204 @Beaverfootball 2019 OREGON STATE FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE
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2019 OREGON STATE FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE RESER STADIUM The home of the Oregon State University Bea- vers has had over $200 million in fiscal improve- ments completed since the 2005 season. The east side of the complex houses some of the finest ame- nities in all of college and NFL football, including the popular Club and Loge, and a new playing surface (FieldTurf) was installed prior to the 2012 season. Prior to the 2016 season the popular Terrace was introduced to Reser Stadium providing a unique fan experience showcasing the state’s premier food and beverage. In 2017 the expanded Valley Football Center opened to further modernize the on-campus Reser Stadium. Over the last 10 years the capacity of the stadi- um has increased by 11,000 and now features some of the best viewing in all of college football. The OSU student-body sits directly behind the Beavers’ bench along the east sidelines, with pas- sionate fans in other sections. One of the unique aspects of the stadium is that the seating is close to the field, giving OSU a distinct home field advan- tage. Karl Maasdam That home field advantage has helped the Bea- vers score some of the program’s biggest wins in of campus, was originally built in 1953 at a cost of Valley Football Center opened. The stadium’s ca- recent seasons, including snapping USC’s 27-game $330,463.19 with a seating capacity of 28,000. pacity is now 43,363. Pac-10 Conference win streak in 2006 and then de- Following the 1965 Rose Bowl, additional end zone Reser Stadium has become a shining monu- feating the No. 1 Trojans in 2008. bleacher seats were added to raise the capacity to ment for not only Athletics, but the entire University. Reser Stadium was originally known as Parker 33,000. The stadium was expanded to 40,593 in “Beaver Nation” has embraced the upgrades to the Stadium until June 14, 1999. At that time Al and Pat 1967 with a new addition to the west side, including facility that has become a source of pride for all of Reser of Beaverton, Ore., made a personal seven- a new press box. Stadium capacity was reduced in Oregon State University. figure gift to OSU athletics. 1990 as a result of the construction of the original The stadium, which is located on the south side Valley Football Center. In June of 1996, an enlarged Karl Maasdam Dave Nishitani RESER STADIUM VALLEY FOOTBALL CENTER Built: 1953 Built: 1990 First Game: November 14, 1953 vs. Washington State Expanded: 1996 & 2016 First Victory: November 14, 1953 vs. Washington State (7-0) Remodel and Expansion Cost: $42 million First Touchdown: Chuck Brackett (OSU) 1-yard run vs. Washington Amenities: The Valley Football Center, the hub of the Beaver football team, State, Nov. 14, 1953 re-opened in time for the 2016 season. The transformational Victory Through First Touchdown Passing: John Hermann from Douglas Bradley Valley project added 37,870 square feet and renovated 25,830 square feet of (UCLA), October 23, 1954 previously existing space. The renovation expanded the players’ locker room, coaches’ locker room, sports medicine area and equipment area. It renovated First 100-yard Rusher: Ralph Carr (OSU) 107 yards vs. Washington the coaches’ offices, meeting rooms and players’ lounge as well as creating a State, Nov. 14, 1953 new media center, a barber shop, lobby, hall of fame area and an auditorium. Biggest Crowd: 47,249 vs. Oregon, 2012 100th Victory: Aug. 28, 2003 vs. Sacramento State (40-7) 204 @BeaverFootball FOOTBALL FACILITIES 2019 OREGON STATE FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Karl Maasdam TOMMY PROTHRO FOOTBALL COMPLEX MERRITT TRUAX INDOOR CENTER Renovated: 2012 Built: 2001 Size: 2 full-size practice fields Size: 85,000 square feet Surface: The grass surface was replaced with FieldTurf during the spring of Surface: FieldTurf 2012 and now provides the Beavers with an outdoor practice facility that is us- Cost: $12 million able year-round. Lights were also installed in the most recent renovation. Karl Maasdam BETH RAY CENTER FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT SPORTS PERFORMANCE CENTER Built: 2012 Built: 2008 Size: 30,000 square feet Size: 20,000 square feet Cost: $14 million Cost: $16 million Amenities: The three-story complex, opened in the summer of 2012, is adja- Amenities: The $16 million dollar facility opened May 1, 2008 to rave reviews cent to athletic facilities and numerous residence halls. It features classroom from the entire roster of student-athletes on campus and received a $3.5 million space, a computer laboratory, study lounge and commons area, as well as remodel in late summer of 2019. The recent additions include all new equipment, counseling offices, meeting rooms and tutorial spaces. a Gatorade Fuel Bar, overall rebranding, and other physical improvements that enhances OSU’s Sports Performance staff’s ability to physically train the school’s 500-plus student-athletes. One of the biggest benefactors is the football team with the enhanced weight stations and other training areas. SAMARITAN SPORTS MEDICINE CENTER Built: 2014 Size: 17,000 square feet Amenities: The Samaritan Sports Medicine Center, opened in late 2014. The 17,000-square-foot center on the campus of Oregon State University is located between Reser Stadium and the Merritt Truax Indoor Center. Clinic operations are led by Douglas Aukerman, MD, a sports medicine physi- cian who serves as Director of Sports Medicine for Samaritan Health Services and Senior Associate Athletic Director for sports medicine at OSU. The center provides diagnostic and treatment services, and serves as a site for student internships, training and research. Samaritan operates the facility on land leased from OSU. Karl Maasdam “This project enhances the university’s academic and research mission, particularly in the areas of athletic training and exercise and sports science,” said Ed Ray, president of Oregon State University, at the dedication ceremony. “We are fortunate to have a comprehensive health care partner in our community that offers board-certified and fellowship-trained sports medicine specialists, as well as a broad complement of professional staff and support for training and research.” #GoBeavs 205 2019 OREGON STATE FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE OREGON STATE/UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY Oregon State is an international public research university that draws people from DR. EDWARD RAY all 50 states and more than 100 countries. We go wherever the challenges are, push our- selves to the very edge of what’s known and keep going. We are determined to forge solu- UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT tions. We are diverse and welcoming. We embrace our responsibility to Oregon and the 17th year at Oregon State world, building a future that’s smarter, healthier, more prosperous and more just. We see what could be and have worked relentlessly to make it so since 1868. Oregon State is Oregon’s largest public research university with 11 colleges, 15 Agri- cultural Experiment Stations, 35 county Extension offices, the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, OSU-Cascades in Bend and new academic programs in Portland. We have a presence in each of Oregon’s 36 counties, a statewide economic footprint of $2.371 billion and an impact that reaches across the state and beyond. ACADEMICS Education: Queens College (CUNY), 1966 - B.S., Mathematics; Stanford Oregon State University’s outstanding faculty and academic programs consistently University, 1969 - M.S. Economics; Stanford University, attract more high achieving students than any other school in Oregon. We offer more 1971 - D.S. Economics than 200 undergraduate and 100 graduate degree programs through our 11 colleges, the graduate school and the Honors College, one of only a handful of degree-granting honors Dr. Edward J. Ray became president of Oregon State University on July 31, 2003. programs in the U.S. Dr. Ray is OSU’s 14th president and is Oregon’s longest-serving public university • The Center for World University Rankings places Oregon State in the top 1 percent president. He has announced that he will step down in June 2020, and a nationwide of degree-granting institutions of higher education in the world. search for a new president is underway. • The Princeton Review lists Oregon State among the top 125 colleges in the western Under Dr. Ray’s leadership, OSU has completed and updated a visionary cam- U.S. pus-wide strategic plan that has served as the framework for the university’s devel- • Oregon State’s programs in forestry, oceanography, marine biology, natural re- opment in profound and historic ways. sources, agriculture, computer science and robotics are ranked among the best in the U.S. and the world. President Ray partnered with the OSU Foundation to launch the university’s • U.S. News & World Report has ranked Oregon State’s Ecampus in the top 10 for first comprehensive fundraising campaign. The public phase of the campaign was online bachelor’s degree programs the last five years in a row. launched in October 2007 with an initial goal of $625 million. By the end of the Cam- paign for OSU on December 31, 2014, its total reached $1.14 billion, including nearly RESEARCH $189 million for scholarships and fellowships, 79 newly endowed faculty positions, Oregon State University earned $382 million in external research funding in the 2018 and funding for key scientific and learning facilities like the Lois Bates Acheson Vet- fiscal year, it’s second-best year ever.. Oregon State is one of only two land, sea, space erinary Teaching Hospital, the Hallie Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families, and sun grant institutions in the U.S. and is the only university in Oregon to have earned the Linus Pauling Science Center, the International Living-Learning Center, a reno- both Carnegie Classifications for Highest Research Activity and Community Engage- ment.