Oregon State Beavers
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The Oregon State Beavers is a name shared by all sports teams at Oregon State University
in Corvallis, Oregon
. The Beavers are part of the Pacific-12 Conference (Pac-12). Oregon State's mascot is Benny the Beaver. Both the men's and women's teams share the name, competing in 7 National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) Division I-A men's sports and 10 NCAA Division I-A women's sports respectively.
The primary rival of the Beavers are the Oregon Ducks
of the University of Oregon
, located 45 miles (75 km) south of the Oregon State campus. The football rivalry between the Beavers and Ducks, known as the Civil War
, is one of the longest-running in the country, having been contested 114 times as of the end of the 2010 season. Other regional rivals include the Washington Huskies and Washington State Cougars.
As of June 2007, the Beavers have won one pre-NCAA team national championship and three NCAA team national championships. The 1926 wrestling team won the Amateur Athletic Association national championship, the 1961 men's Cross-country
team won the NCAA title, and most recently the baseball team won the 2006
and 2007 College World Series
. Other notable performances include a second place finish in the 1973 and 1995 NCAA wrestling finals, two Final Four
appearances by the men's basketball team, the football team defeating Notre Dame
by a 32 point margin in the 2001 Fiesta Bowl
(and finishing the season ranked #4 in the polls), and several individual NCAA championship titles in gymnastics, wrestling, and track & field.
and 2007
), and one in men's cross country (1961). The school dropped its cross country and track programs in 1988 due to budget cuts, though women's track and cross country were reinstated in 2005.
The Oregon State University baseball program was established in 1907. It has since seen dozens of players go on to play in the minor leagues
and more than 20 go on to play in the majors
. Most notable of these major league players is Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury
.
The baseball team has won its conference championship 22 times and has reached the College World Series
4 times, first in 1952 and more recently three straight years, in 2005, 2006, and 2007. They won the NCAA championship in 2006
and 2007
. The team is led by head coach Pat Casey
and they play at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
.
All-Star Gary Payton
and "Iron Man" A. C. Green
. The Beavers have the 14th most amount of wins of any program in the nation as of the end of the 2008–09 season.
Though they have an impressive program, historically, when compared to other Pac-12 teams, it has been eclipsed by other athletic endeavors to include men's football and baseball (especially after winning two national titles). They have participated in the NCAA Tournament
16 times*, making it to the Final Four twice. OSU alumni have also received a total of 10 NBA championship rings and 4 Olympic gold medals. Fans of the program can also take pride in having beaten rival Oregon more times than any team has beaten another team in a collegiate sport, with 183 victories. The team's head coach is Craig Robinson
, brother-in-law of President Barack Obama
.
The current and successful head coach is Mike Riley. He has led the Beavers to 6 bowl games at his time at Oregon State.
The football program has been a part of Oregon State University since 1893, working as a platform for over a hundred players to enter the NFL
, such as Heisman Trophy
winner Terry Baker
and current St. Louis Rams
running back Steven Jackson
, New England Patriots
wide receiver Chad Ochocinco, Green Bay Packers
linebacker Nick Barnett
, Arizona Cardinals
quarterback Derek Anderson
, Cleveland Browns
safety Sabby Piscitelli
, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
wide receiver Sammie Stroughter
, Carolina Panthers
quarterback Matt Moore
, Baltimore Ravens
wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh, New Orleans Saints
quarterback Sean Canfield
. They have won their conference championship five times.
team has a new coach in Steve Simmons, a 5 year head coach at Northern Illinois University. With a whole new coaching staff the Beavers are looking to move forward. The most recent improvement so far is the win over nationally ranked Stanford.
Captain this year will senior Justin Woodward. Competing for starting goalie are Steven Spangler and Mike Miller. Starting all Pac-10 games has been a combination of Mike Miller and Steven Spangler. The 2009 roster was:
The Oregon State Mens Soccer Program added six new athletes to its roster in 2011.
Throughout its history, rowing at Oregon State has been led by committed and visionary coaching. Ed Stevens, a former Harvard coach, took over the reins from Mechanical Engineering Professor J.P. Othis. Stevens guided the program from 1931 to 1949 and during this time the program gained recognition and respect as a highly competitive crew.
Karl Drlica took over from Coach Stevens and would lead the program for the next 30 years. One of Coach Drlica’s first moves was to establish women as an integral part of the program when he started intramural competition in 1952. OSU was one of the first collegiate programs to support women’s rowing.
The achievements of Coach Drlica and his crews were recognized in 1967 when the Board of Intercollegiate Athletics accepted the men’s heavyweight crew as a varsity sport. Ten years later, Coach Drlica would orchestrate the elevation of women’s and lightweight rowing to varsity status as well.
In 1983 the athletic department hired Dave Emigh to assist with the crew program and in 1985 he was named the head coach. Emigh spent 11 years at OSU and continued to develop the program with the same innovative styles of his predecessors. Under Emigh, the crew achieved stability within the athletic department and firmly established itself as a leader in West Coast rowing.
Fred Honebein joined the Oregon State family in 2004 and led his squad to a ninth place finish at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships. The Beavers’ finish marked the fifth straight year they had finished among the top ten in the nation and the eighth time in ten years.
Steve Todd has been named interim head coach of the Oregon State University men’s rowing program for the 2006–07 season. Todd succeeded former head coach Fred Honebein in June after leading the Beavers to a 14th-place finish at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association national championships. A former rower at the University of Washington, Todd rowed to a national championship in the Huskies' JV8 in 1997 and earned medals in the Varsity boat in 1998 and 1999. Todd has been a part of the Oregon State rowing program for four years as the men’s freshman coach. During his time with the Beavers, Todd’s crews have medaled all four years at the Pac-10 Championships including a silver medal finish in 2003. Tood's 2003 crew of rookies also took second at the San Diego Crew Classic and in the process upset traditional powerhouse Washington. Most recently, Todd’s Freshman 4+ finished fourth at the IRA Regatta in June.
Dave Friedericks is in his first season as the men’s rowing assistant coach. Friedericks, a former member of the U.S. national team, directed the Lake Oswego Community Rowing Center for the past two years. While at Lake Oswego, Friedericks helped grow the club from a group of a dozen members to a membership of 75 with an additional 100 rowers taking classes.
The Oregon State University Men's Varsity 8+ had a 10th place finish at the 2007 Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships.
top ten 18 times. They have 12 individual NCAA champion titles (including 2 won by Les Gutches
in 1995 and 1996), and have 83 All-American titles (of which 3 were earned by Gutches in 1994, 1995, and 1996). Pre-NCAA in 1926, OSU won the Amateur Athletic Association team national championship. Dale Thomas
, Oregon State coach from 1957–1990 and National Wrestling Hall of Fame member, holds the NCAA record for most dual meet wins in a coaching career at 616. Additionally, seven OSU alumni have gone on to represent the United States in the Olympics
, including in 1924 where Oregon State alumni won both the gold and silver medals in the same weight class. Only 5 of Oregon State's 90 seasons have resulted in a losing record. Oregon State's all-time dual meet record at the end of the 2009–10 season is 950–307–26, ranked 3rd in the NCAA for most all-time wins. With the retiring after the 2005–06 season of one of OSU's most successful coaches, Joe Wells, National Wrestling Hall of Fame member Jim Zalesky
was named head coach.
, to the Mid-1990s with the teams that made it to the NCAA tournament. More recently Oregon State women's basketball has seen many strong players. Felicia Ragland was at OSU in the early 2000s and ended up playing briefly in the WNBA and has a banner up in the rafters at Gill Coliseum. Since her, the recruiting has become better, with a lot of strong players coming through Oregon State. Women's Basketball currently plays its games at Gill Coliseum. The current coach is Scott Rueck
, who replaced LaVonda Wagner in 2010.
The women's basketball team finished the 2008 season with a 20–12 record, making a postseason appearance in the WNIT
tournament.
team has a new coach in Linus Rhodes, an 8 year assistant coach at OSU. With a whole new coaching staff the Beavers are looking to move forward. The most recent improvement so far is the win over nationally ranked Washington State. Upsetting the Cougars the OSU Beavers snapped a 21-game no conference win streak.
Captains this year are Loretta (Red) Nixon and Najma Homidi. Competing for starting goalie are Colleen Boyd and Katie Bell. Starting all Pac-10 games has been Colleen Boyd. She has kept the Beavers in the game and is a great vocal leader in the back.
The 2009 Oregon State women's soccer team earned the first NCAA tournament berth in program history, and upset host Ohio State and nationally seeded Florida in the first two rounds to advance to the Sweet 16.
team was co-champion for the Pac-10 title in 2005, ending the season with a 43–16 record. They have made NCAA regional tournament appearances eight years in a row, including the 2006 season where they made it to the Women's College World Series
for the first time in program history. They were ranked #12 in the nation in the 2006 ESPN.com/USA Softball Preseason Top 25 Collegiate Poll. They had a 28 game winning streak in the 2006 season, the longest win streak the NCAA had seen since 2002 and the longest in the history of the program at Oregon State. The 28-game streak ranks 16th(t) all-time in the NCAA Division I record book for longest win streak, and the Beavers are one of just 11 teams in NCAA history to win 28 straight games.
. The Beavers compete largely in smaller, Division 3 meets, but have enjoyed some success in the PAC-10, including a ninth-place finish by Ashley Younce in the 2006 Western Regional meet. Men's track and field is confined to the club level.
, alumni, and supporters are commonly referred to as Beaver Nation by the media and are credited with giving the Beavers a great home field/court advantage at all of OSU’s sporting events. Reser Stadium, Gill Coliseum, and Goss Stadium at Coleman Field are regularly filled by fans dressed in the school colors, creating an intimidating sea of orange and black that loudly cheer on the Beavers.
Beaver Nation has also developed a very attractive reputation for “traveling well” to support its various teams, with large numbers of orange and black clad fans following the Beavers to away games, bowl games, and tournaments.
Two of the most prominent events showcasing OSU’s rabid fan support and willingness to travel include the 2001 Fiesta Bowl and the College World Series tournaments in 2006 and 2007. In 2000, Oregon State’s football team finished with a 10–1 regular season record and an invitation to the 2001 Fiesta Bowl. The Beavers football team brought an estimated 38,000 fans with them to Tempe, Arizona and went on to crush Notre Dame by a score of 41–9. In June 2006 and again in June 2007, Oregon State’s baseball team made consecutive trips to Omaha, Nebraska for the College World Series. Beaver Nation showed up by the thousands, creating large pockets of its dominating orange at Rosenblatt Stadium, and cheered the team on to the National Championship both years.
Oregon State University
Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...
in Corvallis, Oregon
Corvallis, Oregon
Corvallis is a city located in central western Oregon, United States. It is the county seat of Benton County and the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 54,462....
. The Beavers are part of the Pacific-12 Conference (Pac-12). Oregon State's mascot is Benny the Beaver. Both the men's and women's teams share the name, competing in 7 National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) Division I-A men's sports and 10 NCAA Division I-A women's sports respectively.
The primary rival of the Beavers are the Oregon Ducks
Oregon Ducks
The Oregon Ducks refers to the sports teams of the University of Oregon, located in Eugene, Oregon. The Oregon Ducks are part of the Pacific-12 Conference in the Division 1 of the NCAA. With seventeen varsity teams, the Oregon Ducks are best known for their football team and Track and Field...
of the University of Oregon
University of Oregon
-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...
, located 45 miles (75 km) south of the Oregon State campus. The football rivalry between the Beavers and Ducks, known as the Civil War
Civil War (college football game)
The Civil War is the colloquial name for an American college football rivalry game played annually by the Oregon Ducks football team of the University of Oregon and the Oregon State Beavers football team of the Oregon State University...
, is one of the longest-running in the country, having been contested 114 times as of the end of the 2010 season. Other regional rivals include the Washington Huskies and Washington State Cougars.
As of June 2007, the Beavers have won one pre-NCAA team national championship and three NCAA team national championships. The 1926 wrestling team won the Amateur Athletic Association national championship, the 1961 men's Cross-country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
team won the NCAA title, and most recently the baseball team won the 2006
2006 College World Series
The 2006 College World Series was held June 16-26 in Omaha, Nebraska; it was the 60th College World Series and the 57th series held in Omaha. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having advanced through a 64-team bracket to play at historic Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium...
and 2007 College World Series
2007 College World Series
The 2007 College World Series was held from June 15–24, in Omaha, Nebraska. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met at Rosenblatt Stadium after having played their way through a 64-team bracket. This was the 61st College World Series overall, and the 58th to be held in Omaha.Oregon State...
. Other notable performances include a second place finish in the 1973 and 1995 NCAA wrestling finals, two Final Four
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...
appearances by the men's basketball team, the football team defeating Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
by a 32 point margin in the 2001 Fiesta Bowl
Fiesta Bowl
The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Frito-Lay and named with their Tostitos brand, is a United States college football bowl game played annually at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Between its origination in 1971 and 2006, the game was hosted in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil...
(and finishing the season ranked #4 in the polls), and several individual NCAA championship titles in gymnastics, wrestling, and track & field.
Men's sports
Oregon State has three NCAA championships: two in baseball (20062006 College World Series
The 2006 College World Series was held June 16-26 in Omaha, Nebraska; it was the 60th College World Series and the 57th series held in Omaha. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having advanced through a 64-team bracket to play at historic Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium...
and 2007
2007 College World Series
The 2007 College World Series was held from June 15–24, in Omaha, Nebraska. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met at Rosenblatt Stadium after having played their way through a 64-team bracket. This was the 61st College World Series overall, and the 58th to be held in Omaha.Oregon State...
), and one in men's cross country (1961). The school dropped its cross country and track programs in 1988 due to budget cuts, though women's track and cross country were reinstated in 2005.
Baseball
The Oregon State University baseball program was established in 1907. It has since seen dozens of players go on to play in the minor leagues
Minor league baseball
Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...
and more than 20 go on to play in the majors
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
. Most notable of these major league players is Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury
Jacoby Ellsbury
Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury ; born September 11, 1983) is an American professional baseball center fielder with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball....
.
The baseball team has won its conference championship 22 times and has reached the College World Series
College World Series
The College World Series or CWS is an annual baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets,...
4 times, first in 1952 and more recently three straight years, in 2005, 2006, and 2007. They won the NCAA championship in 2006
2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held from June 2nd through June 26th, . 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NCAA Tournament...
and 2007
2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held from June 1-24, . Sixty four NCAA Division I college baseball teams advanced to the post season tournament after having played through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament....
. The team is led by head coach Pat Casey
Pat Casey
Pat Casey is the head coach for the Oregon State Beavers baseball team. He is best known for winning the 2006 College World Series for the Beavers' first-ever baseball National Championship...
and they play at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
Goss Stadium at Coleman Field is a college baseball stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, on the campus of Oregon State University. It is home to the Oregon State Beavers of the Pac-12 conference...
.
Basketball
The men's basketball team at Oregon State was a major power for most of the time from the 1920s to the 1980s, but has fallen on hard times in recent years; it last had a winning season in 1990. In the 2008–2009 season, though, the Beavers showed great improvement over the previous season's 0–18 Pac-10 finish with post-season play and the team championship of the CBI (College Basketball Invitational) by taking a three game championship series from the UTEP Miners. The men's basketball team has had several players come out of the program, including 9-time NBANational Basketball Association
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All-Star Gary Payton
Gary Payton
Gary Dwayne Payton is a former American professional basketball point guard. He is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics, and holds Seattle franchise records in points, assists, and steals...
and "Iron Man" A. C. Green
A. C. Green
A.C. Green, Jr., is a retired American NBA basketball player who played in more consecutive games than any other player in NBA and ABA history. With 1,192 straight games played, he earned the nickname "Iron Man". He played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat...
. The Beavers have the 14th most amount of wins of any program in the nation as of the end of the 2008–09 season.
Though they have an impressive program, historically, when compared to other Pac-12 teams, it has been eclipsed by other athletic endeavors to include men's football and baseball (especially after winning two national titles). They have participated in the NCAA Tournament
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...
16 times*, making it to the Final Four twice. OSU alumni have also received a total of 10 NBA championship rings and 4 Olympic gold medals. Fans of the program can also take pride in having beaten rival Oregon more times than any team has beaten another team in a collegiate sport, with 183 victories. The team's head coach is Craig Robinson
Craig Robinson (basketball coach)
Craig Malcolm Robinson is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Oregon State University. He was previously the head coach at Brown University. He was a star forward as a player at Princeton University in the early 1980s and a bond trader during the...
, brother-in-law of President Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
.
Football
The current and successful head coach is Mike Riley. He has led the Beavers to 6 bowl games at his time at Oregon State.
The football program has been a part of Oregon State University since 1893, working as a platform for over a hundred players to enter the NFL
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
, such as Heisman Trophy
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
winner Terry Baker
Terry Baker
For the Canadian football player of the same name see Terry Baker .Terry Wayne Baker is a former quarterback for the Oregon State University football team. He played for them through the 1960-1962 seasons. He is most notable for winning the 1962 Heisman Trophy and playing the Final Four in the...
and current St. Louis Rams
St. Louis Rams
The St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...
running back Steven Jackson
Steven Jackson
Steven Rashad Jackson is an American football running back for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Rams 24th overall in the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon State University....
, New England Patriots
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
wide receiver Chad Ochocinco, Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
linebacker Nick Barnett
Nick Barnett
Nicholas Alexander Barnett is an American Football linebacker for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. A graduate of Fontana A.B...
, Arizona Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
quarterback Derek Anderson
Derek Anderson (American football)
Derek Matthew Anderson is an American football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft...
, Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
safety Sabby Piscitelli
Sabby Piscitelli
Sabatino "The Goat" Piscitelli is an American football safety for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft...
, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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wide receiver Sammie Stroughter
Sammie Stroughter
Sammie Stroughter is an American football wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Buccaneers in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon State....
, Carolina Panthers
Carolina Panthers
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quarterback Matt Moore
Matt Moore (American football)
Matthew Erickson Moore is an American Football quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League.He played college football at UCLA and Oregon State...
, Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens
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wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh, New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
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quarterback Sean Canfield
Sean Canfield
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. They have won their conference championship five times.
Soccer
Oregon State men's soccerCollege soccer
College soccer is a term used to describe association football played by teams who are operated by colleges and universities as opposed to a professional league operated for exclusively financial purposes...
team has a new coach in Steve Simmons, a 5 year head coach at Northern Illinois University. With a whole new coaching staff the Beavers are looking to move forward. The most recent improvement so far is the win over nationally ranked Stanford.
Captain this year will senior Justin Woodward. Competing for starting goalie are Steven Spangler and Mike Miller. Starting all Pac-10 games has been a combination of Mike Miller and Steven Spangler. The 2009 roster was:
- 0 Miller, Mike
- 00 Souza, Alex
- 1 Spangler, Steve
- 2 Anderson, Travis
- 3 French, Tanner
- 4 Demirelli, Emmett
- 5 Miller, Chris
- 6 Martin, Tommy
- 8 Drake, Matt
- 9 Grewal, TJ
- 10 Danny MwangaDanny MwangaJean-Marie Daniel "Danny" Mwanga is a Congolese-American footballer who currently plays for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer.-Youth:...
- 11 Harms, Chris
- 11 Woodward, Justin
- 12 Swenson, John
- 13 Mitchel, Colin
- 14 Ramsey, Brian
- 15 Sanchez, Travis
- 16 Hodgen, Mike
- 18 Mastronardi, Andrew
- 19 Johnson, Scott
- 20 Parker, Jake 5-9/150
- 21 Harris, Jordan
- 22 Penny, Alex
- 23 Parker, Mike
- 24 Kagey, Tim
- 25 Fincham, Sean
- 26 Thompson, Taylor
- 27 Costello, Steve
The Oregon State Mens Soccer Program added six new athletes to its roster in 2011.
- William Seymore; A play-making central midfielder from SohamSohamSoham is a small town in the English county of Cambridgeshire. It lies just off the A142 between Ely and Newmarket . Its population is 9,102 , and it is within the district of East Cambridgeshire.-Archaeology:...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Formerly playing for Non-League Side Soham Town Rangers. - Khiry Shelton; Shelton is a four-year letterman at Vista Ridge High in Cedar Park, Texas, where he was selected Offensive Most Valuable Player and first-team all-district in 2010
- Matt Bersano; played for RSL-AZ Academy in Casa Grande, Ariz., and was a two-time state champion at Corona del Sol High in Tempe, Ariz
- Andrew Glaeser; Glaeser lettered four years at Walla Walla High and played for the Washington Olympic Development Program and the 2010 Disney Soccer Showcase All-Star Team
- Glenn Paden; tallied 27 goals and 14 assists as a junior and had 18 goals and seven assists his sophomore year
- Mike Reckmeyer; was a four-year starter at Lincoln East High in Lincoln, Neb., which went 24-0 his senior year and finished No. 3 in the nation. He was named to the 2010 ESPN Players to Watch list and posted 17 goals and 10 assists
Golf
The golf teams practice at Oregon State's own Trysting Tree Golf Club, a nationally recognized course that has held numerous tournaments.Rowing
Oregon State has long been a powerhouse for men’s rowing, providing 13 different athletes to the highest levels of rowing in the U.S. And over the past five years, a pair of former Beavers have represented America and the Oregon State rowing program particularly well. Most recently these athletes include Josh Inman, Joey Hansen and Chris Callaghan.Throughout its history, rowing at Oregon State has been led by committed and visionary coaching. Ed Stevens, a former Harvard coach, took over the reins from Mechanical Engineering Professor J.P. Othis. Stevens guided the program from 1931 to 1949 and during this time the program gained recognition and respect as a highly competitive crew.
Karl Drlica took over from Coach Stevens and would lead the program for the next 30 years. One of Coach Drlica’s first moves was to establish women as an integral part of the program when he started intramural competition in 1952. OSU was one of the first collegiate programs to support women’s rowing.
The achievements of Coach Drlica and his crews were recognized in 1967 when the Board of Intercollegiate Athletics accepted the men’s heavyweight crew as a varsity sport. Ten years later, Coach Drlica would orchestrate the elevation of women’s and lightweight rowing to varsity status as well.
In 1983 the athletic department hired Dave Emigh to assist with the crew program and in 1985 he was named the head coach. Emigh spent 11 years at OSU and continued to develop the program with the same innovative styles of his predecessors. Under Emigh, the crew achieved stability within the athletic department and firmly established itself as a leader in West Coast rowing.
Fred Honebein joined the Oregon State family in 2004 and led his squad to a ninth place finish at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships. The Beavers’ finish marked the fifth straight year they had finished among the top ten in the nation and the eighth time in ten years.
Steve Todd has been named interim head coach of the Oregon State University men’s rowing program for the 2006–07 season. Todd succeeded former head coach Fred Honebein in June after leading the Beavers to a 14th-place finish at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association national championships. A former rower at the University of Washington, Todd rowed to a national championship in the Huskies' JV8 in 1997 and earned medals in the Varsity boat in 1998 and 1999. Todd has been a part of the Oregon State rowing program for four years as the men’s freshman coach. During his time with the Beavers, Todd’s crews have medaled all four years at the Pac-10 Championships including a silver medal finish in 2003. Tood's 2003 crew of rookies also took second at the San Diego Crew Classic and in the process upset traditional powerhouse Washington. Most recently, Todd’s Freshman 4+ finished fourth at the IRA Regatta in June.
Dave Friedericks is in his first season as the men’s rowing assistant coach. Friedericks, a former member of the U.S. national team, directed the Lake Oswego Community Rowing Center for the past two years. While at Lake Oswego, Friedericks helped grow the club from a group of a dozen members to a membership of 75 with an additional 100 rowers taking classes.
The Oregon State University Men's Varsity 8+ had a 10th place finish at the 2007 Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships.
Wrestling
Traditionally, the Oregon State wrestling team has been a national powerhouse, winning their conference championship 47 times and finishing in the NCAANational Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
top ten 18 times. They have 12 individual NCAA champion titles (including 2 won by Les Gutches
Les Gutches
Les Gutches is an American former amateur wrestler and coach. His accomplishments include winning the Dan Hodge Trophy as the nation's best college wrestler in 1996, becoming the National Collegiate Athletic Association champion in the 177 lb...
in 1995 and 1996), and have 83 All-American titles (of which 3 were earned by Gutches in 1994, 1995, and 1996). Pre-NCAA in 1926, OSU won the Amateur Athletic Association team national championship. Dale Thomas
Dale O. Thomas
Dale O. Thomas was the head coach of the Oregon State wrestling team at Oregon State University from 1957–1990, and is a National Wrestling Hall of Fame member....
, Oregon State coach from 1957–1990 and National Wrestling Hall of Fame member, holds the NCAA record for most dual meet wins in a coaching career at 616. Additionally, seven OSU alumni have gone on to represent the United States in the Olympics
Olympic Games
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, including in 1924 where Oregon State alumni won both the gold and silver medals in the same weight class. Only 5 of Oregon State's 90 seasons have resulted in a losing record. Oregon State's all-time dual meet record at the end of the 2009–10 season is 950–307–26, ranked 3rd in the NCAA for most all-time wins. With the retiring after the 2005–06 season of one of OSU's most successful coaches, Joe Wells, National Wrestling Hall of Fame member Jim Zalesky
Jim Zalesky
Jim Zalesky is the head wrestling coach for the Oregon State Beavers and a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Prior to joining the Beavers, he was the coach of the University of Iowa wrestling team from 1998-2006. At Iowa, he succeeded Dan Gable as head coach, under whom he was a...
was named head coach.
Basketball
The women's basketball program at Oregon State has long been a power. From the 1980s and Carol MenkenCarol Menken-Schaudt
Carol Menken-Schaudt is a former American basketball player from Jefferson, Oregon who won a gold medal on the U.S. team at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
, to the Mid-1990s with the teams that made it to the NCAA tournament. More recently Oregon State women's basketball has seen many strong players. Felicia Ragland was at OSU in the early 2000s and ended up playing briefly in the WNBA and has a banner up in the rafters at Gill Coliseum. Since her, the recruiting has become better, with a lot of strong players coming through Oregon State. Women's Basketball currently plays its games at Gill Coliseum. The current coach is Scott Rueck
Scott Rueck
Scott Rueck is the head coach of the Oregon State University women's basketball team.-Early life:Rueck grew up in Hillsboro, Oregon, where he graduated from Glencoe High School. His father had been the first boy's basketball coach at Glencoe and had also been a coach at Hillsboro High School...
, who replaced LaVonda Wagner in 2010.
The women's basketball team finished the 2008 season with a 20–12 record, making a postseason appearance in the WNIT
Women's National Invitation Tournament
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tournament.
Gymnastics
The women's gymnastics team is historically known as one of the best teams in the country. They were ranked #13 in the nation in the 2006 Preseason Coaches’ Poll, and had one of the strongest schedules in the nation. The Beavers came in second all-around at the 2006 NCAA West Regional, qualifying for the NCAA Championships hosted on their home turf at Oregon State. OSU gymnasts have won seven national championships on floor exercise and balance beam, most recently Amy Durham on floor in 1993.Soccer
Oregon State women's soccerCollege soccer
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team has a new coach in Linus Rhodes, an 8 year assistant coach at OSU. With a whole new coaching staff the Beavers are looking to move forward. The most recent improvement so far is the win over nationally ranked Washington State. Upsetting the Cougars the OSU Beavers snapped a 21-game no conference win streak.
Captains this year are Loretta (Red) Nixon and Najma Homidi. Competing for starting goalie are Colleen Boyd and Katie Bell. Starting all Pac-10 games has been Colleen Boyd. She has kept the Beavers in the game and is a great vocal leader in the back.
The 2009 Oregon State women's soccer team earned the first NCAA tournament berth in program history, and upset host Ohio State and nationally seeded Florida in the first two rounds to advance to the Sweet 16.
Softball
The women's softballCollege softball
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team was co-champion for the Pac-10 title in 2005, ending the season with a 43–16 record. They have made NCAA regional tournament appearances eight years in a row, including the 2006 season where they made it to the Women's College World Series
Women's College World Series
The Women's College World Series is the final portion of the NCAA Division I Softball Championship for college softball in the United States. The tournament format consists of two four-team double-elimination brackets. The winners of each bracket then compete in a best-of-three title game series...
for the first time in program history. They were ranked #12 in the nation in the 2006 ESPN.com/USA Softball Preseason Top 25 Collegiate Poll. They had a 28 game winning streak in the 2006 season, the longest win streak the NCAA had seen since 2002 and the longest in the history of the program at Oregon State. The 28-game streak ranks 16th(t) all-time in the NCAA Division I record book for longest win streak, and the Beavers are one of just 11 teams in NCAA history to win 28 straight games.
Swimming
The women's swimming team finished 31st in the NCAA championships for the 2006 season. As of 2006, there have been a total of 5 women's NCAA All-American swimmers since the sport was added at Oregon State. In 2008, Saori Haruguchi won an individual NCAA championship in the 200 meter butterfly. She also set an NCAA meet record during this event.Track and Field and Cross Country
Oregon State track and field and cross country were cut in 1988, but began a comeback in 2004 with the return of a women's distance program, led by Kelly Sullivan, the former coach of Willamette UniversityWillamette University
Willamette University is an American private institution of higher learning located in Salem, Oregon. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest university in the Western United States. Willamette is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges, and is made up of an undergraduate College of Liberal Arts and...
. The Beavers compete largely in smaller, Division 3 meets, but have enjoyed some success in the PAC-10, including a ninth-place finish by Ashley Younce in the 2006 Western Regional meet. Men's track and field is confined to the club level.
Beaver Nation
Oregon State University’s proud fansFan (person)
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, alumni, and supporters are commonly referred to as Beaver Nation by the media and are credited with giving the Beavers a great home field/court advantage at all of OSU’s sporting events. Reser Stadium, Gill Coliseum, and Goss Stadium at Coleman Field are regularly filled by fans dressed in the school colors, creating an intimidating sea of orange and black that loudly cheer on the Beavers.
Beaver Nation has also developed a very attractive reputation for “traveling well” to support its various teams, with large numbers of orange and black clad fans following the Beavers to away games, bowl games, and tournaments.
Two of the most prominent events showcasing OSU’s rabid fan support and willingness to travel include the 2001 Fiesta Bowl and the College World Series tournaments in 2006 and 2007. In 2000, Oregon State’s football team finished with a 10–1 regular season record and an invitation to the 2001 Fiesta Bowl. The Beavers football team brought an estimated 38,000 fans with them to Tempe, Arizona and went on to crush Notre Dame by a score of 41–9. In June 2006 and again in June 2007, Oregon State’s baseball team made consecutive trips to Omaha, Nebraska for the College World Series. Beaver Nation showed up by the thousands, creating large pockets of its dominating orange at Rosenblatt Stadium, and cheered the team on to the National Championship both years.
External links
- Oregon State athletics official website
- AP poll history of Oregon State men's basketball