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STANFORD, Calif. - Seven-time national champion Richard Quick was named the Pac-12 Women's Swimming and Diving Coach of the Century, and eight other former Stanford standouts were named to the on the Pac-12 All-Century Team announced by the conference on Monday night.

Joining Quick on the list of All-Century honorees were Jenny Thompson (freestyle sprints), Jenna Johnson (freestyle sprints), Janet Evans (freestyle distance), Lea Loveless-Maurer (backstroke), Tara Kirk (breaststroke), Misty Hyman (butterfly), Summer Sanders (individual medley and butterfly), and Eileen Richetelli (3-meter diving). 

A panel of 25 coaches, swimmers, administrators and members of the media selected the team consisting of 26 swimmers, six divers and one coach.

The top four vote-earners in each of the six disciplines made the All-Century Team, with two additional "wildcard" swimmers selected by a second vote of the remaining fifth-, sixth- and seventh-place finishers. The top two divers in each of the three events also made the All-Century Team. Swimmers and divers could be nominated in more than one event, with three earning roster spots in multiple events.

Pac-12 All-Century Selections

Richard Quick • Head Coach • 1988-2005

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Coached at Stanford for 17 seasons
Captured 12 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving team titles during his collegiate coaching career, the most by any coach in the history of the sport
Member of the U.S. Olympic Swimming Team coaching staff six times with three assignments as the head coach for the women's squad (1988, 1996, 2000)
2000 United States Olympic Committee Coach of the Year
Claimed seven of his NCAA titles at Stanford, guiding his first Cardinal team to a national championship in 1989 before winning five in a row from 1992-96 and one more in 1998
Led Stanford to 14 Pac-10 crowns, including back-to-back league titles in each of his last two seasons
Started his Stanford career by winning his first 57 dual meets, while his teams on The Farm sported an all-time record of 123-10 (.925) Ccoached 41 NCAA champions who captured a combined 63 national individual titles and 29 NCAA relay crowns during his 17 seasons at Stanford
Five-time NCAA Coach of the Year (1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1992)
Four-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1989, 1992, 1995, 2001)

Jenna Johnson • Freestyle Sprints • 1985-89

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14-time All-American
1986 Collegiate Sports Award Winner
Inducted into Stanford Hall of Fame (2003)
Two-time 50 free Pac-12 champion (1987-88)
100 free Pac-12 champion (1989)
100 fly Pac-12 champion (1988)
Three-time 400 free relay Pac-12 champion (1987-89)
Two-time 50 free national champion (1986-87)
Two-time 100 free national champion (1986-87)
Two-time 100 fly national champion (1986, 1989)
200 free relay national champion (1986)
400 free relay national champion (1987)
200 medley relay national champion (1986)
400 medley relay national champion (1987)
1984 Olympian
400 medley relay Olympic gold medalist (1984)
100 fly Olympic silver medalist (1984)
400 free relay Olympic silver medalist (1984)

Jenny Thompson • 1991-95 • Freestyle Sprints

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26-time All-American
1995 Collegiate Sports Award Winner
Inducted into Stanford Hall of Fame (2007)
Two-time 50 free Pac-12 champion (1992, 1994)
Four-time 100 free Pac-12 champion (1992-95)
Two-time 200 free Pac-12 champion (1992-93)
Two-time 100 fly Pac-12 champion (1994-95)
200 IM Pac-12 champion (1995)
Three-time 200 free relay Pac-12 champion (1992-94)
Four-time 400 free relay Pac-12 champion (1992-95)
Two-time 800 free relay Pac-12 champion (1992, 1995)
Four-time 200 medley relay Pac-12 champion (1992-95)
Three-time 400 medley relay Pac-12 champion (1992-94)
Three-time 400 medley relay Pac-12 champion (1992-94)
Two-time 50 free national champion (1992-93)
Four-time 100 free national champion (1992-95)
Two-time 100 fly national champion (1994-95)
200 IM national champion (1995)
Two-time 200 free relay national champion (1993-94)
Three-time 400 free relay national champion (1992, 1994-95)
Two-time 800 free relay national champion (1992-93)
Three-time 200 medley relay national champion (1992-93, 1995)
Four-time Olympian (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Three-time 400 free relay Olympic gold medalist (1992, 1996, 2000)
400 free relay Olympic silver medalist (2004)
Three-time 400 medley relay Olympic gold medalist (1992, 1996, 2000)
400 medley relay Olympic gold medalist (2004)
Two-time 800 free relay Olympic gold medalist (1992, 2000)
100 free Olympic silver medalist (1992)
100 free Olympic bronze medalist (2000)

Janet Evans • 1989-91 • Freestyle Distance

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8-time All-American
1990 NCAA Swimmer of the Year
1990 Collegiate Sports Award Winner
School record holder in 500 free (4:34.49), 1,650 free (15:39.14)
Two-time 500 free Pac-12 champion (1990-91)
Two-time 1,650 free Pac-12 champion (1990-91)
Two-time 400 IM Pac-12 champion (1990-91)
Two-time 800 free relay Pac-12 champion (1990-91)
Two-time 500 free national champion (1990-91)
Two-time 1,650 national champion (1990-91)
400 IM national champion (1990)
Two-time 800 free relay national champion (1990-91)
Three-time Olympian (1988, 1992, 1996)
Two-time 800 free Olympic gold medalist (1988, 1992)
400 free Olympic gold medalist (1988)
400 free Olympic silver medalist (1992)
400 IM Olympic gold medalist (1988)

Lea Loveless Maurer • Backstroke • 1991-94

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19-time All-American
Inducted into Stanford Hall of Fame (2006)
Three-time 100 back Pac-12 champion (1992-94)
Three-time 200 back Pac-12 champion (1992-94)
200 IM Pac-12 champion (1994)
200 free relay Pac-12 champion (1993)
400 free relay Pac-12 champion (1993)
800 free relay Pac-12 champion (1993)
Three-time 200 medley relay Pac-12 champion (1992-94)
Two-time 400 medley relay Pac-12 champion (1992, 1994)
Three-time 100 back national champion (1992-94)
200 back national champion (1993)
200 free relay national champion (1993)
800 free relay national champion (1992)
Two-time 200 medley relay national champion (1992-93)
Two-time 400 medley relay national champion (1992-93)
1992 Olympian
400 medley relay Olympic gold medalist (1992)
100 back Olympic bronze medalist (1992)

Tara Kirk • 2000-04 • Breaststroke

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16-time All-American
2004 NCAA Swimmer of the Year
2004 Honda Award Winner
2004 Collegiate Sports Award Winner
Inducted into Stanford Hall of Fame (2015)
Four-time 100 breast Pac-12 champion (2001-04)
Three-time 200 breast Pac-12 champion (2001, 2003-04)
Three-time 200 medley relay Pac-12 champion (2001, 2003-04)
Four-time 400 medley relay Pac-12 champion (2001-04)
Four-time 100 breast national champion (2001-04)
Three-time 200 breast national champion (2002-04)
Two-time 200 medley relay national champion (2001-02)
Two-time 400 medley relay national champion (2001-02)
2004 Olympian
400 medley relay Olympic silver medalist (2004)

Misty Hyman • 1997-2001 • Butterfly

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28-time All-American
1998 NCAA Swimmer of the Year
1998, 2001 Collegiate Sports Award Winner
Inducted into Stanford Hall of Fame (2012)
100 back Pac-12 champion (2001)
200 back Pac-12 champion (1998)
Three-time 100 fly Pac-12 champion (1998-99, 2001)
Three-time 200 fly Pac-12 champion (1998-99, 2001)
200 free relay Pac-12 champion (1998)
Three-time 800 free relay Pac-12 champion (1998-99, 2001)
Three-time 200 medley relay Pac-12 champion (1998-99, 2001)
Three-time 400 medley relay Pac-12 champion (1998-99, 2001)
200 back national champion (1998)
100 fly national champion (1998-99)
200 fly national champion (1998, 2001)
800 free relay national champion (1999)
Three-time 200 medley relay national champion (1998-99, 2001)
Three-time 400 medley relay national champion (1998-99, 2001)
2000 Olympian
200 fly Olympic gold medalist (2000)