takes the place of the old floor and loge sections. Boston College 1-0 Massachusetts 2-0 SMU 1-0 Boston Univ. 1-0 Minnesota 1-1 South Carolina 1-0 The new lower seating level includes padded stadium seats BYU 1-2 Mississippi 1-0 Southern Illinois 1-0 that replace the wood bleachers in the old floor setup. With California 23-6 Missouri 1-0 St. Joseph’s 1-0 the upgraded facilities and the improved seating area at Cal Poly Pomona 2-1 Montana 1-1 Stephen F.Austin 1-0 Cal Poly 4-0 Montana State 1-0 SW Missouri State 1-0 floor level, the home team and fans experience the best play- CS Fullerton 3-3 Montclair State 1-0 Tennessee 3-5 ing atmosphere in the Pac-10. CS Hayward 4-0 Nebraska 1-0 Texas 1-0 In the last several years, Maples Pavilion has become one CS Northridge 1-0 Nevada 2-0 Texas A&M 1-0 Chico State 0-2 NC State 1-0 Texas Tech 4-1 of the hottest environments for college basketball, including Colorado 4-0 Northern Arizona 1-0 Tulane 1-0 the 2003 NCAA Women’s Basketball West Regional and a Colorado State 1-0 Northwestern 2-0 UC Davis 2-2 2003 NCAA Subregional, was originally dedicated on Connecticut 2-0 Northwestern State 1-0 UC Irvine 1-0 Dartmouth 1-0 Notre Dame 1-0 UCLA 19-9 March 1,1969 at a cost of $3.3 million. The building was Eastern Michigan 1-0 Oklahoma 2-0 UC Santa Barbara 5-1 named after its principal donor, the late Roscoe Maples, a Florida 1-0 Old Dominion 1-0 UNLV 3-1 member of the 1904 Stanford graduating class. Fordham 1-0 Oral Roberts 1-0 USC 20-6 Fresno State 8-3 Oregon 20-1 U.S.International 1-0 The pavilion is utilized throughout the year by university Georgia 3-0 Oregon State 21-0 Utah 3-0 staff and students for recreational and intramural purposes. Grambling 1-0 Pacific 7-1 Virginia 0-1 During the winter academic quarter, Maples is used contin- Harvard 1-1 Pennsylvania 1-0 Washington 18-4 Hawai’i 2-0 Pepperdine 4-1 Washington State 22-0 ually used for noontime recreational basketball, men’s and Houston 1-0 Princeton 1-0 Weber State 1-0 women’s varsity basketball practice, and intramurals during Howard 1-0 Providence 2-0 Western Michigan 2-0 the evening hours.