At that time the tennis courts were located in the northeast corner of the Memorial Union quad. Simms is in the center of the photograph, and team captain George Speros is on the left. The 1932 squad went 3-2, defeating Willamette University twice and Reed College, but losing twice to the University of Oregon. The Home Economics Building (Milam Hall) is in the background.
In 1929-1930, Oregon State offered physical eduction classes in field hockey, as well as intramural competition. This image was taken in the library quad. Agriculture Hall (now Strand Agriculture Hall) is in the background.
OSU players Craig Hanneman (63) and Ron Boley (64) force Oregon quarterback Eric Olsen to make another quick pass. OSU won this Civil War contest 41-19. It was played at Parker Stadium.
Rockefeller, Hatfield and Strand were watching an ROTC review during the halftime of the OSC-Stanford football game. Rockefeller was in the early stages of his bid for the 1960 Republican presidential nomination. According to the December 1959 Oregon Stater, "President Strand welcomed the dark horse presidential hopeful to the stadium while the Beaver band played 'The Sidewalks of New York.'"
Front row (L-R) -- Grant Swan, Amory T. "Slats" Gill, Jim Dixon, and Hal Moe. Back row -- Carl Lodell, Lon Stiner. They are standing at the entrance to the Men's Gymnasium (Langton Hall).
Oregon State Agricultural College's varsity golf team included ___Wey, Robert Taylor, Robert McCook, ____Fitzgerald, and Walter Manville. Coach Tony Sottovia is on the right.
Aitken was participating in the Waldo Girls versus Town Girls track and field meet. This competition was a precursor to OSU's intramural sports program, which began in 1916.
Dodge attended OAC in the early 1920s. He participated in the 1924 Olympics, where he finished 6th in the men's 800 metres, and the 1925 Pan American Games. He also ran for the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club.
Hawkins was the Pacific Coast middleweight champion in 1942. Boxing began as a minor intercollegiate sport at Oregon State in 1937 and ended in 1942 with the outbreak of World War II.
Rob Zagunis (back row, left) led OSU to its first ever event title at the 1975 National Intercollegiate Rowing Championships in the varsity 4. He was the first OSU crew athlete to be named to the U.S. National Team, and was a member of the 1976 Olympic team.
Basketball became an intercollegiate sport for women at OSU in 1972. Lagastee was a four-sport athlete at OSU – she also played field hockey and softball, and was on the track and field team.
Barry played at OSU from 1991 to 1995, was an All PAC-10 selection as a senior, and was second in scoring in the conference that year at 21 points per game. He is on nine of OSU’s top 10 career lists. Barry played professionally from 1995 to 2009, including stints with the Los Angeles Clippers, Seattle Supersonics and San Antonio Spurs.
Spoelstra played at OSU for two seasons, 1982 and 1983, earning second team All-American honors in 1983. She returned to OSU in 1995 to inherit basketball head coaching duties from her former coach, Aki Hill. Spoelstra coached the team for ten seasons, compiling an overall record of 133 wins and 158 losses. Her teams played in the 1996 NCAA tournament and in the WNIT from 2001 to 2004. She received Pac-10 coach of the year honors in 2000, and was named to the OSU Sports Hall of Fame in 1994
Ayotte-Law earned All-American status in 1981 (beam) and 1982 (floor and all-around). She was the second OSU gymnast to win a national championship, claiming the floor exercise title in 1982. Ayotte-Law also represented the United States in the 1981 World University Games in Romania, placing as the highest all-around gymnast. This photo appeared in the January 1982 Oregon Stater.
Team members (from left) Amy Martin, Kimberly White, Jen Lesko and Karen Thompson practice for a seat on the women’s Varsity 8. Martin was one of OSU’s most successful rowers, garnering two first team All-Pac-10 selections (1995 and 1996) and being named to the 2000 Olympic team. Martin led the Beavers to a ninth place finish in the Varsity 8 at the 1997 NCAA Championships. She also participated in the 1997, 1998, and 1999 World Championships, earning a bronze medal in 1998 in the women’s 2 and a silver medal in 1999 in the women’s 8. White was named a U.S. Rowing Association Scholar All-American in 1994.
OSU’s 2002 cheerleader squad won first place at the United Spirit Association’s national competition in Las Vegas. OSU re-examined its cheerleading program in 2006, eliminating high-risk stunts and focusing more on cheering.
The team included (from left) Kris Trom, Karen Brown, Julia Anderson, Janet Lovelace and Jenny Bird. Lovelace placed fifth at the regionals in 1977 and twenty-sixth at the AIWA championships in 1978.
Hill coached seventeen seasons at Oregon State (1978-79 to 1994-95), compiling a record of 274 wins and 206 losses. In 1980 her team went 20-8 and won the NIT championship; six of her teams had twenty or more wins. Four of Hill’s teams played in the NCAA tournament. Also pictured are players Jan Martin and Robyn Clark. Both Martin and Clark scored more than 1,000 points during their careers at OSU. Clark is also in the OSU top ten in career rebounds and steals. This photo appeared in the March 1980 Oregon Stater.
Capps played at OSU from 1982 to 1985. She was OSU’s first softball All-American, named to the second team in 1983. That year she led the Beavers to a 9-2 NorPac conference record and a 26-14 overall record.
Thomas was one of the most successful collegiate wrestling coaches. Thomas’ OSU wrestling squads won 616 dual meets and twenty-two conference titles in thrity-four years. Thomas was the NCAA coach of the year in 1961 and 1970
The three are posing with a trophy, presented by the City of Portland, that marks Oregon State's 25-13 victory over New York University. Paul J. Schissler (1893-1968) was head football coach at Oregon State from 1924 to 1932, compiling a career record of 48-30-2. He later coached professionally with the Chicago Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers football teams. Corvallis native Howard Maple played quarterback for Oregon State from 1927 to 1929, and went on to play professional football for the Chicago Cardinals and professional baseball for the Washington Senators. George Baker served as mayor of Portland from 1917 to 1933.
Steve Johnson was a star post player for the OSU basketball team from 1977 to 1981. He was drafted number 7 overall in the 1981 NBA draft and played professionally for ten years.
Paul J. Schissler (1893-1968) was head football coach at Oregon State from 1924 to 1932, compiling a career record of 48-30-2. He later coached professionally with the Chicago Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers football teams.
Behind the students in the center of the photo is the OAC Cooperative Association building. This building served the association, later known as the bookstore, from 1917 to 1928. v
Wagner coached both OSU athletes at the Pan American games in Mexico City, where they both won gold medals. He coached at OSU from 1966 to 1975, compiling a dual meet record of 49-24. He led OSU to four top six finishes at the NCAA Championships, where the 1969 squad finished second. Nine of his athletes won individual NCAA titles, and fifteen athletes won twenty-three All-American honors. Tom Woods was a four-time All-American in the high jump and captured the 1972 NCAA title. Huntley competed at OSU in 1975 and participated on two U.S. Olympic teams. In the early 1970s, OSU was called the “high jump capital of the world” by some sportswriters due to the success of Dick Fosbury, Woods, Huntley and other Beaver high jumpers.
Bryan was a junior college All-American diver prior to coming to OSU, and participated in the 1969 NCAA Championships. Men’s intercollegiate swimming and diving began in 1922 and was eliminated in the mid-1970s.
Dickey won the pole vault at the NCAA Championships, clearing 13 feet, 9 inches. He won the PCC Northern Division title in 1951 and was the PCC co-champ in 1952.