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.
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.
Menken earned First Team All-American status in 1981 and played on the Olympic gold medal winning 1984 United States women’s basketball team. She played for OSU from 1979 to 1981 and set several school records, some of which still stand.
Wes Schulmerich was the Beavers' first player to make it to the Major League level. Schulmerich was born on Wednesday, August 21, 1901, in Hillsboro, Oregon. He was 29 years old when he played his first big league game on May 1, 1931, with the Boston Braves. Schulmerich played for the Beaver from 1925-1927 Photo was used in the June 1983 Oregon Stater, vol. 17 no.4, page 19.
Wes Schulmerich was the Beavers' first player to make it to the Major League level. Schulmerich was born on Wednesday, August 21, 1901, in Hillsboro, Oregon. He was 29 years old when he played his first big league game on May 1, 1931, with the Boston Braves. Schulmerich played for the Beaver from 1925-1927 Photo was used in the June 1983 Oregon Stater, vol. 17 no.4, page 19.
John V. Byrne came to Oregon State University as an Associate Professor of Marine Geology in 1961, becoming the Chairman of the Oceanography Department in 1968. Byrne was the OSU president from 1984-1995.
