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Andy Astbury
Swimming / 1979-1983/ Inducted 1998
A Sun Devil swimming champion, he ranked fifth in the world in the 1500-meter freestyle in 1979 and led ASU to its first NCAA title in 1982 in the 500-yard freestyle. He is a four-time All-American and PAC-10 record-setter with a time of 4:20.51 in the 500-yard freestyle. He competed for his native Great Britain in the 1982 Commonwealth Games, earning two gold and two silver medals. Astbury was also a member of the 1980 and 1984 Olympic teams for Great Britain, winning a bronze in the 4x200 free relay in 1984.
Nick Brunelli
Men's Swimming / 2001-04 / Inducted 2016
By the end of his illustrious career at Arizona State, Nick Brunelli was considered one of the best freestylers in the history of Arizona State swimming. In his final season as a Sun Devil, Brunelli captured the 2004 Pac-10 Championship in the 200-meter freestyle. At the 2004 NCAA Championships, he went on to place 10th in the 100-meter freestyle and 11th in the 50-meter freestyle, earning his final two All-American honors of his 18 in total as a Sun Devil. His most in a single season came his junior year in 2003 when Brunelli earned six All-American honors, including two first-team honors in the 4x100- and the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Brunelli had top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships that year in the 50, 100 and 200-meter freestyle. Brunelli also posted the school's second-fastest 50- and 100-meter freestyle times in Sun Devil history that season. During his sophomore year in 2002, Brunelli earned five All-American honors, including first team in the 200-meter free relay. He also helped set what was then the fastest 400 medley relay time in ASU history until 2013. Even as a freshman in 2001, Brunelli made his mark as a rookie Sun Devil, earning first-team All-American honors in the 400-meter relay and honorable mention honors in the 200-meter free relay. After his ASU career, he won a gold medal as a member of the 4x100 relay team at the 2003 Pan American Games and the 2004 World Championships. At age 23, Brunelli was also a member of the 2005 World Championship team, making the finals of the 50 free. He also was a part of the record-setting 800 freestyle relay - which still stands to this day - and a previous American record holder in the 50-meter freestyle.
Attila Czene
Swimming /1999-2000/ Inducted 2010
In 2000, ASU welcomed two-time 200 IM Olympic medalist Attila Czene to its roster and the team flourished, placing among the nation's top-10 for only the third time in nine years. In his only season as a Sun Devil, Czene was member to three school record-setting relay teams and added two individual ASU records. Tying the world record in the short-course 200m IM (1:42.72 converted), Czene became only the sixth NCAA champion in ASU men's swimming and diving history.
Michael Orn
Swimming / 1981-1984/ Inducted 2007
Mikael Orn was a four-year All-American at ASU as well as an Academic All-American in 1982-1983 and 1983-1984. He produced points for the Sun Devils in four NCAA Championship meets and was the 1983 NCAA champion in the 200-yard freestyle (1.36.02) and runner-up in the 200-yard individual medley (1.47.32). Orn was the team captain in 1984 when he won the Pac-10 Championship in 200 IM and helped lead the team to a seventh place finish at the NCAA Championship, where he finished eight in the 200 IM. He ranks third all time in Sun Devil history in the 200 IM with a time of 1.47.32 and sixth all time in the 200 freestyle (1.36.02). Orn represented his home country of Sweden at the 1984 Olympic Games where he was a member of the bronze winning 400 freestyle relay team.
Francisco Sanchez
Swimming / 1996-99 / Inducted 2018
Sanchez swam from 1996-1999, and left as the school record holder in the 50 Free (19.32) and the 100 Free (42.82). He is now in eighth place in the 100 free, with six of the top seven times belonging to Cameron Craig. Sanchez finished first in the 50 Free at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championship, and won the 50 Free and 100 Free at the 1997 edition of the event. He set the championship record at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games in the 100 Fly, a mark that stood until 2006. Sanchez swam for Venezuela in both the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympics. He finished seventh in the 50 Free in Atlanta, his highest finish of the five events he participated in.