The Cardinal Facts

The Team

Stanford, which has made 29 straight NCAA Tournament appearances, is synonymous with success. One of the winningest programs in women’s college basketball history, the Cardinal boasts 1,004 all-time wins and reached the quadruple-victory milestone in the third-fewest amount of games. Stanford returns the lion’s share of its production to a preseason top-10 team in 2016-17.

286

Consecutive
AP poll
appearances

15

Consecutive
seasons with
25 or more wins

9

Straight trips
to the
Sweet 16

7

Average AP rank
in 710 polls
since 1977

Hitting Their Stride

A number of key contributors had strong finishes last season to push Stanford to its 18th Elite Eight and 10th in the past 13 years.

60

Kaylee Johnson’s
field goal percentage
in the NCAA
Tournament

52

Karlie Samuelson’s
3-point field goal percentage
in the final 21 games
of 2015-16

20.3

Erica McCall’s
scoring average in
Stanford’s last
10 games

2.9

Marta Sniezek’s
assist-to-turnover ratio
over the Cardinal’s
last 15 outings

See For Yourself

Erica McCall

Karlie Samuelson

Kaylee Johnson

Marta Sniezek

Knocking On The Door

An ambassador for both Stanford and the sport of college basketball, Tara VanDerveer has enjoyed an unprecedented level of success through an energetic and positive approach to the game. Another milestone is on the horizon for the Hall of Famer in 2016-17, her 31st season at Stanford. VanDerveer sits just 20 victories away from joining Pat Summitt as the only NCAA women’s basketball coaches with 1,000 career wins.

980 career victories (second all-time)

828 wins at Stanford

31 career 20-win seasons

30 All-Americans at Stanford

Witness History Beyond 1,000