Beaver Tales

Zak Taylor was the starting first baseman on OSU's 2018 National Championship team. His walk in the 9th inning of Game 2 in the College World Series turned into the tying run and ultimately a miraculous comeback in Omaha. After finishing his OSU career in 2019, Taylor has played one season of professional baseball in an independent league in Illinois.

Hear his experience in pro ball, what he's learned since leaving OSU and his recollections of the craziest moments in the CWS on the Beaver Tales Podcast!

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Alyssa Loveday (formerly Alyssa Martin) stuck with the OSU women's basketball program when few others did. Players were transferring and de-committing in the midst of a messy coaching change, but Loveday never wavered in her desire to play for the Beavers. She was the only senior in 2014 when OSU made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in nearly two decades.

Not only that, Loveday was balancing a civil engineering degree during her playing career. She now works in central Oregon. Enjoy her stories of becoming a civil engineer and playing basketball at a crazy time for OSU!

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Jack Anderson didn't make the Oregon State baseball team in 2014. He wasn't even offered a walk-on spot. Three years later, he was a First-Team All-Pac-12 outfielder. The next year, he was the starting centerfielder in Game 3 of the College World Series as the Beavers won the national championship. Now, Jack is working on his doctorate in Physical Therapy at Regis University in Denver.

Check out Jack's episode to hear how close he got to never playing baseball at OSU and his journey to becoming a national champion.

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Jarmal Reid was a key role player in the 2015 and 2016 Beaver basketball teams that exceeded expectations and made the program's first NCAA Tournament in 26 years. The 6'7 forward now plays professionally in Australia.

He joins the Podcast from Down Under to talk about his maturation since college in terms of nutrition & academics, the difference between his two head coaches at OSU (Craig Robinson & Wayne Tinkle), and how he handled the death of his father during his college career.

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Steven Kwan had a marvelous spring of 2018, being named First Team All-Pac-12 while batting .355 and winning an NCAA Championship. He was drafted in the 5th round by Cleveland and has played in the minor leagues for 2 seasons.

He joins the Beaver Tales Podcast to talk about his growth in the minor leagues, how Pat Casey gave him the confidence to be a great player, and how he supported his OSU teammates in the College World Series whether healthy or not.

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Lyle Moevao was a fixture of the Oregon State football team in the late 2000s, leading the Beavers to wins in the 2007 Civil War, the 2008 game vs #1 USC, the 2008 Sun Bowl and more. Moevao ranks in the top 10 in school history in passing yards and touchdowns and now coaches the running backs at Northern Colorado.

He talks about getting mentored by head coach Mike Riley, his relationship with fellow quarterback Sean Canfield, and why he couldn't stop grinning after throwing an interception on his first pass at OSU.

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Michael Gretler was the starting 3rd baseman on Oregon State's 2018 national championship team. He was drafted in the 10th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates but after two seasons in the minors, he retired from pro baseball and now works in Seattle.

He shares about his transition away from baseball, the leadership of head coach Pat Casey, and his experience in the 2018 College World Series.

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Mitch Meeuwsen was the model of a consistent defensive presence: he went from Freshman All-American in 2001 to First-Team All-American in 2004. He intercepted 20 passes while at OSU; to this day, no other Beaver has more than 15. He played in Germany for NFL Europe and later raced dwarf cars after his football retirement. The Forest Grove native now lives in Tualatin with his wife & two kids.

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Cadyn Grenier won the 2018 Brooks Wallace Award as the best shortstop in college baseball. He also earned First Team All-Pac-12 honors twice, was named 2018 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, and a first-round draft pick of the Baltimore Orioles. But most importantly, Cadyn Grenier is a national champion. 

Cadyn talks about his experience in professional baseball so far and his detailed memories of the 2018 College World Series.

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Before the 2007 Civil War, Matt Sieverson had started one game in his career. He came to Oregon State as a walk-on defensive back from Bend, but on December 1, 2007, he got the start at running back. In the final regular season game of his career, Sieverson totaled 142 yards and a touchdown, leading the Beavers to a dramatic, double-overtime victory over the Ducks in Eugene. 

Matt talks with Josh about his memories from that game, including a "what if" about that Civil War: what if Yvenson Bernard hadn't gotten hurt and Matt never had the opportunity for his breakout game? Would he still know today what he was capable of?