by CORVALLIS — T e latest class of Oregon State Beaver greats will be inducted into the Oregon State Athletics Hall of Fame during Homecoming weekend, Oct. 23-24 on the OSU Campus. The 14th class to be inducted Friday, Oct. 23 includes gymnast Heidi Anderson, football standout Ken Simonton, former baseball coach Jack Riley, former basketball student-athlete and coach Jimmy Anderson, longtime coach, athletic administrator and faculty member Pat Ingram, and the 2005 College World Series baseball team that included Jacoby Ellsbury (Navajo/CRIT).
2005 baseball team
Led by current head coach Pat Casey, Oregon State returned to the College World Series in 2005 for the first time since 1952. The team that started a three-year run at the CWS, including back-to-back national titles (2006, ’07) went 46-12 (then school record for wins) and captured the Pac-10 Conference title at 19-5. The roster, largely made up of Pacific Northwest players, included All-Americans Jacoby Ellsbury, Dallas Buck and Jonah Nickerson. Casey earned his first Pac-10 Coach of the Year honor following the season.
“That team represents one of the fondest memories of my coaching career,” said Casey. “The players on that club bought into the vision of what we could accomplish. They epitomized the ‘team’ selfless commitment needed to achieve the ultimate goal of getting to Omaha.”
