Four Beavers Earn Academic Honors
December 03, 2018 | Men's Soccer
Walker makes Pac-12 Academic First Team
CORVALLIS – Sophomore Joel Walker has been named to the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team, the conference office announced Monday. Joining him in the academic honors are honorable mentions Hassani Dotson, Don Tchilao and Loke Strenov.
Walker, who also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors this season, is a marketing major with a 3.91 GPA. The sophomore made 16 starts and played in 19 matches in 2018, scoring a pair of goals and notching one assist. Walker has played in a total of 37 career matches.
Dotson is a public health major, and earned All-Pac-12 Second Team honors this year. The senior started all 20 matches this season, playing every minute of the campaign for the Beavers. Dotson's lone goal of the year came against UCLA on Oct. 28, as he netted the third tally in Oregon State's 4-3 victory.
Tchilao is a speech communication major who made the All-Pac-12 First Team. The senior led the team in points with 23, on seven goals and nine assists. Tchilao topped the conference in assists, and was tabbed as Pac-12 Player of the Week twice this season.
Strenov is majoring in business administration. The junior made four starts and played in nine matches, while missing the opening weeks of the season due to injury. Strenov recorded one assist on the year, helping set up Alex Cover's game-winning overtime goal vs. California.
As a team, Oregon State finished the season with a record of 11-6-3, and made the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in program history. The Beavers ended the Pac-12 season second in the conference with a mark of 6-3-1, and head coach Terry Boss was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year in his first campaign as the program's skipper.
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Walker, who also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors this season, is a marketing major with a 3.91 GPA. The sophomore made 16 starts and played in 19 matches in 2018, scoring a pair of goals and notching one assist. Walker has played in a total of 37 career matches.
Dotson is a public health major, and earned All-Pac-12 Second Team honors this year. The senior started all 20 matches this season, playing every minute of the campaign for the Beavers. Dotson's lone goal of the year came against UCLA on Oct. 28, as he netted the third tally in Oregon State's 4-3 victory.
Tchilao is a speech communication major who made the All-Pac-12 First Team. The senior led the team in points with 23, on seven goals and nine assists. Tchilao topped the conference in assists, and was tabbed as Pac-12 Player of the Week twice this season.
Strenov is majoring in business administration. The junior made four starts and played in nine matches, while missing the opening weeks of the season due to injury. Strenov recorded one assist on the year, helping set up Alex Cover's game-winning overtime goal vs. California.
As a team, Oregon State finished the season with a record of 11-6-3, and made the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in program history. The Beavers ended the Pac-12 season second in the conference with a mark of 6-3-1, and head coach Terry Boss was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year in his first campaign as the program's skipper.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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