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- Junior pitcher Christian Chamberlain was named a third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball for the 2020 season. Despite the campaign being cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chamberlain posted a 2-1 record with a 0.82 ERA, while allowing just six hits all season. He was the stand-out piece on a Beavers baseball squad that was a troubling 5-9 overall on the year.
- In an unforeseen turn of events, recent third-round draft pick of the Atlanta Dream, Mikayla Pivec has decided to sit out the 2020 WNBA season “due to personal reasons”. The Dream, who also had former Oregon star Maite Cazorla come to a similar decision, said they would welcome both players back to the franchise for the 2021 season with “open arms”. Pivec and Carzola’s decisions both come at crucial times, as WNBA teams are finalizing their roster cuts, with many squads letting go of players they haven’t been able to evaluate in person.
- Pacific Takes continues to virtually simulate the 2019 college football season via the use of legendary video game, NCAA Football 14 and in their recreated version of the 2019 campaign, Oregon State is now 6-1 and ranked #24 in the country. The Beavers knocked off California this week 34-13, with help from 128 yards and 3 touchdowns from running back Jermar Jefferson.
- Tres Tinkle, Oregon State’s star forward on the hardwood likely won’t hear his name called in the 2020 NBA Draft this summer, especially if ESPN’s rankings are accurate. The “worldwide leader in sports” listed their Top 100 prospects for this year’s draft class and Tinkle was nowhere to be found, despite being named to the All-Pac-12 first team three years in a row. To no surprise, Georgia guard Anthony Edwards, American-born guard LaMelo Ball and Memphis center James Wiseman are listed as the top-three prospects.
- And finally, while it’s not necessarily directly related to Oregon State athletics, mental health is a prominent subject at the forefront of our society right now and ESPN did a fantastic job profiling the long journey of former Arizona State defensive coordinator Brent Guy and his decades-long battle with bipolar disorder. It’s a really interesting read for any sports (or non-sports) fan for that matter, as Guy details the painful ordeals of his journey and the place he’s arrived at today.