Basketball

Basketball

1995
Aug 05

Steve Johnson – Basketball

Steve Johnson

(born Nov. 3, 1957) A 6-foot 10-inch Oregon State University basketball star from 1977-1981, Steve Johnson was second at OSU for career points (2,035) and career field goals (828). A 1st Team Consensus All-America and Pac-10 Player of the Year in 1981, Steve was also a three time selection as All Pac-10. As a senior,..Read More

1993
Jul 31

Bill Walton – Basketball

Bill Walton

(born Nov. 5, 1952) Bill Walton led UCLA to two NCAA titles before arriving in Memorial Coliseum to join an average Portland Trail Blazer team. Walton emerged as one of the greatest basketball players in Portland Trail Blazer and NBA history. Walton led the Blazers to the NBA Championship in 1977 with dramatic performances in..Read More

Jul 31

Carol Menken-Schaudt – Basketball

Carol Menken-Schaudt

(born Nov. 23, 1957) Carol Menken-Schaudt from Jefferson, Oregon arrived at Oregon State University, via Linn-Benton Community College, with no fanfare, but became one of the greatest players in Oregon Basketball history. In the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, as the starting center she led the U.S. team to Gold Medal. At OSU she was selected..Read More

1990
Aug 18

Steve Jones – Basketball

Steve Jones

(Oct. 17, 1942 – Nov. 25, 2017) Steve Jones earned his place in Oregon sports lore as a basketball player at the high school, college and professional level and then as a broadcaster, where he earned the nickname “Snapper.” Born in Louisiana, Jones grew up in Portland and helped Franklin High to the 1959 state..Read More

1988
Aug 28

Richard Washington – Basketball

Richard Washington

(born Jul. 15, 1955) Richard Washington played his way from the streets of Portland into the basketball machine at UCLA and then into the NBA, where he remains the highest draft pick of a native Oregonian. Born in 1955, Washington attended Benson High, where he played under coach Dick Gray. Washington grew to be a..Read More

1987
Aug 28

Jim Jarvis – Basketball

Jim Jarvis

(born Mar. 3, 1943) Jim Jarvis helped the Oregon State men’s basketball team reach the NCAA Tournament Final Four in 1963, played professionally and then coached at the Division I level. Jarvis grew up in Southern Oregon, earning All-Tournament first-team honors in 1959 at Coquille when the Red Devils reached the semifinals, and in 1961..Read More

1985
Aug 24

Dave Twardzik – Basketball

Dave Twardzik

(born Sep. 20, 1950) Dave Twardzik worked his way into the hearts of Oregonians as a scrappy guard, who started for the 1977 Trail Blazers NBA Champion team. Twardzik grew up in Pennsylvania and played at Old Dominion University, an NCAA Div. II school at the time. He helped the team to the 1971 NCAA..Read More

1984
Aug 25

Geoff Petrie – Basketball

Geoff Petrie

(born Apr. 17, 1948) Geoff Petrie will forever be remembered as the first star of the Portland Trail Blazers, helping build the team’s identity before it won the World Championship in 1977. Born in 1948, Petrie grew up in Pennsylvania, and then attended Princeton University, where he was one of the top players in the..Read More

1983
Sep 12

Mark “Buck” Grayson – Basketball

Buck Grayson

(1908 – Jul. 24, 1981) Mark “Buck” Grayson was a three-sport athlete at Jefferson High, who starred at Oregon State and then had a distinguished career as a city commissioner in Portland. Grayson played football, basketball and baseball at Jefferson, then moved to Oregon State for coach Slats Gill’s first three season: 1928-1931. At OSU,..Read More

1982
Aug 29

Jack Riley – Basketball

Jack Riley

(born 1938) Jack Riley is better known for his baseball accomplishments, but he made a significant impact on the basketball program at Linfield College. Born in 1938, Riley grew up in Portland and attended Grant High, which had only made the state tournament once since 1926 and did not while he played there. But, his..Read More