OSU assistant coach Slaymaker resigns to pursue Master’s

Oregon State assistant women’s soccer coach Heidi Slaymaker has resigned to pursue her Master’s degree in forestry at the University of British Columbia, her alma mater, OSU coach Steve Fennah announced Thursday.

Her resignation is effective at the end of the month. Slaymaker had worked at OSU for seven seasons. Fennah said her successor will be hired as quickly as possible.

Slaymaker first graduated from UBC with a degree in natural resources conservation in 1996.

“We wish Heidi the very best of success in her new endeavors,” Fennah said. “She will certainly be missed.

“She has been an outstanding assistant coach here at Oregon State. It’s been a pleasure and privilege to work with her.”

She is a native of British Columbia and is a former member of the Canadian women’s national team.

OSU’s Watterson, Larsons remain in national wrestling rankings

Oregon State heavyweight Ty Watterson, 174-pounder Jeremy Larson and 141-pounder Kyle Larson were again in this week’s national wrestling rankings issued by the National Wrestling Coaches Association and Amateur Wrestling News magazine.

Watterson and Jeremy Larson also maintained the No. 1 ranking in their weight class in the Pacific-10 Conference.

Watterson is No. 5 in this week’s NWCA poll and No. 4 in the AWN rankings, along with topping the Pac-10 heavyweight rankings. He is 9-1 with five pins.

Jeremy Larson is ranked No. 15 in the NWCA poll and is No. 7 in the AWN rankings, plus being the top-ranked 174-pounder in the Pac-10. He is 11-2 with two pins.

Kyle Larson is ranked No. 20 by AWN at 141 pounds, and he is ranked No. 3 in the Pac-10. He is 9-3 with four pins.

OSU fall sports teams earn 48 Pac-10 academic honors

The Oregon State fall sports teams combined to collect 48 Pac-10 All-Academic team awards.

Women’s cross country paced OSU’s five fall sports teams with 14 awards, while men’s soccer collected 12 honors, football earned nine, women’s soccer notched seven and volleyball tallied six.

Of the five other Pac-10 schools with all five sports, Oregon State had the second-most All-Academic selections. Stanford totaled 53 honorees, California (37), UCLA (26), Washington (26) and USC (12).

Arizona State (30), Oregon (26), Arizona (20), and Washington State (20) do not compete in men’s soccer.