Oregon State Beavers The Oregon State Beavers is a name shared by all sports teams at Oregon State University in Corvallis , Oregon . The Beavers are part of the Pacific - 12 Conference ( Pac - 12 ) . Oregon State ' s mascot is Benny the Beaver . Both the men ' s and women ' s teams share the name , competing in 7 National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I - A men ' s sports and 10 NCAA Division I - A women ' s sports respectively . The primary rival of the Beavers are the Oregon Ducks of the University of Oregon , located 45 miles ( 75 km ) south of the Oregon State campus . The football rivalry between the Beavers and Ducks , known as the Civil War , is one of the longest - running in the country , having been contested 115 times as of the end of the 2011 season . Other regional rivals include the Washington Huskies and Washington State Cougars . As of June 2007 , the Beavers have won one pre - NCAA team national championship and three NCAA team national championships . The 1926 wrestling team won the Amateur Athletic Association national championship , the 1961 men ' s Cross - country team won the NCAA title , and most recently the baseball team won the 2006 and 2007 College World Series . Other notable performances include a second place finish in the 1973 and 1995 NCAA wrestling finals , two Final Four appearances by the men ' s basketball team , the football team defeating Notre Dame by a 32 point margin in the 2001 Fiesta Bowl ( and finishing the season ranked # 4 in the polls ) , and several individual NCAA championship titles in gymnastics , wrestling , and track & field . National championships . Through March 2012 , Oregon State has won 4 team national championships , one of which is pre - NCAA : Men ' s sports . Oregon State has three NCAA championships : two in baseball ( 2006 and 2007 ) , and one in men ' s cross country ( 1961 ) . The school dropped its cross country and track programs in 1988 due to budget cuts , though women ' s track and cross country were reinstated in 2005 . Periodically , some men continue to compete individually in an unattached status . Baseball . The Oregon State University baseball program was established in 1907 . It has since seen dozens of players go on to play in the minor leagues and more than 20 go on to play in the majors . Most notable of these major league players is Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury . The baseball team has won its conference championship 22 times and has reached the College World Series four times , first in 1952 and more recently three straight years , in 2005 , 2006 , and 2007 . They won the NCAA championship in 2006 and 2007 . The team is led by head coach Pat Casey and they play at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field . Basketball . The men ' s basketball team at Oregon State was a major power for most of the time from the 1920s to the 1980s , but has fallen on hard times in recent years . In the 2008 – 2009 season , though , the Beavers showed great improvement over the previous season ' s 0 – 18 Pac - 10 finish with post - season play and the team championship of the CBI ( College Basketball Invitational ) by taking a three game championship series from the UTEP Miners . The men ' s basketball team has had several players come out of the program , including 9 - time NBA All - Star Gary Payton and " Iron Man " A . C . Green . The Beavers have the 14th most amount of wins of any program in the nation as of the end of the 2008 – 09 season . Though they have an impressive program , historically , when compared to other Pac - 12 teams , it has been eclipsed by other athletic endeavors to include men ' s football and baseball ( especially after winning two national titles ) . They have participated in the NCAA Tournament 16 times * , making it to the Final Four twice . OSU alumni have also received a total of 10 NBA championship rings and 4 Olympic gold medals . Fans of the program can also take pride in having beaten rival Oregon more times than any team has beaten another team in a collegiate sport , with 183 victories . The team ' s head coach is Craig Robinson , brother - in - law of President Barack Obama . Football . The current head coach is Mike Riley . He has led the Beavers to 7 bowl games at his time at Oregon State . The football program has been a part of Oregon State University since 1893 , working as a platform for over a hundred players to enter the NFL , such as Heisman Trophy winner Terry Baker and current Atlanta Falcons running back Steven Jackson , wide receiver Chad Ochocinco , Buffalo Bills linebacker Nick Barnett , Arizona Cardinals quarterback Derek Anderson , Kansas City Chiefs safety Sabby Piscitelli , Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Sammie Stroughter , Miami Dolphins quarterback Matt Moore , New Orleans Saints quarterback Sean Canfield . They have won their conference championship five times . Soccer . Oregon State men ' s soccer team ' s coach is Steve Simmons , formerly the head coach at Northern Illinois University . The Oregon State Mens Soccer Program added six new athletes to its roster in 2011 . Golf . The golf teams practice at Oregon State ' s own Trysting Tree Golf Club , a nationally recognized course that has held numerous tournaments . Rowing . Oregon State has long been a powerhouse for men ’ s rowing , providing 13 different athletes to the highest levels of rowing in the U . S . And over the past five years , a pair of former Beavers have represented America and the Oregon State rowing program particularly well . Most recently these athletes include Josh Inman , Joey Hansen and Chris Callaghan . Throughout its history , rowing at Oregon State has been led by committed and visionary coaching . Ed Stevens , a former Harvard coach , took over the reins from Mechanical Engineering Professor J . P . Othis . Stevens guided the program from 1931 to 1949 and during this time the program gained recognition and respect as a highly competitive crew . Karl Drlica took over from Coach Stevens and would lead the program for the next 30 years . One of Coach Drlica ’ s first moves was to establish women as an integral part of the program when he started intramural competition in 1952 . OSU was one of the first collegiate programs to support women ’ s rowing . The achievements of Coach Drlica and his crews were recognized in 1967 when the Board of Intercollegiate Athletics accepted the men ’ s heavyweight crew as a varsity sport . Ten years later , Coach Drlica would orchestrate the elevation of women ’ s and lightweight rowing to varsity status as well . In 1983 the athletic department hired Dave Emigh to assist with the crew program and in 1985 he was named the head coach . Emigh spent 11 years at OSU and continued to develop the program with the same innovative styles of his predecessors . Under Emigh , the crew achieved stability within the athletic department and firmly established itself as a leader in West Coast rowing . Fred Honebein joined the Oregon State family in 2004 and led his squad to a ninth place finish at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships . The Beavers ’ finish marked the fifth straight year they had finished among the top ten in the nation and the eighth time in ten years . Steve Todd has been named interim head coach of the Oregon State University men ’ s rowing program for the 2006 – 07 season . Todd succeeded former head coach Fred Honebein in June after leading the Beavers to a 14th - place finish at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association national championships . A former rower at the University of Washington , Todd rowed to a national championship in the Huskies ' JV8 in 1997 and earned medals in the Varsity boat in 1998 and 1999 . Todd has been a part of the Oregon State rowing program for four years as the men ’ s freshman coach . During his time with the Beavers , Todd ’ s crews have medaled all four years at the Pac - 10 Championships including a silver medal finish in 2003 . Tood ' s 2003 crew of rookies also took second at the San Diego Crew Classic and in the process upset traditional powerhouse Washington . Most recently , Todd ’ s Freshman 4 + finished fourth at the IRA Regatta in June . Dave Friedericks is in his first season as the men ’ s rowing assistant coach . Friedericks , a former member of the U . S . national team , directed the Lake Oswego Community Rowing Center for the past two years . While at Lake Oswego , Friedericks helped grow the club from a group of a dozen members to a membership of 75 with an additional 100 rowers taking classes . The Oregon State University Men ' s Varsity 8 + had a 10th place finish at the 2007 Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships . Wrestling . Traditionally , the Oregon State wrestling team has been a national powerhouse , winning their conference championship 49 times and finishing in the NCAA top ten 19 times . They have 12 individual NCAA champion titles ( including 2 won by Les Gutches in 1995 and 1996 ) , and have 83 All - American titles ( of which 3 were earned by Gutches in 1994 , 1995 , and 1996 ) . Pre - NCAA in 1926 , OSU won the Amateur Athletic Association team national championship . Dale Thomas , Oregon State coach from 1957 – 1990 and National Wrestling Hall of Fame member , holds the NCAA record for most dual meet wins in a coaching career at 616 . Additionally , seven OSU alumni have gone on to represent the United States in the Olympics , including in 1924 where Oregon State alumni won both the gold and silver medals in the same weight class . Only 5 of Oregon State ' s 90 seasons have resulted in a losing record . Oregon State ' s all - time dual meet record at the end of the 2009 – 10 season is 950 – 307 – 26 , ranked 3rd in the NCAA for most all - time wins . With the retiring after the 2005 – 06 season of one of OSU ' s most successful coaches , Joe Wells , National Wrestling Hall of Fame member Jim Zalesky was named head coach . Women ' s sports . Basketball . The women ' s basketball program at Oregon State has long been a power . From the 1980s and Carol Menken , to the Mid - 1990s with the teams that made it to the NCAA tournament . More recently Oregon State women ' s basketball has seen many strong players . Felicia Ragland was at OSU in the early 2000s and ended up playing briefly in the WNBA and has a banner up in the rafters at Gill Coliseum . Since her , the recruiting has become better , with a lot of strong players coming through Oregon State . Women ' s Basketball currently plays its games at Gill Coliseum . The current coach is Scott Rueck , who replaced LaVonda Wagner in 2010 . The women ' s basketball team finished the 2008 season with a 20 – 12 record , making a postseason appearance in the WNIT tournament . Golf . The women ' s golf team has had numerous athletes to go on to play professionally . Gymnastics . The women ' s gymnastics team is historically known as one of the best teams in the country . They were ranked # 13 in the nation in the 2006 Preseason Coaches ’ Poll , and had one of the strongest schedules in the nation . The Beavers came in second all - around at the 2006 NCAA West Regional , qualifying for the NCAA Championships hosted on their home turf at Oregon State . OSU gymnasts have won seven national championships on floor exercise and balance beam , most recently Amy Durham on floor in 1993 . Soccer . Oregon State women ' s soccer team has a new coach in Linus Rhodes , an 8 year assistant coach at OSU . With a whole new coaching staff the Beavers are looking to move forward . The most recent improvement so far is the win over nationally ranked Washington State . Upsetting the Cougars the OSU Beavers snapped a 21 - game no conference win streak . Captains this year are Loretta ( Red ) Nixon and Najma Homidi . Competing for starting goalie are Colleen Boyd and Katie Bell . Starting all Pac - 10 games has been Colleen Boyd . She has kept the Beavers in the game and is a great vocal leader in the back . The 2009 Oregon State women ' s soccer team earned the first NCAA tournament berth in program history , and upset host Ohio State and nationally seeded Florida in the first two rounds to advance to the Sweet 16 . Softball . The women ' s softball team was co - champion for the Pac - 10 title in 2005 , ending the season with a 43 – 16 record . They have made NCAA regional tournament appearances eight years in a row , including the 2006 season where they made it to the Women ' s College World Series for the first time in program history . They were ranked # 12 in the nation in the 2006 ESPN . com / USA Softball Preseason Top 25 Collegiate Poll . They had a 28 game winning streak in the 2006 season , the longest win streak the NCAA had seen since 2002 and the longest in the history of the program at Oregon State . The 28 - game streak ranks 16th ( t ) all - time in the NCAA Division I record book for longest win streak , and the Beavers are one of just 11 teams in NCAA history to win 28 straight games . Swimming . The women ' s swimming team finished 31st in the NCAA championships for the 2006 season . As of 2006 , there have been a total of 5 women ' s NCAA All - American swimmers since the sport was added at Oregon State . In 2008 , Saori Haruguchi won an individual NCAA championship in the 200 meter butterfly . She also set an NCAA meet record during this event . Track and Field and Cross Country . The Oregon State track and field and cross country programs were cut in 1988 , but began a comeback in 2004 with the return of a women ' s distance program , led by Kelly Sullivan , the former coach of Willamette University . The Beavers compete largely in smaller , Division 3 meets , but have enjoyed some success in the Pacific 12 Conference , including a ninth - place finish by Ashley Younce in the 2006 Western Regional NCAA track & field meet and recently the graduation of three - time All - American and holder of five school - records , Laura Carlyle . Men ' s track and field is confined to the club level , although individual male athletes from the football team have recently joined the Women ' s team at meets , among them Jordan Bishop was an All - American in the high jump in 2010 . The completion of Phase One of the Whyte Track & Field Center is a giant step in the efforts to fully re - establish the program on both the women ' s and men ' s team . Notable non varsity sports . Rugby . The Oregon State University rugby club was formed in 1961 . In recent years Oregon State rugby has played in the Northwest Conference against traditional rivals such as Orgeon , Washington and Washington State . Beginning with the 2012 - 13 season , however , Oregon State is leaving the Northwest Conference and joining other schools from the Pac - 12 to form a new rugby conference that will mirror the PAC 12 and bring increased exposure . Oregon State rugby has been successful in recent years . The Beavers finished the 2012 season ranked # 9 in the nation , and finished the 2011 season ranked # 12 . Oregon State played an undefeated regular season in 2012 and was champion of the Northwest conference in 2012 , qualifying for the playoffs for the national DI - AA championship . Beaver Nation . Oregon State University ’ s proud fans , alumni , and supporters are commonly referred to as " Beaver Nation " by the media and are credited with giving the Beavers a great home field / court advantage at all of OSU ’ s sporting events . Reser Stadium , Gill Coliseum , and Goss Stadium at Coleman Field are regularly filled by fans dressed in the school colors , creating an intimidating sea of orange and black that loudly cheer on the Beavers . Beaver Nation has also developed a very attractive reputation for “ traveling well ” to support its various teams , with large numbers of orange and black clad fans following the Beavers to away games , bowl games , and tournaments . Two of the most prominent events showcasing OSU ’ s rabid fan support and willingness to travel include the 2001 Fiesta Bowl and the College World Series tournaments in 2006 and 2007 . In 2000 , Oregon State ’ s football team finished with a 10 – 1 regular season record and an invitation to the 2001 Fiesta Bowl . The Beavers football team brought an estimated 38 , 000 fans with them to Tempe , Arizona and went on to crush Notre Dame by a score of 41 – 9 . In June 2006 and again in June 2007 , Oregon State ’ s baseball team made consecutive trips to Omaha , Nebraska for the College World Series . Beaver Nation showed up by the thousands , creating large pockets of its dominating orange at Rosenblatt Stadium , and cheered the team on to the National Championship both years . Beaver Sports Radio Network . The Beaver Sports Radio Network members broadcast a number of Beaver athletic events . The members as of include : < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Football Only < br > < nowiki > * * < / nowiki > Women ' s Basketball Only < br > < nowiki > * * * < / nowiki > Baseball Only < br > ^ Talk Show Only