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2011 SEASON IN REVIEW 41-19 Overall 17-10 Pac-10 2011 Oregon State Baseball Season In Review Table Of Contents 2011 Season In Review Notes Oregon State Baseball 2011 Season In Review Beavers Overall Page Topic Oregon State finished the season 41-19 overall and 17-10 in 1 Oregon State Season In Review Notes Pacific-10 Conference play. The 41 wins were the fourth-most in 2 Oregon State Season In Review Notes school history, and the 17 wins league play marked the second- 3 Oregon State Roster most for the club since the league unified in 1999, and trailed only the 2005 club, which won 19. The Team Postseason Trip Page Topic Oregon State advanced to the postseason for the sixth time in 4 Radio/TV Roster the last seven years, and played in an NCAA Super Regional for 6 Head Coach Pat Casey the first time since 2007. OSU swept through its NCAA Regional, 8 Associated Head Coach Marty Lees winning all three games for the third time in the six trips. 8 Assistant Coach Pat Bailey 9 Assistant Coach Nate Yeskie Postseason Wins Note 9 Support Staff Oregon State tallied three wins in the postseason in 2011, and 10 Career Statistics thanks to research by North Carolina, it is known that the team’s 13 Player Bios 28 postseason wins since 2006 is tied for second-most in the nation with South Carolina, trailing only the Tar Heels. The Bea- 2011 In Review vers have 33 wins in the postseason dating back to 2005, all Page Topic under head coach Pat Casey. 26 Pac-10 In Review 27 2011 Honors Pac-10 Honors 27 2011 MLB Draft Selections Oregon State saw three players selected to the league’s first 28 Oregon State Game-By-Game Results team - Sam Gaviglio, Tony Bryant and Kavin Keyes. The three 29 Oregon State Overall Statistics first-round selections are the most in a single season since the 30 Oregon State Pac-10 Statistics Beavers had five first teamers in 2006. Overall, OSU also had six 31 Oregon State Non-Conference Statistics honorable mention selections, and the nine players honored by 32 At A Glance the league is the most since OSU had 11 in 20005. 33 Record By Order/Position 33 Batter Breakdown Casey Named Pac-10 Coach Of The Year 33 Inning-By-Inning Oregon State head coach Pat Casey guided the club to a 34 Pitching Appearances second-place finish in the Pac-10 despite the fact the Beavers 36 Lineups By Order were voted to finish eighth in the preseason. For that, Casey was 37 Lineups By Position named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year for the third time. He was 38 Team/Individual Superlatives also named the league’s top coach in 2005 and 2006. 38 The Last Time 39 Oregon State Home Statistics Gaviglio An All-American 40 Oregon State Road Statistics Junior right-hander Sam Gaviglio became the program’s 20th all- 41 Oregon State Neutral Statiatics time All-American when he was selected to the Louisville Slugger 42 Oregon State February Statistics (Collegiate Baseball) All-America second-team. He went 12-3 43 Oregon State March Statistics in 2011, tying for the fourth-most wins in a single-season at Or- 44 Oregon State April Statistics egon State. OSU’s last All-American prior to Gaviglio was Mitch 45 Oregon State May Statistics Canham in 2007. Pat Casey has now coached 10 All-Americans 46 Oregon State June/Postseason Statistics while at Oregon State. 47 Oregon State Linescores 50 Updated Oregon Career Lists Six Players Of The Week Honors 51 Updated Oregon Single-Season Lists Five different Beavers were honored by the Pac-10 a total of six times throughout the regular season, the most for OSU in a sea- Oregon State Postseason History son since 1998, a year before the league unified. Sam Gaviglio Page Topic was named Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week twice, giving him three 52 Postseason Review for his career, which ties him for fourth-most in program history. 53 All-Time OSU Postseason Results Josh Osich was also named Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week, while 54 Oregon State Postseason Superlatives Andrew Susac, Kavin Keyes and Ryan Dunn were named Pac-10 Players of the Week. Two Big Win Streaks The Beavers posted two win streaks of 10 or more games in the same season for the first time in program history. OSU won 12 straight from Feb. 27 through March 19, tying the longest such streak under head coach Pat Casey. They also went on an 11-gamer from April 2 to April 22. The second streak came after losing an 18-0 contest at Arizona to start Pac-10 play. NCAA Regional Guide Credits The 2011 Oregon State University Season In Review was designed, written, and produced by Hank Hager of the Oregon State Athletic Communi- cations Office. The cover photograph was taken by Hank Hager in the Oregon State Athletic Communications Office. 1 2011 Oregon State Baseball Season In Review Oregon State Facts 2011 Oregon State Season In Review Notes Location Corvallis, Oregon Enrollment 23,761 Against The Postseason Field Founded 1868 Oregon State went 16-8 against teams in the 2011 NCAA postseason field, and 13-6 in the regu- President Dr. Edward Ray lar season. OSU was 10-2 against Pac-10 foes that made it to the field of 64. Athletic director Bob De Carolis Colors Orange and black Pac-10 Note Nickname Beavers The Beavers’ 17 victories in Pac-10 play was the second-most by an OSU squad since the league Affiliation NCAA Division I unified in 1999, trailing only the 2005 team which had 19 wins. The Beavers finished in second Conference Pacific-10 place in league play, and held the top spot in the Pac-10 for 19 of 27 possible Pac-10 dates. University website www.oregonstate.edu Athletics website www.osubeavers.com Attendance Note OSU finished 29th nationally with an average attendance of 2,285, which is second only to No. 20 Baseball Arizona State and third amongst teams west of Texas (Hawaii was 17th). The Beavers set single- Head coach Pat Casey (17th year) season school records for average attendance and most fans total at Goss Stadum (68,558). Record at OSU 578-356-4 (17 years) Career record 749-469-5 (24 years) Playing At Goss Stadium Associate Head Coach Marty Lees (10th year) The Beavers went 23-7 at Goss Stadium during the 2011 season, and the 23 victories is the Assistant Coaches Pat Bailey (4th year) third-most in a single-season at home for OSU, trailing only 2005 (26) and 2007 (27). The 23 Nate Yeskie (3rd year) wins is the fourth time OSU has reached the 20-win plateau, and the 30 games overall marked the Director of operations Ron Northcutt fourth-most played at home. Athletic Trainer Josh Therrien Strength & Conditioning Coach Tim Rabas Kavin Keyes, Freshman All-America Kavin Keyes became the fourth Beaver with a Freshman All-America honor in as many years when he was named by Louisville Slugger. He led the Beavers with four hit streaks of more than five 2010 Season games, including a 14-gamer from March 23 through April 17 that tied Andrew Susac for the 2010 overall record 32-24 longest on the team. Home record 21-11 Road record 7-11 Draft Notes Neutral record 4-2 Oregon State had eight players selected in the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft, tying the 2007 2010 Pacific-10 record 12-15 (T-7th place) and 2010 clubs for the most in a year. OSU had three players taken in the first nine 10 rounds - Lettermen returning/lost 14/16 Andrew Susac, Sam Gaviglio and Josh Osich - giving the Beavers nine such selections over the Position players 8/10 past two years. OSU has had at least one player selected in the draft every year since 1993, a Pitchers 6/6 span of 19 years. Starters returning/lost 6/3 All-conference returning/lost 0/2 Some Key Feats For The Beavers In 2011 All-Americans returning/lost 0/0 Oregon State had some great successes in 2011, with three standing out significantly. Josh Osich First varsity season 1907 threw the program’s first complete-game no-hitter since 1947 when he no-hit UCLA in Los Ange- All-time record 2,051-1,345-15 les on April 30. Ryan Dunn hit for the cycle against Portland on May 10, which was the second in the team history. To top it off, Sam Gaviglio held opponents scoreless for 41 2/3 innings through Goss Stadium At Coleman Field the first month-and-a-half of the season, coming up less than six innings shy of tying the NCAA Ballpark Goss Stadium at Coleman Field single-season record. Opened (capacity) 1907 (3,248) An ERA Drop Athletic Communications The Beavers posted their lowest team ERA since 2005 (3.06) when finishing at 3.14 this season. Baseball contact Hank Hager The 3.14 ERA is the second-lowest since the 1979 club finished at 2.96. Tony Bryant (fifth, 1.52) Hager office phone (541) 737-7472 and Matt Boyd (seventh, 1.57) both finished in the top in individual ERA for a season at OSU. Hager cell phone (541) 230-0611 Hager e-mail [email protected] An Obscure Pitching Note Athletic communications director Steve Fenk Not only did the Beavers’ staff ERA go down, so did the pitcher’s number of errors.