Ray Blume To Enter Pac-12 Hall Of Honor

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Ray Blume, who was an All-American and helped lead the Oregon State men's basketball team to the No. 1 ranking in the nation, will be inducted into the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Hall of Honor.

The induction will occur on Friday, March 10 during a ceremony prior to the semifinals of the 2017 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The inductees will also be recognized on court during Friday night's semifinal session.

Blume will join some of the greatest Beavers to have ever coached and played in the Hall of Honor.

Oregon State Players in Pac-12 Hall of Honor
2002 -- Gary Payton
2003 -- Slats Gill
2004 -- Mel Counts
2005 -- Ed Lewis
2006 -- Ralph Miller
2007 -- Steve Johnson
2008 -- "Red" Rocha
2009 -- Paul Valenti
2010 -- Dave Gambee
2011 -- Charlie White
2012 -- A.C. Green
2013 -- Charlie Sitton
2014 -- Lee Harman
2015 -- Jim Jarvis
2016 -- Jim Anderson

Blume is one of the most recognizable names in Oregon State basketball history. The Portland native was a key individual in the Orange Express' back-to-back Pac-10 championship titles in 1980 and 1981 and was part of the 1981 team that was ranked No. 1 in the country for eight weeks.

He helped Oregon State compile a four-year record of 86-27, averaging 11.6 points during a career that included being named to the Pac-10 All-Conference First Team and All-American honors in 1980 and 1981.

Blume also was invited to the U.S. Olympic Team tryouts following his junior year. The guard ended his career at OSU fifth in the school's record book for points (1,288), fourth for field goals made (535), tied for fourth for field goal percentage (.539), eighth for free throw percentage (.770) and sixth for assists (360).

Following his OSU career, Blume was a second round NBA Draft selection of the Indiana Pacers and would later play for multiple NBA teams and in Europe.

Blume, an OSU communications graduate, was inducted into OSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004.

Other individuals to be inducted this year from Pac-12 schools are: Bob Elliott (Arizona), Tarence Wheeler (Arizona State), Jerome Randle (California), Chauncey Billups (Colorado), Stu Jackson (Oregon), Mike Montgomery (Stanford), David Greenwood (UCLA), Ralph Vaughn (USC), Andre Miller (Utah), Quincy Pondexter (Washington) and Carlos Daniel (Washington State).

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