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Lisa Dacquisto
Softball / 1994-97
Lisa Dacquisto was a four-time All-Pac-10 selection and a First-Team All-American as a junior and senior. She hit over .400 in both her junior and senior seasons, hitting .413 in 1997 to help the team reach the NCAA Tournament. She finished with a .378 career batting average and 87 RBI, and she is ASU's all-time leader in both hits (296) and stolen bases (102).

Kathy Escarcega
Softball / 1984-1987

She was a member of the South Team at the National Sports Festival in Louisiana in 1985. She earned All-Everything honors as a freshman, All-WCAA and All-Regional as a sophomore. She was selected First-Team All-American in 1987 and was a four-time All-Conference pick. She set multiple school records and is still ranked in the top 10 in career hits (fourth, 187), doubles (first, 39), runs batted in (second, 95), triples (first, 20) and stolen bases (eighth, 25). Her career batting average of .305 is the third best in ASU history. She is among ASU career leaders in homeruns with seven. She was a member of the ASU team that finished seventh in the College World Series in 1987.

Margie Wood Law
Softball / 1953-1957

A graduate of ASU with a bachelor's and master's degree, she taught tennis, archery, fencing, and golf at her alma mater. Her greatest fame came as a softball pitcher for the PBSW Ramblers, where she played in 21 world tournaments, with three of those appearances crowned by championships. An All-America 17 times at three different positions, she is a member of the Arizona and U.S. Softball Halls of Fame.

Paula Miller Noel
Softball / 1971-1973

Noel was names the Most Valuable Player in the 1972 Women's College World Series. She was named to the College World Series All-Star Teams 1971-1973. She made the National American Softball Association first team All-America in 1974-75, and second team in 1973. Charter Inductee - 1975.

Mary Bea Porter
Golf, Basketball, Volleyball, Softball / 1968-73

Porter competed in four sports from 1968-73. In her senior season, Porter was a first-team All-American in golf and was named the College Athlete of the Year before joining the LPGA in 1973. She played on two NAIA women's golf national championship teams in 1970 and 1971.

Jodi Rathbun
Basketball and Softball / 1983-87

A standout performer in both women's basketball and softball, Rathbun (1983-87) garnered postseason honors in each sport. In 1987 she was named co-Pac-10 Player of the Year in softball en route to earning Second Team All-America recognition. Her career (.361) and 1986 single-season (.416) batting averages both rank fourth all-time at ASU. On the hardwood Rathbun was named honorable mention All-Pac-10 in 1984 and 1986. She is the Devils' career assist leader with 441 and also ranks seventh in school history with 1,194 points scored.

Marilyn Rau
Softball / 1971-1972

Rau played on Arizona State's 1971 and 1972 national championship teams. She was a gold medallist at the 1979 Pan American Games and a 1978 World Tournament championship team member. She played on the 1979 American Softball Association National Fast Pitch championship squad and was named Cactus Regional All-Star Catcher 11 times and ASA first team All-American six times. Rau earned three Olympic Festival gold medals (1978, 1981, and 1982), one Pan American Games gold medal (1979), and one South Pacific gold medal (1985). She also earned MVP honors while leading the Sun City Saints to the 1979 ASA national championship, the Saints' only national title.

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