Beaver Tales

Langston Morris-Walker was a steady presence for Oregon State in the transition from Craig Robinson to Wayne Tinkle. Playing half his career for each coach, Langston appeared in 118 games. The 6'5 guard was a clutch performer, including in 2015 with his game-winning basket to seal the upset over #7 Arizona.

He opines on the difference between his two coaches, his air guitar celebration, his adoption story, modeling for the 2K14 video game and his current job with Adidas.

Dustin Stanton started 30 games for OSU on the offensive line, finishing with the 2016 Civil War victory. After getting cut by the Bengals, he held a "corporate America" job in Portland for 5 months before the Dallas Cowboys signed him. He expects to stay in the NFL for the foreseeable future, which makes it that much more surprising Dustin nearly quit football in college when the OSU coaches asked him to switch positions. He reflects on that journey on the Beaver Tales podcast.

It seemed Sara Almen's track & field career was done in 2012. She won six state championships in high school (three in high jump, one in the 4x100 relay, two in volleyball) but came to OSU solely as a volleyball player. A lot has happened since then. Her collegiate volleyball career ended and her collegiate track & field career began. She competed in the 2016 Olympic Trials, transferred schools and became a coach. She now works for Pac-12 Radio. Sara shares on the Beaver Tales podcast how she has matured during all the changes.

The starting left fielder in Oregon State's NCAA title run in 2018, Kyle Nobach reached the highest peak of collegiate baseball. However, Kyle says expecting to find happiness in success is backwards. He discusses that philosophy, how his relationship with Pat Casey was healed, why he's stepping aside from coaching at Everett Community College and what he's focusing on instead.

A two-sport athlete and Olympic Trial finalist, Dick Oldfield was a tremendous middle distance runner for OSU in the early 1980s. He shares his highlights at the Olympic Trials and at OSU, including anecdotes about why his head coach Frank Morris would drive his car on the track as a training exercise as well as how the runners would pilfer Gatorade from the locker rooms after workouts.

Football is only one small part of Steven Christian's story. The former OSU defensive back spent much of his six years of collegiate athletics rehabbing from hip injuries, so he turned to a new outlet: art. As a talented illustrator he has produced comics, animated cartoons and augmented reality books as well as blogs, podcasts and more. His work is online at iltopia.com. 

Jamie Scott, formerly Jamie Weisner, joins the podcast while stuck in Siberia after her most recent season of pro basketball. While at OSU, Jamie was an All-American & the Pac-12 Player of the Year when OSU made the 2016 Final Four. A Canadian National Team gold medalist and already well-traveled in her pro career, Jamie discusses how she's developed as a person and athlete since leaving OSU, and what her first 3 years of marriage have been like with former OSU football player Larry Scott.

The granddaughter of OSU Hall of Fame basketball coach Jimmy Anderson, Felicia Anderson was an Oregon State swimmer from 2016-2019. Already holding two school records and an Olympic Trial hopeful, Felicia had just finished her junior year when the swimming program was disbanded. She transferred to SMU for her senior year but even that season was cut short by COVID-19. Felicia shares in the podcast what she's learned through a wild collegiate career.

Simon Date became the first international men's soccer player in Oregon State history when he played for legendary coach Jimmy Conway in the mid-90s. Simon first came to America on a 90-day visa following his high school graduation, but a pickup soccer game in Portland in 1992 changed everything. He shares the story of how he found Oregon State early in the podcast as well as his work now as the head of the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce.

Alexis Serna is a Beaver legend. He won the 2005 Lou Groza Award, labeling him the best kicker in college football, and earned All-American status twice. Serna was a critical part of some momentous Beaver wins, but he's also remembered for missing 3 PATs in the overtime loss to LSU in 2004. He reflects in this episode why he feels blessed by all the valleys he has traversed and how he's helping current OSU athletes prepare for the future.