In The Fast Lane Oregon State Women's Basketball Team 1985-86 From left to right seated : Yvette Flippen , Monica Raspberry, Fonda DeCree, Chelle Flamoe, Ayako Kikuchi , Jennifer Young , Cindy Ahr, Carol DeFrancesco, Lisa Channel, Debbie Dalluge. Standing: Laura Amiton , Head Coach Aki Hill, Cynthia Jackson. All Press Guide Photos by Mike Shields Printed by Albany Printing Co., Inc. Table of Contents THE UNIVERSITY Facts About Oregon State .... ... .... .......................... ........... ....... .2 Media Information .. ........ ......... .. .. .... ... ....... ... ...... ...................... 3 Ticket Prices .. ... ........ .. .... ... .. .................... .................................3 Gill Coliseum ........... ............................................ .. ....... ....... ... ..4 Oregon State Facilities ........ ... .... .. ........... ............. .. .... ... ... .... ... .4 COACHES & STAFF HeadCoachAki Hill ......... .. ................... ... ... ........... ......... .... ...... 6 Assistant Coach Alan Lambert ... ..... ............. ........................ .. ..? Assistant Coach Robyn Clark ............... ... .. ... ... ..... .. ..... .. ....... .... ? President of OSU , John V. Byrne ..... .... ......................... ... ...... ... 8 Athletic Director, Lynn Snyder ... .... ...... .. ... ..... ...... ... .......... ... .... 8 Deputy Athletic Director, Dr. Sylvia Moore ... ... ... .......... .. ......... 9 THE SEASON The Season Outlook ..... .. ... .... ...... .......... .... ...... ... ... ... ......... 1 2-1 3 OSU Roster .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .......... .... ... ....... ... ... .. .. ...... .... .... ... .. .... ... 14 Profiles ....... ........... .... ..... ........... .. .. ...... ..... ..... ........ ............ 16-20 THE OPPONENTS Opponents ..... .................................. .. ......... .. ... ... .. .... ... .. .. .. 21-26 Big 0 Classic .......... .. .. ..... .................. .............................. .... ...27 IN REVIEW OSU Statistics ...... ... ....... ....... ........ ...... ... ................ ........ ... ..... 29 NorPac Conference ........... ..... ... ...... ... ....... ..... ........ .. ...... .. .30-33 THE RECORD BOOK Oregon State Records ..... ........... ........ ..... ... .... ... ... .. .... .... .. 35-38 Gill Coliseum Records ..... ... .. ...... .. ..... ...... ... ... ... .. .. ... ... .......... ..39 Series Records .... ... .. .... .. .......... ...... .... .... .... .... .... ....... ... ..... 40-4 1 Year By Year Resu lts .. ..... ... .... .... ........................ .. ........... .42-43 Oregon State History ..... ...... .. ......... ..... .. ..... ...... ..... ... .. ........... .44 The University Facts About Oregon State University LOCATION: Corvallis, Oregon PRESIDENT: Dr_ John V_ Byrne POPULATION: 42,000 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Lynn Snyder ENROLLMENT: 15,000 DEPUTY AD: Dr. Sylvia Moore CONFERENCE: NorPac (women) BASKETBALL COACH: Aki Hill NICKNAME: Beavers SPORTS INFO. DIR.: Hal Cowan COLORS: Orange and Black BASKETBALL SID: Steve Lathrop A new president will lead Oregon State forestry, veterinary medicine, food science, University into its 117th year as one of the education, high technology, pharmacy, leading educational and research centers in gene research, business administration and the United States. home economics. John V. Byrne assumed office in The first graduating class at OSU , in November, 1984, becoming OSU's 14th 1870, consisted of a grand total of three president. persons, two men and one woman . Since Byrne, 57 , is a former vice president at that time, the school has grown to where it Oregon State and most recently Ad­ now confers some 3,000 degrees each ministrator of the National Oceanic and June and enrollment is more than 15,000. Atmospheric Administration . He returns to But the emphasis remains on the individual. OSU, the oldest state supported institution The program offerings are plentiful and of of higher learning in Oregon, with a charter high quality at Oregon State in both day of Oct. 27, 1868. undergraduate and graduate fields. About Oregon State is one of just a handful of one out of every six students at OSU is in universities in the United States which is the Graduate School. Bachelor's degrees both a Land Grant and Sea Grant institution. are offered in some 150 fields; master's in OSU, in addition to its main campus, has 100 fields; and doctorates in 50 fields. research bases at the OSU-Hatfield Marine Oregon State's campus is one of the Science Center in Newport and at a dozen most picturesque in the West, based at the Agricultural Experiment Stations around the foothills of the Coast Range in the fertile state. Willamette Valley. Many of the buildings at National leadership is also provided by OS U are made of red brick, while some of the university in fields other than the newer structures have modern archi­ oceanography and agriculture, including tectural design. 2 SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE Sports Information Director: Hal Cowan Student Assistants: Women's Basketball SID: Steve Lathrop Steve Fenk, Thorn Dumont, Assistant: Mike Corwin Pam Rapkin, Scott Ball Secretary: Denice Robnette The Oregon State sports information office is located on the second floor of Gill Coliseum and includes four full-time staff members. All press releases concerning OSU athletic teams originate from the office and are distributed to media and individuals on the mailing list for various sports or seasons. All press and photographer credentials are handled by the sports information office. Hal Cowan oversees the operation of the office and heads up sports information for OSU football. Mike Corwin's primary responsibilities are men's basketball and baseball. Student assistants help with many of the sports. Steve Lathrop handles women 's basketball, gymnastics, volleyball and softball. He can be reached at home in the evenings at (503) 753-7376. The mailing address for sports information is 209 Gill Coliseum, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331. The telephone number is (503) 754-3720. NEWS MEDIA FOR OREGON STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Pat Lafferty Roy Gault Jeff Wohler Sports Director Sports Editor Sports Editor KLOO Radio Corvallis Gazette-Times The Oregonian P.O. Box 731 600 SW Jefferson 1320 SW Broadway Corvallis, OR 97330 Corvallis, OR 97330 Portland, OR 97201 (503) 753-4493 (503) 753-2641 (503) 221-8166 Doug Blair Graham Kislingbury Bob Baum Sports Director Sports Editor Associated Press KFLY Radio Albany Democrat-Herald 1320 SW Broadway P.O. Box K P 0 Box 130 Portland, OR 97201 Corvallis, OR 97330 Albany, OR 97321 (503) 228-2169 (503) 754-6633 (503) 926-2211 Alan Houston Sports Director Wally Benson United Press International KBVR RadiorTV Sports Editor 1320 SW Broadway Oregon State University Oregon Statesman-Journal Portland, OR 97201 Corvallis, OR 97331 P 0 Box 13009 (503) 226-2644 (503) 754-2008 Salem , OR 97308 (503) 399-6700 OSU Sports Information Sports Editor Gill Coliseum 209 The Daily Barometer John Conrad Oregon State University Oregon State University Sports Editor Corvallis, OR 97331 Corvallis, OR 97331 Eugene Register-Guard (503) 754-3720 (503) 754-2231 P.O. Box 10188 Eugene, OR 97440 (503) 345-1 031 TICKET PRICES SEASON TICKETS BIG 0 CLASSIC, Nov_ 29-30 Adults - $25.00 Oregon State's Gill Coliseum Students - $15.00 Adults - $5.00 per evening Senior Citizens - $15.00 Students - $2 .50 per evening SINGLE GAME Senior Citizens - $2.50 per evening Adults - $4 .00 Tournament Package - $8 .00 for adults Students - $2.00 $4 .00 for students Senior Citizens - $2.00 $4 .00 for senior citizens 3 GILL COLISEUM-Home of OSU Basketball Gill Coliseum, home of the Oregon State Oregon State men 's basketball coach for 36 women 's basketball team, has a new look years and later athletic director. following the 1984-85 season . During the 1976-77 sea son, the OSU Seating capacity for the multi-purpose women 's team first began playing its games arena has been raised to 10,500, but there in Gill on a regular basis. During the first are more aesthetic changes as well. The couple of years, many of those games were outer lobbies have been given a more played as doubleheaders with the men 's modern look with carpeted walls and tiled team and the Beavers will have a pair of floors. Several classrooms and meeting twinbills this season . rooms have been added and the lower part Since 1976, the OSU women have hosted of Gill will consist entirely of theater seats national teams from the Soviet Union, the for more comfortable viewing . Republic of China and the Republic of Gill Coliseum ha s been considered the Korea, as well as club teams from Japan perfect arena for spectators since it was and Australia . The Beavers have also drawn opened in December of 1949. Despite its national champion USC and several other size, covering 1.3 acres, there are no posts powerhouse teams from around the country to obstruct the view within the main arena . to Gill, where OSU coach Aki Hill has com­ And 80 percent of the seats are located to piled a home record of 60-1 0 during the last th e side of the court for better viewing. six years, including an incredible 45-5 mark The coliseum was named after Slats Gill, over the last five seasons. ATHLETIC FACILITIES AT OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY Baseball : Coleman Field (2,000) Softball: Ropes Field Ba sketball : Gill Coliseum (10 ,500) Swimming: Corvallis Aquatic Center Crew: Willamette River Tennis: OSU Courts Cross Country: Avery Park Track : Wayne Valley Field (4,000) Football : Parker Stadium (40 ,593) Volleyball: