Last Season:
A very disappointing season, 10-21 and 4-14 in Pac 12 play.
The Coaches:
Scott Rueck returns for his 4th season as Head Coach. Scott was Coach of the Year in the Pac 12 two years ago with a 20 win season and 5th in the league.
Mark Campbell returns for his 4th season and he is the Associate Head Coach.
Eric Ely returns for his 4th season.
Many of you will remember the newest addition to the staff, former Oregon State great Mandy Close. Mandy has been at Montana State as an assistant. She was an Oregon State great 2003-06.
The Losses:
The Beavers lose 3 players who averaged 18-20 minutes per game. Patricia Bright was the Center and averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds per game.
Mollie Schwegler averaged 6 points per game.
ShaKiana Edwards-Teasley averaged 2 points and nearly 5 rebounds per game.
Sage Indendi who missed last season with an injury used her redshirt year sitting out after transferring to Oregon State.
The Additions:
Breanna Brown is a 6-3 post player from the East Bay ranked 49 and 73 in the nation by two Sites. Brown played on the outstanding Bishop O’Dowd team of Oakland. Brown is a strong defensive player, but not yet a strong offensive threat. But post defense is just what Oregon State needs.
Gabriella Hanson is a 5-11 frosh guard from SoCal who is also able to play on the Swedish Junior teams which she has done the last 3 summers with the past 2 at the 18U level. Hanson averaged 6 points and led the team in rebounding (7), steals and assists. The year before she averaged 9 points per game and in 2011 for the 16U team she averaged 11 points per game. She was the # 28 wing out of HS and played 4 years with Stanford Frosh Brianna Roberson.
Kolbie Orum is a 6-3 frosh forward from Canada. A two time member of Canadian Jr teams. In HS Orum scored 1900 points and had over 800 rebounds in her last two seasons.
Sydney Wiese is a 6-0 frosh guard from Phoenix who was ranked 56, 66 and 80 by three sites out of HS. Wiese is an outstanding three point shooter hitting 114 as a Jr and as a SR was the Arizona large school Player of the Year.
The Schedule:
Penn State, Creighton, Clemson and then Notre Dame highlight their non-conference schedule. In the Pac 12 Oregon State plays Stanford, Cal, Utah and Colorado just once each.
The Team:
The Beavers return their top 3 scorers and 4 others who averaged 11-22 minutes per game.
Jamie Weisner is a 5-10 soph who was just outstanding as a frosh last season. Weisner averaged 12 points and 6 rebounds per game leading the team in scoring and barely 2nd in rebounding. Jamie also led the team with 48 threes at 37%. Weisner played for the Canadian World Championships in the 19U tournament and averaged 17 points per game. Her father is from Canada. Jamie was one of the nation’s top javelin throwers in HS. It would not be surprising if Jamie averaged close to 20 points per game this season. She is outstanding.
Ali Gibson is a 5-11 Jr guard who averaged 9 points per game and made 40 threes. Gibson scored 12 points per game with 54 threes as a frosh. Ali is a fine all around player.
Alyssa Martin is a 6-0 Sr guard who averaged 7 points per game last season with 32 threes. Martin has started just about every game since arriving at Oregon State. As a frosh she averaged 12 points per game and as a soph she averaged 8 points.
Deven Hunter is a 6-3 soph forward who started almost every game as a frosh averaging 5 points and 6 rebounds per game. Hunter was ranked # 100 out of HS.
Ruth Hamlin is a 6-6 soph center who averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds per game playing behind Bright. Hamlin comes from a small town way north in British Columbia. She rides show horses. Hamlin also made the Canadian National team this past summer. She had games of 16 points and another with 12 rebounds. Hamlin is a key for the Beavers.
Samantha Siegner is a 6-3 soph forward ranked # 94 out of HS. Last season Siegner averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds in 15 minutes per game. Siegner’s improvement will be a key.
Khadidja Toure is a 5-9 soph guard who averaged 3 points per game in 11 minutes per game last season. Toure was the state of Oregon hurdle champion in HS. She scored 48 in one HS game.
The frosh will really help.
Predictions:
The Beavers can be a first place team. They are young but have talent and are pretty deep.
2014 Recruiting:
None so far that I could find.
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