2006 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

2006 Oregon State Beavers baseball
College World Series Champions Pac-10 Conference Champions
Conference	Pac-10 Conference
2006 record	50-16 (16–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Pat Casey (12th year)
Assistant coach	Marty Lees (3rd year)
Pitching coach	Dan Spencer (10th year)
Home stadium	Goss Stadium

The 2006 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represented Oregon State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Beavers played their home games at Goss Stadium. The team was coached by Pat Casey in his 12th season at Oregon State.

The Beavers won the College World Series, defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels in the championship series.

Roster

2006 Oregon State Beavers roster
	Pitchers 2 Dallas Buck - Junior 4 Greg Keim - Junior 6 Kevin Gunderson - Junior 17 Anton Maxwell - Junior 18 Mark Grbavac - Freshman 24 Brian Budrow - Freshman 26 Joe Paterson - Sophomore 27 Rob Summers - Freshman 28 Daniel Turpen - Sophomore 33 Michael Stutes - Freshman 34 Jonah Nickerson - Junior 36 Jon Koller - Senior 44 Eddie Kunz - Sophomore		Infielders 3 Chris Kunda - Junior 10 Darwin Barney - Sophomore 14 Ryan Gipson - Senior 15 Lonnie Lechelt - Sophomore 29 Shea McFeely - Freshman 38 Bill Rowe - Senior Catchers 1 Casey Priseman - Sophomore 11 Mitch Canham - Junior 12 Erik Ammon - Sophomore		Outfielders 8 Mike Lissman - Junior 9 Cole Gillespie - Senior 16 Cory Ellis - Freshman 20 Greg Laybourn - Sophomore 21 Tyler Graham - Junior 22 Koa Kahalehoe - Freshman 23 Scott Santschi - Junior 35 John Wallace - Freshman 37 Geoff Wagner - Senior

Schedule

2006 Oregon State Beavers Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Oregon State Decision Attendance Overall Record Pac-10 Record February 10 vs. Nevada Surprise Stadium 12-4 Buck (W; 1-0) 531 1-0 – February 11 vs. Arizona State Surprise Stadium 11-0 Nickerson (W; 1-0) 2,257 2-0 – February 12 vs. Gonzaga Surprise Stadium 5-6 Gunderson (L; 0-1) 578 2-1 – February 17 at Pepperdine Eddy D. Field Stadium 7-6 Gunderson (W; 1-1) 219 3-1 – February 18 at Pepperdine Eddy D. Field Stadium 2-6 Nickerson (L; 1-1) 324 3-2 – February 19 at Pepperdine Eddy D. Field Stadium 1-7 Maxwell (L; 0-1) 291 3-3 – February 23 vs. BYU Dobbins Baseball Complex 12-2 Buck (W; 2-0) 206 4-3 – February 24 at California-Davis Dobbins Baseball Complex 1-2 Nickerson (L; 1-2) 305 4-4 – February 25 at Sacramento State John Smith Field 8-3 Kunz (W; 1-0) 305 5-4 – February 26 vs. Saint Mary's Dobbins Baseball Complex 7-5 Stutes (W; 1-0) 134 6-4 –
March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Oregon State Decision Attendance Overall Record Pac-10 Record March 3 Nevada Goss Stadium 13-4 Buck (W; 3-0) 1,387 7-4 – March 4 Nevada Goss Stadium 4-0 Nickerson (W; 2-2) 2,042 8-4 – March 5 Nevada Goss Stadium 9-1 Maxwell (W; 1-1) 1,136 9-4 – March 7 Portland Goss Stadium 3-1 Stutes (W; 2-0) 781 10–4 – March 10 at New Mexico Isotopes Park 10-4 Buck (W; 4-0) 709 11–4 – March 11 at New Mexico Isotopes Park 2-13 Maxwell (L; 1-2) 1,748 11–5 – March 17 at Southern California Dedeaux Field 4-1 Buck (W; 5-0) 210 12–5 1–0 March 18 at Southern California Dedeaux Field 3-11 Stutes (L; 2-1) 296 12–6 1–1 March 19 at Southern California Dedeaux Field 1-4 Nickerson (L; 2-3) 398 12–7 1–2 March 24 Utah Valley State Goss Stadium 7-5 Buck (W; 6-0) 312 13–7 – March 25 Utah Valley State Goss Stadium 9-4 Nickerson (W; 3-3) 365 14–7 – March 26 Utah Valley State Goss Stadium 13-6 Maxwell (W; 2-2) 1,011 15–7 – March 28 at Pacific Klein Family Field 6-4 Paterson (W; 1-0) 212 16–7 – March 29 at San Francisco Klein Family Field 2-8 Stutes (L; 2-2) 102 16–8 – March 31 Texas-Pan American Goss Stadium 5-4 Kunz (W; 2-0) 478 17–8 –
April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Oregon State Decision Attendance Overall Record Pac-10 Record April 1 Texas-Pan American Goss Stadium 9-1 Nickerson (W; 4-3) 666 18–8 – April 1 Texas-Pan American Goss Stadium 14-1 Maxwell (W; 3-2) 666 19–8 – April 7 Arizona Goss Stadium 10-5 Grbavac (W; 1-0) 1,633 20–8 2–2 April 8 Arizona Goss Stadium 10-2 Nickerson (W; 5-3) 1,907 21–8 3–2 April 9 Arizona Goss Stadium 1-8 Maxwell (L; 1-8) 1,558 21–9 3–3 April 11 at Portland Joe Etzel Field 14-9 Turpen (W; 1-0) 644 22–9 – April 13 Stanford Goss Stadium 3-0 Stutes (W; 3-2) l,346 23–9 4–3 April 14 Stanford Goss Stadium 1-0 Buck (W; 7-0) 972 24–9 5–3 April 16 Stanford Goss Stadium 12-1 Nickerson (W; 6-3) 613 25–9 6–3 April 21 at California Evans Diamond 5-2 Buck (W; 8-0) 558 26–9 7–3 April 22 at California Evans Diamond 5-2 Nickerson (W; 7-3) 1,025 27–9 8–3 April 23 at California Evans Diamond 9-7 Kunz (W; 3-0) 773 28–9 9–3 April 24 Portland Goss Stadium 13-20 Kunz (L; 3-1) 1,066 28–10 – April 27 Cal Poly Goss Stadium 3-0 Buck (W; 9-0) 1,585 29–10 – April 28 New Mexico Goss Stadium 16-1 Stutes (W; 4-2) 1,910 30–10 – April 29 Cal Poly Goss Stadium 8-4 Nickerson (W; 8-3) 2,156 31–10 – April 30 New Mexico Goss Stadium 8-2 Turpen (W; 2-0) 1,869 32–10 –
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Oregon State Decision Attendance Overall Record Pac-10 Record May 5 Washington Goss Stadium 4-6 Buck (L; 9-1) 2,362 32–11 9–4 May 6 Washington Goss Stadium 5-3 Kunz (W; 4-1) 2,327 33–11 10–4 May 7 Washington Goss Stadium 7-1 Stutes (W; 5-2) 881 34–11 11–4 May 12 at Arizona State Packard Stadium 3-10 Buck (L; 9-2) 2,813 34–12 11–5 May 13 at Arizona State Packard Stadium 3-6 Gunderson (L; 1-2) 3,035 34–13 11–6 May 14 at Arizona State Packard Stadium 9-8 Stutes (W; 6-2) 2,544 35–13 12–6 May 19 at Washington State Bailey–Brayton Field 16-1 Buck (W; 10-2) 742 36–13 13–6 May 20 at Washington State Bailey–Brayton Field 10-2 Nickerson (W; 9-3) 759 37–13 14–6 May 21 at Washington State Bailey–Brayton Field 13-3 Stutes (W; 6-2) 829 38–13 15–6 May 26 UCLA Goss Stadium 9-2 Buck (W; 11-2) 2,132 39–13 16–6 May 28 UCLA Goss Stadium 1-3 Nickerson (L; 9-4) 2,086 39–14 16–7
Post-Season
NCAA Tournament: Corvallis Regional Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Oregon State Decision Attendance Overall Record June 2 vs. Wright State Goss Stadium 5-3 Kunz (W; 5-1) 2,587 40–14 June 3 vs. Kansas Goss Stadium 11-3 Nickerson (W; 10-4) 2,967 41–14 June 4 vs. Hawaii Goss Stadium 12-3 Stutes (W; 7-2) 2,783 42–14
NCAA Tournament: Corvallis Super Regional Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Oregon State Decision Attendance Overall Record June 10 vs. Stanford Goss Stadium 4-3 Buck (W; 12-2) 3,173 43–14 June 11 vs. Stanford Goss Stadium 15-0 Nickerson (W; 11-4) 3,194 44–14
NCAA Tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Oregon State Decision Attendance Overall Record June 18 vs. Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 1–11 Buck (L; 12-3) 25,417 44–15 June 19 vs. Georgia Rosenblatt Stadium 5–3 Nickerson (W; 12-4) 17,135 45–15 June 20 vs. Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 8–1 Stutes (W; 8-2) 26,241 46–15 June 21 vs. Rice Rosenblatt Stadium 5–0 Turpen (W; 3-0) 30,335 47–15 June 22 vs. Rice Rosenblatt Stadium 2–0 Nickerson (W; 13-4) 19,161 48–15 June 24 vs. North Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium 3–4 Paterson (L; 1-1) 26,808 48–16 June 25 vs. North Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium 11–7 Gunderson (W; 3-2) 25,046 49–16 June 26 vs. North Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium 3–2 Buck (W; 13-3) 18,565 50–16

Awards and honors

Darwin Barney

• All Pac-10^[1]

Dallas Buck

• All America Second Team^[2]
• All Pac-10^[1]

Kevin Gunderson

• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
• All America Second Team^[2]
• All Pac-10^[1]

Cole Gillespie

• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
• All America First Team^[2]
• All Pac-10^[1]

Shea McFeely

• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Jonah Nickerson

• College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[3]
• All America Second Team^[2]
• All Pac-10^[1]

Bill Rowe

• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Beavers in the 2006 MLB Draft

The following members of the Oregon State Beavers baseball program were drafted in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Dallas Buck	RHP	3rd	86th	Arizona Diamondbacks
Cole Gillespie	OF	3rd	92nd	Milwaukee Brewers
Kevin Gunderson	LHP	5th	160th	Atlanta Braves
Jonah Nickerson	RHP	7th	202nd	Detroit Tigers
Tyler Graham	OF	19th	566th	San Francisco Giants
Chris Kunda	2B	19th	584th	New York Yankees
Shea McFeely	3B	28th	837th	Arizona Diamondbacks
Mitch Canham	C	41st	1246th	San Diego Padres
Jon Koller	RHP	48th	1435th	New York Mets

References

1. "Pac-10 Baseball Honors" (PDF). Pac-12.org. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
2. "Gillespie, Buck, Nickerson, Gunderson Earn All-America". OSUBeavers.com. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
3. "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
4. "2006 Oregon State University". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved 21 June 2012.