(1910-11 – 2005-06) Ed Lewis made his mark on basketball at Oregon State from 1931-33, setting scoring records while leading the Beavers to their first Pacific Coast Conference title.

Lewis grew up in Portland and led Washington High School, coached by Eldon Jenne, to the state championship in 1928 and tournament semifinals in 1929. He earned a spot on the all-tournament first team each season. At 6-foot-5, he was one of the most heavily recruited players in the Northwest and chose to play at Oregon State.

In Corvallis, Lewis helped the Beavers, coached by Slats Gill, win the school’s first Pacific Coast Conference title in 1932-33 and was named an All-American. The Oregon Journal in Portland selected him as the Northwest’s top player of the first half-century in 1950.

Following graduation, Lewis played for the amateur Olympic Club team in San Francisco, then returned to the Willamette Valley and became a businessman and ardent supporter of OSU athletics. In 1962, the school created the Ed Lewis Award in honor of the men’s basketball player who provides the most team leadership.

Lewis was inducted to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class of 1980 and into the Oregon State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1988.