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TWITTER.COM/BEAVER_BASEBALL 2014 OREGON STATE BASEBALL INSTAGRAM.COM/BEAVERBASEBALL FACEBOOK.COM/OREGONSTATEBASEBALL HEAD COACH PAT CASEY peers. The Beavers, meanwhile, were named as the No. 2 program of the PAT CASEY decade, trailing only Texas. The Beavers and Casey earned the special recognition after winning back-to-back national championships in 2006 Head Coach • 20th Year and 2007 and winning Pacifi c-10 Conference titles in 2005 and 2006. Perhaps an even more special honor was bestowed upon Casey 670-389-4 (Oregon State) just prior. He and his wife, Susan, were recipients of the Nell and John Wooden Coaching Achievement Award. The honor goes to a head coach 841-502-5 (26 years overall) and his spouse for their dedication to success on the fi eld and in making #5 an impact on the lives of their players. Truly, Pat Casey has been the right person to led Oregon State base- George Fox, ‘90 ball over the last decade and a half. In the past nine seasons alone, Casey has guided the Beavers to 397 victories, which is second in the Pac-12. During that same stretch, Casey’s clubs have won 139 conference games, which is second-most Oregon State head coach Pat Casey completed his 19th season among division clubs. at the helm of the program in 2013 and helped the Beavers set a few In that nine-year stretch, 10 players have earned All-America honors records along the way. while 26 players have been recognized as all-league performers. That The Beavers won 52 games in 2013, setting a school record, and includes three league Most Valuable Player awards and two Defensive advanced to their fourth College World Series under Casey, who took Player of the Year selections. over the program prior to the 1995 season. The 2013 Beavers won 24 The Beavers reached the postseason for the fi fth time in six seasons games in Pac-12 Conference play and had winning streaks of 15 and 12 in 2010, advancing to the Gainesville Regional. The Beavers bowed out in games, respectively, to help the club advance to its eighth postseason three games, but just days after, in nine seasons. the Beavers had eight players Oregon State’s 15 and 12- selected in the MLB Draft, seven game win streaks marked the fi rst of whom would eventually sign year since 2007 the Beavers had their fi rst professional contracts. two win streaks of 10 or more. Casey and the Beavers ad- The Beavers won the Pac-12 vanced to the championship Championship for the third time game of the Fort Worth Regional since the league unifi ed prior to in 2009. Oregon State fi nished the 1999 season and set a con- the 2009 campaign with a 37-19 ference record for most wins in record and 15-12 mark in Pac-10 league play. The team’s .800 win- play, tying the club for third. ning percentage (24-6) against On May 19, 2009, Casey be- conference foes marks the best came just the third head coach percentage by any Pac-12 school in school history to record 500 since the 1999 league unifi cation. victories with the Beavers when Now with 670 wins in his 19 OSU defeated Oregon. seasons at Oregon State, Casey In 2008, Casey and the Bea- will need 19 victories in 2014 to vers went 28-24 and missed out surpass California’s Bob Milano on the postseason. But the Bea- for the 10th-most wins all-time by vers played perhaps their most a Pac-12 Conference coach. ambitious schedule in school Casey won his 614th career history and took series from fi ve game on May 25, 2012, surpassing schools that earned either No. 1 Jack Riley as the winningest coach or No. 2 seeds in NCAA Region- in school history. als. Oregon State posted a 5-5 Casey’s club fi nished the 2012 record against College World season with 40 wins as he and Series teams, taking 2-of-3 in OSU won seven Pac-12 series, separate series against Arizona going 9-5 against Pac-12 foes who State and Georgia. advanced to the postseason. In 2008, Casey made marks The Beavers have won 40 on the program, literally. He spearheaded a fundrasing campaign to games seven times in school history, all occurring under Casey. expand Goss Stadium, adding nearly 1,000 permanent seats, a stadium Casey guided the Beavers to 41 wins during the season in 2011, reach- suite, new player’s lounge, academic room and Hall of Fame room. The ing the 30-win plateau for the 11th time in his 17 seasons in Corvallis. additions transformed Goss Stadium from one of the best in the West In doing so, Casey guided the Beavers to their third regional host into one of the nation’s fi nest collegiate stadiums. nomination since 2005, at the time. In 2007, Casey, his staff and the team’s players worked hard to build He was named the 2011 Pacifi c-10 Conference Coach of the Year for team chemistry, coming together at the right time for a second-straight the third time, previously reaching the accomplishment in 2005 and national championship. Oregon State went an incredible 39-4 in non- 2006. He has since picked up his fourth conference coach of the year conference games, including an 11-1 mark in the postseason. After losing honor, in 2013. their second game at the Charlottesville Regional, the Beavers went on a Casey has guided Oregon State to two national championships and dynamic run, winning their last 10 games -- including fi ve in Omaha -- to three conference titles. He has won an outstanding 42 games in the claim the national title. postseason, which accounts for better than 85 percent of the program’s That title thrusted Oregon State into NCAA baseball lore. The Beavers all-time NCAA wins. became just the fi fth program to win back-to-back national titles, joining Arguably one of the most successful active Division-I head coaches Texas (1949-50), USC (1970-74), Stanford (1987-88) and LSU (1996-97). in the country, Casey has established a level of winning unrivaled in the For his ability to mold the Beavers into the nation’s fi nest, Casey was program’s history. again recognized as a national coach of the year, this time by Collegiate Prior to the start of the 2010 season, he was named as the top col- Baseball and the American Baseball Coaches Association. The honors legiate coach of the last decade by Baseball America in a vote by his 2006 & 2007 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 17 5 College World Series Appearances: 1952, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013 | 5 NCAA Super Regional Appearances: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 2013 14 NCAA Regional Appearances: 1952, 1962, 1963, 1983, 1985, 1986, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 2014 OREGON STATE BASEBALL TWITTER.COM/BEAVER_BASEBALL INSTAGRAM.COM/BEAVERBASEBALL HEAD COACH PAT CASEY FACEBOOK.COM/OREGONSTATEBASEBALL Oregon State All-Americans Under Casey 1997 ............................................................................ Mark Newell, RHP 1998 ................................................................. Andrew Checketts, RHP 2001 ......................................................................Scott Nicholson, LHP 2005 ............................................................................ Dallas Buck, RHP Jacoby Ellsbury, OF Jonah Nickerson, RHP 2006 ............................................................................ Dallas Buck, RHP Cole Gillespie, OF Kevin Gunderson, LHP Jonah Nickerson, RHP 2007 ............................................................................ Mitch Canham, C 2011 ............................................................................Sam Gaviglio, RHP 2012 ...................................................................... Michael Conforto, OF 2013 ................................................................................ Matt Boyd, LHP Michael Conforto, OF Andrew Moore, RHP comes a year after Casey was the consensus national coach of the year in leading Oregon State to its fi rst title. That 2006 title was just as special, as the Beavers became the fi rst program from the Pacifi c Northwest to the NCAA Division I College World Series. The 2006 Beavers had a storybook season, capped by a run through home fi eld, and both times, Casey has been a driving force behind the the CWS that saw them win six elimination games in Omaha to win the renovations. national championship. After being beaten by Miami (Fla.) in its opening In 1999, Oregon State expanded what is now known as Goss Stadium game, OSU won four straight - including back-to-back shutouts of top- at Coleman Field, adding increased seating, improved locker rooms and ranked Rice - to reach the championship series. In the best-of-three fi nals a full press box. against North Carolina, OSU lost the opening game and trailed by fi ve runs And Casey and the Beavers have rewarded the fans with increased in the second game before rallying for wins of 11-7 and 3-2 for the title. chances to watch the team play. In each of their three College World Oregon State’s 50-16 season set a school record for wins for the Series years, the Beavers played a super regional at venerable Goss, and second straight season, and the Beavers refuse-to-lose style of play it has paid off . Oregon State has gone 6-1 at super regionals in Corvallis, captured the hearts of not only those watching in Omaha, but college defeating USC, Stanford and Michigan. baseball fans across the nation. In 2005 and 2006, Casey earned both the Pacifi c-10 Conference and After the 2006 season, Oregon State signed Casey to a new 10-year NCAA West Region Coach of the Year honors for guiding the Beavers to contract to guarantee his future in Corvallis. Casey had become an at- back-to-back Pac-10 championships and berths in the CWS. tractive candidate for coaching vacancies at a number of high-profi le Since Casey became Oregon State’s head coach prior to the 1995 schools given the Beavers’ amazing success.