Oregon State roundup

Corvallis Gazette-Times

Oregon State sophomore guard Jeremy Perry was named to the 2006 Outland Trophy watch list, the Football Writers Association of America announced Monday. The Outland Trophy is awarded annually to the nation’s premier offensive or defensive lineman.

Perry started all 11 games in 2005 as a redshirt freshman. He was selected the Pacific-10 Conference’s Co-Freshman of the Year, and was honorable mention all-conference. He also earned Freshman All-American honors by the Sporting News and the College Football News.

The Laie, Hawaii, native is one of 54 candidates and one of only four sophomores on the Watch List.

The Outland Trophy, awarded annually since 1946, will be presented Dec. 7 at the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show in Orlando.

McGowan, Miranda selected to USA team

Oklahoma City — Oregon State junior pitcher Brianne McGowan and sophomore utility player Cambria Miranda have been selected to represent the United States at the 2006 World University Games July 15-23 in Tainan City, Taiwan.

McGowan and Miranda were two of over 30 collegiate softball players that participated in a selection camp from June 8-11 in Chula Vista, Calif. Seventeen players were selected.

Men’s soccer adds assistant coaches

Oregon State men’s soccer coach Dana Taylor has filled the two openings on his staff, as Paul Meehan, formerly an assistant coach at Marshall University, will be the associate head coach, and Jim Cofer, formerly of Metro State College, will be the assistant coach. Gary Hamel also joins the staff as a volunteer coach.

Meehan, who grew up in Seattle and played at Western Washington University, was an assistant coach the past three seasons at Marshall. It was his second stint at Marshall, as he also coached there in the 1997 season.

Cofer spent the last two years at Metro State, located in Denver, as the men’s assistant and overseeing the goalkeepers. The team won the conference title in 2004. While in Denver, he also served as the assistant goalkeeper coach for the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer and as a Director of Coaching for the Colorado Rush soccer club, one of the largest youth clubs in the nation.

Hamel has coached for the Bend United Soccer Club and COSA since 1991, and was a boys soccer coach at Bend High from 1991-95.

Volleyball team loses two staff members

Oregon State volleyball coach Taras Liskevych announced the resignations of assistant coach, Salima Rockwell and director of operations, Karla McDermott. Rockwell will remain with the Beavers through July 1, while McDermott’s departure came June 15.

After arriving at OSU a year ago, Rockwell will pursue a new opportunity at her alma mater, Penn State. During her time at Oregon State, Rockwell worked primarily with the setters and was the Beavers’ recruiting coordinator.

McDermott filled the Beavers’ director of operations role in 2005 and was a volunteer coach in 2004.

Gymnastics schedule released

Five home meets are on the slate for the 2007 Oregon State gymnastics season, Tanya Chaplin announced.

The season opens with OSU’s longest road trip of the year, as the Beavers will cross the country to compete at the University of Florida on Jan. 12.

Oregon State returns to Gill Coliseum for its home debut the following week against Pac-10 foe California on Jan. 19.

OSU also has a strong lineup scheduled for the annual Salbasgeon Suites Invitational on March 16, with perennial national power Utah, along with Northwest rival Washington and Division II powerhouse Seattle Pacific set to participate in the quad meet.

The Beavers will also host Arizona State (Feb. 2), UCLA (Feb. 16) and Cal State Fullerton (March 23). They have road conference meets at Arizona (Jan. 26), Stanford (Feb. 9) and Washington (Feb. 23). OSU also has two nonconference meets at Boise State (March 2) and at Brigham Young University (March 9).