RANKINGS
Women’s Basketball is No. 17 with a No. 4 strength of schedule ranking
Gymnastics is No. 18
Women’s Golf is No. 35
Softball is in the receiving votes category in both polls
Three wrestlers are in the top 30, with Devan Turner No. 13
PODCAST
This week’s podcast is with football head coach Jonathan Smith and is available typically on Thursday at osubeavers.com
HALL OF FAME
The following individuals and teams will be inducted into the OSU Athletics Hall of Fame Sept. 25-27: Dennis Erickson (football), Aki Hill (basketball), Danny Mwanga (soccer), Jodie Taylor (soccer), Mark Radford (basketball), Tarrah Beyster (softball), the 2001 Fiesta Bowl football team, and the 1980 women’s rowing team. Mwanga and Taylor are the first soccer players to be inducted following the programs entry into the intercollegiate athletics family in 1988.
ACADEMICS
Mikayla Pivec (Lynnwood, Wash.), Destiny Slocum (Meridian, Idaho), and Ethan Thompson (Los Angeles) have been selected to the Academic All-District Team. It’s the third time Pivec has been recognized for her achievements academically. All three are now on the national ballot for Academic All-American potential.
OLYMPIC HOPEFULS
Former Beaver rower Melissa Penwell is participating in the USA Marathon Trials Feb. 29. The race will be broadcast by NBC live between 9 a.m. and Noon PST. Penwell is a member of the Sacramento Running Association Elite Team. The top three finishers will participate in the Olympics.
Former Beaver wrestler Amar Dhesi, a three-time NCAA All-American heavyweight, will be participating for Canada in the 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Ottawa March 6-9. If he finishes first or second he will represent Canada at this summer’s Olympic Games.
Future OSU gymnast Jade Carey (Phoenix, Ariz.) won a pair of gold medals last week in Australia in the Melbourne Cup. She leads the World Cup rankings in the vault and floor.
NATIONAL AWARDS
Mikayla Pivec (Lynnwood, Wash.) is one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award. She currently is also on four other national awards late season watch lists.
FOOTBALL
The Beaver Combine is Feb. 28 from 8-11 a.m. in the Truax Center. The public is invited to watch current student-athletes participate in an NFL-like Combine drills competition.
The 15-day spring football practice sessions begins March 3. The Spring Scrimmage (formerly the Spring Game) is April 18 at Noon at Reser Stadium.
Former football player Shane Wallen (2015) is the head strength coach for the Chicago Cubs.
Former Beaver assistant coach Sam Boghosian passed away this week. He was an assistant coach at OSU from 1965-75 and also held positions with UCLA, Houston Oilers, Seattle Seahawks, and the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. He won two Super Bowl rings with the Raiders.
The inaugural Los Angeles Bowl will be played in December (date TBD) at SoFi Stadium, the new home of the Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams. The Pac-12 No. 5 selection will play the Mountain West Conference’s No. 1 selection.
The team’s smallish senior class (fewest since 1992 at 12) includes just 10 student-athletes on an athletic scholarship.
Two of the seven NFL Combine records are held by former Beavers. Stephen Paea in 2011 in the bench press and Brandin Cooks in 2014 in the 20-yard shuttle.
Quarterback Jake Luton (Marysville, Wash.) and receiver Isaiah Hodgins (Oakley, Calif.) are at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis.
Luton is the third OSU quarterback to be invited to the Combine in the last 10 years – Sean Canfield (2000) and Sean Mannion (2005). Both Canfield and Mannion were drafted.
Hodgins is the fifth receiver to be invited to the Combine since 2012 – James Rodgers (2012), Markus Wheaton (2013), Brandin Cooks (2014), and Victor Bolden Jr., (2017).
OSU football staffers were promoted this week. Former Beaver player Trent Bray has added an assistant head coach to his title that includes coaching linebackers. Running backs coach Michael Pitre is now also the team’s recruiting coordinator. Darrick Yray has been promoted to director of player personnel, and former Beaver linebacker Michael Doctor is the new director of on-campus recruiting.
BASKETBALL (Men)
The team (15-12) plays a rare midweek Civil War, sponsored by PacificSource Health Plans, Spirit Mountain Casino, Safeway-Albertsons, your local Toyota Dealers, and First Interstate. The game is Thursday at 8 p.m. on ESPNU. It’s the 354th meeting in the series, the most in NCAA history, with OSU winning three straight and four of the last five games.
Tres Tinkle (Missoula, Mont.) has scored in double figures an OSU record 92 consecutive games.
Tinkle needs 20 points to pass Gary Payton for the all-time scoring leader mark at OSU. He already holds the record for most free throws made in a career with 547 and will finish his career second at OSU for three-point field goals – he currently has 537.
Tinkle has 2,153 points, that’s the eighth-best mark in Pac-12 history.
The team is flirting with a school record for free throw percentage – shooting .748 for the season with the record at .750.
OSU has won its last 23 games when scoring 80-plus points.
Kylor Kelley (Gervais) leads the Pac-12 and is second in the nation in blocked shots per game (3.52). He already owns the school record for blocked shots with 199 and is 10 short of breaking his own record for single season blocked shots record at OSU.
Former Beaver J.B. Bickerstaff has been promoted from assistant coach to head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
BASKETBALL (Women)
OSU has been ranked in every poll since the last one of the 2013-14 season, joining UConn, Baylor, and Maryland.
The team takes a 20-8 record into this weekend’s season finales. Friday’s game vs. Washington (Fan Appreciation Day) is at 6 p.m. and Sunday’s against Washington State is at Noon. Both are on the Pac-12 Networks.
OSU did not play in the state of Washington during the regular season, the first time since records have been kept for the sport.
The Pac-12 Tournament is in Las Vegas March 5-8.
The team has reached 20-plus wins for the seventh straight year.
Four of the last six games have been decided by the final possession in regulation or extended into overtime.
Mikayla Pivec is currently third in Oregon State history with 1000 career rebounds and is the 25th player in league history to hit that milestone. She needs 28 more boards to set the program record.
Pivec is eighth at OSU for career scoring, where she will likely finish, with 1,585 points.
Aleah Goodman (Milwaukie, Ore.) is on OSU record pace for career three-point field goal percentage at .421. Kat Tudor (Woodbridge, Calif.) is fourth at .400.
Destiny Slocum (Meridian, Idaho) needs 10 more assists to reach 500 in her career.
Women’s Basketball is No. 17 with a No. 4 strength of schedule ranking
Gymnastics is No. 18
Women’s Golf is No. 35
Softball is in the receiving votes category in both polls
Three wrestlers are in the top 30, with Devan Turner No. 13
PODCAST
This week’s podcast is with football head coach Jonathan Smith and is available typically on Thursday at osubeavers.com
HALL OF FAME
The following individuals and teams will be inducted into the OSU Athletics Hall of Fame Sept. 25-27: Dennis Erickson (football), Aki Hill (basketball), Danny Mwanga (soccer), Jodie Taylor (soccer), Mark Radford (basketball), Tarrah Beyster (softball), the 2001 Fiesta Bowl football team, and the 1980 women’s rowing team. Mwanga and Taylor are the first soccer players to be inducted following the programs entry into the intercollegiate athletics family in 1988.
ACADEMICS
Mikayla Pivec (Lynnwood, Wash.), Destiny Slocum (Meridian, Idaho), and Ethan Thompson (Los Angeles) have been selected to the Academic All-District Team. It’s the third time Pivec has been recognized for her achievements academically. All three are now on the national ballot for Academic All-American potential.
OLYMPIC HOPEFULS
Former Beaver rower Melissa Penwell is participating in the USA Marathon Trials Feb. 29. The race will be broadcast by NBC live between 9 a.m. and Noon PST. Penwell is a member of the Sacramento Running Association Elite Team. The top three finishers will participate in the Olympics.
Former Beaver wrestler Amar Dhesi, a three-time NCAA All-American heavyweight, will be participating for Canada in the 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Ottawa March 6-9. If he finishes first or second he will represent Canada at this summer’s Olympic Games.
Future OSU gymnast Jade Carey (Phoenix, Ariz.) won a pair of gold medals last week in Australia in the Melbourne Cup. She leads the World Cup rankings in the vault and floor.
NATIONAL AWARDS
Mikayla Pivec (Lynnwood, Wash.) is one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award. She currently is also on four other national awards late season watch lists.
FOOTBALL
The Beaver Combine is Feb. 28 from 8-11 a.m. in the Truax Center. The public is invited to watch current student-athletes participate in an NFL-like Combine drills competition.
The 15-day spring football practice sessions begins March 3. The Spring Scrimmage (formerly the Spring Game) is April 18 at Noon at Reser Stadium.
Former football player Shane Wallen (2015) is the head strength coach for the Chicago Cubs.
Former Beaver assistant coach Sam Boghosian passed away this week. He was an assistant coach at OSU from 1965-75 and also held positions with UCLA, Houston Oilers, Seattle Seahawks, and the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. He won two Super Bowl rings with the Raiders.
The inaugural Los Angeles Bowl will be played in December (date TBD) at SoFi Stadium, the new home of the Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams. The Pac-12 No. 5 selection will play the Mountain West Conference’s No. 1 selection.
The team’s smallish senior class (fewest since 1992 at 12) includes just 10 student-athletes on an athletic scholarship.
Two of the seven NFL Combine records are held by former Beavers. Stephen Paea in 2011 in the bench press and Brandin Cooks in 2014 in the 20-yard shuttle.
Quarterback Jake Luton (Marysville, Wash.) and receiver Isaiah Hodgins (Oakley, Calif.) are at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis.
Luton is the third OSU quarterback to be invited to the Combine in the last 10 years – Sean Canfield (2000) and Sean Mannion (2005). Both Canfield and Mannion were drafted.
Hodgins is the fifth receiver to be invited to the Combine since 2012 – James Rodgers (2012), Markus Wheaton (2013), Brandin Cooks (2014), and Victor Bolden Jr., (2017).
OSU football staffers were promoted this week. Former Beaver player Trent Bray has added an assistant head coach to his title that includes coaching linebackers. Running backs coach Michael Pitre is now also the team’s recruiting coordinator. Darrick Yray has been promoted to director of player personnel, and former Beaver linebacker Michael Doctor is the new director of on-campus recruiting.
BASKETBALL (Men)
The team (15-12) plays a rare midweek Civil War, sponsored by PacificSource Health Plans, Spirit Mountain Casino, Safeway-Albertsons, your local Toyota Dealers, and First Interstate. The game is Thursday at 8 p.m. on ESPNU. It’s the 354th meeting in the series, the most in NCAA history, with OSU winning three straight and four of the last five games.
Tres Tinkle (Missoula, Mont.) has scored in double figures an OSU record 92 consecutive games.
Tinkle needs 20 points to pass Gary Payton for the all-time scoring leader mark at OSU. He already holds the record for most free throws made in a career with 547 and will finish his career second at OSU for three-point field goals – he currently has 537.
Tinkle has 2,153 points, that’s the eighth-best mark in Pac-12 history.
The team is flirting with a school record for free throw percentage – shooting .748 for the season with the record at .750.
OSU has won its last 23 games when scoring 80-plus points.
Kylor Kelley (Gervais) leads the Pac-12 and is second in the nation in blocked shots per game (3.52). He already owns the school record for blocked shots with 199 and is 10 short of breaking his own record for single season blocked shots record at OSU.
Former Beaver J.B. Bickerstaff has been promoted from assistant coach to head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
BASKETBALL (Women)
OSU has been ranked in every poll since the last one of the 2013-14 season, joining UConn, Baylor, and Maryland.
The team takes a 20-8 record into this weekend’s season finales. Friday’s game vs. Washington (Fan Appreciation Day) is at 6 p.m. and Sunday’s against Washington State is at Noon. Both are on the Pac-12 Networks.
OSU did not play in the state of Washington during the regular season, the first time since records have been kept for the sport.
The Pac-12 Tournament is in Las Vegas March 5-8.
The team has reached 20-plus wins for the seventh straight year.
Four of the last six games have been decided by the final possession in regulation or extended into overtime.
Mikayla Pivec is currently third in Oregon State history with 1000 career rebounds and is the 25th player in league history to hit that milestone. She needs 28 more boards to set the program record.
Pivec is eighth at OSU for career scoring, where she will likely finish, with 1,585 points.
Aleah Goodman (Milwaukie, Ore.) is on OSU record pace for career three-point field goal percentage at .421. Kat Tudor (Woodbridge, Calif.) is fourth at .400.
Destiny Slocum (Meridian, Idaho) needs 10 more assists to reach 500 in her career.
