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1984

1939 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON MEN’S BASKETBALL “TALL FIRS”: 1984
The “Tall Firs” will forever be remembered not only as the only Oregon team to win the NCAA men’s basketball championship in 1939, but for winning the first NCAA championship during an era when the collegiate organization was establishing itself across the nation.

The Ducks earned their nickname during the season due to the height of their starting frontline. Center Slim Wintermute and forwards Laddie Gale and John Dick were all 6-foot-4 or taller, which caused newspaper editor L.H. Gregory to invent the nickname. Although height was an advantage for the team, it also featured an early version of a fast break offense just two seasons after the center jump following every made basket had been eliminated.

Guards Bobby Anet and Wally Johansen were key players in managing the tempo of games.

Coach Howard Hobson, in his fourth season, had built the team by first hiring Astoria High coach John Warren as an assistant in his first season. Warren then recruited two of his top players, Anet and Johansen, and the Ducks were on their way to building a championship team.

Oregon returned all five of its starters from a team that reached the Pacific Coast Conference championship game, and four of those players were seniors. Dick was the lone junior among the starters.

To gain experience on the national level, the team traveled to the East Coast at the start of the season, and played eight games in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit, a trip that made the school the first from the West Coast to send a team to the East.

Oregon won the PCC North Division title with a 14-2 conference record, and beat California in two games to win the conference title and a spot in the first NCAA Tournament, which featured eight teams.

The Ducks beat Texas 56-41 in the quarterfinals and Oklahoma 55-37 in the semifinals, both games being played in San Francisco. They advanced to the final to play Ohio State on the campus of Northwestern University in Chicago and beat the Buckeyes 46-33 before a crowd of 5,000 spectators. Dick had a game-high 15 points. Ohio State shot just 17 percent from the field.

Oregon’s roster of 11 players were all from Oregon or Washington.

The “Tall Firs” were inducted to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1984. In addition, the starting five are also inductees as are Hobson and Warren. The University of Oregon Athletic Hall of Fame inducted the team, its starting five and Hobson, and has retired the number of all five starters. The Basketball Hall of Fame inducted the team in 1965.

1939 "Tall Firs" - Bobby Anet, John Dick, Lauren "Laddie" Gale, Bob Hardy, Wally Johansen, Red McNeely, Ford Mullen, Matt Pavalunas, Earl "Sandy" Sandness, Ted Sarpola, Urgel "Slim" Wintermute, Jay Langston (student manager)

1962 University of Oregon Track & Field Team: 1984
The University of Oregon men’s track and field team officially christened its tradition of excellence by winning its first NCAA Track and Field championship in front of a hometown crowd in 1962.

Jerry Tarr won the 120 hurdles and 440 hurdles, Harry Jerome won the 220 hurdles, Dyrol Burleson won the mile and six other Ducks finished fifth or higher in their events in the meet.

Mel Renfro, an all-purpose back for the football team, finished second in the 120 hurdles and third in the long jump, while Mike Lehner (steeplechase), Keith Forman (mile), Clayton Steinke (steeplechase), Dave Steen (shot put) and Les Tipton (javelin) all earned All-America recognition for their efforts. Jerome also placed second in the 100 meters.

During the year, Jerome set a world record in the 100 yards at 9.2 seconds, while the 440 yard relay team of Tarr, Mike Gaechter, Renfro and Jerome established a world record at 40.0.

Burleson and Jerome (Canada) had both competed in the 1960 Olympic Summer Games. The title was the first of four under coach Bill Bowerman, who guided the program for 24 years beginning in 1948.

1962 Oregon Track & Field Team - Coach Bill Bowerman, Ted Abram, Barry Adams, John Burns, Dyrol Burleson, Jerry Close, Keith Forman, Marty Frank, Mike Gaechter, Ron Gomez, Harry Jerome, Mike Lehner, Terry Llewellyn, Sig Ohlemann, Jim Puckett, Vic Reeve, Mel Renfro, Archie San Romoni, Dave Steen, Clayton Steinke, Jerry Stubblefield, Jerry Tarr, and Les Tipton.

1977 Portland Trail Blazers: 1984
Of all the state’s glorious teams and sporting moments, none captures more emotion than the Portland Trail Blazers’ run to the 1977 NBA title.

Born in 1970, primarily through the efforts of promoter and executive Harry Glickman, the Blazers were a moribund franchise through their first six years, playing in the depths of the league enough to earn the top pick in the draft twice – 1972 and ’74. In ’72, the team selected LaRue Martin, who played four seasons before retiring after the 1975-76 season, but selected Bill Walton, who had been named college basketball Player of the Year three times, in ‘74.

Walton played sparingly in his first two seasons due to injuries, but was healthy enough to play in 65 games during the ’76-77 season, which followed the merger between the NBA and American Basketball Association. The Blazers, under first-year coach Jack Ramsay, finished 49-33, four games behind the Los Angeles Lakers in the Pacific Division and joined the Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls in the Western Conference playoffs.

After beating Chicago 2-1 in the first round, the Blazers beat Denver 4-2 and then swept Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Lakers 4-0 in the conference finals to earn the motto “Red Hot and Rollin’,” coined by radio play-by-play broadcaster Bill Schonely. They met the Philadelphia 76ers in the Finals.

Portland lost the first two games, but established its toughness in the second game when forward Maurice Lucas decked 76ers forward Darryl Dawkins from behind after Dawkins had hit Portland’s Bobby Gross following a late-game battle for a rebound. Portland lost and fell behind 2-0 in the best-of-seven series, and Lucas was suspended for the next game (along with Dawkins), but the Blazers won the following two games by 22 and 32 points, respectively. They beat Philadelphia 110-104 at the Spectrum in Game 5, and closed the series on June 5 with a 109-107 win at Memorial Coliseum, setting off a frenzied celebration throughout the city.

Portland leaders organized a parade June 6 and an estimated 250,000 residents showed up.

Walton was named MVP of the Finals.

Lucas, in his third year out of Marquette, led the team in scoring during the regular season at 20.2 points per game, while Walton averaged 18.6 points and 14.4 rebounds. Rookie guard Lionel Hollins averaged 14.7 points and a team-high 4.1 assists. Bob Gross, guard Dave Twardzik and small forward Larry Steele also averaged double figures in points.

During the season, fans filled the Coliseum to its seating capacity, 12,666, and began a streak of 814 consecutive sellouts, a streak that ended only after the team moved to the Rose Garden in 1995.

The ’77 Blazers were inducted to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.

1977 NBA Champions - Portland Trailblazers

Head Coach Jack Ramsay, Assistant Coach Jack McKinney

3 - Herm Gilliam    10 - Corky Calhoun

13 - Dave Twardzik    14 - Lionel Hollins

15 - Larry Steele    16 - Johnny Davis

20 - Maurice Lucas 30 - Bob Gross

32 - Bill Walton    34 - Robin Jones

36 - Lloyd Neal    42 - Wally Walker

1985

1942 Oregon State Football Rose Bowl Champion: 1985
The 1941 Oregon State football team played its way to immortality through strong defense, a young coach and some good fortune that resulted in a win over second-ranked Duke in the only Rose Bowl to be played outside of Pasadena, Calif.

The Beavers had become a solid program under coach Lon Stiner, who took over the program in 1933 and led the team to the 1940 Pineapple Bowl in Hawaii. But, the team had lost two All-American linemen to the NFL following the 1940 season. It opened the season with a loss to USC and was 2-2 overall following a loss to Washington State.

But, the Beavers had already scored a 9-6 win over Pacific Coast Conference title contender Washington, and a stunning 10-0 win over Stanford, which had played in the Rose Bowl the previous season.

Following a 7-0 loss at Washington State, the Beavers produced four consecutive shutouts and won the PCC title with a 12-7 decision at Oregon, Nov. 29. Every other PCC team had suffered at least three conference defeats, including Stanford, which lost its final two games to finish 6-3.

Heading for the Rose Bowl, Oregon State had the honor of selecting its opponent, although unbeaten Michigan was not available because the Western Conference that included Michigan, did not allow teams to play in the postseason. The Beavers selected Duke, their third choice, but the game was nearly cancelled following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and then subsequent fears of attacks at large events such as the Rose Parade and then Rose Bowl. The game was moved to Duke Stadium in Durham, N.C., and played as scheduled, Jan. 1, 1942.

In the Rose Bowl, Bob Dethman threw touchdown passes of 31 yards to George Zelick and 68 yards to Gene Gray and Don Durden ran for a 15-yard score as the Beavers upended the Blue Devils, who had entered as a 3-1 favorite.

Center Quentin Greenough was named All-American following the season, and three Beavers: Dethman, back George Peters and lineman George Halverson; were selected in the 1942 NFL Draft.

The 1942 Oregon State Rose Bowl team was inducted to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.

Team members were George Bain, Jim Busch, Glenn Byington, Boyd Clement, Martin Chaves, Stan Czech, Joe Day, Bob Dethman, Don Durdan, Gene Gray, Quentin Greenough, Lee Gustafson, Bill Halverson, Lew Hammers, Bob Libbee, Marv Markman, Bill McInnis, Norm Newman, Ted Ossowski, Frank Parker, Warren Perryman, George Peters, Norm Peters, Bob Proctor, Bob Saunders, Choc Shelton, Warren Simas, Everett Smith, Lloyd Wickett, George Zellnick, and Orville Zielaskowski.

1944 Lind and Pomeroy Florists World Softball Champions: 1985
Just 11 years after a softball championship tournament had been established, a team of Portland-area fast-pitch softball all-stars made headlines for Oregon’s women by winning the championship game.
Sponsored by Erv Lind and Seley Pomeroy Florists, the team won all five of its tournament games by shutout and beat the Arizona Ramblers in the final in Cleveland, Ohio. The tournament was referred to as the World Championship prior to 1969.

The title came a year after the team reached the championship tournament for the first time, powered by a standout battery of pitcher Betty Evans Grayson, who graduated from Franklin High in the summer of ’44, and catcher Dorothy “Dotty” Moore, who graduated from Willamette University in 1941.

Other players on the team included Norma Eby, Pat Carson, Nira Deputy, Nadine Hoard, Irens Maas, Jerry Burroughs and Martha Howell. Prior to the tournament, the team added three all-stars from the Seattle area: Alyce Johnson, Vivian Bonner and Kay Gianini.

The Lind and Pomeroy Florists ’44 championship came three years into a stretch of five titles in six years for the Jax Maids of New Orleans, and put the team at the highest level of national competition with team such as the Raybestos Brakettes of Stratford, Conn., Fresno Rockets, Orange County, Calif., Lionettes and the Ramblers.

The team’s success, during an era when women’s sports were beginning to blossom, helped bring the national tournament to Portland in 1948, ’49, ’55 and ’61.

The team was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.

1988

1964 Oregon Track & Field - Teams: 1988

Two years after having won the program’s first national title, the Ducks won their second with a dominating performance, nearly doubling second-place San Jose State in points, 70-40. And, as in 1962, they did it at Hayward Field.

Harry Jerome was among the holdovers from the ‘62 champions, winning the 100-yard final, and finishing third in the 200 just months ahead of earning a bronze medal for Canada in the ‘64 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Senior Les Tipton won the javelin, leading a 1-2-3 sweep in the final ahead of seniors Gary Reddaway and Ron Gomez, and the Ducks dominated the 3,000 steeplechase with four finishers in the top eight led by senior Mike Lehner in second.

Senior Archie San Romani, Jr., placed second in the 1,500, and sophomore Kenny Moore jumped to the national scene with a third-place finish in the 5,000. Moore also placed sixth in the steeplechase final.

Among the other team members who finished in the top eight of their events and achieved All-American status were senior Paul Stuber (high jump), junior Dave Blunt (100, 200), senior Ray Van Asten (800), sophomore Don Scott (800), senior Clayton Steinke (steeplechase) and sophomore Bruce Mortensen (steeplechase).

The Ducks finished seventh in the 4 x100, and eighth in the 4x400 finals.
A year later, Oregon tied with USC for the national title.

1964 Oregon Track & Field Team - Barry Adams, Dave Blunt, John Buller, Ron Gomez, Marcial Hunter, Harry Jerome, Mike Lehner, Terry Llewellyn, Jim Meinert, Ken Moore, Gerry Moro, Bruce Mortenson, Al O'Leary, Gordon Payne, Garry Reddaway, Archie San Romani, Don Scott, Clayton Steinke, Paul Stuber, Les Tipton, Dan Tonn, Ray Van Asten, Bill Bowerman (Head Coach), Chuck Bowles (Freshman Coach), Dave Bilderback (Manager).

1989

1948 University of Oregon Football Team: 1989

The 1948 University of Oregon football squad narrowly missed a chance to play in the 1949 Rose Bowl, but broke a barrier established by the Pacific Coast Conference and played in the Cotton Bowl.

The ’48 Ducks, in coach Jim Aiken’s second season, featured junior quarterback Norm Van Brocklin and senior center Brad Ecklund, who had both served in the military during World War II. They opened the season ranked 15^th in the Associated Press poll.

With Van Brocklin passing and punting and Ecklund playing on both offensive and defensive lines the Ducks went 9-1 during the regular season, losing only 14-0 at Michigan, who went unbeaten and finished the season ranked No. 1.

Van Brocklin passed for 1,010 yards during the season, becoming the first Oregon quarterback to surpass 1,000 yards. Ecklund played every minute of five games.

Oregon finished 7-0 in the PCC and reached No. 9 in the Associated Press poll, but California, in the midst of winning 33 straight regular season games, finished 6-0 in the PCC and won a vote of conference members to represent it in the Rose Bowl.

Ironically, Michigan didn’t play in the Rose Bowl as the Big 9 Conference had established a rule preventing schools from participating in the game in consecutive years. Northwestern played in the game and defeated Cal 20-14.

In the Rose Bowl vote, the conference allowed Oregon to accept a bid from the Cotton Bowl Classic to play Southwestern Conference champion Southern Methodist, 8-1-1, in Dallas. Previously, only the conference champion played a postseason game. The Cotton Bowl was Oregon’s first bowl appearance since the 1920 Rose Bowl.

SMU, with Heisman Trophy winner Doak Walker in the backfield, won 21-13 before a crowd of 69,000 on Jan. 1, 1949. Walker ran for a score, kicked two extra points and stunned the Ducks with a quick kick in the first half that rolled 79 yards and ended up inside the Oregon 1.

Van Brocklin completed 9 of 18 passes for 145 yards and a touchdown, which went to Dick Wilkins. George Bell ran for 93 yards on 17 carries. Bob Sanders carried 12 times for 63 yards and a touchdown. Bell also had an interception.

Van Brocklin, Ecklund and end Dan Garza were all voted to the All-PCC First Team following the regular season. Van Brocklin was named an All-America.

Players on the team voted Ecklund as the Skeie’s Award, given to the team’s most outstanding player since 1939.

1990

1960-61 Portland Buckaroos: 1990
The Portland Buckaroos were the first tenant of the Memorial Coliseum beginning with their inaugural season in the Western Hockey League in 1960-61, which ended with a league title.

Brought to Portland from New Westminster, Canada, through the efforts of sports marketer Harry Glickman, the team featured many players from the New Westminster Royals, including coach Hal Laycoe., team captain Gordie Fashoway and center Art Jones. Fashoway led the team with 42 goals in its 70 regular-season games, while Jones had 36 goals and 64 assists to lead the team in scoring at 100 points. When combined with goaltender Don Head, the league’s Rookie of the Year, the Buckaroos finished second in the regular season. Fashoway and Jones combined for 14 goals and 20 assists in 14 playoff games as the team beat Spokane, Vancouver and then Seattle for the league title.

Beyond success on the ice, the team established a league record for attendance with an average of more than 7,000 fans per game, breaking the previous record by nearly 2,000 fans per game.

1992

1967 Oregon State Football Team: 1992
While it didn't reach a bowl game, the 1967 Oregon State football team scored two huge upsets and earned the nickname "Giant Killers," making it one of the most memorable teams in school history.
In their third year under coach Dee Andros, the Beavers were 3-2 after a loss to Brigham Young when they traveled to Purdue and beat the second-ranked Boilermakers, 22-14. After a home win over Washington State, they tied No. 2 UCLA, 16-16, at the Rose Bowl, then beat No. 1 USC, 3-0, at home. A 14-0 win at Oregon moved OSU to 7-2-1 and they finished ranked No. 7.

At the time, only one team from the Athletic Association of Western Universities (renamed the Pac-8 the following year) was allowed to play in a bowl game.

Defensive linemen Jon Sandstrom and Jess Lewis were named All-Americans, while Bill Enyart, Gary Houser and Dave Marlette were also named all-Conference.
The team was inducted to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1992.

1993

1917 University of Oregon Rose Bowl Champions: 1993
The Penn Quakers, with three all-Americans, were dazed by the uncelebrated team from the University of Oregon in the 1917 Rose Bowl. The Duck’s victory, in their first ever bowl appearance, resulted from their gritty defense and methodical offense. The Quakers’ 3000-mile drive home provided painful thoughts about the emerging west and the end of the east’s athletic dominance. Oregon went undefeated during the 1916 season, outscoring their opponents, 244-17.

1964 Erv Lind Softball World Champions

1993

1964 Erv Lind Softball World Champions With the skillful coaching of Lois Williams, the backing of Erv Lind, and the players’ determination and positive chemistry, the 1964 Erv Lind Florists marched with authority to the Amateur Softball Association World Championship in Orlando, Florida. The florists won five straight, including four shutouts pitched by Jackie Rice: 4-0 over Topeka, 1-0 over Orange, Ca., 3-0 over Orlando, and 1-0 over Stratford in the title game. Seven of the nine Florist starters were named to either the first or second World All-Star Teams, including the entire infield. The Florists finished 60-16-1 (.789) for the season.

Coach: Lois Williams
Sherron Bredeen
Dot Dobie
Carolyn Fitzwater
Roma McNold
Chris Pettina
"Hap" Piper
Marnie Piper
Jackie Rice
Ms. Sibley

1994

1969 Contractor's Inc. Baseball Team

1994

Contractor's Inc. Baseball Team Behind the sponsorship of Leo Wynans (a Portland area general contractor) and the masterful coaching of Dick McClain, a dedicated group of baseball players from Madison High School won state and regional championships in 1969. Contractors, Inc., a superior group of athletes, went on to glory that year at the American Legion World Series in Hastings, NE. They became the only team from Oregon ever to win the Legion title in Oregon’s 60 year history of Legion baseball! Consisting of the same players who won the Oregon High School championship that year with a 32-5 record, the Contractors were 41-14 in Legion competition.

Coach Dick McClain
Bud Baynard
Don Bozich
Dan Callantine
Howard Collins
Dave Dangler
Jack Flitcraft
Mike Clauson
Dave Gasser
Dan Hegg
Steve Kebbe
Bill McCord
Bruce Maxwell
Jim Officer
Doug Oja
Mark Quesinberry
Dave Whiteaker
Tom Wise

1996

1980-81 OSU Basketball Team

1996

1980-81 OSU Basketball Team Compiling a 26-2 record, the 1980-81 Oregon State Beavers – the “Orange Express” – had the most successful basketball season in school history. Coached by Ralph Miller, the team won the Pac-10 title (17-1) for the second straight year. During a 26-game winning streak, they ranked #1 in the nation for nine consecutive weeks.

An exceptional passing team, the Beavers averaged assists on 69.2% of their baskets, shot .564 from the field, and out scored their opponents by 15.7 points a game. Starters were Steve Johnson, Mark Radford, Ray Blume, Lester Conner, and Charlie Sitton. Johnson was a consensus All-American and Miller was named National Coach of the Year.

Head Coach: Ralph Miller
Assistant Coach: Jim Anderson
Assistant Coach: Lanny Van Eman
Assistant Coach: Steve Seidler
Student Assistant Coach: Andy McClousky
Ray Blume
William Brew
Lester Conner
Danny Evans
Rob Holbrook
Steve Johnson
Raymond Lankford
Bill McShane
Mark Radford
Charlie Sitton
Jamie Stangel
Jeff Stout
Alan Tait
Jeff Wilson

1999

1948-49 OSU Basketball Team: 1999
Fans who were simply amazed when Slats Gill’s Oregon State Basketball team deadlocked Washington for Northern Division honors in 1947-48 were absolutely dumbfounded by the 1948-49 team. With only one member of the 13-man Beaver squad, Captain Cliff Crandall, starting more than half of the 36 games – Gill’s Pacific Coast Conference championships, but also placed fourth in the NCAA national playoffs. They were the first Oregon State team to advance to the Final Four. Posting a season record of 24-12, they won the Pacific Coast Conference Northern Division with a 12-4 mark, they defeated UCLA in two out of three games to win eh PCC playoff and beat Arkansas 56-38 to advance to the Final Four. This was considered one of Slats Gill’s finest coaching performances as he adeptly interchanged his 13 players one way, then another during games using 24 different starting lineups to reach the playoffs.

2000

1958 Drain Black Sox Baseball Team

2000

1958 Drain Black Sox Baseball Team Hailing from a town of less than 1,200 people, the Drain (Oregon) Black Sox completed the final chapter of their 1958 Cinderella season with a national baseball championship. As Oregon’s first and only National Baseball Congress champions, the underdog Black Sox won seven games in posting an undefeated record in the NBC tournament held in Wichita, Kansas. The team defeated the Alpine (Texas) Cowboys in the championship game 8-7 by scoring five runs in the final two innings. The game was typical of the underdog Drain squad’s tournament performance as four of their seven victories were come-from-behind wins and three of the games were decided by only one run. Drain placed fifth out of ten teams in hitting and sixth in fielding but made up for that with a hustling, aggressive style of play that featured good pitching and clutch hitting. The Black Sox won four team trophies at the national championships: Best Young Team, Most Aggressive Team, Leading Team Appearing First Time awarded to the team placing highest in their first tournament appearance and Number One Town Team awarded to the team placing highest in the tournament from a city of 5,000 or less.

In 1958, the Drain Black Sox were the first “town team” (a team sponsored by either businesses or civic-minded individuals from the community they represent) to win the national championship. Harold and Donna Woolley of the local Woolley Lumber Company sponsored the squad and 13 of the 16 players were either born or educated in Oregon. Helping lead the Drain team to an overall 54-4 record in 1958 and their seven tournament wins in the national championship were: Player-Manager Ray Stratton who was later enshrined in the National Baseball Congress Hall of Fame; Outfielder Jim O’Rourke who was named the National tournament’s Most Valuable Player with a .385 batting average and a team-leading eight RBI’s; Pitcher Elwood Hahn who was named to the All-Tournament team with a 3-0 record allowing only nine runs in 27 innings; and Outfielder Jerry Droscher of Oregon State who was also named to the All Tournament team with five RBI, four runs scored, and 15 putouts.

Pictured above are:

Back row-left:

Wes Stock (Business Manager)
Tom Myers
Don Lane
Harold Woolley (sponsor)
Jerry Bartow
Jack Henkel
Jerry Droscher
Irv Roth
Darrel Wooten
Jim O'Rourke

First row-left:

Wimp Hastings
Stan Dmochowsky
Ellis Olson
Ray Stratton
Elwood Hahn
Dan Luby
Lowell Pearce
Jim Pifher

2004

1962-63 OSU Men's Basketball Team

2004

1962-63 OSU Men's Basketball Team The 1962-63 Oregon State Beavers reached the NCAA Final Four in men's basketball. The Beavers were coached by the legendary Slats Gill, who was assisted by Paul Valenti. The team compiled a 22-9 season record that included its Final Four losses to Cincinnati and Duke. Team members were Mel Counts, Terry Baker, Steve Pauly, Frank Peters, Jim Kraus, Jim Jarvis, Rex Benner, Grant Harter, Lynn Baxter, Gary Rossi, Tim Campbell, Dave Hayward and Ray Torgerson. Counts, the starting center, averaged 21.3 points and 15.6 rebounds per game and was a second-team All-American. Baker scored 13.4 points per game. Pauly averaged 9.2 points per game, Peters 9.1 and Jarvis 6.2.

Coach Slats Gill
Asst. Coach Paul Valenti
Manager Corky Smith
Terry Baker
Lynn Baxter
Rex Benner
Tim Campbell
Mel Counts
Grant Harter
Dave Hayward
Jim Jarvis
Jim Kraus
Steve Pauly
Frank Peters
Gary Rossi
Ray Torgeson

2005

1966 Linfield Baseball Team: 2005
Coached by Oregon Sports Hall of Famer Roy Helser, this team was the first in Linfield College history to win a National Title. They won the NAIA National Championship in 1966. They were the first NAIA baseball team who were seeded last (8th) to win the championship while going undefeated through the entire tournament. The team finished the year with a 26-9 record.
They secured four All Tournament players: Stu Young, Jay Gustafson, John Lee and Frank Molek. Linfield set several tournament records for most assists in a game, batting average and consecutive wins. The team only committed four errors during the entire tournament. Team members included Frank Bake, Jay Bandonis, Steve Collette, Gary Cox, Bob Daggett, Terry Durham, Jay Gustafson, John Lee, Jon Hart, Art Larrance, Frank Molek, Wayne Petersen, Rocco Reed, Tom Rohlffs, Dennis Schweitzer, Barry Stenlund, Al Wells, Stu Young, and volunteer assistant coach Del Coursey. The Team was inducted into the Linfield Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.

2006

1965-66 OSU Men's Basketball Team

2006

1965-66 OSU Men's Basketball Team The 1965-66 Basketball Team was one of the most successful in school history, finishing just one game shy of the Final Four. The team finished 21-7 overall and won the Athletic Association of Western Universities, the AAWU, which was a precursor to the Pac-8 and then the Pac-10. Their success came as a surprise to many. Pre-season polls had the team finishing anywhere from fifth to last place in the conference. During the per-season and regular season, the team won OUS's 10th place consecutive Far West Classic title, beat UCLA and took three of four games over intrastate rival, University of Oregon. In the NCAA tournament, the Beavers beat Houston, with their star player, Elvin Hayes, in the first round. The Houston was the highest scoring team in the country, averaging around 100 points per game, but the Beavers, with their stellar defense, held them; to just 60 points with the final score of 63-60. The Beavers lost the next game, 70-64 to Utah to end their season. Team awards went to Charlie White (MVP), Scott Eaton and Rick Whelan (who shared the Howard Merrill Award for desire and determination) and Ed Fredenburg (the Ed Lewis award for leadership). White also earned Converse All American honors and was named to the all-conference team. Loy Petersen (in photo at left making the jump shot) made the All-Far West Classic team and the Sports Network's All-AAWU team.

The Team managers and players are:

Head Coach: Paul Valenti
Assistant Coach: Jimmy Anderson
Freshman Coach: Bill Harper
Graduate Asst. Coach: Jim Jarvis
Student Manager: Terry Vaughn Ray Carlile
Jeff Cudworth
Scott Eaton
Dave Fox
Bob Franz
Ed Fredenburg
Larry French
Harry Gunner
Loy Petersen
Karl Weide
Rick Whelan
Charlie White
Gary Wilken

2011

1982, 84, 86, 2004 Linfield Football Teams: 2011
The football teams from Linfield in 1982, ‘84’ 86 and 2004 will forever be remembered for bringing national championships to the small McMinnville college, each with unbeaten records.

The Wildcats won the first three titles under coach Ad Rutschman, a member of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, and the fourth under Jay Locey.

Linfield was a solid program through the 1970s, but hadn’t experienced more than one playoff win in a season until 1982, when it finished 12-0 and won the NAIA national title with a 33-15 win over Missouri’s William Jewell College. The Wildcats were a strong defensive unit, giving up more than 16 points in a game just three times, to support an offense led by future NFL executive Randy Mueller at quarterback.

After a 6-2-1 season, the Wildcats again went 12-0 with a solid defense that allowed more than 14 points just three times and posted three shutouts. Linfield beat Northwestern, Iowa, 33-22 in the final.

Following an 8-2 season, the Wildcats again went 12-0 and beat Baker, Kan., 17-0 in the championship game. Led by quarterback David Lindley – who quarterbacked the 1984 team, Linfield scored 41 or more points seven times.

During the title run, Linfield won 35 consecutive home games, including the three championship games.

In 2004, the Wildcats averaged 50 points and 510 total yards per game for the season and finished 13-0 with a 28-21 win over the University of Mary Hardin Baker in Salem, Va. Linfield broke a 21-all tie with 5:51 left in the game with a 10-yard pass from Brett Elliott to Riley Jenkins, the play having been set-up when a punt went bad for Mary Hardin Baker. The championship game was the Wildcats’ first in NCAA Div. III, the school having moved from NAIA over the summer.

The championship teams were inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.

1982 Linfield Roster

Jason Barber, Steve Belt, Joel Bertsch, Kent Bostick, Steve Boyea, Walter Burns, Dan Crowell, Bill Dale, Robert T. Davis, Brad Durham, David Ellis, George Fairhart, Jim Feldkamp, Mark Freeman, Mike Freeman, Brad Gilbertson, Dino Gipaya, Jim Goveia, John Grimm, Todd Grogan, Jose Guevara, Floyd Halvorsen, Andy Hansen, Scott Harman, David Henley, Howard Hines, Greg Hodgkinson, Steve Hoge, Terry Holmes, Doug Jansen, Steve Kraus, Brian Long, Lance Lopes, Steve Lopes, James Lyons, Kelly Marval, Mike McAllister, Bryan McKenzie, Anthony MdQuary, Rich Molberg, Harry Moleta, Randy Mueller, Tim Nacrelli, Jim Newell, Gordon Pang, Mike Proctor, Rod Rayburn, Randy Reason, Glenn Richardson, Scott Ritt, Robert Russell, Scott Sattler, Brian Shimmin, Mark Siegner, Gordon Smith, Jerd Soares, Joe Soong, Gary Swanson, Kyle Tarpenning, Matt Wetherell, Jim Winston.  Head Coach – Ad Rutschman

1984 Linfield Roster

Noah Adams, Larry, Akana, Jason Barber, Steve Belt, Jeff Bowman, Bob Brawner, Joe Brim, Curtis Brown, Rob Calhoun, Charles Carveiro, Matt Cate, Steve Chase, Greg Culbert, Bill Dale, Robert Davis, Robert Dean, Kress Drew, David Ellis, Mark Elzie, David Erickson, Jim Foster, Todd Fox, Jim Goveia, John Gray, Tim Grayson, Jose Guevara, Floyd Halvorsen, Jeff Hanson, Randy Heath, Doug Hire, Greg Hodgkinson, Steve Hoge, Terry Holmes, Doug Jansen, Kenneth Keller, Brian Kent, Kyle Kobow, Raul Lara, James Lee, Damon Liles, Dave Lindley, Lance Lopes, Keith Machida, Kelly Marval, Rich Molberg, Gene Moran, Kelly Morgan, Russ Morris, Tim Nacrelli, David Obrist, Ron Popiel, Randy Reason, David Reed, Randy Richardson, Ernie Rose, Robert Russell, Scott Sattler, Lee Schmitt, Mike Sigman, Brad Snodgrass, Scott Stapleton, Todd Thaning, Joe Tyrell, Roger Weeks, Victor Winnek, Troy Wolf,  Head Coach – Ad Rutschman

1986 Linfield Roster

Noah Adams, Daniel Ahuna, Bryant Anderson, Paul Asher, Miller Atagi, Joe Boler, Russ Bolin, Clarence Bradley, Joe Brim, Gordon Brinser, John Bull, Rob Bullis, Dave Burdett, David Carlson, Matt Cate, Tim Collard, Kelly Coste, Doug Dean, Kress Drew, Joe Dupuis, Mark Elzie, David Erickson, Mark Ewing, Rob Fountain, Sean Germon, Greg Gilliford, Rob Hagen, John Hallagin, Tim Halvorsen, Steve Handy, Randy Hare, Randy Heath, Doug Hire, James Hiu, Sean Hogue, Ken Ingram, Colin Johnstone, Mike Jones, Ross Kauihou, Kenneth Keller, Chris Kelly, Richard Kelly, Brian Kent, Duke Kingsbury, Jon Kobayashi, James Lee, Damon Liles, Dave Lindley, Michael Loney, Rodney Losier, Todd MacClanathan, Bud Magera, Bryon Marmion, Paki Morgado, Brian Mullan, Stuart Nibeck, Kurt Oertel, Aundre Pace, Mike Palmer, Terry Prestianni, Peter Ranta, Scott Reeser, Steve Reimann, Brad Robbins, Bruce Scanlon, Mike Shadbolt, Chris Siegner, Mark Siegner, Jeff Snell, Brad Snodgrass, Steve Sugg, Anthony Taplin, Mark Terrel, Gary Thorson, Joe Tyrell, Joe Wade, Darren Watts, John Weeks, Andy Westerberg, David Weston, Paul Weymiller, Troy Wolf,  Head Coach – Ad Rutschman

2004 Linfield Roster

Robert Acevedo, Daren Ackerman, Sunder Aldridge, Casey Allen, Kaipo Amina, Johnny Anderson, Josh Armstrong, Nate Arnold, Tyson, Banker, Andrew Bean, Dimitri Beauliere, Tim Benzel, Kelley Bertrand, Taylor Bethell, Chris Boock, Rodd Booth, Michael Borden, Jordan Boustead, Brock Britt, Rob Brown, Jake Buzzetta, Ryan Caffall, Brandon Carpenter, Kyle Carpenter, Dan Carter, George Carter, Brock Cote, Ian Crosby, Peter Cruickschank, Jeff Denney Dwight Donaldson, Brett Elliott, Zac Elliott, Puni Ellis, Eric Fischer, Stan Fisher, Zach Fleming, Drew Fogg, Chad Foglesong, Thomas Ford, Kevin Foreman, Andy Galpin, Jesse Gibson, Kyle Gibson, Zack Goldberg, Michael Greenbreg, O.J. Gulley, Brandon Hazenberg, Nelson Helland, Brody Hess, Eric Hillison, James Holan, Eric Holtgraves, Sean Horning, Ryan Ishizu, Riley Jenkins, Grant Jones, Jimmy Joyce, Tyler Kaluza, Kevin Kauweloa, Drew Kehoe, John Kemper, Rob Kerns, Michael Ketler, Jacob Kleffner, Danny Kleiber, Mordechai Kotler, Natty Krauss, Jeff Kutter, Carl Lam, Reece Lamson, Clint Languemi, Scott Lasswell, Brad Lau, Tyler Legary, Chet Lemon, Matt Lowe, Jake Lucey, Joe Mannix, Travis Masters, Stefan Matheny, Martin Mays, Mitch McClelland, Matt McCullough, Rob McCullough, Brad McKechnie, Brian Mehl, D.J. Meier, Chris Miles, Gus Morrisson, Reid Muller, Lance Nelson, Andrew O’Neal, Scott Olsen, Brandon Olson, Josh Ort, Chris Parrette, Chris Pelow, Louie Penn, Bryan Pereboom, Brandon Petersen, Jacob Peterson, Sean Radford, Drew Ragan, Mike Richardson, Colby Riddle, Derek Robinson, Cameron Rogers, Phil Rombach, Joe Romero, Ed Rosario, Kiki Sagoian, Trevor Scharer, Zachary Schumpert, Joe Seifert, Colby Shaffer, Ryan Smith, Ty Smith, Eric Snow, Nik Soo, Ty Stanley, Matt Steffens, Keone Tawata, Chris Thorpe, Brandon Tom, Tim Vaughan, Joey Vieceli, Josh Vierra, Matt Wakeford-Evans, Garrett Wales, Travis Warneke, Kyle Warner, Tyler Weaver, James Wilson, Kris Wood, Andrew Woods, Phil Zahn, Alex Zerzan,  Head Coach – Jay Locey

2012

1962 Oregon State Football Team - Teams: 2012
Beaver fans can argue for days about the greatest football team in school history but the 1962 Oregon State squad had it all. Civil war winner, bowl game champion and the Heisman Trophy presented to the great Terry Baker.

OSU was a football independent in the early 60’s, left out of a league after the demise of the Pacific Coast Conference. Tommy Prothro put together a tough schedule including ranked teams Iowa, West Virginia and Washington. There were other factors that would make this a memorable season.

Terry Baker knew he would carry a heavy load returning as a two year starter and 2 sport athlete. He was surrounded by a cast of typical Prothro-tough recruits like Vern Burke, Dick Ruhl and Rich Brooks. OSU started 2-2, including a narrow loss to Washington at Multnomah Stadium one day after the Columbus Day storm wreaked havoc throughout the Northwest.

When the Beavs finally –played their first on-campus home game against Pacific the momentum changed. The 40-6 Beaver blowout ignited a season-ending seven game winning streak. Not 19^th ranked West Virginia nor the Cuban missile crisis nor a very good Oregon team could stop Oregon State.

Three days after the first ever Civil War win at Parker Stadium, the Beavers accepted an invitation to play Villanova in the Liberty Bowl and Terry Baker learned he had won the Heisman Trophy.

Baker received additional national honors before the Beavs and Wildcats met on a frozen field in Philadelphia. Baker’s iconic 99 yard first quarter touchdown run yielded the only points of the game and completed and amazing and improbably season for the 1962 Oregon State Beavers.

2015

2000 Oregon State Football Team: 2015

Among the list of great teams that played in Corvallis, the 2000 season helped Reser Stadium achieve its most inspired crowds on the way to a 11-1 record, Fiesta Bowl win over Notre Dame and No. 4 ranking.
Coming off a 7-5 season, and appearance in the Oahu Bowl under first-year coach Dennis Erickson, the Beavers were a hopeful group led by juniors Jonathan Smith at quarterback and Ken Simonton at tailback.

The season started with a rather bland 21-19 win over Eastern Washington, but Simonton ran for all three scores and 200 yards on 40 carries to begin a Heisman Trophy quest.

Wins over New Mexico and San Diego State led to a huge win over No. 7 USC, 31-21, in front of a home crowd of 33,775 that earned the team a national ranking at No. 23. Although the team lost at No. 11 Washington, 33-30, the following week, its ranking improved to No. 20, and continued to move forward with wins over Stanford, UCLA, Washington State, California and Arizona. That led to a No. 8 ranking and Civil War meeting with No. 10 Oregon that attracted coverage by ABC and a standing room only crowd of 36,044 to Reser. The Beavers won 23-13 as Smith hit Robert Prescott with a pair of scoring passes in the first quarter, and the defense intercepted Oregon’s Joey Harrington five times.

The win deprived the Ducks of the conference title, and the Beavers, Ducks and Huskies all tied for the title with 7-1 conference records. Washington won the tiebreaker and played in the Rose Bowl, where they beat Purdue and finished No. 3 in the nation.
Oregon beat Texas in the Holiday Bowl and finished ranked No. 7.
OSU destroyed Notre Dame 41-9 in the Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Day, 2001, and finished ranked No. 4.

Simonton finished with 1,559 yards rushing and ninth in the Heisman vote. He was honored as Pac-10 Player of the Year.
Erickson was voted conference Coach of the Year.
Smith passed for 2,773 yards and 20 touchdowns, and Prescott, Chad Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh each caught passes for more than 600 yards. Junior Patrick McCall topped 600 yards rushing. Junior Jake Cookus led the conference with five interceptions, and senior Keith Heyward-Johnson finished with four.

Sophomore kicker Ryan Cesca missed just one of 47 extra points, hit 16-of-19 field-goal attempts and was the all-conference first-team kicker.
Simonton, Houshmandzadeh and junior lineman Chris Gibson were voted all-conference first or second team on offense, and senior end DeLawrence Grant, senior linebacker Darnell Robinson, senior defensive back Terrance Carroll and sophomore defensive back Dennis Weathersby were honored on defense.

Heyward-Johnson, Prescott, Smith, Johnson, senior tight end Martin Maurer and senior defensive end LaDarius Jackson were all-conference honorable mention picks.

Weathersby also was named first-team All-Academic with a 3.32 GPA.
Johnson, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, tackle Mitch White and defensive end DeLawrence Grant were all drafted in 2001. Simonton was selected the following year.

2016

1994 University of Oregon Football Team: 2016
After three weeks of the 1994 college football season, the Oregon Ducks were 1-2 including losses at Hawaii and at home against Utah. Over the past 5 seasons, Rich Brooks' teams had broken droughts of winning seasons and bowl trips. But the coach’s yearly proclamation that Oregon could represent the PAC-10 in the Rose Bowl was ringing quite hollow. “Ditch Rich” was the phrase of the day.

Three months later, the Ducks had won 8 of 9 games, clinched the conference championship and were bound for the school’s first Rose Bowl appearance in 37 seasons.

A season on the edge produced more than its share of legendary moments and memories and marked Oregon’s ascent to the national stage.

The Ducks knew they had a power running game with Ricky Whittle and Dino Philyaw. Quarterback Danny O’Neil was a senior leader and Nick Aliotti had just branded his defense “Gang Green.”

But none of that clicked until after the 1-2 start. Coach Brooks circled the wagons and the running game took control in a “get-well” romp over Iowa.

One week later with Danny O’Neil battling a finger injury and two other starters missing, little known backup Tony Graziani and the power running of Philyaw led the way to an upset win over 19^th ranked USC in Los Angeles.

Two weeks later, injured players returned and the run began. Five straight victories. Danny O’Neil connects with favorite targets Cris McLemore and Josh Wilcox. The Oregon offense completes key 4^th quarter drives.

And in the middle of all that, another legendary moment, “The Pick”. Kenny Wheaton’s 97-yard interception return saves victory against Washington.

By Civil War weekend, O’Neil and McLemore are shredding the record books on offense, but the trip to Corvallis brings some chills. The Beavers were undergoing their own renaissance and had won 2 of the last 3 rivalry games.

On a cold and rainy day in front of a national TV audience, the Ducks continued their clutch play. Danny O’Neil returned after being knocked out of the game and led a 4^th quarter drive to victory

The Ducks were 9-3 and were PAC-10 champions. Rich Brooks’ optimism was rewarded. Oregon would play in the Rose Bowl. Undefeated Penn State was a 17-point favorite yet optimism reigned supreme during the build-up to the Rose Bowl.

The pre-game pageantry on a picture perfect January 2^nd brought lumps in the throats and a tear or two to the eye of many longtime Oregon observers. A crowd in excess of 102,000 packed the historic stadium in Pasadena.

Then the reality of facing the 11-0 Big Ten champs struck on the first play from scrimmage. Ki-Jana Carter’s 83-yard explosion broke the spell and gave the Nittany Lions the lead. The Ducks would not go quietly, moving the ball up and down the field, 500 yard’s worth. In the end mistakes and three missed field goals made the scoring margin misleading. Penn State 38 Oregon 20.

The Ducks ended up ranked #11 in the country. Rich Brooks won a bevy of coaching awards and then departed for the NFL. Offensive coordinator Mike Bellotti took over and would continue Oregon’s run of excellence.

And Jerry Allen’s play-by-play call of Kenny Wheaton’s interception return would become required listening at every home game at Autzen Stadium.

2017

2002 University of Portland Women's Soccer Team: 2017
ALWAYS A PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE, THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM WON IT’S FIRST EVER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN DECEMBER 2002.

SINCE CLIVE CHARLES TOOK OVER THE PROGRAM IN 1989, THE PILOTS HAD WON 6 WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS; ADVANCED TO POST-SEASON 10 TIMES AND THE COLLEGE CUP FINAL FOUR SIX TIMES. YET A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP REMAINED ELUSIVE.

THE DIFFERENCE IN 2002 WAS CHRISTINE SINCLAIR. THE YOUNG CANADIAN HAD JUST WON NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR HONORS.

WITHOUT SINCLAIR IN THE LINEUP, THE 2002 PILOTS STARTED 0-2.   WITH SINCLAIR THE LINEUP CAME TOGETHER.   CHRISTINE LED THE NATION WITH 26 GOALS. EMILY PATTERSON, LINDSEY HUIE AND ERIN MISAKI SHARED THE ASISST LOAD. IMANI DORSEY AND LAUREN ORLANDOS WERE DEFENSIVE ANCHORS AND GOAL KEEPER LAUREN ARASE (uh-rah-SEE) ALLOWED ONLY 8 GOALS WHILE MAKING 51 SAVES IN 21 MATCHES.

PORTLAND WAS IMPRESSIVE IN AN EARLY SEASON SCORELESS DRAW WITH POWERHOUSE NORTH CAROLINA, BUT THE QUESTION REMAINED, DID THIS PILOT TEAM HAVE THE RIGHT STUFF TO WIN THE CUP. U-P FINISHED 3^RD IN THE W-C-C, LOSING TO PEPPERDINE AND SANTA CLARA.

POST-SEASON BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN THIS PILOT SIDE. PORTLAND DID NOT GIVE UP A GOAL IN FIVE STRAIGHT VICTORIES

A DRAMATIC SHOOTOUT VICTORY AT STANFORD PUNCHED THE PILOTS TICKET TO AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND THE COLLEGE CUP. SINCLAIR SCORED IN THE 3^RD MINUTE OF THE SEMIFINAL WITH PENN STATE, A 2-0 WIN.

IN THE FINAL, SINCLAIR TOOK CENTER STAGE IN THE REMATCH WITH SANTA CLARA. TRAILING 1-NIL IN THE 61^ST MINUTE, CHRISTINE EVENED THE SCORE UNASSISTED.   THEN SINCLAIR TALLIED THE GAME WINNER IN THE 104^TH MINUTE, DEEP IN THE SECOND OVERTIME.

THE PILOTS HAD BROKEN THROUGH AND GAVE CLIVE CHARLES HIS MUCH-DESERVED NATIONAL TITLE, JUST ONE YEAR BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY PASSING.

THE FINAL RECORD 19-4-3.   17 CLEAN SHEETS. CHRISTINE SINCLAIR WON THREE DIFFERENT NATIONAL PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR HONORS.

CLIVE CHARLES HAD COACHED THIS TEAM FROM THE BEGINNING TO “PLAY THE RIGHT WAY”.   THE PILOTS DID JUST THAT AND WON A CHAMPIONSHIP.

WELCOME THE 2002 UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND PILOTS TO THE OREGON SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

Head Coach: Clive Charles, Assistant Coaches: Bill Irwin, Garrett Smith, Nyla Stuckey, Wynne McIntosh, and Trevor Warren.

2002 Roster - Cristin Shea, Betsy Barr, Imani Dorsey, Rebekah Patrick, Kristen Moore, Erin Misaki, Kristen Rogers, Wanda Rozwadowska, Emily Patterson, Christine Sinclair, Kelsy Hollenbeck, Lauren Orlandos, Jennifer Bosa, Valerie Fletcher, Lindsey Huie, Lauren Arase, Jessica Heller, Colleen Salisbury, and Kim Head.

2006 & 2007 Oregon State Baseball Teams: 2017
WINNING THE COLLEGE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES REQUIRES TALENT, PERSEVERENCE AND A LITTLE LUCK. WINNING THE SERIES TWO YEARS IN A ROW IS AN INCREDIBLE FEAT.

THAT IS WHAT COACH PAT CASEY AND THE OREGON STATE BEAVERS ACHIEVED IN 2006 AND 2007.

COACH CASEY’S 12^TH TEAM AT OSU WAS LOADED WITH HOME GROWN PACIFIC NORTHWEST TALENT. DALLAS BUCK AND JONAH NICKERSON ON THE MOUND. DARWIN BARNEY AND COLE GILLESPIE IN THE FIELD. CATCHER MITCH CANHAM WAS THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE TEAM.

GILLESPIE WAS NAMED PAC-10 PLAYER OF THE YEAR, LEADING THE TEAM IN BATTING, HOME RUNS, RBI’S AND RUNS SCORED.

THE BEAVS FINISHED WITH 50 WINS AND 16 LOSSES BUT NEEDED A 5 GAME WINNING STREAK LATE IN THE SEASON TO LOCK UP HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IN THE PLAYOFFS.

THE BEAVS MARCH THROUGH POST-SEASON WAS INCREDIBLE. OSU SWEPT THE CORVALLIS REGIONAL AND SUPER REGIONAL, THEN HAD TO BOUNCE BACK FROM A FIRST ROUND LOSS IN OMAHA TO MIAMI AND ANOTHER DEFEAT VS NORTH CAROLINA IN THE FIRST GAME OF THE BEST OF THREE FINAL ROUND.

JONAH NICKERSON WON FOUR POST SEASON GAMES AND DALLAS BUCK WON A 3-2 NAIL BITER IN THE FINAL GAME AGAINST THE TARHEELS.

NINE MEMBERS OF THE 2006 CHAMPIONS WERE CHOSEN IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE DRAFT

FORTUNATELY, MANY RETURNED FOR THE 2007 CAMPAIGN. THAT ROAD TO OMAHA WAS MUCH MORE CHALLENGING. OSU HAD A LOSING RECORD IN PAC-10 PLAY AND STAGGERED INTO POST SEASON WINNING ONLY 4 OF 12 GAMES IN THE MONTH OF MAY.

MITCH CANHAM LED THE TEAM IN BATTING AND HOME RUNS.

COME POST-SEASON, THE BEAVERS FOUND THEIR MAGIC AGAIN, RALLYING TO WIN THE REGIONAL BEATING VIRGINA TWICE ON THEIR HOME FIELD AND SWEEPING MICHIGAN IN THE SUPER REGIONAL.

OSU THEN MARCHED THROUGH OMAHA WINNING 5 STRAIGHT GAMES INCLUDING A SWEEP OF THE TARHEELS IN A REMATCH OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES.

DARWIN BARNEY AND MITCH CANHAM WERE HONORED AS ALL-WORLD SERIES FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR AND EIGHT BEAVERS WERE CHOSEN IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE DRAFT.

WE WELCOME 2006 & 2007 OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY BASEBALL TEAMS TO THE OREGON SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

2006 Roster - Pat Casey (Head Coach), Marty Lees (Assistant Coach), Erik Ammon, Darwin Barney, Reed Brown, Dallas Buck, Brian Budrow, Mitch Canham, Cory Ellis, Cole Gillespie, Ryan Gipson, Tyler Graham, Mark Grbavac, Kevin Gunderson, Koa Kahaleloe, Greg Keim, Jon Koller, Chris Kunda, Eddie Kunz, Greg Laybourn, Lonnie Lechelt, Mike Lissman, Anton Maxwell, Jake McCormick, Shea McFeely, Jonah Nickerson, Joe Paterson, Casey Priseman, Bill Rowe, Scott Santschi, Mike Stutes, Rob Summers, Daniel Turpen, Geoff Wagner, and John Wallace.

2007 Roster - Pat Casey (Head Coach), Marty Lees (Assistant Coach), Erik Ammon, Darwin Barney, Scott Berke, Reed Brown, Brian Budrow, Mitch Canham, Bryn Card, Brett Casey, Drew George, Mark Grbavac, Chris Hopkins, Koa Kahaleloe, Greg Keim, Blake Keitzman, Josh Keller, Eddie Kunz, Joey Lakowske, Lonnie Lechelt, Jordan Lennerton, Mike Lissman, Anton Maxwell, Jake McCormick, Jason Ogata, Ryan Ortiz, Joe Paterson, Jorge Reyes, Scott Santschi, Alex Sogard, Dale Solomon, Mike Stutes, Daniel Turpen, John Wallace, Braden Wells, and Joey Wong.

2018

East Bank Saloon Basketball - Teams: 2018
They may be old, but they are better than you. When Pudgy Hunt, the owner of the East Bank Saloon on Portland’s Grand Avenue decided to start sponsoring master’s basketball teams, he started a dynasty.

It didn’t hurt to have 6’11” former Trail Blazer LeRoy Ellis on the roster for 21 years. East Bank saloon won 17 AAU national age group championships during that stretch as well as a slew of world masters titles.

In 1985, the heart of the team was in the 45-year-old category. That’s young for masters. As time passed, E-B-S kept winning as they made their way through the age groups, ending in 2006 as 65 and overs at the Pan Am Games in Brazil.

The success of these teams drew other retired professional and elite athletes including Jim Barnett, Frank Peters, Jim Pritchard and Jim Ewers. Pudgy Hunt, a former Knappa High School and Gonzaga player played well into his 60’s. Other not-so-well known players were working men enjoying the game. Most East Bank players kept playing all year round to stay in shape.

Other than titles, AAU records are few and far between. Hunt once said he guessed the Saloon won 80% of it’s games over 20+ years.

It was LeRoy Ellis who was the heart and soul of the teams. He showed his grit playing 14 years in the NBA and stayed in excellent shape, dominating the middle in the AAU ranks into his 60’s. Ellis is in the record books for highest scoring games in multiple tournament championships.

The East Bank Saloon has closed its doors for good, it was always a great meeting place for sports fans and a popular Trail Blazer pre-game gathering place.

The memories will last along with the excellence of these teams. We welcome East Bank Saloon basketball to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.