Beaver Tales

A member of both the 2006 and 2007 Beaver Baseball National Championship teams, Daniel Turpen was a standout pitcher for the Beavers coming out of McMinnville, Oregon. He went on to play nine years of professional baseball and then became a coach, including being hired in 2020 as the pitching coach at Lewis & Clark College. Turpen is also a sales associate for Maletis Beverage Co. and lives with Elisa and their children James and Madison.

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Children's Garden is a great nonprofit and a small organization, so your money goes a long way. https://childrensgarden.ph/

Jake Rodriguez was a standout catcher for the Beaver Baseball team from 2011 through the College World Series run in 2013. He dealt with the loss of his father in 2012 (we talk extensively about how he handled that) before being drafted in 2013 by the Houston Astros. He elected to forego his senior year, which he now calls the worst mistake of his life. The good thing is, he gets to teach younger players what he learned in that process, which he's been doing ever since joining OSU's baseball staff in 2015. Rodriguez currently serves as the Director of Operations.

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I've got an update about the Beaver Tales Documentary Series! This project on the Beaver baseball team comes out later this year. Here's the latest update: https://mailchi.mp/65c9ea03c03e/beaver-tales-documentary-update-7208729

Jess Lewis not only was an All-American football player at Oregon State, he won two heavyweight wrestling NCAA Championships and competed in the 1968 Olympic Games. He's now retired and lives in Corvallis. He's funny, he's humble, he's one of the greatest Beaver athletes of all time, and he joins the podcast in person for episode 88!

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The best charity you'll find is Kingdom Home. Learn what former OSU pitcher Matt Boyd & his wife Ashley are doing https://kingdomhome.org/

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The Beaver Tales Documentary Series comes out THIS YEAR. Learn more here: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/ 

Isis Lowery may be Australian, but her gymnastics career at OSU was positively All-American. That is, a 2019 All-American award as part of a standout career with the Beavers. She's now getting her Master's in Education at Oregon State and we talked about finding an identity outside of gymnastics, the mental blocks she overcame and more.

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Today's charity: Convoy of Hope! https://www.convoyofhope.org/

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The Beaver Tales Documentary Series is coming out soon, covering the 2018 baseball season. It will include 50+ different interviews about the history of the program. Check it out: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/ 

Ryan Lipe came from Klamath Falls to play 3rd base in the first four years of the Pat Casey era, 1995-1998. Ever since, Ryan has had a successful business career, currently the Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing of MGS Mfg. Group in Illinois.

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Children's Garden is a great nonprofit, learn more about their efforts in the Philippines: https://childrensgarden.ph/

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The Beaver Tales Documentary Series is coming soon! I've done 50 interviews so far and it will come out in a few months, learn more here: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/ 

Dow Poling played for Ralph Coleman & the Beaver baseball team in the 1950s and then spent 32 years on staff at OSU as a teacher & advisor. In 1977, another baseball player arrived by the name of Ron Dyer. His advisor? Dow Poling. The two have remained friends ever since and I sat down for a socially distanced chat with both of them about their memories of OSU baseball, funny stories involving Stan Musial and Brooks Robinson, the namesake of Poling Hall, and plenty more.

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Old Mill Center is a great local nonprofit that helps kids, youth & families from various backgrounds. See what they're doing right here in our community.

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The history of Beaver baseball will be a major theme of the documentary I'm producing; learn more about that project here

Jordan Villamin led Oregon State in receiving touchdowns in 2014 and 2015. The 6'5 wide receiver had some good memories to share about his favorite games but also the difficulties he faced in 2013 and near the end of his career. Jordan (on Twitter @villythebeaver) now lives in San Diego and is moving up the ladder at Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

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Please learn more about Old Mill Center, a fantastic local nonprofit that does great work helping youth & families nearby. 

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If you join the Beaver Tales Documentary Series email list, you will be the first to know when the podcast series is coming out and you can find out how to listen to the entire thing before it's released!

https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/ 

The Beaver Tales Documentary Series tells the story of the Beaver Baseball team and the 2018 national championship. 

Patricia Bright was one of the greatest shot blockers in OSU history, setting the program record for most blocks in a game and most blocks in a season the first year she played for OSU. She finished her college career 8 years ago and has played pro basketball overseas ever since: Australia, Malta, Switzerland, France, Turkey, the U.K., Puerto Rico, and now Romania.

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The documentary on the OSU baseball team is coming soon- join the email list and you'll be the first to know how to listen to the entire thing before it comes out!

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2018 NCAA Champion baseball player Kyle Nobach rejoins the Beaver Tales Podcast to talk about the mental game and how he was a "sponge" at OSU with all the resources available to mentally condition himself for D-I baseball. Check out the documentary I'm producing that follows his 2018 team and the history of Beaver Baseball, coming soon!

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Children's Garden [https://childrensgarden.ph/] is an amazing place in the Philippines where about a dozen kids find their home. Check them out!

Seth Pietsch came from Wilderville, Oregon (pop. 850) to play outfield for Oregon State, left after his junior year when he was drafted in 2003 by the New York Mets. Today, he's the President of Integrity Insurance & Bonding, Inc. in Happy Valley. 

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Angry Beaver Grill is a great place to enjoy Beaver-themed meals & memorabilia; even if you can only do takeout, Randy Holmes cooks up some great food. Make dinner an angry one tonight! Phone: (541) 286-4129

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Kingdom Home helps kids at risk in Uganda; help out former OSU baseball player Matt Boyd do some amazing work with some fantastic kids at https://kingdomhome.org/

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The Beaver Tales Documentary Series website: https://the-beaver-tales-podcast-documentaries.mailchimpsites.com/