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2018 OREGON STATE BASEBALL Twitter.com/BeaverBaseball Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball HEAD COACH PAT CASEY Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball back-to-back NCAA titles when Oregon State defeated North Carolina in 2006 and 2007. PAT CASEY • In winning the 2006 title, Oregon State became the first “Northern” Head Coach • 24th Year school to win an NCAA Championship in decades. • Casey has been honored nationally multiple times, being named 900-458-6 (Oregon State) the National Coach of the Year in 2006, 2007, 2017 and 2018 and the Co-Coach of the Year in 2005. 1,071-572-7 (31 years) • He was selected as the Pac-10’s Coach of the Year in 2005, 2006 #5 and 2011 and the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2013 and 2017. • Prior to the 2010 season, Casey was named the top collegiate George Fox, ‘90 coach of the previous decade by Baseball America. The voting was done by fellow collegiate coaches. Oregon State was named the No. 2 program of the decade, just behind Texas. Pat Casey, considered one of the top coaches in the country, re- • Also in 2010, he and his wife, Susan, were recipients of the Nell cently completed his 24th season in Corvallis, leading the Beavers to and John Wooden Coaching Achievement Award. The honor goes to a their third national title with a 55-win season. head coach and his spouse for their dedication to success on the field One of the most influential sports figures in the state of Oregon and and in making an impact on the lives of their players. the Pacific Northwest, Casey has made Oregon State a national power. • Oregon State players have been named an All-American a total of 28 times during his tenure, including seven in 2018. Michael Conforto • Oregon State overcame six elimination games to win the title in became the first Oregon State player to be named an All-American three 2018. The Beavers outscored their opponents, 59-30, and set a College times when earned the honor in 2012, 2013 and 2014. World Series record with 93 hits. • Seven other players - Dallas Buck, Jonah Nickerson, Andrew • Casey was named the National Coach of the Year by the American Moore, Luke Heimlich, Nick Madrigal, Bryce Fehmel and Jake Mulhol- Baseball Coaches Association (ACBA) and Collegiate Baseball. land - have been named an All-American in two different seasons. • The Beavers tallied a 55-12-1 record in 2018, winning 40 or more • Twenty players who competed under Casey have made an ap- games for the ninth time during his tenure, and 50 or more for the pearance at the Major League level, including a school-record 11 during fourth time. the 2017 season. In 2017, the Beavers had nearly 30 former players • Oregon State is the winningest NCAA Division I team since the compete at the professional level. start of the 2017 season, posting 111 victories. The Beavers are 111-18-1 • Two former Beavers - Jacoby Ellsbury in 2007 and 2011 and (.857) during that stretch. Andrew Susac in 2014 - have won World Series titles. A third former • Casey has taken Goss Stadium at Coleman Field’s home-field Beaver, Michael Conforto, played in the 2015 series and became one advantage to a new level since ‘17. The Beavers are 58-6 (.906) in their of the youngest players to ever homer in the World Series. A little more last 64 games at Goss. than one year prior, Conforto had finished his Oregon State career as one of the top offensive players in school history. • Oregon State finished the 2017 campaign with a school-record • Oregon State players have been selected by MLB clubs in the 56 wins. The team went 56-6 overall, and its .903 winning percentage draft a total of 116 times. Fifty-one of those 116 selections have come tied for the fourth-best in NCAA Division I history. in the top nine rounds (44 percent). • Casey guided Oregon State to its sixth-ever trip to the College • Oregon State players have been named the Pac-10/12’s Most World Series, and fifth since 2005. Valuable Player six times, the Defensive Player of the Year five times, • Oregon State set a Pac-12 record for the most wins ever in confer- the Freshman of the Year three times and the Pitcher of the Year three ence play, going 27-3. That surpassed the 1981 record previously held times. by Arizona State at 26 wins. OSU won the conference by six games, the • Casey has guided Oregon State to the College World Series six largest margin in more than 30 years. times - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2017 and 2018. His clubs have gone • Casey’s squad was ranked as the consensus No. 1 team in the 21-12 (.656). nation for 10 consecutive weeks to end the regular season. Oregon • In the postseason, Oregon State is 64-25 (.719) under Casey. His State began the year ranked in the top 10 and rose to No. 1 by at least 64 wins represent better than 90 percent of the Beavers’ 69 all-time. one publication for 12 straight rankings. OSU is the only team to ever • In 2013, the Beavers set a then school-record with 52 victories. be ranked for 10 straight weeks or more in the 58-year history of the Oregon State won its first of two consecutive Pac-12 titles, setting a Collegiate Baseball rankings. conference record with 24 victories. • He was named the 2017 Pac-12 Coach of the Year and the National • Oregon State followed the 2013 season with a nearly as impres- Coach of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Associa- sive 2014 campaign. The 2014 club won 45 games, and claimed the tion (NCBWA). Pac-12 with a 23-7 record. The 47 conference victories in back-to-back • Casey became the 16th active coach with 1,000 or more wins at seasons are easily a Pac-12 record. four-year schools when he reached the milestone May 12 at Oregon. • Since 2005, the first of a school-record 14 consecutive winning Not only did he reach the milestone that night, but the Beavers won seasons, the Beavers have totaled 605 wins, the best mark in the con- their fifth conference crown since 2005. ference. Oregon State has averaged better than 43 wins per season over that stretch, one of just two teams in the league to lay claim to • Casey is 900-458-6 in his 24 seasons at Oregon State, recording more than 40 a year. a .662 winning percentage. • In conference play, since 2005, the Beavers have won 294 • All-time, as a collegiate head coach, Casey’s teams have gone games, or more than 21 per season. That easily leads the conference 1,071-572-7 (.651). He went 171-114-1 (.600) in seven seasons at Divi- over that stretch. sion III George Fox. • Casey has a winning record against all but two Pac-12 opponents. • Casey’s 900 wins at Oregon State ranks sixth all-time in Pac-12 • He is the winningest coach in Oregon State Athleics history. Casey Conference history. surpassed Jack Riley on May 25, 2012 to earn that distinction. • Since coming to Oregon State prior to the 1995 season, Casey’s • Oregon State has thrown four no-hitters since the 2007 season. teams have advanced to the NCAA postseason 12 times, including a Drew Rasmussen became the first pitcher in conference history to school-record seven straight appearances from 2009-2015. throw a perfect game in a league game on March 21, 2015 versus Wash- • The Beavers became just the fifth program in NCAA history to win ington State. He was the first pitcher from the conference to throw a perfect game against any opponent in more tha 40 years. 2005, 2006 PAC-10 CHAMPIONS • 2013, 2014, 2017 PAC-12 CHAMPIONS • 2006, 2007, 2018 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 4 7 College World Series Appearances | 7 NCAA Super Regional Appearances | 18 NCAA Regional Appearances Twitter.com/BeaverBaseball 2018 OREGON STATE BASEBALL Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball HEAD COACH PAT CASEY • Four years prior, Josh Osich no hit UCLA (April 30, 2011). He was the first pitcher to no The File On Pat Casey hit a fellow conference school in nearly 20 seasons. • In 2017 and 2018, Oregon State saw a school-record 16 players named to the Pac-12 George Fox College YEAR POSITION W-L-T PCT. All-Academic Team. Jack Anderson, KJ Harrison and Jake Thompson were named to the 1988 Head coach 15-14-0 .517 CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 First Team in 2017, followed by Anderson and Cadyn Grenier 1989 Head coach 22-14-0 .611 in 2018. Thompson later went on to become the sixth player in school history to be named 1990 Head coach 24-17-0 .585 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 in Oregon State University 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.