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2018 OREGON STATE BASEBALL Twitter.com/BeaverBaseball Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball HEAD COACH PAT CASEY Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball ern” school to win an NCAA Championship in decades. • Casey has been honored nationally multiple times, being named PAT CASEY the National Coach of the Year in 2006, 2007 and 2017 and the Co- Head Coach • 24th Year Coach of the Year in 2005. • He was selected as the Pac-10’s Coach of the Year in 2005, 892-456-6 (Oregon State) 2006 and 2011 and the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2013 and 2017. 1,063-570-7 (31 years) • Prior to the 2010 season, Casey was named the top collegiate coach of the previous decade by Baseball America. The voting was # 5 done by fellow collegiate coaches. Oregon State was named the No. George Fox, ‘90 2 program of the decade, just behind Texas. • Also in 2010, he and his wife, Susan, were recipients of the Nell and John Wooden Coaching Achievement Award. The honor goes to a head coach and his spouse for their dedication to success on the Pat Casey, considered one of the top coaches in the country, is field and in making an impact on the lives of their players. in his 24th season at the helm of the Oregon State program in 2018. • Oregon State players have been named an All-American a total One of the most influential sports figures in the state of Oregon of 28 times during his tenure, including six in both 2018. Michael and the Pacific Northwest, Casey has made Oregon State a national Conforto became the first Oregon State player to be named an All- power. American three times when earned the honor in 2012, 2013 and 2014. • Six other players - Dallas Buck, Jonah Nickerson, Andrew Moore, • The Beavers have tallied a 47-10-1 record in 2018, winning 40 Luke Heimlich, Nick Madrigal and Jake Mulholland - have been named or more games for the ninth time during his tenure. an All-American in two different seasons. • Oregon State is the winningest NCAA Division I team since the • Twenty players who competed under Casey have made an start of the 2017 season, posting 103 victories. The Beavers are appearance at the Major League level, including a school-record 11 103-16-1 (.863) during that stretch. during the 2017 season. In 2017, the Beavers had nearly 30 former • Casey has taken Goss Stadium at Coleman Field’s home-field players compete at the professional level. advantage to a new level since ‘17. The Beavers are 56-6 (.903) in • Two former Beavers - Jacoby Ellsbury in 2007 and 2011 and their last 59 games at Goss. Andrew Susac in 2014 - have won World Series titles. A third former • The Beavers have advanced to their seventh NCAA Super Re- Beaver, Michael Conforto, played in the 2015 series and became one gional during Casey’s tenure. of the youngest players to ever homer in the World Series. A little more than one year prior, Conforto had finished his Oregon State • Oregon State finished the 2017 campaign with a school-record career as one of the top offensive players in school history. 56 wins. The team went 56-6 overall, and its .903 winning percent- • Oregon State players have been selected by MLB clubs in the age tied for the fourth-best in NCAA Division I history. draft a total of 113 times. Forty-eight of those 113 selections have • Casey guided Oregon State to its sixth-ever trip to the College come in the top nine rounds (42 percent). World Series, and fifth since 2005. • Oregon State players have been named the Pac-10/12’s Most • Oregon State set a Pac-12 record for the most wins ever in Valuable Player six times, the Defensive Player of the Year five times, conference play, going 27-3. That surpassed the 1981 record previ- the Freshman of the Year three times and the Pitcher of the Year ously held by Arizona State at 26 wins. OSU won the conference by three times. six games, the largest margin in more than 30 years. • Casey has guided Oregon State to the College World Series • Casey’s squad was ranked as the consensus No. 1 team in the five times - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013 and 2017. His clubs have gone nation for 10 consecutive weeks to end the regular season. Oregon 15-10 (.600). State began the year ranked in the top 10 and rose to No. 1 by at least • In the postseason, Oregon State is 53-23 (.697) under Casey. one publication for 12 straight rankings. OSU is the only team to ever His 53 wins represent better than 90 percent of the Beavers’ 58 be ranked for 10 straight weeks or more in the 58-year history of the all-time. Collegiate Baseball rankings. • In 2013, the Beavers set a then school-record with 52 victories. • He was named the 2017 Pac-12 Coach of the Year and the Na- Oregon State won its first of two consecutive Pac-12 titles, setting a tional Coach of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers conference record with 24 victories. Association (NCBWA). • Oregon State followed the 2013 season with a nearly as impres- • Casey became the 16th active coach with 1,000 or more wins at sive 2014 campaign. The 2014 club won 45 games, and claimed the four-year schools when he reached the milestone May 12 at Oregon. Pac-12 with a 23-7 record. The 47 conference victories in back-to- Not only did he reach the milestone that night, but the Beavers won back seasons are easily a Pac-12 record. their fifth conference crown since 2005. • Since 2005, the first of a school-record 14 consecutive win- ning seasons, the Beavers have totaled 597 wins, the best mark in • Casey is 892-456-6 in his 24 seasons at Oregon State, record- the conference. Oregon State has averaged better than 42 wins per ing a .661 winning percentage. season over that stretch, one of just two teams in the league to lay • All-time, as a collegiate head coach, Casey’s teams have gone claim to more than 40 a year. 1,063-570-7 (.650). He went 171-114-1 (.600) in seven seasons at • In conference play, since 2005, the Beavers have won 294 Division III George Fox. games, or more than 21 per season. That easily leads the conference • Casey’s 892 wins at Oregon State ranks seventh all-time in over that stretch. Pac-12 Conference history. • Casey has a winning record against all but two Pac-12 oppo- • Since coming to Oregon State prior to the 1995 season, Casey’s nents. teams have advanced to the NCAA postseason 12 times, including a • He is the winningest coach in Oregon State Athleics history. school-record seven straight appearances from 2009-2015. Casey surpassed Jack Riley on May 25, 2012 to earn that distinction. • The Beavers became just the fifth program in NCAA history to • Oregon State has thrown four no-hitters since the 2007 season. win back-to-back NCAA titles when Oregon State defeated North Drew Rasmussen became the first pitcher in conference history to Carolina in 2006 and 2007. throw a perfect game in a league game on March 21, 2015 versus • In winning the 2006 title, Oregon State became the first “North- Washington State. He was the first pitcher from the conference to 2005, 2006 PAC-10 CHAMPIONS • 2013, 2014, 2017 PAC-12 CHAMPIONS • 2006 & 2007 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 4 6 College World Series Appearances: 1952, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2018 | 7 NCAA Super Regional Appearances: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 2013, 2017, 2018 18 NCAA Regional Appearances: 1952, 1962, 1963, 1983, 1985, 1986, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 Twitter.com/BeaverBaseball 2018 OREGON STATE BASEBALL Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball HEAD COACH PAT CASEY throw a perfect game against any opponent in more tha 40 years. The File On Pat Casey • Four years prior, Josh Osich no hit UCLA (April 30, 2011). He was the first pitcher to George Fox College no hit a fellow conference school in nearly 20 seasons. YEAR POSITION W-L-T PCT. • In 2017, Oregon State saw a school-record 16 players named to the Pac-12 All- 1988 Head coach 15-14-0 .517 Academic Team. Jack Anderson, KJ Harrison and Jake Thompson were named to the 1989 Head coach 22-14-0 .611 CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 First Team. Thompson later went on to become the sixth 1990 Head coach 24-17-0 .585 player in school history to be named an Academic All-American. 1991 Head coach 24-21-0 .530 1992 Head coach 29-18-0 .617 1993 Head coach 26-16-1 .616 Casey has not only developed talent on the field and in the classroom, but he’s helped 1994 Head coach 31-13-0 .721 make Goss Stadium at Coleman Field into one of the finest ballparks in the nation. Totals 7 Seasons 171-113-1 .602 • Prior to the 2017 season, Goss Stadium was named the 10th toughest park to play Oregon State University in for opposing teams. It earned the distinction in a vote by the nation’s coaches. YEAR POSITION W-L-T PCT. • In 1999, Casey spearheaded the expansion of Goss Stadium from Coleman Field. 1995 Head coach 25-24-1 .510 The stadium saw increased seating, improved locker rooms and a full press box. 1996 Head coach 32-16-1 .663 1997 Head coach 38-12-1 .755 • In 2009, Casey again spearheaded a further expansion of Goss Stadium.