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Two Duck Baseball Players Selected in 2009 MLB Draft
Freshman pitcher Erik Stavert and sophomore Closer Drew Gagnier were selected in the 2009 MLB Draft today. Stavert, who led the Ducks with a 5-6 record and a 3.04 ERA was drafted in the seventh round by the Colorado Rockies with the 211 overall pick. Gagnier went in the fourteenth round to the Oakland A’s [...]
Duck Baseball signs 2009 Recruiting Class
Head coach George Horton and the Ducks unveiled their 2009 class of incoming recruits this past weekend adding a stable full of great pitching and power hitting. However, the upcoming MLB draft is likely to take some the players away. It will be interesting to see who stays and who goes. Early consensus is that [...]
Cost-cutting anywhere and everywhere at UO, Pac-10
It’s not a secret athletic departments are cutting costs anywhere they can. Then it shouldn’t be a surprise to hear Oregon is considering cutting its media guides in print form, opting to keep them online-only.
Nothing has been set in stone, Oregon Director of Media Services Dave Williford said, especially with the Pac-10 annual meetings going [...]
McCrea will not throw at NCAA Outdoor Championships
Oregon javelin thrower Ashley McCrea has told the Emerald that she will not throw at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (June 10-13, Fayetteville, Ark.) because of ligament damage to her plant leg.
McCrea tore her anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament and meniscus during the NCAA West Regionals, when she went down after attempting [...]
NCAA West Regional Live Blog: Day 1
Another meet, another school record goes down, but would you have expected it to me the women’s 100m hurdles record? Brianne Theisen ran 13.56 in the first preliminary heat to break Lexie Miller (Beck)’s 1981 record of 13.67. Theisen, who qualified for tomorrow’s final, only finished fourth in a very fast heat.
Cyrus Hostetler continues to [...]
