2006 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

Oregon State Beavers baseball
2006 Oregon State Beavers baseball
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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
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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

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2 Dallas Buck 9 Cole Gillespie 10 Darwin Barney 11 Mitch Canham 21 Tyler Graham 26 Joe Paterson 33 Michael Stutes 33 Jonah Nickerson (College World Series MOP) 37 Jordan Lennerton 44 Eddie Kunz
Head Coach 5 Pat Casey Associate Head Coach 13 Dan Spencer
Regular season NCAA Tournament College World Series

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