Basketball

Basketball

2022
Oct 09

Felicia Ragland – Basketball

Felicia Ragland – Basketball

Felicia Ragland (b. Feb. 3, 1980) was an immediate difference-maker when she arrived at Oregon State University in the fall of 1998. She would become an iron woman leader for OSU for four consecutive years starting all but one of 118 games. By the end of her senior year, Fee was ranked in the OSU..Read More

Oct 09

Fred Jones – Basketball

Fred Jones – Basketball

(b. Mar. 11, 1979) You may know him as Freddy, Frederick or just Fred. Last name Jones. He is an Oregon original on the basketball court from Gresham to the University of Oregon to the NBA. Frederick Jones burst on the scene at Barlow High School beginning in 1995. The super athletic wing could play..Read More

2019
Sep 24

Mark Radford – Basketball

Mark Radford – Basketball

(born July 5, 1959) The time was right.  You know the years, 1976 & 77.  The birth of Rip City.  The state of Oregon was crazy for basketball.  The champion Trail Blazers, the Kamikaze Kids and some of the best years of high school basketball in history. In the center of it all was Grant..Read More

Sep 24

Ray Blume – Basketball

Ray Blume – Basketball

(born September 23, 1958) A big guard who shoots 50%, plays great defense and long minutes?  Let’s sign him up.  Ray Blume checked off all the boxes as a key member of the Oregon State’s “Orange Express” basketball teams. Blume was already a hometown hero at Parkrose high school. He led the 1977 version of..Read More

2015
Nov 19

Damon Stoudamire – Basketball

Damon Stoudamire

(born September 3, 1973) Damon Stoudamire’s family roots are in North and Northeast Portland where he attended Holy Redeemer grade school and Harriet Tubman Middle School.  He is the son of Portland State great Willie Stoudamire and Liz Washington.  Stoudamire was raised by his mother, Liz, and his grandmother, Wanda Stoudamire-Matthews.  He became a household..Read More

2014
Mar 10

Lindsey Yamasaki – Basketball

Lindsey Yamasaki

(Born June 2, 1980) A native of Oregon City, Lindsey Yamasaki might be from a small town, but she’s accomplished some big-time goals. During her time at Oregon City High School, she led the team to four consecutive State Championships and was unanimously selected as a senior First Team All-American by USA Today, Nike, the..Read More

2010
Sep 28

Terry Porter – Basketball

Terry Porter

(Born April 8, 1963) Terry Porter arrived in Oregon from a small midwestern school, but quickly became one of the Portland Trail Blazers’ most popular players during the era when the team reached the NBA Finals twice. Born in 1963, Porter grew up in Milwaukee, Wisc., and played collegiately at Wisconsin-Stevens Point, an NCAA Div...Read More

2009
Sep 29

Gary Payton – Basketball

Gary Payton OSU/Sea

(Born July 23, 1968) “The Glove” spent just a short time in Oregon, but endeared himself to always be remembered as someone who made the state great. Payton grew up in Oakland, California, then made his way to Corvallis and Oregon State, where he played under legendary coach Ralph Miller from 1986 to ‘90. In..Read More

2008
Sep 25

Jerome Kersey – Basketball

Jerome Kersey

(June 26, 1962 – February 18, 2015) Jerome Kersey came to the Portland Trail Blazers from Longwood College, an NCAA Division II school, where he set school records for points, rebounds, steals, and blocked shots, with a 57% shooting record. Portland selected him in the 1984 NBA draft and he immediately became a regular contributor..Read More

2006
Sep 26

Terrell Brandon – Basketball

Terrell Brandon

(Born May 20, 1970) Terrell Brandon, a two-time NBA All-Star, grew up in Northeast Portland, not far from where he lives today. A standout player at Grant High School, in 1988 he was named Oregon High School Basketball Player of the Year and led his Grant Generals to the state title. He spent two years..Read More