Oregon State baseball coach Pat Casey and his wife, Susan, have been selected to receive the 2009 Nell and John Wooden Coaching Achievement Award from the World Sport Humanitarian Hall Of Fame, it was announced Monday.

The annual award honors a coach and spouse who have made exceptional contributions to their players' lives and in the community. The Caseys will receive the award on Thursday in a ceremony at the Qwest Center in Boise that will also include the induction of the NBA's Adonal Foyle, MLS player Diego Gutierrez and hurdler Tracy Mattes into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame.

"Susan and I would really like to thank the Humanitarian Hall of Fame for this award," Pat Casey said. "It's a great honor. People really don't realize what the wives of coaches do to help us succeed, 'behind the scenes,' and what it means to us, so it's great that Susan is being recognized.

"Certainly, we'd also like to thank the players who have been at Oregon State in my 15 years here as they've played a big part in making Oregon State a success and then accomplishing many outstanding things after their collegiate playing days."

Casey is just the second active coach to receive the award since its inception in 2003, and the second from the Pacific Northwest in as many years. Last year's winner was Gonzaga men's basketball coach Mark Few and his wife, Marcy.

Wooden, the legendary men's basketball coach at UCLA, was the initial recipient of the award and for whom the honor is named after. Other award winners include Pete and Florence Newell in 2004, Frosty and Donna Westering in 2005, Vince and Barbara Dooley in 2006, and Lyle and Eleanor Smith.

Casey will be in his 16th season at OSU in 2010 and has led the Beavers to two national titles and two Pacific-10 Conference championships. In the last 10 years, 54 Beavers who played under Casey have been selected in the MLB Draft and seven have earned All-American honors.