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May 26, 2012 | Baseball
Pat Casey's Accomplishments At Oregon State
In 18 years at Oregon State Pat Casey has ...
- Won 614 victories, good for most in an Oregon State uniform.
- Won two national titles, in 2006 and 2007, piloting the Beavers in consecutive years. Oregon State is just one of five NCAA teams to win back-to-back national titles.
- Won at least 30 games 13 times, including 50 victories in 2006, a program record. Casey has averaged 34 victories a season during his 18-year tenure at Oregon State. He has winning seasons in 16 of his 18 years at Oregon State.
- Earned National Coach Of The Year honors twice, in 2006 and 2007.
- Coached 12 players who have earned All-American honors.
- Seen Oregon State players be drafted a total of 78 times. Of those 78 selections, 32 have been in the first 10 rounds. And three have been first round selections.
- Seen 10 of his former players go on to play in the Major Leagues, including Jacoby Ellsbury who won a World Series title in 2007.
- Helped place eight players on the USA National and Olympic Teams. Kevin Gunderson and Jonah Nickerson played for the National Team in 2005, joined by Darwin Barney in 2006, Kevin Rhoderick in 2008, Matt Boyd in 2011 and this summer, Michael Conforto and Dan Child. Brian Barden became OSU's first baseball Olympian in 2008.
- Won a school-record 33 games in the postseason, posting a .733 winning percentage. He has guided the Beavers to 11 victories at the College World Series in Omaha.
- Helped build and design Goss Stadium, which has become of the finest collegiate baseball facilities on the West Coast.
- Made the Beavers, by virtue of the above accomplishments, a national power in college baseball. Oregon State is a program that contends every season with the finest facilities and the best fans in the nation. He has cultivated a winning attitude that stresses hard work, teamwork, fundamentals, academics and becoming better people with an eye on the future.
