This channel is an archive of DYNASTY IN THE WOODS, a podcast series on Oregon State baseball and the 2018 NCAA Championship. Previous episodes on the ”Beaver Tales” channel include ”Where Are They Now?” episodes with former OSU student-athletes.
Episodes
Saturday Nov 28, 2020
Saturday Nov 28, 2020
Darell Garretson played quarterback for OSU in 2016 and 2017 and now works for Signing Day Sports. We chat about Friday's Oregon State victory over Oregon, plus his career at OSU and his life now. Plus, at the end of the episode I share some behind the scenes info about the Pac-12 replay controversy that allowed Oregon to seemingly call four timeouts in the 2nd half.
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Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Here's a list of Oregon State quarterbacks who have beaten the Oregon Ducks since 2007:
Marcus McMaryion
That's it. The whole list. (well, after Friday, add Tristan Gebbia & Chance Nolan! But when we talked Wednesday... just Marcus). Marcus McMaryion helped OSU beat Oregon in 2016 but then transferred to Fresno State (he considered going to Oregon, in fact) and is now in the Canadian Football League.
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Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Jean Rowsell competed in gymnastics AND track & field at OSU. The bulk of our conversation actually covered some difficult personal adversity she's faced in life since then, plus what brought her through it. Check out episode 78 of the podcast and also check out Food for the Hungry at https://www.fh.org/
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Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Pat Casey re-joins the podcast to discuss coaching philosophy, the early years of his time at OSU, and what it meant to win 900 games at OSU & three national titles.
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Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Randy Holmes has been cooking pretty much ever since his football career at OSU ended in 1983. The running back started with a hot dog stand and later was a chef at restaurants like the Peacock and the Gables. Randy now co-owns the Angry Beaver Grill in downtown Corvallis.
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The Beaver Baseball team won the national championship in 2018. I'm working on a podcast series that talks about Pat Casey & that fantastic group of players. Learn more here: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Aaron Magnuson (OSU offensive lineman, 2009-2010) is an online pastor with ONE&ALL Church in San Dimas, California. He had some fascinating things to say about building impactful relationships even without face-to-face interaction, plus lessons he learned at Oregon State he still uses today.
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The Beaver Tales Documentaries is a long-form podcast I'm producing on the 2018 Beaver Baseball team. Learn more here: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Jake Thompson went from being a decent pitcher his first 3 years at Oregon State to a dominant pitcher on OSU's 2017 staff. He was named First-Team All-American, led the nation with 14 wins and his ERA plummeted to 1.96.
Two years after being drafted in the 4th round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox, Jake had Tommy John Surgery and didn't pitch in a live game for 17 months. I talked with Jake on the day before his first post-surgery game.
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Coming soon: a multi-part podcast series detailing the history of OSU baseball, how the program nearly was cut in the 80s, then rose to a national power in the 2000s, plus a re-telling of the 2018 postseason. Learn more about the Beaver Tales Documentary: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Shawna & Traci Feldt overlapped for three years at OSU (1999-01) and now are both head coaches of different softball programs in the Pacific Northwest. Shawna has coached at Lewis & Clark since 2009; Traci at Lower Columbia College since 2011.
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Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Chris Pine was an Oregon State pitcher at the beginning of the Pat Casey era, earning First-Team All-Conference as a freshman in 1996. He was drafted in the 5th round of the 1998 MLB Draft, endured two Tommy John surgeries and still made it to the AAA level during his pro career. He now co-owns The Yard Baseball Academy in Beaverton (https://theyardbba.com/), helping instruct the next generation on the diamond.
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Chris Pine helps offer a perspective on Pat Casey in the 90s, a helpful addition for the documentary I'm producing on the Beaver Baseball team and how it culminated in a special 2018 season. Learn more here and please subscribe to the email list (once a month emails, max): https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Carol Weaver (formerly Carol Wardrop) earned the moniker "Little Carol" by her coach Aki Hill when playing for the Oregon State women's basketball team in the late 1970s. Even at 6'2", she still gave up two inches to All-American teammate Carol Menken. Either way, the two Carols are still friends today. Carol Weaver is now a pilates instructor at OSU and started Body & Soul Companion, based on the idea that spiritual & physical health are inherently connected. Here's her website: https://bodyandsoulcompanion.com/
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Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Taylor Wentworth (formerly Studzinksi) learned a lot of life lessons at OSU during her career as an outside hitter. Even her position was an area of upheaval (she was thrown into the fire as as a setter her senior year in 2006). And through the chaos of post-OSU life -- moving around the country, getting married, having three kids and still holding a high-level position at Target -- she seems to be excelling in her career and family life. She now lives in West Linn with her husband, former OSU men's rower Norman Wentworth, and is a District Senior Director with Target.
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Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Megan Miller (women's soccer, 2009-2012) was an All-American and First-Team All-Conference midfielder at Oregon State. She now lives in Japan with Angus Brandt, a fellow former OSU student-athlete. The two started dating at OSU and have traveled around the world since then, including Lithuania, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, and Wuhan, China. I talked with Megan about following Angus' basketball career all over the world, not to mention her own soccer career overseas, physical training, and her recovery from COVID-19.
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Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Max Gordon was told he would never play baseball again after a 2008 car crash put him in a coma for 10 days. Four months later, he won a state championship at Ashland High School, went on to play centerfield at Oregon State and made the College World Series his senior year in 2013. The story is more complex than that, though, including a bout of depression and a non-linear recovery.
Max also tells a tremendous story about how a duck carcass was involved in the 2013 series versus Oregon. Listen & find out why Max Gordon was, by his own admission, "the grossest human being in college baseball... by a lot."
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The Beaver Tales Documentaries tells the story of the 2018 OSU baseball national championship; whether you were in Omaha like Max Gordon, watched on TV or didn't even care who won, you'll still enjoy the podcast series. Find out more: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
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Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Laura-Ann Chong (Gymnastics, 2007-2010) was the 2010 Pac-10 Champion on balance beam, an All-American on bars & beam, and a 2004 Olympic reserve for Canada. After college, the Coquitlam, BC native became an acrobat with Cirque Du Soliel and has traveled to 38 countries. She also became passionate about mental health, helping start Project Lumiére, which you can find here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/892025527957776
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Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Brett Casey played OSU baseball for his father, Pat Casey, lettering from 2007-2009, and also played Oregon State basketball in the 2005-2006 season. He's got an inside look at Pat Casey's development as a coach, plus a hilarious story about being in Omaha in 2018 and walking away from TD Ameritrade Park during the College World Series.
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Saturday Oct 10, 2020
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
BONUS EPISODE: Collin Henderson wasn't an Oregon State student-athlete, so consider this a bonus episode, but I initially connected with Collin because of his work with former OSU baseball player Kyle Nobach.
Collin Henderson played two sports (baseball & football) at Washington State. He now is an industry leader in mental conditioning, regularly contributing to Russell Wilson's company Limitless Minds, as well as providing trainings used by Nike, Microsoft, Alaska Airlines, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Oregon State University, and more.
Check out Collin's website & learn more about the resources he offers: https://www.thecollinhenderson.com/
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Joy Peterson (formerly Joy Selig) had so many accolades at Oregon State (three national championships, seven All-American selections, the 1991 American Award as the nation's top gymnast) that a statue was made in her honor on campus at OSU. We had a fun conversation about her time in Corvallis, her personal growth during that time, plus funny stories like a post-college gymnastics gig in a German circus!
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The Beaver Tales Documentaries are coming soon! Learn more about the 2018 Beaver Baseball team & hear a podcast documentary made about that season here: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Jack Riley spent 22 years (1973-1994) as the baseball head coach before passing off the reigns to Pat Casey and watching the program he kept alive end up winning three NCAA Championships. I talked with the OSU Athletics Hall of Fame inductee about seeing his baseball program get cut twice (then stay alive), inspiration from fellow OSU coaching legend Ralph Miller, and some parallels between him and Pat Casey.
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Check out today's featured charity, Food for the Hungry: https://www.fh.org/
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Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Pam Arey's roots run deep in Oregon State history. Her father, Jack Riley, is an OSU Hall of Fame inductee and a 22-year head coach of the baseball program. Pam played tennis for the Beavers in the 1980s, married an OSU golfer (Sean Arey) and it's fair to say if it wasn't for the Riley family, OSU athletics would have looked a lot different over the past few decades, at least in baseball. To hear why, take a listen both to today's episode with Pam as well as Monday's episode featuring her father Jack!
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Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Ben Wetzler (OSU baseball, 2011-2014) is six years into a professional career and the 29-year-old says he's in the best shape of his life right now. His velocity is higher than it's ever been, he's mentally sharp... so what's happening? And how similar is it to his transformation at OSU?
Ben had a "soft mindset" (his words) as a freshman, but by the end of his career was a First-Team All-American and broke the school's ERA record at 0.78. I talked with Ben about how Pat Casey & Nate Yeskie challenged him, how a counselor helped rework his mental outlook, and how OSU teammate Logan Ice is retooling Ben's game through GOATA. That's all on episode 61!
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Ben has some great stories about Pat Casey and even what the 2018 team meant to him - to hear the full story on what made that team so special, you'll want to hear the Beaver Tales Documentaries. Learn more here: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Jonnie Motomochi is an expert golfer, coach, caddy, club thrower, interviewer... okay, he MAY disagree with part of that list, but we talk about his experience in each of these areas and how golf has taken him all over the world. The former OSU golfer (2008-2012) and OSU coach (2013-2017) is now a pro golf coach in British Columbia and has caddied in Scotland, Argentina, Japan, Canada, and more. Best of all, he's really funny.
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Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Matt Bersano set the OSU record with 101 saves as OSU's goalkeeper in 2013. After a standout three-year career at OSU, he transferred to Penn State, then moved on to a pro career and currently plays for the MLS's San Jose Earthquakes. During this episode we talk about his one MLS appearance vs Manchester United (?!), what a pro soccer contract looks like, and a lot more.
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Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Jay Locey played for a lot of well-known coaches in his career: Dee Andros, Craig Fertig, Bud Riley (Mike's father), Rich Brooks, and Chuck Solberg among them. After he capped his football career with a first-team All-Pac-8 selection in 1976, Jay himself became a coach, helping win three national championships while on the staff at Linfield. Locey came back to Oregon State from 2006-2014 to assist his childhood friend Mike Riley. Since 2014, Locey has been the head coach at Lewis & Clark College in Portland.
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Food for the Hungry, today's featured nonprofit, is online at https://www.fh.org/
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Re-live the 2018 national champion Beaver Baseball season! I'm producing a documentary on that team; learn more here: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Angus Brandt played five years at OSU (2009-2014, the final five years of the Craig Robinson era) and has since played professionally in Australia, New Zealand, Lithuania, Italy, plus a stint last year in Wuhan, China. I talked with the Sydney, Australia native about what he's learned both in basketball and beyond, and how his long-term relationship with fellow OSU student-athlete Megan Miller has helped keep him grounded.
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Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Although Logan Ice had a tremendous career at OSU -- First-Team All-Conference, 2016 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, 2nd Round MLB Draft Pick -- we talk more about his post-baseball career. Soon after he retired from baseball in January 2020, Logan learned about GOATA. Eight months later, Logan became GOATA certified. So what is GOATA, and why does Logan think it can revolutionize how we think about injury prevention & body movements? Take a listen and find out!
Find Logan on Instagram @LoganIce03 or Twitter @LoganIce33
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Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Leslie Beverly (formerly Leslie Mak) was the Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year in 2011 and the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year in 2012. She won four conference titles, including all-around in 2011, even though Leslie had not competed in all-around the previous two years. I had a blast talking with Leslie about her crazy elbow injury that led to some creative choreography (a hands-free beam routine??) plus her life after college in Ann Arbor.
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Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Though he's not a former Oregon State student-athlete, Bob Welch joins the Beaver Tales Podcast to talk about the book he wrote about a former OSU student-athlete. "The Wizard of Foz" details the story of legendary high jumper Dick Fosbury - 1968 Gold Medalist, inventor of the Fosbury Flop, and Oregon State alumnus.
Bob Welch is an award-winning columnist and author, a Corvallis native and (shh, don't tell anyone) a graduate of the University of Oregon. The late great OSU fullback Bill Enyart called Bob "The Only Compassionate Duck," and he was compassionate enough to join the Beaver Tales Podcast to talk about OSU legend Dick Fosbury.
To purchase "The Wizard of Foz" check out http://bobwelch.net/
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Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Malcolm Agnew had one of the most intriguing, unusual football careers of any OSU player. In his college debut he ran for 223 yards and 3 touchdowns... in a loss to Sacramento State. He then totaled just 200 yards the entire rest of the season, was a backup the next year and then transferred to Southern Illinois. His career ended suddenly and unexpectedly a couple years later, which forced Malcolm to wrestle with who he was once football was taken away.
Malcolm is an affable guy with engaging stories about meeting his wife Amanda, the antics of Brandin Cooks, and how he handled his ups and downs in college football.
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Re-live sensational moments of Oregon State sports and hear from the people that made them special by checking out the Beaver Tales Documentaries! Better yet, it's free! To subscribe, click this link: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
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Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
With a pro basketball career spanning 7 countries and the 2012 London Olympic Games, plus a standout career at Oregon State, Kim West (known as Kim Butler at OSU) has been around the proverbial basketball block. What she learned along the way had to do with a lot more than basketball, though, especially with her passion for coaching and mental health.
Kim now lives in her hometown (Tacoma, Washington), coaches the girl's basketball team at her alma mater (Bellarmine Prep), and is earning a Master's Degree in Counseling from Northwestern University.
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Check out the Beaver Tales Documentary Series, a project I'm producing on the 2018 Beaver Baseball team. Learn more here: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
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To learn more about today's nonprofit, Food for the Hungry, please visit https://www.fh.org/
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Kevin Abel is the first current Oregon State athlete I've had on this podcast, but he's worth the exception: the freshman set a College World Series record with four wins in Omaha, finishing with a complete game shutout in Game 3 of the 2018 Finals to help the Beavers win the National Title.
As part of the documentary project I'm producing on that 2018 team, we talked through memories of that postseason as well as how Kevin transformed mentally to go from being "lost" as a baseball player to dominating on the biggest stage -- all within a couple months.
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Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Steve Johnson had his jersey retired at Oregon State for good reason: he was the 1981 Pac-10 Player of the Year and the conference's leading scorer, he broke the NCAA record for field goal percentage, and was selected 7th overall in the 1981 NBA Draft.
We reminisce about his path to OSU and why he only played one year of high school basketball, his time in Oregon playing for the Beavers and later the Blazers. Steve is now the Editor In Chief of Yachting Lifestyle 365: check out their website at https://www.yachtinglifestyle365.com/
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The Beaver Tales Documentary Series comes out later this year! To learn more about this in-depth project on the 2018 NCAA Champion baseball team, take a look at this website: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
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Convoy of Hope is today's featured nonprofit and can be found at https://www.convoyofhope.org/
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Charlie Sitton was one of the most highly prized recruits in Oregon State basketball history coming out of McMinnville High School, and he followed through on the expectations. A two-time All-American and skilled 6'8" forward, Charlie remains eighth in points scored in OSU history. The Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and OSU Athletics Hall of Fame inductee played in the NBA and in Europe and now owns the Century Hotel in Tualatin.
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For more on the Beaver Tales Documentaries, check out an upcoming project covering the 2018 Beaver Baseball Team: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
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Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
John Radetich joined the Beaver Tales Podcast back in June to talk about setting the indoor high jump world record in 1973, jumping 7 feet, 4.75 inches. This time on the podcast, we talk about his second world record: in 1976, he cleared 7 feet, 6 inches with ease.
Maybe the best part of the conversation was about how long it took for his world record to be broken (spoiler alert, it was pretty soon after). He's also got some great memories with his Oregon State teammate and fellow high jump legend, Dick Fosbury.
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Interested in listening to the Beaver Tales Documentaries? They will be just as accessible as the Beaver Tales Podcast, but even more in-depth content. Learn more here: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
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Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Gabe Ovgard had a "storybook" season in 2015. A walk-on wide receiver from Klamath Falls, Ovgard switched to safety and started two games, recording an interception and later earning a scholarship. A few months later, his athletic career came to an end after his (estimated) 11th concussion.
Gabe has gone through ups and downs since then, struggling with the transition away from sports at first. Today, though, I can tell how much he's matured and learned from that process.
Gabe, 24, works full-time for Nike and will share his one-year anniversary in September with his wife, Rylee.
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The Beaver Tales Documentary Series comes out in a few months! Season one of these podcast documentaries tells the story of the Beaver Baseball team in 2018. Subscribe so you can be the first to listen here: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
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For more on a great charity, Kingdom Home, check out https://kingdomhome.org/
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Susan Crist now works as the Assistant Director of Employer Relations for the Oregon State College of Business. She knows what it takes to be set up for success, manage expectations and prepare for the next stage in a professional career. She also has fun memories of playing golf for the Beavers in the 1980s, from motor home transportation to calling in favors to the student newspaper after a particular meet.
Check out all those stories as I chat with the very first golfer on the podcast!
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The Beaver Tales Documentaries are coming later this year and they'll be some of the best OSU-related content you can find! Learn more and maybe get some perks by subscribing at this link: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
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To check out Convoy of Hope, today's featured nonprofit, click here: https://www.convoyofhope.org/
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
When Oregon State baseball won its first ever national championship, Tyler Graham caught the ball that sealed the 3-2 win over North Carolina in 2006. That was the 151st and final game Tyler Graham played in for OSU; the senior from Great Falls, Montana went on to a pro career and even a brief stint in the major leagues.
Tyler has since gotten into coaching and was the Director of Player Development in 2018 when Oregon State won its third national championship. He's since been hired by the Texas Rangers to be an assistant coach for their minor league affiliate, the Nashville Sounds, with manager Darwin Barney.
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Speaking of 2018 Beaver Baseball, were YOU aware of the documentary coming out soon on that championship squad? In fact, Tyler Graham is the 22nd interview I've conducted for this documentary. After you listen to this conversation, learn more here: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
With 23 seasons coaching gymnastics at Oregon State, Michael Chaplin and I had plenty to talk about: how he's grown as a coach, what he's seen usually leads to athletes being successful after college, and how he transitioned away from his own gymnastics career.
Michael was a Pac-10 champion, a national champion and a two-time All-American at UCLA. Michael and his wife Tanya (a six-time All-American at UCLA) have been coaching in Corvallis since 1998. Tanya is OSU's head coach and Michael serves as associate head coach.
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Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Not only was Mary Jacobsen a four-time scholastic All-American (as a computer science major, no less) she earned second-team All-American status on the final vault of her career in the 2019 NCAA Championships. She now works for Google back in her home state of Washington.
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Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Brent Brennan spent six seasons as a wide receivers coach at OSU (2011-2016) before earning his first head coaching gig at San Jose State. After improving from 1-11 in 2018 to a 5-7 record in 2019, Brennan earned a three-year contract extension.
Brent and I chatted about what it's like to be a head coach in a year like 2020 and what message he's sending to his players during the COVID crisis and the Black Lives Matter movement. Plus, we talk about the "thousands" of coaching connections he's made, including his friendship with former OSU head coach Gary Andersen.
Brent Brennan is one of the nicest guys I've gotten to speak with and I hope you enjoy this episode- if you share it with a friend, you might join the "nicest person" category too!
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The Beaver Tales Documentary Series has a website! One of the future seasons will have an episode on a certain game Brent Brennan coached in, so make sure to check out this website and leave your email here: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
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Find Kingdom Home at https://kingdomhome.org/
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Mark Barnard spent 2005-2015 as an Oregon State assistant volleyball coach and the last four seasons as the head coach. The first topic we touch on is how different the collegiate sports system is in America compared to his home country of Australia, and Mark also shares his thoughts on the sustainability of the college sports model and how the coronavirus will alter it long-term.
I also loved hearing about his passion for coaching and his multifaceted interests away from volleyball. A "jack of all trades," you might be as likely to catch Mark reading a book about a Mexican fisherman as you would see him coaching volleyball (and yes, we talk about both those things).
Help spread the word about the Beaver Tales Podcast! If you message me (worden.josh@gmail.com or on Twitter @BrightTies) saying you told a friend about the podcast, I'll give you a shout out by name on a future episode!
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If you heard me talk about Food for the Hungry and would like to check out their charitable work, visit them at https://www.fh.org/.
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Another project that benefits nonprofits and should excite all Beaver fans: the Beaver Tales documentaries! Season One comes out later this year and will be as accessible as these podcasts. It would mean a lot if you subscribed at this link so you know when it's coming out and maybe get some perks that you wouldn't get otherwise! https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Brittany Harris made the NCAA Championships three times at OSU, twice with the Oregon State gymnastics team (2011, 2012) and once as an individual competitor in the all-around (2013). The Tulsa, Oklahoma native quickly went from gymnast to coach, including a stint at Oregon State and now at D-II Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. Brittany is an assistant for Jen Llewellyn (née Kesler) who also competed at OSU.
It was a fun morning chatting with Jen (who was on episode 39) and about 20 minutes later with Brittany, who has some fun and eye-opening stories about her gymnastics career and what she learned about herself in her growth as a coach.
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If you like these podcasts, the Beaver Tales Documentaries are tailored for you: re-telling some of the best moments in Oregon State sports history with exclusive interviews with the athletes themselves, learn more and sign up for early access info at https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
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Convoy of Hope is this episode's featured nonprofit. Online at https://www.convoyofhope.org/
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Jen Llewellyn (formerly Jen Kesler) was a three-time All-American at OSU and placed second in the nation on the uneven bars in the 2011 NCAA Championships. A five-time national champion in her pre-OSU career as a Level 10 gymnast, Llewellyn has added three more national championships to her resume as a coach. In 2013, she headed to Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri to be a graduate assistant, but shortly after she became the head coach in remarkably chaotic (but ultimately successful) fashion. Just in the last six seasons, the program was won three USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championships and finished atop their conference standings each year.
I had a fantastic time recapping Jen's career and hearing her story of meeting her husband, Cody Llewellyn. Similar to how OSU head coach Tanya Chaplin is married to her assistant Michael Chaplin, Jen's husband Cody assists her at Lindenwood. Jen lives in St. Charles with Cody and her newborn child.
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The Beaver Tales Documentary Series has a website! Learn more about some amazing OSU-related content I'm producing and please sign up to get email updates here: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
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Check out https://kingdomhome.org/ and donate to a marvelous nonprofit run by former OSU baseball pitcher Matt Boyd.
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Casey Bunn-Wilson excelled on the basketball court at every level: the native of Stayton, Oregon was her conference's Player of the Year three times while also starring in three other sports besides basketball. At Oregon State, she led the conference in scoring in 2007, dropping 20 points per game on Pac-10 opponents. And after college, she earned all-league honors on the Portuguese All-Star team during a pro career that took her to Spain, Ireland, Portugal, Australia and Greece.
Now, she's trying to helps others excel on the court and off it. Since 2015, Casey Bunn-Wilson has been the head women's basketball coach at Linfield University in McMinnville. I really enjoyed hearing about what Casey has learned as a coach and how different it is to examine the sport of basketball, or life, as the one teaching it rather than as the student.
I hope you find this episode entertaining and edifying -- and if you do, feel free to share it with a friend and rate it wherever you're listening!
Also check out Children's Garden at childrensgarden.ph to see how you can help this great organization continue helping kids in the Philippines to gain education and a place to live.
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Will Seymore is a midfielder for the Sligo Rovers, a team in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. A three-time all-conference player for OSU, Will finished his college career in 2014. His final victory in an OSU uniform was the program's first ever win in the NCAA Tournament. Will was drafted in the 3rd round of the MLS SuperDraft by FC Dallas and has played all over: Eugene, Reno, Cincinatti, Vancouver BC, and now in Ireland.
We talk about his crazy pro soccer career so far, what it's like to be loaned from one club to another, and his childhood split between the UK and the USA.
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Check out a great non profit: Food for the Hungry --> https://www.fh.org/
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Please consider sharing this podcast with a friend! If you can't think of anyone in particular, just send it to everyone in your contacts (that tends to do the trick). Plus, sign up for updates on the Beaver Tales Documentaries here: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Gerald Gregory became the best volleyball player in America in the late 1970s, captaining the USA National Team after finishing a tremendous career at UC Santa Barbara. He ended up coaching women's volleyball both at Oregon State and the University of Oregon in the 1980s (finishing with a better record with the Beavers, I might add) and after a career in coaching and teaching, Gerald retired in Pinomo, California.
Gerald and I sat across his dining room table in Pinomo to rehash his playing career, why the NCAA declared him ineligible in 1975 to effectively end his college career, and the meaningful moments throughout his coaching tenure.
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Children's Garden is today's nonprofit, benefitting adolescents in need in the Philippines. You can support their cause at childrensgarden.ph
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Please share this podcast with at least 30 of your closest friends! If need be, 25 is enough. Or just 1. No matter what, thank you so much for listening!
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
When Dick Fosbury won the 1968 Olympic Gold Medal in the High Jump, he did it using his innovative method: the Fosbury Flop. His new technique revolutionized how jumpers have summited the bar ever since. Fosbury's teammate at Oregon State, John Radetich, became the first person to set a world record using the Fosbury Flop. Radetich jumped 7 feet, 4.75 inches in 1973 to break the Indoor World Record, and three years later set another record, jumping 7 feet, 6 inches.
Radetich went on to work for 29 years at the Albany Boys & Girls Club and coached various track & field teams as well. He may call his athletic prowess "just jumping over a stick," but we talk about what he learned from his athletic career and how everything would have been different had he not come to Oregon State.
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My friend and former OSU wrestler Christian Robertson helped me set up this podcast. He has one of his own as well, called "It's All About Who You Know." Check it out on Apple here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-all-about-who-you-know/id1463724633
Friday Jun 26, 2020
Friday Jun 26, 2020
Daniel Gomis first came to America as a junior in high school. He spoke 3 languages, but English wasn't one of them. He attended a school in Idaho with only one other African-American student.
The 6-foot-10 native of Senegal became one of the top 100 basketball recruits in the nation and signed at Oregon State, spending 5 years at OSU that included a lot of low points (two missed seasons due to a broken leg, plus several other injuries) and high points (finishing in the top 10 in program history in blocked shots, and playing in the program's first NCAA Tournament game in 26 years).
I really enjoyed talking with Daniel about how he's finding his life purpose, his job in Portland at a French-American school, and about racial unity wherever he's traveled to: America, Senegal, New Zealand and more.
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This episode's featured nonprofit is Convoy of Hope, which does fantastic work in disaster relief and more: https://convoyofhope.org
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Sammy Harrison holds three school records at Oregon State and is the 9th and final All-American in program history. The OSU swimming program was dropped in 2019, so her school records seem to be set in stone. Even if the program was still going, they may have lasted a long time: in the 1,000 freestyle, for example, her time is 21 seconds faster than the previous record, and in the 1,650 freestyle she broke the previous mark by 33 seconds.
Sammy now lives with her husband in Stuttgart, Germany and we had a fun conversation about her collegiate highlights, how she's filling the void where swimming used to be, and protests going on in Europe.
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The nonprofit I'm featuring on this episode is The Bail Project. Their National Revolving Bail Fund provides free bail assistance to low-income individuals. Learn more at https://bailproject.org/
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Dylan Pearce was playing at Southwestern Oregon Community College in 2017 without any recruiting interest from Oregon State. After sending a cell phone video of himself pitching to the OSU staff, Pearce was offered a walk-on spot. He would pitch in 47 games for the Beavers including two appearances in the College World Series on OSU's 2018 National Championship team. Pearce now plays professionally in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.
Enjoy his story of coming to OSU and his unique perspective on what was going on behind the scenes in the OSU bullpen during game 3 of the College World Series Finals!
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If you can check out the charity run by Matt Boyd, a former OSU baseball player, I would greatly value your time: kingdomhome.org
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Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Arica Nassar has had quite the athletic career, balancing basketball & volleyball for a year at OSU before sticking with volleyball and playing in every match from 2011-2014. She concluded her collegiate career with the volleyball program's most successful season in history as the team won its first two NCAA Tournament matches ever. After a pro volleyball career in Europe, Arica got into coaching and recently got a promotion on the OSU staff as the new assistant coach.
I talked with Arica about her volleyball career, transitioning into coaching, and her family backstory of her father moving from Accra, Ghana to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. But, one of the first things we talked about her experience of living in places like Oregon, Finland, and Sweden -- places where, as she put it, more people look like me than like her. It was poignant to hear her perspective and why she decided to come back to Corvallis at least somewhat long-term.
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If you enjoy this podcast, I'd love for you to learn about some amazing nonprofits that deserve a lot of help and recognition. One of those is Convoy of Hope, which provides resources and empowerment to people all across this country & abroad. They are online at: