Photo shows the 1952 Beaver baseball team getting ready to leave on the bus for the first leg of their trip to the NCAA playoffs at Omaha, Nebraska.Waiting to board the bus are: (Standing left to right) Don Hopp, Norb Wellman, Cub Houck, Pete Goodbrod, Dwane Helbig, Chuck Fisk, Rim Ruggles, Jack Stephenson, Ed Nelson, Bud Shirtcliff, John Thomas, Jay Dean, Al Goodhard and Danny Johnston. Seated left to right are: Paul Valenti, assistant coach, head coach Ralph Coleman, Bobby Buob, Bailey Brem, Ken Boshears, student manager, Don White and Bud Berg. It was a Gazette Times photo. Photo was used in the 2006 Oregon State Baseball Guide, page 80.
John Thomas played from 1951-1953 and was from Newark, New Jersey. He was part of the "Kasberger Pipeline". He also played football, and was later an OSU assistant football coach.
Charles Fisk played 1952-1955. He was a four-year letterman from Portland, Oregon. This photograph was published in the May 1955 Oregon Stater (page 7); a print is available aat P17:2136.