Robert Zagunis (1993) - Hall of Fame - Oregon State University Athletics

Robert Zagunis

Induction:
1993

Robert Zagunis was Oregon State's first ever national team member as a part of the USA team at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal stroking the four-with-coxswain event. He served as an alternate the year before at the World Rowing Championships in England and at the Pan American Games in Mexico City.

Zagunis led OSU to its first ever title at the National Intercollegiate Rowing Championships when the varsity four set a course record in 1975, which stood for 15 years. Zagunis was the 1974 and '75 Most Valuable Oarsman and the outstanding senior oarsman in '75.

At the time of enshrinement, he was on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for the United States Rowing Association.