Hall of Fame Class for 2006 Announced
A man who won an NCAA cross country title while running barefoot, the coach who led OSU to its only team national championship, and a basketball team that reached No. 1 in the national polls are among the Beaver athletic legends who will be inducted into the OSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.
The hall’s Class of 2006 will include wrestler Jim Baumgardner, men’s cross country/track and field coach Sam Bell, softball player Erin Capps, baseball player Larry Petersen, cross country/track runner Dale Story and the 1980-81 men’s basketball team. They will be inducted the evening of Sept. 22, the night before OSU hosts
Baumgardner lettered from 1981-84, earning All-America honors twice and finishing as the NCAA runner-up at heavyweight in 1984. The
Bell coached the Beavers from 1959-65, and his 1961 cross country team won Oregon State’s only team national championship to date. In track and field, he led
Capps lettered from 1982-85 and was the Beavers’ first All-American in softball in 1983. The catcher from
Petersen, an outfielder from McMinnville, lettered from 1960-62 and earned All-America honors in 1960 when he batted 419. OSU was 71-25 in his three seasons, and he was OSU’s Most Valuable Player in 1962.
Story, who competed from 1959-62, won the 1961 NCAA men’s cross country championship, leading the Beavers to the team title in the process. In that race - run barefoot in 30-degree weather - he beat six future Olympians. The
The 1980-81 men’s basketball team won 26 straight games and was ranked No. 1 in the nation for eight weeks before finishing 26-2.
Tickets for the ceremony, to be held in the Club Level at Reser Stadium, will be announced in the near future.
